Katherine R. Standish, MD, MS, NABBLM-C Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Biography Dr. Standish is a family medicine and breastfeeding medicine doctor and researcher focused on clinical interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes and support families in achieving their infant feeding plans. Along with colleagues in Pediatrics, OB/GYN and Nursing, she is founder of the Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine Center at BMC, which focuses on training, research, and clinical services for breastfeeding. She has lived for many years in Nicaragua and Mexico and speaks Spanish fluently. She completed medical school at Yale University School of Medicine and completed family medicine residency and a research fellowship at Boston Medical Center. She is board-certified in Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine and completed fellowship training in Breastfeeding Medicine at the University of Rochester. Publications Published 9/9/2025 Nardella D, Rosen-Carole C, Colmenares Castaño M, Hernández-Aguilar MT, Young M, Swisher Rosa E, Sharifi M, Shabanova V, Standish K. A National Survey of U.S. Prescribing Clinicians Who Practice Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine in Outpatient and Inpatient Healthcare Settings. Breastfeed Med. 2025 Nov; 20(11):805-817. PMID: 40928900. Read at: PubMed Published 5/6/2025 Demirci JR, Standish K, Asiodu IV. Evidence Supports Breastfeeding Interventions in Primary Care, but Implementation Is Still Challenging. JAMA. 2025 May 06; 333(17):1495-1497. PMID: 40198080. Read at: PubMed Published 5/1/2025 Kalluri NS, Cordova-Ramos EG, Hwang SS, Standish KR, Parker MG. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mother's Milk Provision Among Mothers of Preterm Infants. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 May 01; 8(5):e2510781. PMID: 40377941. Read at: PubMed Published 2/28/2025 Tilhou AS, Gasman S, Wang J, Standish K, White LF, Cogan A, Devlin M, Larochelle M, Adams WG. Assessing inequities in buprenorphine treatment across the care cascade. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 May 01; 270:112636. PMID: 40043350. Read at: PubMed Published 11/18/2024 Tanabe M, Pennington K, Standish K, Goldman A. Improving Residency Training in Refugee and Immigrant Health Care at an Urban Academic Family Medicine Residency. J Immigr Minor Health. 2025 Feb; 27(1):177-180. PMID: 39556278. Read at: PubMed View All 23 Publications: View Full Profile in BUMC Websites BU Profile Boston Medical Center Provider Profile Education Yale University School of Medicine, MD Wesleyan University, BA View all profiles