Catharina Armstrong, MD, MPH

Catharina Armstrong, MD MPH is Associate Director of the Newton-Wellesley Hospital Substance Use Services. Dr. Armstrong graduated from University College Dublin School of Medicine. She completed Internal Medicine residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Armstrong was awarded a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard Medical School in 2014. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine and is an Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Armstrong was previously the Chief of Infectious Diseases and director of the Boston Medical Center and Shattuck site Addiction Fellowship program at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Boston. Her clinical and research interests are in prevention and management strategies to support those struggling with addiction and the intersect of infectious diseases and substance use disorders. Dr. Armstrong is an Addiction Medicine and Infectious diseases/HIV consultant at Framingham Women’s prison. She serves on the Continuing Medical Education (CME) Committee for the Addiction Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and on the Board of Directors for the Boston Bulldogs Running Club, a non-profit running club established to provide a safe community of support for all those adversely affected by addiction.