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Contact Information
Founders Building, Suite 502
55 Fruit Street
Boston,
MA
02114
Phone: 617-724-4643
Email: hopeclinic@partners.org
Hours:
Wednesdays, 9:00 am-4:00 pm
The HOPE Clinic (Harnessing support for Opioid and substance use disorders in Pregnancy and Early childhood) provides coordinated care for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorder and their families. Our goal is to maximize our patients’ ability to successfully navigate pregnancy, early parenting and substance use recovery. We welcome women, their partners and their infants at any time during their pregnancy or first two years following the birth of their child.
The HOPE Clinic is a collaborative program of the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Psychiatry and Medicine at Mass General and MassGeneral Hospital for Children. Our goal is to give women and their families extra support through this special period in their lives. We know that every woman’s path is different, so we tailor our medical and social services to meet each individual where she is at in her substance use and recovery.
Women and their families are seen at our outpatient clinic at Mass General. The HOPE Clinic includes clinicians from a variety of fields who work together to care for patients. Our team includes clinicians trained in:
At the HOPE Clinic, we work with each woman to create a care plan that meets her where she is at in her substance use and recovery. The clinic provides complete care for women and their families during this exciting and challenging time. Through these services, we help pregnant women and new parents maximize their ability to navigate pregnancy, early parenting and substance use recovery with success.
The HOPE Clinic provides complete care for pregnant women, including:
We offer medication treatment for substance use disorders (such as buprenorphine or naltrexone). We also work with local methadone clinics.
When a patient is admitted at Mass General for labor, our team coordinates her substance use treatment during childbirth. We work with the inpatient obstetrics team to support our patients through childbirth and their hospital stay at Mass General.
After delivery, we welcome mothers and their newborns back to the HOPE Clinic. We continue to provide care for the family for the next two years.
During this period, we provide services for the mother, her partner and her baby. For infants, we offer:
Our services for women after delivery include:
When children reach two years old, we help connect families to providers in their community who can continue care for the whole family.
We also work with women during their time with us at the HOPE Clinic to create a “portfolio of recovery.” The goal of the portfolio of recovery is to highlight the recovery work done by the mother during her pregnancy. It outlines the patient’s treatment goals and identifies her strengths, support systems and plan for the safety of herself and her family. The portfolio can then be presented with the help of the inpatient social work team to social services agencies, including the Department of Children and Families (DCF).
See our Frequently Asked Questions to learn more about how we work with patients to support and advocate for them during DCF proceedings.
The HOPE Clinic is committed to providing access to care not just for our patients and their babies, but also for the rest of the family.
We provide the following services to family members:
We understand that each person's recovery journey is different. We work with each woman to tailor a care plan that meets her where she is at in her substance use and recovery. The HOPE Clinic team is made up of specialists with experience treating substance use disorder. It includes: Physicians (including obstetricians, pediatricians, psychiatrists and family practice specialists); Social workers; Nurses; Recovery coaches; Clinical care coordinators
Marie Henderson, CNM, MSN
Nurse-midwife, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Robin Mahrouk, RN
Nurse coordinator, Outpatient Obstetrics
Katie Raftery
Recovery coach
Gretchen Stearns, LICSW
Social worker
Janika Gates
Practice manager
Joseph H. Chou, MD, PhD - Director, Clinical Analytics and Performance Improvement; Neonatology and Newborn Services
Martha T. Kane, MD - Clinical director, Substance Use Disorders Initiative and Ambulatory; Department of Psychiatry
Leslie S. Kerzner, MD - Director, Newborn Development Follow-up Clinic; Associate medical director, Special Care Nursery; Division of Newborn Medicine
Tricia McNamara, MBA - Finance director, Department of Psychiatry
Hiyam Nadel, RN, BSN, MBA, CGC - Nursing director, Obstetrics Program
Julie Ritucci, CPA, MPH – Director of finance, Department of Pediatrics
Elizabeth Ann Powell - Senior administrative manager, Substance Use Disorders Initiative and Addiction Services, Department of Psychiatry
Alexandra Sobran, MSW LICSW - Clinical director, Social Work
Monique Tello, MD - Primary care physician, Women’s Health Associates
Sarah Wakeman, MD - Medical director, Substance Use Disorders Initiative
Charles D. Weinstein, PhD - Program manger, Recovery Coach Program
Caryn Wilson, MBA - Executive director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Alexy Arauz Boudreau, MD - Director, Pediatric Population Health, MassGeneral Hospital for Children
William Barth, MD - Chief, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Lee Cohen, MD - Director, Center for Women’s Mental Health
Jeff Ecker, MD - Chief, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Paul Lerou, MD - Chief, Neonatology and Newborn Medicine, MassGeneral Hospital for Children
Raymond Levy, PsyD - Director, The Fatherhood Project, Department of Psychiatry
Joy Rosen - Vice president, Behavioral Health
Elsie Taveras, MD, MPH - Executive director, Kraft Center for Community Health; Chief, Division of General Academic Pediatrics
Tim Wilens, MD - Chief, Division of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry; Co-director, Center for Addiction Medicine
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mass General has advanced the science and the quality of care for women since 1891.
MassGeneral Hospital for Children provides expert primary and specialty care for your child from birth through adulthood.
We provide state-of-the-art, individualized care for women and their families before, during and after childbirth.
Find information on OB/GYN residency, fellowship and other continuing medical education opportunities.
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We work with each woman to create a care plan that meets her where she is at in her substance use and recovery and help navigate pregnancy, early parenting and substance use recovery with success.