Diabetes and Pregnancy

About seven out of every 100 pregnant women in the United States get diabetes when pregnant (gestational diabetes). Diabetes is a disease in which the body's blood glucose, or sugar, levels are too high.

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Clinical Nutrition

The Division of Clinical Nutrition at Tufts Medical Center provides inpatient and outpatient nutritional services.
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Women’s Care - OB/GYN

Tufts Medical Center's Women’s Care is the only program in the Boston area to provide obstetrical and gynecological care to women of all ages, at different stages of their lives, and in one convenient place. Learn more and request an appointment today.
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Tufts Medicine OBGYN – Norwood

The Tufts Medicine OBGYN care that you trust in Norwood.
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Women’s Care South in Braintree

Tufts Medical Center Women's Care South offers Ob/Gyn services for women in Braintree and the surrounding area. All OB/GYN services are provided on site, eliminating the need to drive into Boston. Learn more and request an appointment today.
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Doctors + Care Team

Jennifer Daman, MD

Jennifer Daman, MD

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Title(s): Chief, Women’s Care South; Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Care
Appt. Phone: 781-843-2229
Fax #: 781-848-2227

General ob/gyn, abnormal uterine bleeding, abnormal pap smear, surgical treatment of benign disease, complex OB

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Edward Saltzman, MD

Edward Saltzman, MD

Title(s): Chief, Division of Clinical Nutrition; Director, Adult Nutrition Support Services; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine; Dean for Education, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Department(s): Medicine, Clinical Nutrition
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Enteral and parenteral nutrition

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Erika F.  Werner, MD, MS

Erika F. Werner, MD, MS

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Title(s): Physician-in-Chief, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts Medical Center; Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Louis E. Phaneuf Teaching and Research Professor of Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4549
Fax #: 617-636-4202

Maternal-fetal medicine, diabetes in pregnancy, periviable pregnancy loss, preterm birth and preeclampsia

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Laura Baecher-Lind, MD, MPH

Laura Baecher-Lind, MD, MPH

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Title(s): Director, Women's Care of Tufts Medical Center; Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Care
Appt. Phone: 617-636-2229
Fax #: 617-636-0751

Obstetrics and gynecology, clinical research, contraception, cervical dysplasia and colposcopy, medical and public health ethics, postmenopause issues

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Andrew S. Greenberg, MD

Title(s): Endocrinologist; Dr. Robert and Veronica Atkins Professor in Metabolism and Nutrition, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Kathleen Joyce, MD

Kathleen Joyce, MD

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Title(s): Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Care
Appt. Phone: 781-843-2229
Fax #: 781-848-2227

General OB/GYN, abnormal pap smear, birth control

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Joel B. Mason, MD

Joel B. Mason, MD

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Title(s): Gastroenterologist; Professor, Tufts University Schools of Medicine and Friedman School of Nutritional Science and Policy; Senior Scientist and Director, Vitamins and Carcinogenesis Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University
Department(s): Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Gastroenterology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5883
Fax #: 617-636-1480

Malabsorption and unintentional weight loss, Inflammatory bowel disease, nutritional aspects of gastrointestinal disease, home nutritional therapy, enteral and parenteral nutrition

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Ashley T. Peterson, MD

Ashley T. Peterson, MD

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Title(s): Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician, Director of Obstetric Quality and Safety; Director of Perinatal Diagnostic Center
Department(s): Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4549
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Obstetric Quality and Safety, Substance Use Disorders, Diabetes in Pregnancy, Preterm Birth, Prenatal Diagnosis

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Margaret M. Sullivan, MD

Margaret M. Sullivan, MD

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Title(s): Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Care
Appt. Phone: 781-843-2229
Fax #: 781-848-2227

General OB/GYN, management of abnormal pap smears, minimally invasive treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding, laparoscopic surgery

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Hong-Thao N. Thieu, MD

Hong-Thao N. Thieu, MD

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Title(s): Obstetrician and Gynecologist; OB/GYN Residency Program Director; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Care
Appt. Phone: 617-636-2229
Fax #: 617-636-0751

General obstetrics and gynecology, pediatric and adolescent gynecology, minimally invasive surgery, robotically assisted surgery, abnormal uterine bleeding

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Andrea L. Zuckerman, MD

Andrea L. Zuckerman, MD

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Title(s): Chief, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology; Vice Chair of Gynecology; Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Care, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-2229
Fax #: 617-636-0751

Pediatric and adolescent gynecology, adult obstetrics and gynecology

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