Jeanette Callahan, MD

Executive Director of Operations and Development

Jeanette Adele Callahan, MD is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and General Pediatrician at Cambridge Health Alliance with a special interest in the use of Botanical medicine in the treatment of Autism and Attention Deficit Disorder.  She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed the MGH for Children’s Residency Program. In addition, she holds an Herbal Fellowship Certificate from the Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine.  Dr. Callahan is the Medical Director of the Justice Resource Institute Northeast Health Service Unit which provides primary health care to detained and committed youth in the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. She is Founding Partner and Executive Director of Operations and Development of The Wellness Collaborative, Inc.

Her volunteer work has taken her to South Africa, Brazil, and Ghana where she provides pediatric consultations and direct care. In her role as a community activist in the areas of affordable housing, criminal justice, healthcare, and education reform. Dr. Callahan served on the Board of The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization for over a decade.  She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Urban Edge and Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center as well as the Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission.