Aviva Lee-Parritz, MD

Emeritus Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Aviva Lee-Parritz began her career as a nurse with a deep passion and commitment to making an impact in the lives of each patient placed in her care. She then pursued another commitment – one that she made to herself – and began training as a physician. Since then, she has committed her life to maternal health and reproductive justice. Through myriad clinical and administrative roles of increasing responsibility, she evolved in her practice and concurrently became a staunch advocate for the right to choose to have a child and the right to raise families in safety – all values that she has carried into her role as chair and chief of the department.

Among Lee-Parritz’s many accomplishments leading the department was her role in supporting faculty to implement programs that focus on mitigating inequities in health outcomes, such as amplification of Project Respect as a national model for the care of pregnant persons with substance use disorder; leading Equity in Pregnancy, the first clinical vertical in the Boston Medical Center Heath System’s (BMCHS) Health Equity Accelerator; and building of a robust research portfolio. She also championed faculty-developed programs that focus on eliminating racial inequities in sexual health, family planning and treatment including for women with fibroids and gynecologic cancers.

Publications

  • Published 5/1/2023

    Elansary M, Kistin CJ, Antonio J, Fernández-Pastrana I, Lee-Parritz A, Cabral H, Miller ES, Silverstein M. Effect of Immediate Referral vs a Brief Problem-solving Intervention for Screen-Detected Peripartum Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 01; 6(5):e2313151. PMID: 37171819.

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  • Published 5/2/2022

    Rowe SG, Stewart MT, Van Horne S, Pierre C, Wang H, Manukyan M, Bair-Merritt M, Lee-Parritz A, Rowe MP, Shanafelt T, Trockel M. Mistreatment Experiences, Protective Workplace Systems, and Occupational Distress in Physicians. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 May 02; 5(5):e2210768. PMID: 35522279.

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  • Published 9/24/2019

    McCloskey L, Quinn E, Ameli O, Heeren T, Craig M, Lee-Parritz A, Iverson R, Jack B, Bernstein JA. Interrupting the Pathway from Gestational Diabetes Mellitus to Type 2 Diabetes: The Role of Primary Care. Womens Health Issues. 2019 Nov - Dec; 29(6):480-488. PMID: 31562051.

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  • Published 5/1/2019

    McCloskey L, Sherman ML, St John M, Siegel H, Whyte J, Iverson R, Lee-Parritz A, Bernstein J. Navigating a 'Perfect Storm' on the Path to Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus After Gestational Diabetes: Lessons from Patient and Provider Narratives. Matern Child Health J. 2019 May; 23(5):603-612. PMID: 30949932.

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  • Published 3/25/2019

    Bernstein J, Lee-Parritz A, Quinn E, Ameli O, Craig M, Heeren T, Iverson R, Jack B, McCloskey L. After Gestational Diabetes: Impact of Pregnancy Interval on Recurrence and Type 2 Diabetes. Biores Open Access. 2019; 8(1):59-64. PMID: 30923644.

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Other Positions

  • Assistant Dean of Faculty Practice, Dean’s Office
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • Tufts University, MD
  • Columbia University, BS

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