Caitlin M. Neri, MD, MPH

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

Biography

Caitlin Neri, MD, MPH, Pediatrics, is a clinician-educator who focuses on the care of children with sickle cell disease, management of painful conditions in childhood, interdisciplinary pediatric care, social determinants of health, and medical education. She is a clinical hematologist providing inpatient and outpatient care to children with sickle cell disease, and other blood disorders. Dr. Neri is the co-founder and medical director of the interdisciplinary Pediatric Pain Clinic at BMC, founded in 2015. This unique program uses a team approach to provide comprehensive medical, psychosocial, and integrative therapies to pediatric patients with chronic pain. She is a medical educator in pre-clerkship sciences where she was involved in the recent curriculum redesign and now serves as co-course director for Principles Incorporating Science Clinical Medicine and Equity (PISCEs) as well as directing the PISCEs hematology module.

Publications

  • Published 4/14/2025

    Coomer CA, Levin RA, Neri CM. Death from S. pneumoniae in HbSC Disease: Was Expanded Pneumococcal Vaccination Too Late? Hemoglobin. 2025 Apr 14; 1-5. PMID: 40229224.

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  • Published 2/15/2025

    Hill, C.J., McNamara, T., Ringel, R., Scheuer, L.S., Elzie, C., Offner, G., Neri, C., Cohen-Osher, M., Garg, P.S., Wisco, J.J. . Student and Faculty Differences in Perceived Utility of Learning Objectives in Pre-Clerkship Self-Learning Guides. Med.Sci.Educ. 2025.

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  • Published 9/3/2024

    Perez AM, Garcia-Guaqueta DP, Setty BN, Neri C, Torres AR. Children and Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease and Skull Infarction: A Systematic Review. J Child Neurol. 2024 Oct; 39(11-12):433-439. PMID: 39228213.

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  • Published 6/19/2024

    Cohen RT, Burrowes SAB, Williams CJ, Neri CM, Klings ES, Jones KC, Walkey AJ, Drainoni ML. SNAP: Supportive non-invasive ventilation for acute chest syndrome prevention for hospitalized children with sickle cell disease: Perspectives of patients, parents, and the healthcare team. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Sep; 71(9):e31142. PMID: 38896013.

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  • Published 12/11/2022

    Gillard A, Gagnon R, Pashankar F, Balsamo L, Grafft N, Miranda J, Boruchov D, Neri C, Sprinz P, Longyear C. Sense of mastery and attitude towards illness: Examining longitudinal benefits of a medical specialty camp for youth with sickle cell disease. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2023 Jul; 28(3):1012-1023. PMID: 36503316.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Center for Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease
    Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

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Education

  • Ross University School of Medicine, MD
  • George Washington University, MPH
  • Georgetown University, BS

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