Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Statement Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To see our full nondiscrimination statement, click here.

Campus Construction Update

Starting September 14, we’re closing the Menino building lobby entrance. This, along with the ongoing Yawkey building entrance closure, will help us bring you an even better campus experience that matches the exceptional care you've come to expect. Please enter the Menino and Yawkey buildings through the Moakley building, and make sure to leave extra time to get to your appointment. Thank you for your patience. 

Click here to learn more about our campus redesign. 

Sarah Kimball, MD
(Co) Director
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Claire Oppenheim, MPH
Director of Operations
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Joelle Taos Taknint, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Director of Behavioral Health / Clinical Psychologist
Immigrant & Refugee Health Center 

Lily Sonis, LICSW, MPH
Program Director
Immigrant & Refugee Health Center 

Maithri Ameresekere, MD, MSc, PMH-C
Director of Women's Mental Health Program
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)

Camila Pescetto, MSW
Case Manager
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Mitsouka Exantus
Medical Case Manager
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Sara Bayoumi, CHW
Community Health Worker
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center 

Salma Amin, MPH
Senior Research Assistant
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Jessica Brandao
Patient Care Coordinator
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Hailyn Yoon
Administrative Coordinator
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR)

Casey Waskiewicz
Program Assistant
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Josselyn Cooksey, CHW
Community Health Worker / Citizenship and Immigration Rights Navigator
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Audrey Montgomery, MSW 
RWHC Case Manager 
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Primary Care

Sondra Crosby, MD
Director of Immigrant & Refugee Health Program
Director of FMEG
Department of General Internal Medicine

Nicolette Oleng, MD
Director of Resident Education for Immigrant & Refugee Health Program 
Department of General Internal Medicine

Lucy Schulson, MD, MPH
Primary Care Physician
Immigrant & Refugee Health Program
Department of General Internal Medicine

Aissatou Gueye, NP
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Immigrant & Refugee Health Program 
Department of General Internal Medicine

Jordana Laks, MD, MPH
Primary Care Physician 
Immigrant & Refugee Health Program 
Department of General Internal Medicine

Mental Health

Lin Piwowarczyk, MD, MPH
Director of Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Senior Advisor for BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center (IRHC)
Department of Psychiatry

Dana Rous, LICSW
Associate Dir. of Client Services
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Elissa Bargas, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Sandra Mattar, PsyD
Assistant Professor
Clinical Psychologist
Training Director
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Rudra Darai, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Resham Gellatly, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Sofia Vivoni Corominas, MD
Attending Psychiatrist
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Anissa Dickerson, CNM, MSN, MPH
Director of Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Alexandra Belcher-Obejero-Paz, MD, MPH
Physician
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Rasha Khoury, MD, MPH
Physician
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Katharine Hutchinson, CNM
Midwife
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Kettie Louis, DNP, WHNP-BC, ANP-BC
OBGYN Nurse Practitioner
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Ingrid St. Hill
Care Coordinator
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Social Services

Elisa Portz
Career Counselor
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry