Campus Construction Update

Starting September 14, we’re closing the Menino building lobby entrance. This, along with the ongoing Yawkey building entrance closure, will help us bring you an even better campus experience that matches the exceptional care you've come to expect. Please enter the Menino and Yawkey buildings through the Moakley building, and make sure to leave extra time to get to your appointment. Thank you for your patience. 

Click here to learn more about our campus redesign. 

About

Paula M. Gardiner, MD, MPH, is a board-certified family medicine physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and an adjunct associate professor of family medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Gardiner completed a three-year clinical research fellowship in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Research and Faculty Development at Harvard Medical School and received her MPH from Harvard School of Public Health. She conducts patient-oriented research regarding chronic pain and evidenced based integrative medicine access in low-income patients. Her current research focuses on the adaptive role of an Integrative Medicine Group Visit (IMGV) which combines mindfulness-based stress reduction and a medical group visit to support health behavior change and pain and stress reduction. She was recently awarded a NIH K grant focusing on CAM use, stress, and dietary supplements in inner city, underserved patients. Her research focuses on innovative technologies such as embodied conversational agents and Our Whole Lives, a holistic online toolkit that teaches mind-body techniques. Dr. Gardiner lectures nationally and internationally and has published over 90 review and original papers on technology (embodied conversational agents, virtual worlds, apps), chronic pain, dietary supplements, stress, and integrative medicine in underserved patients. She is also a certified meditation and mindful self-compassion teacher.
  • Departments

  • Specialties

    Meditation, mindful self-compassion, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), chronic pain, care of underserved patients, dietary supplementation

  • Contact

    617.414.2080
  • Primary Location

    1 Boston Medical Center Pl
    Boston, MA 02118
  • Administrative Title

    Adjunct Associate Professor, Family Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine

  • Education

    Tufts University School of Medicine, 1990
  • Board Certifications

    Family Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine

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