Important Announcements

Campus Construction Update

The Menino building lobby entrance is currently closed. 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. 

Nondiscrimination Policy Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To read our full Nondiscrimination Statement, click here.
 

 

About

Wilberthe Pilate, RN, BSN, IBCLC is a nurse and lactation consultant. She provides lactation care to families in Boston Medical Center’s postpartum unit, as well as to inpatient breastfeeding parents and children anywhere in the hospital. She also provides ongoing lactation-specific education to nursing staff on the postpartum unit, and participates in the breastfeeding medicine elective at BMC for fourth-year medical students. Along with colleagues in Pediatrics, OB/GYN and Family Medicine, she is co-founder of the Breastfeeding Equity Center (BEC) at BMC. The BEC focuses on training, education, research, and clinical services for breastfeeding/chestfeeding in order to address racial inequities in lactation support and families’ breastfeeding experiences and outcomes, within the BMC health system and beyond.
  • Contact

    617.638.8000
  • Primary Location

    850 Harrison Avenue
    Boston, MA 02118
  • Administrative Title

    Registered Nurse, Lactation Consultant

  • Board Certifications

    International Board Certified Lactation Consultant