Katherine R. Standish, MD

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 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 Sep 09. 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

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