Division of Gynecology | Meet Our Team

Physicians

Marc Laufer, MD

Chief, Division of Gynecology; Co-Director, Center for Young Women's Health; Director, Boston Center for Endometriosis Professor, Harvard Medical School

Amanda French, MD

Attending, Division of Gynecology Clinical Instructor, Lecturer, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School

Roxane Gardner, MD, MSHPEd, DSc

Assistant in Gynecology, Division of Gynecology Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School

Frances Grimstad, MD, MS

Attending, Division of Gynecology Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Maureen Lynch, MD

Assistant in Gynecology, Division of Gynecology Assistant Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School

Merrill Weitzel, MD

Attending, Division of Gynecology Instructor, Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School

Nurses

Cale Potter, BSN, RN

Registered Nurse, Division of Gynecology

Phaedra Thomas-Kowal, RN, BSN

Co-Director, Center for Young Women's Health

Shaunna King, RN

Registered Nurse, Division of Gynecology

Kara Sugihara, NP

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gynecology

Social Work

Ashley Guevara, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, General Renal Program

Administrative Staff

Maria Acevedo

Practice Coordinator, Division of Gynecology

Nancy Rogers

Sr. Administrative Associate, Division of Gynecology

Clinical Fellows

Katherine Hayes, MD
Dr. Hayes is a clinical fellow in the Division of Gynecology. She completed her residency training at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium and then served four years as an active duty Air Force gynecologist. While in the Air Force, she specialized in caring for adult women with endometriosis, but looks forward to working with adolescents and young adults to recognize and treat endometriosis at a younger age. She hopes to contribute to our understanding of endometriosis and improved treatments through her clinical research.

faceless woman avatar Jessica Shim, MD
Dr. Shim is a clinical fellow of the Division of Gynecology. She completed her residency training at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She looks forward to treating adolescents and young women with endometriosis and other gynecologic concerns.

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