Patrick Catalano MD

Patrick Catalano MD is a Professor and Vice Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tufts University School of Medicine and a Maternal -Fetal Medicine specialist at Tufts University Medical Center. His research is focused on maternal metabolism in women whose pregnancies are complicated by diabetes and obesity. Further, he is studying the short and long-term effects on mothers and their children. He has had continuous funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development for the past 30 years.

Dr. Catalano is a member of professional organizations including the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the Society for Reproductive Investigation, the American Diabetes Association, and the Perinatal Research Society. He was the previous Chair of the American Diabetes Association Council on Pregnancy and Women’s Health. Dr. Catalano has served as a Co-Chair of the NICHD Scientific Vision Group on Pregnancy. Dr. Catalano was on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee to review the weight gain in pregnancy guidelines.

Awards include the Norbert Freinkel Award from the American Diabetes Association, the Jorgen Pedersen Award from the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, the Agnes Higgins Award for contributions to maternal-fetal nutrition from the March of Dimes, and the Charles Best lecture from the University of Toronto. Dr. Catalano received his MD from the University of Vermont College Medical College. He is certified in general Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He has over 230 peer-reviewed publications and continuous National Institute of Health funding since 1987.