Annekathryn Goodman

Dr. Annekathryn Goodman is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She completed medical school and residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston and her fellowship training in gynecologic oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). 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 Global health from New York Medical College. She has undergone advanced training in humanitarian disaster relief work through the Harvard Humanitarian studies initiative, Missioncraft in disaster relief operations, and the DelValle Institute’s all hazard disaster response and protection for healthcare personnel.

She is the Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is also a member of the Ethics Committee at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is the past president of The Obstetrical Society of Boston and of the New England Society of Gynecologic Oncologists.

She is a member of the national disaster team, IMSuRT (International Medical Surgical Response team), a branch of the US department of Health and Human Services and has deployed to various international disasters including Bam, Iran 2004, Banda Aceh 2005, Haiti 2010, the Philippines 2014, and Nepal 2015. She received the 2012 ACOG International Service Award for service to pregnant women after the Haiti earthquake. Since 2008, she has been consulting 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.