Shari Nethersole, MD, is the Medical Director for Community Health at Children’s Hospital Boston. For over 20 years, Dr. Nethersole has been a pediatrician caring for children in Boston. For 10 years, she was the Associate Director of Medical Student Education, as well as the director of the General Pediatric Consultation Clinic, before transitioning to the role of Medical Director for Community Health in 2004.
Dr. Nethersole is widely recognized for her visionary efforts to create collaborative initiatives designed to raise awareness of the problem and bring resources to bear to produce positive change and results where they are most needed – among Boston’s low income, culturally-marginalized, at risk children. The Fitness in the City program, a partnership between Children’s Hospital Boston and 11 Boston community health centers addressing the challenge of childhood obesity, is a prime example of her work.
