Dr. Kathryn Ackerman
Boston Children's Hospital National Leadership Council- Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, Medical Director- Female Athlete Program, Division of Sports Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine- Harvard Medical School Chair, USRowing Medical Commission
Kathryn E. Ackerman, MD, MPH is a sports medicine physician and the medical director of the Female Athlete Program in the Division of Sports Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital. Her interests include female athletes, rowing injuries, endocrinology, female athlete triad, optimizing performance and health in athletes with diabetes, exercise-associated hyponatremia, and exercise and bone health in adolescents. Dr. Ackerman sees patients in Boston and Waltham.
Dr. Ackerman interests in clinical care and education involve merging disciplines of sports medicine and endocrinology, while advancing the science and understanding of these interwoven specialties. She has presented locally and internationally about the female athlete triad as well as diabetes and exercise. Dr. Ackerman is a former national team lightweight rower, a team physician for USRowing, and the course director for the Female Athlete Conference, held biannually at Boston Children's Hospital.