The Fibroid Center at Boston Medical Center will provide exceptional care to patients with uterine fibroids through a multidisciplinary, patient-centered, and evidence-based approach.
- 70-80 percent of people with uteruses will develop uterine fibroids by age 50, of which 25-50 percent of whom will develop symptoms.
- Black women experience symptoms and diagnosis at an earlier age and larger, more numerous fibroids.
Please email us at fibroidcenter@bmc.org for more information.
Fibroid Management Tool
If you have been diagnosed with uterine fibroids, this interactive tool can help you learn more about treatment options. Always talk to your doctor before starting a new treatment.
Centering Patients with Fibroids
Here at the Fibroid Center, we have adapted the CenteringPregnancy group education program developed by Centering Healthcare Institute to provide education, empowerment, and community to patients with fibroids here at BMC. Our eight-week Centering Patients with Fibroids (CPWF) program discusses topics including symptoms, treatment options, environmental factors, mental health, and patient advocacy.
CPWF is currently rolling out as a research study funded by the federal Office on Women’s Health. We are recruiting for our final research-funded cohort to begin in October of 2024, and working with partners at BMC, Emory University/Grady Hospital in Atlanta, and fibroid nonprofit The White Dress Project to develop a long-term sustainability plan for this program.
Centering (Patients With) Fibroids Eligibility Survey
Are you between 18 and 45 years of age?
Do you have uterine fibroids with:
- Pelvic pain
- Heavy bleeding
- Infertility
You may be eligible to participate in a new research study!
Participants receive:
- $160 for participation
- Self-care personal kit
- Hybrid pProgram with in-person and Zoom sessions
For more information about the Centering Patients with Fibroids Research Study, please e-mail Emma Forbes, program manager, at emma.forbes@bmc.org or call 857.574.9967. You can also email the team at bmcfibroidcenter@gmail.com.
The Team
Our team is comprised of gynecologists, reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialists, interventional radiologists, patients, hematologists, residents, and student researchers, and a program management specialist. Though our team is currently leading patient-centered research related to uterine fibroids at BMC, other providers within the hospital's OBGYN department are also skilled and equipped to treat patients with fibroids.
Paul Hendessi, MD
Wendy Kuohung, MD
Nyia L Noel, MD, MPH
Danielle K O'Rourke-Suchoff, MD, MPH
Kelly M Treder, MD, MPH
Emma Forbes, MPH
Program Management Specialist
emma.forbes@bmc.org
Estefania Mudafort-Rivera, MD PGY4
Resident
Ezinnem Ugoji, MD PGY4
Resident
Abigael Olson, MD PGY1
Student Researcher
Patient Resources
This project has been funded by the Forward for Health Equity Grant from Myovant Sciences and the Office of Women's Health, Department of Health and Human Services.