
Rachel C Whooten, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Pediatrics
Languages
- English
Gender
FemaleAbout Rachel C Whooten
Rachel Whooten is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children in Boston, Massachusetts. She is board-certified in Pediatric Endocrinology and Obesity Medicine. In addition to being the Clinical Director of Pediatric Endocrine, she is also active in quality improvement, fellow education, and clinical research. She graduated from Williams College and Boston University School of Medicine, then completed her residency in Pediatrics at UCSF, moving back to Boston to complete her fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at MGH.
She is currently supported by a K23 award from NIDDK addressing physical activity as a potential strategy for PCOS prevention, which has included characterizing PCOS within a prospective cohort (Project Viva). Her other active research projects include early life obesity prevention interventions and tertiary care management of pediatric obesity.
Locations
- Mass General Brigham for Children Pediatric Endocrine Program
- 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey Building, 6th Floor, Suite 6C, Boston, MA 02114
- Get Directions
- phone: 617-726-2909
- fax: 617-643-9140
- Mass General Brigham for Children Endocrinology Clinic
- 22 Patriot Place, Suite 121, Foxborough, MA 02035
- Get Directions
- phone: 857-307-3266
- fax: 857-307-3267
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2018
- Residency: UC San Francisco, Pediatrics, 2015
- Medical Education: Boston University, 2012
Board Certifications
- Pediatric Endocrinology: American Board of Pediatrics, 2019
Insurance
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH