Complex Family Planning Team
Elisabeth Woodhams, MD MSc: elisabeth.woodhams@bmc.org
Dr. Woodhams (she/her/s) is the Program Director for the Complex Family Planning Fellowship and the Division Director of Family Planning. She is also the Director of Ambulatory Services for the Department of OBGYN, and an Assistant Professor of Obstretrics and Gynecology at BU School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from the University of Arizona in 2007, and completed her residency in OBGYN at BMC in 2011. She then completed a family planning fellowship at the University of Chicago, where she also recieved her Masters of Science (MSc). During fellowship, she was also a fellow in the Physicians for Reproductive Health Leadership Training Academy, and worked with ACOG on LARC policy implementation. After fellowship, she wokred as the Medical Director of Family Planning at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, where she received a Ryan Residency Award, and was the Title X Clinic Director. Dr. Woodhams was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2009, and received several teaching awards for medical student education. Dr. Woodhams’ research interests include the intersection of substance use disorder and reproductive health, integration and implementation of family planning services into non-OBGYN clinical fields, and family planning services access among underserved populations. She co-leads the SFP SPeical Interest Group in Substance Use Disorders, and received the Best Investigator in Training Award from the Society of Family Planning in 2013 for her original research.
Kelly Treder, MD MPH: kelly.treder@bmc.org
Dr. Treder (she/her/s) is the Assistant Program Director for the Complex Family Planning Fellowship, and the Director of BEACON Research. She received her medical degree from University of Washington School of Medicine and her Master’s in Public Health from the University of Washington School of Public Health. She completed her residency at Northwestern University/Stroger Hospital of Cook County and her fellowship in Family Planning at Boston University. Her research interests include reproductive health inequities and the impact of racism on reproductive health.
Rachel Cannon, MD MSc: rachel.cannon@bmc.org
Dr. Cannon (she/her/s) is an Attending in the Department of OBGYN and Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine. She completed an undergraduate degree in Human Physiology at Boston University. She then completed her medical degree at University of Massachusetts followed by her residency in OBGYN at Northwestern University. She went on to Family Planning Fellowship at Boston University/Boston Medical Center and received a Master’s in Health Sciences at the BU School of Public Health. She now serves as the Ryan Program Director for the OBGYN residency program. Her academic research interests include contraceptive counseling, reproductive coercion, abortion stigma, and reproductive health for people with complex medical problems. She participates in local and national advocacy groups for reproductive health. She is the co-chair of the OBGYN department’s Health Equity Committee, aimed to promote anti-racist practices and create an inclusive work environment.
Rasha Khoury, MD MPH: rasha.khoury@bmc.org
Dr. Khoury, a Palestinian physician and public health activist born and raised in East Jerusalem, is an Attending in the Department of OBGYN and Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine. She moved to the US for medical training, graduated from Yale School of Medicine and completed her residency in OBGYN at the University of California San Francisco. Committed to reproductive justice and bodily autonomy she pursued a fellowship in Complex Family Planning and Global Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and received her Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. In 2014 she moved back home to Palestine and fulfilling a lifelong dream joined MSF (Doctors Without Borders) where she completed surgical missions (working in emergency obstetrics and safe abortion care) in Sierra Leone, Lebanon, Côte D’Ivoire, Iraq and for more than a year in Afghanistan. In 2017 Dr. Khoury returned to the US to work clinically in high-risk obstetrics and abortion care, completed a fellowship in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY with a research focus on reducing severe maternal morbidity and mortality. She was elected to the MSF- USA Board of Directors in 2019 where she works to exercise participatory leadership, uplift and amplify the voices of patients and staff in the global MSF movement. Central to all her work is the drive to share power with affected communities, co-create knowledge and evidence and disrupt the status quo.
Katharine White, MD MPH: katharine.white@bmc.org
Dr. White (she/her/s) is the Department Chair of OBGYN at Boston Medical Center and is an Associate Professor at the Boston University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in OBGYN at Baystate Medical Center, and her Fellowship in Family Planning at Columbia University (where she also received her masters of public health). Dr. White is active in multiple research studies in various areas of contraception and abortion. She is the principal investigator for the Partners In Contraceptive Choice and Knowledge (PICCK) program, to improve contraceptive access and quality across Massachusetts birth hospitals. She frequently lectures locally and nationally on topics related to reproductive health. Dr. White has published two books with Mayo Clinic Press, Your Guide to Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss (10/2021) and Your Sexual Health (05/2022). She is also on the advisory board for Women’s Health magazine.
Ashley Navarro, MD MPH: ashley.navarro@bmc.org
Dr. Navarro (she/her/hers) is a Complex Family Planning subspecialist and Generalist at BMC and an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). She received her Masters in Public Health at the University of South Carolina (USC) in 2010. After working as a research manager at USC for two years, she received her Medical Degree the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in 2016. She completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at MUSC in 2020. During residency she received multiple teaching awards and was nominated by her program to serve as Administrative Chief Resident. After completion of residency, she completed a Fellowship in Complex Family Planning at the University of North Carolina. Following fellowship, she took her first attending job as residency faculty at the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) in Asheville, NC. At MAHEC, Dr. Navarro served as ACGME Core faculty and was the first Director of Family Planning Curriculum for the residency program. She served as Director of Quality Management for the MAHEC ObGyn clinics. Dr. Navarro was the originator and faculty advisor for “GAYHEC” which was a social and career support space for any faculty, residents, or staff who identified on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. She also worked part-time at Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, traveling between the NC and VA clinics. Dr. Navarro was involved in multiple advocacy efforts in the Southeast. She served as a Clinician Advisory Board Member for the UNC Contraceptive ACCESS Project, with the purpose of advancing access to contraception to young people in North Carolina. She served as a committee member for the APGO Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care Educational Work Group to advance abortion education and experience for medical students and residents. She is a Physician for Reproductive Health Fellow, completing the Leadership Training Academy program in 2024. She has testified before the House and House and Senate committees against multiple anti-abortion bills in both North and South Carolina throughout her career as a physician. While in North Carolina, Dr. Navarro also served on the Executive Committee of the North Carolina ObGyn Society for two years. In her last year at MAHEC, she was awarded the ACOG National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education by the Class of 2024. Although the decision to leave the Southeast was incredibly difficult, it was a necessary one for her family and career. She started as faculty at BMC in the Fall of 2024 and is incredibly excited to be a part of this team. She is a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community and co-mom to a 9 month old and 3 cats. Her special interests include comprehensive reproductive health care, gender affirming care, early pregnancy loss, ectopic pregnancy, advocacy, and medical student and resident education.
Keri Garel, MD: Keri-Lee.Garel@bmc.org
Dr. Garel (she/her/s) is an attending in the Department of OBGYN and Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT and her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. After completing her residency at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, she returned to BU and BMC as a fellow in Complex Family Planning. Dr. Garel was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society during medical school. As a resident she received multiple teaching awards, a Ryan Residency Award, and established an ambulatory gynecology clinic in a community health center. During fellowship, she was also a fellow in the Physicians for Reproductive Health Leadership Training Academy. She struggles to choose her favorite part of abortion and contraception care and research, but is particularly interested in the decision-making process for people with complex medical conditions. Outside of the hospital she enjoys collecting too many vinyl records, exploring the city on foot, and developing a detailed mental map of the best lattes in the Boston area.