Katherine Peeler

Katherine Peeler, MD, MA

Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
Co-Medical Director, Harvard Student Human Rights Collaborative Asylum Clinic
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Member of the Faculty, HMS Center for Bioethics

Katherine R. Peeler, MD, MA is a pediatric critical care physician at Boston Children's Hospital. She received her MD from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, completed her pediatrics training at University of Michigan, and fellowship in critical care at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Peeler is an expert on the health and health rights of detained immigrant children and adults and has written extensively on this topic as well as served as an expert witness in multiple legal cases on behalf of this population. Her immigration research and advocacy lab incorporates students from many of Harvard’s graduate schools. From a bioethics perspective, she is interested in the concept of divergent directives/dual loyalties and how care providers navigate opposing mandates within a care system. She is the recipient of the Geisel School of Medicine Young Alumni Award, the Harvard Medical School Dean's Community Service Faculty Award, and Harvard Medical School’s Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service. During the 2022-2023 academic year, she was the Joint Fellow-in-Residence at The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and the Center for Bioethics, both of Harvard University.

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Research in US Immigration Detention-Transparency Through Policy.
Authors: Authors: Peeler KR.
JAMA Netw Open
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Individuals' experiences in U.S. immigration detention during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic: major challenges and public health implications.
Authors: Authors: Lee CH, Uppal N, Erfani P, Sandoval RS, Hampton K, Mishori R, Peeler KR.
Health Justice
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International Medical Graduates and practice rates in underserved communities in Florida.
Authors: Authors: Uppal N, Chin ET, Lee CH, Erfani P, Peeler KR.
Healthc (Amst)
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Anthropology in the PICU: Addressing the Local Worlds of Families in an Otherwise Foreign Land.
Authors: Authors: Peeler KR.
Pediatr Crit Care Med
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Trends in Decarceration, COVID-19 Cases, and SARS-CoV-2 Testing in US Immigration Detention Centers From September 2020 to August 2021.
Authors: Authors: Uppal N, Chin ET, Erfani P, Sandoval RS, Lee CH, Mishori R, Peeler KR.
JAMA Netw Open
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Homelessness in the United States: Implications for Critically Ill Children.
Authors: Authors: Gabbay JM, Whyte KE, Peeler KR.
J Health Care Poor Underserved
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Trauma-Informed Care for Hospitalized Adolescents.
Authors: Authors: Fialkowski A, Shaffer K, Ball-Burack M, Brooks TL, Trinh NT, Potter JE, Peeler KR.
Curr Pediatr Rep
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Severe Hypernatremia in an Adolescent With Anorexia Nervosa.
Authors: Authors: Aamodt K, Fitzgerald SL, Hanono A, Majzoub J, Millington K, Richmond TK, Peeler KR.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
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Alternatives to Detention: Immigration Reform Grounded in Public Health.
Authors: Authors: Uppal N, Sandoval RS, Erfani P, Mishori R, Peeler KR.
Am J Public Health
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Cytokine Storm Unmasks Immunodeficiency in a Child With Severe COVID-19.
Authors: Authors: Peeler KR, Puccetti D, Lamb GS, Nguyen AA, Roberts J, Trissal M, McAlvin JB.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
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