Melissa T Nass, MD, MPH

Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Melissa Nass
617.414.5977

Biography

Melissa T Nass, MD, MPH, is a pediatrician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Nass is the Associate Medical Director of Adolescent Medicine at BMC and the Medical Director and Founder of “Curbside Care”– a novel mobile program offering comprehensive, high-touch, dyadic care to mothers and babies during the first six weeks after delivery. Dr Nass is also the Medical Director for the Boston Public Health Commission’s six School Based Health Centers. From 2015-2023, Dr. Nass served as Director of the Pediatric Resident Continuity Clinic at BMC, overseeing the clinical education of thirty-six pediatric residents in the Boston Combined Residency Program and earning several teaching awards. Dr. Nass completed her residency at Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital in 2008 and graduated Tulane University School of Medicine class of 2005. Dr. Nass has special interest in adolescent medicine, reproductive health, dyadic care, alternative health delivery models, and health equity.

Education

  • Tulane University School of Medicine, MD
  • Tulane University School of Medicine, MPH
  • Wesleyan University, BA

Publications

  • Published on 11/25/2022

    McGuinness C, Mottl-Santiago J, Nass M, Siegel L, Onyekwu OC, Cruikshank A, Forman R, Weir G. Dyadic Care Mobile Units: A Collaborative Midwifery and Pediatric Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2022 Nov; 67(6):714-719. PMID: 36426893.

    Read at: PubMed
  • Published on 2/24/2022

    Nass M, Chase T, Buncher N, Gonzalez P, Quino G, Gurnani P, Bair-Merritt M, Kistin C. Pediatric Mobile Health Care Delivery During COVID-19. Acad Pediatr. 2022 Jul; 22(5):873-875. PMID: 35219853.

    Read at: PubMed
  • Published on 1/1/2012

    Nass MT, Pasternak RH. Strategies for effectively interviewing adolescents. HIV Clin. 2012; 24(2):3-6. PMID: 22734156.

    Read at: PubMed

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