Annekathryn Goodman, MD, MS, MPH
Annekathryn Goodman, MD, MS, MPH
Director of Strength and Serenity MGH Global Initiative to End Gender- Based Violence
Codirector MGH Women's Global Health
Professor Obstetrics, Gynecology, Reproductive Biology Harvard Medical School
About Annekathryn Goodman, MD, MS, MPH
Annekathryn Goodman, MD, MPH is a Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School and a Fellow of both the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Surgeons. She has a full-time practice in Gynecologic Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and is an affiliate of MGH Global Disaster Response and the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In addition to board certification in gynecologic oncology, she is certified in acupuncture, and has completed training in both pastoral and palliative care. She received a certificate in Clinical Ethics and Health Policy from the Center for Practical Bioethics, University of Kansas Medical School. She received a certificate in Global health and MPH in Health Policy and Management from New York Medical College. She has undergone advanced training in humanitarian disaster relief work through the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Missioncraft in disaster relief operations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma.
She was the Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1998 through 2016. She is the past president of The Obstetrical Society of Boston and of the New England Association of Gynecologic Oncologists. She is also a member of the Ethics Committee at Massachusetts General Hospital.
She is a member of the national Trauma and Critical Care Team and has deployed to various international disasters. Since 2008, she consults in Bangladesh on cervical cancer prevention and the development of medical infrastructure to care for women with gynecologic cancers. She has also developed a two-month observership in gynecologic oncology at MGH for physicians from resource-limited countries. She is the director of Strength and Serenity MGH Initiative to End Gender- Based Violence which seeks to create a worldwide consortium to share best practices, develop training programs, and publish on issues pertaining to sexual exploitation and abuse with the goal to end Gender-Based Violence. She also edits the monthly email newsletter, MGH Global OB Gyn Newsletter : From Academics to Advocacy and Action.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Acupuncture
- Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine
- Global health
- Gynecologic cancers
- Palliative care
- Reproductive and Oncologic Consequences of Gender-Based Violence
- Women's Health Care
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
Mass General Cancer Center: Gynecologic Oncology
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
Suite 9E
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-4800
Medical Education
- MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
- Residency, Tufts Medical Center
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Gynecologic Oncology, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Obstetrics & Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Co-investigator on clinical trials for women with gynecologic cancers
Publications
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209 publications and 22 Book Chapters on gynecologic cancers, acupuncture, surgical techniques, screening, Global Health, Gender Based Violence.
Survival after Sexual Violence and Genocide: Trauma and Healing for Yazidi Women in Northern Iraq. Health 2020
Role of Molecular Biomarker Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) E6 Oncoprotein in Cervical Cancer Screening. Gyn Oncol 2020
“Chemotherapy - Induced Cognitive Decline Moving from the mechanistic debate towards prevention and treatment” J Cancer Therapy 2020
"The Rohingya Refugee Crisis of Bangladesh: Gender Based Violence and the Humanitarian Response" Open J Political Science 2019
How to talk with dying patients and their families after disasters and humanitarian crises: A review of available tools and guides for disaster responders. J International Humanitarian Action 2019
Prevalence of Various Cancer-Related Risk Factors among the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar National Community, the Rohingya, in Bangladesh: A Preliminary Assessment. J Cancer Therapy 2019
Maternal Health Care In Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: A Survey Of Midwifery Experience At Hope Foundation And A Review Of The Literature. Open J Obstetrics & Gynecology 2019
Adjuvant hysterectomy in patients with residual disease after radiation for locally advanced cervical cancer: A prospective longitudinal study. Journal of Global Oncology 2019
Obstetric Care among Refugees: The Complex Interplay of Barriers to Care, Culture, Health Resources and the Healthcare Infrastructure of Host Countries. Open J Obstetrics and Gynecology 2019
Dr. A.K. Goodman . . . . THE BEST! I have been very fortunate to have been in her care for many years. There are not adjectives enough to describe her!
I am incredibly grateful to be in Dr. Goodman's care and feel so confident in her knowledge and ability. I'm so lucky!
Dr. Goodman is exceptional in her ability to put me at ease, and her listening skills are off the charts. She offered possibilities of follow up care, gave me time to ask questions, and together we agreed on next steps. I trust her explicitly and it was worth the 2 hr commute and Mass Gen construction projects ?
Dr. Goodman is probably the best doctor I've ever had. She is unbelievably caring. She's thoughtful. She's intelligent. She's funny. She's technically proficient. She is a superlative human being and surgeon.
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She was extremely helpful and kind .also very knowledgeable about my care
I have never had a better doctor than Dr. Annekathryn Goodman.