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Sara Stulac, MD MPH

Associate Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Pediatrics

MD, Tufts University School of Medicine

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Sara Stulac, MD, MPH, is a pediatrician and the Medical Director of the Primary Care Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center. She leads the Supporting Our Families through Addiction and Recovery (SOFAR) clinic for families impacted by opioid use disorder. Until 2017, Dr. Stulac was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Partners In Health. She worked in Rwanda from 2005 to 2011, collaborating with Rwanda’s Ministry of Health to develop primary health care infrastructure and community-based HIV care. Dr. Stulac holds faculty positions at Boston Medical Center and at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She received her MD and MPH from Tufts University School of Medicine, and completed her residency in pediatrics at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

BMC Research

Center for the Urban Child Program Funding
12/01/2023 - 11/30/2025 (PI)
Pincus Family Foundation

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Stulac SN, Costello E, Baker J, Elansary M, Reed K, Lasser KE. High Engagement in Care in a Pediatric Medical Home for Children Impacted By Parental Substance Use. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 Jul 29; 99228231189140.View Related Profiles.

Lasser, Karen
Elansary, Mei
Stulac, Sara

PMID: 37515533

Standish KR, Morrison TM, Wanar A, Crowell L, Safon CB, Colson E, Drainoni ML, Colvin BN, Friedman H, Schiff DM, Stulac S, Costello E, Parker M. Breastfeeding Decision-Making Among Mothers with Opioid Use Disorder: A Qualitative Study. Breastfeed Med. 2023 May; 18(5):347-355.View Related Profiles.

Schiff, Davida
Standish, Katherine
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Stulac, Sara

PMID: 37115582

She X, Perera S, Andre M, St Fleur J, Hilaire J, Evans A, Long J, Wing D, Carpenter C, Wilson K, Palfrey J, Stulac S. Associations Between Parental Depression, Self-efficacy, and Early Childhood Development in Malnourished Haitian Children. Glob Pediatr Health. 2022; 9:2333794X221098311. PMID: 35592789; PMCID: PMC9112296; DOI: 10.1177/2333794X221098311;

Ndayizigiye M, McBain R, Whelley C, Lerotholi R, Mabathoana J, Carmona M, Curtain J, Birru E, Stulac S, Miller AC, Shin S, Rumaldo N, Mukherjee J, Nelson AK. Integrating an early child development intervention into an existing primary healthcare platform in rural Lesotho: a prospective case-control study. BMJ Open. 2022 02 04; 12(2):e051781. PMID: 35121599; PMCID: PMC8819803; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051781;

Schiff DM, Partridge S, Gummadi NH, Gray JR, Stulac S, Costello E, Wachman EM, Jones HE, Greenfield SF, Taveras EM, Bernstein JA. Caring for Families Impacted by Opioid Use: A Qualitative Analysis of Integrated Program Designs. Acad Pediatr. 2022 Jan-Feb; 22(1):125-136.View Related Profiles.

Schiff, Davida
Wachman, Elisha
Stulac, Sara

PMID: 33901729; PMCID: PMC8542059; DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.04.016;

Stulac S, Bair-Merritt M, Wachman EM, Augustyn M, Howard C, Madoor N, Costello E. Children and families of the opioid epidemic: Under the radar. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2019 08; 49(8):100637.View Related Profiles.

Costello, Eileen
Wachman, Elisha
Augustyn, Marilyn
Bair-Merritt, Megan
Stulac, Sara

PMID: 31494050

Stulac SN. Health Equity in Rwanda and Boston and Back Again. Pediatrics. 2019 07; 144(1). PMID: 31186367

Thomson DR, Amoroso C, Atwood S, Bonds MH, Rwabukwisi FC, Drobac P, Finnegan KE, Farmer DB, Farmer PE, Habinshuti A, Hirschhorn LR, Manzi A, Niyigena P, Rich ML, Stulac S, Murray MB, Binagwaho A. Impact of a health system strengthening intervention on maternal and child health outputs and outcomes in rural Rwanda 2005-2010. BMJ Glob Health. 2018; 3(2):e000674. PMID: 29662695; PMCID: PMC5898359; DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000674;

Betancourt TS, Ng LC, Kirk CM, Brennan RT, Beardslee WR, Stulac S, Mushashi C, Nduwimana E, Mukunzi S, Nyirandagijimana B, Kalisa G, Rwabukwisi CF, Sezibera V. Family-based promotion of mental health in children affected by HIV: a pilot randomized controlled trial. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2017 Aug; 58(8):922-930.View Related Profiles.

Ng, Lauren
Stulac, Sara

PMID: 28504307; PMCID: PMC5730278; DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12729;

Cyamatare Rwabukwisi F, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Ribakare M, Mukamana J, Gatesi Y, Stulac S, Drobac P, Amoroso CL, Gupta N. Five-year Outcomes Among Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in a Community-based Accompaniment Program in Rural Rwanda. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Nov; 35(11):1222-1224. PMID: 27753767

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Cyamatare FR, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Ribakare M, Mukamana J, Gatesi Y, Stulac S, Drobac P, Amoroso CL, Gupta N. Five-Year Outcomes Among Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in a Community-Based Accompaniment Program in Rural Rwanda. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Jun 16. PMID: 27314824

Stulac S, Mark Munyaneza RB, Chai J, Bigirimana JB, Nyishime M, Tapela N, Chaffee S, Lehmann L, Shulman LN. Initiating Childhood Cancer Treatment in Rural Rwanda: A Partnership-Based Approach. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 May; 63(5):813-7. PMID: 26785111

Stulac SN, Jean-Baptiste M, Mathews C, Mukherjee JS. International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Heggenhougen K, ed.). Preventing and Treating HIV in Children and Adolescents. 2016.

Stulac S, Binagwaho A, Tapela NM, Wagner CM, Muhimpundu MA, Ngabo F, Nsanzimana S, Kayonde L, Bigirimana JB, Lessard AJ, Lehmann L, Shulman LN, Nutt CT, Drobac P, Mpunga T, Farmer PE. Capacity building for oncology programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: the Rwanda experience. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Aug; 16(8):e405-13. PMID: 26248848

Mayfield A, Parikh K, Stulac S. Essential Clinical Global Health (Nelson BD, ed. ). Health Program Development and Evaluation. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester. 2015; 28-39.

Betancourt T, Scorza P, Kanyanganzi F, Fawzi MC, Sezibera V, Cyamatare F, Beardslee W, Stulac S, Bizimana JI, Stevenson A, Kayiteshonga Y. HIV and child mental health: a case-control study in Rwanda. Pediatrics. 2014 Aug; 134(2):e464-72. PMID: 25049342; PMCID: PMC4187226; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2734;

Betancourt TS, Ng LC, Kirk CM, Munyanah M, Mushashi C, Ingabire C, Teta S, Beardslee WR, Brennan RT, Zahn I, Stulac S, Cyamatare FR, Sezibera V. Family-based prevention of mental health problems in children affected by HIV and AIDS: an open trial. AIDS. 2014 Jul; 28 Suppl 3:S359-68.View Related Profiles.

Ng, Lauren
Stulac, Sara

PMID: 24991909; PMCID: PMC4315615; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000336;

Binagwaho A, Farmer PE, Nsanzimana S, Karema C, Gasana M, de Dieu Ngirabega J, Ngabo F, Wagner CM, Nutt CT, Nyatanyi T, Gatera M, Kayiteshonga Y, Mugeni C, Mugwaneza P, Shema J, Uwaliraye P, Gaju E, Muhimpundu MA, Dushime T, Senyana F, Mazarati JB, Gaju CM, Tuyisenge L, Mutabazi V, Kyamanywa P, Rusanganwa V, Nyemazi JP, Umutoni A, Kankindi I, Ntizimira C, Ruton H, Mugume N, Nkunda D, Ndenga E, Mubiligi JM, Kakoma JB, Karita E, Sekabaraga C, Rusingiza E, Rich ML, Mukherjee JS, Rhatigan J, Cancedda C, Bertrand-Farmer D, Bukhman G, Stulac SN, Tapela NM, van der Hoof Holstein C, Shulman LN, Habinshuti A, Bonds MH, Wilkes MS, Lu C, Smith-Fawzi MC, Swain JD, Murphy MP, Ricks A, Kerry VB, Bush BP, Siegler RW, Stern CS, Sliney A, Nuthulaganti T, Karangwa I, Pegurri E, Dahl O, Drobac PC. Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life. Lancet. 2014 Jul 26; 384(9940):371-5. PMID: 24703831; PMCID: PMC4151975; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60574-2;

Gupta N, Cyamatare FR, Niyigena P, Niyigena JW, Stulac S, Mugwaneza P, Drobac P, Rich M, Franke MF. Clinical outcomes of a comprehensive integrated program for HIV-exposed infants: a 3-year experience promoting HIV-free survival in rural Rwanda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Apr 01; 62(4):e109-14. PMID: 23202811

Binagwaho A, Pegurri E, Drobac PC, Mugwaneza P, Stulac SN, Wagner CM, Karema C, Tsague L. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: cost-effectiveness of antiretroviral regimens and feeding options in Rwanda. PLoS One. 2013; 8(2):e54180. PMID: 23437040; PMCID: PMC3577801; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054180;

Betancourt T, Scorza P, Meyers-Ohki S, Mushashi C, Kayiteshonga Y, Binagwaho A, Stulac S, Beardslee WR. Validating the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children in Rwanda. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Dec; 51(12):1284-92. PMID: 23200285; PMCID: PMC5730330; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.09.003;

Rich ML, Miller AC, Niyigena P, Franke MF, Niyonzima JB, Socci A, Drobac PC, Hakizamungu M, Mayfield A, Ruhayisha R, Epino H, Stulac S, Cancedda C, Karamaga A, Niyonzima S, Yarbrough C, Fleming J, Amoroso C, Mukherjee J, Murray M, Farmer P, Binagwaho A. Excellent clinical outcomes and high retention in care among adults in a community-based HIV treatment program in rural Rwanda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Mar 01; 59(3):e35-42. PMID: 22156912

Pringle K, Shah SP, Umulisa I, Mark Munyaneza RB, Dushimiyimana JM, Stegmann K, Musavuli J, Ngabitsinze P, Stulac S, Levine AC. Comparing the accuracy of the three popular clinical dehydration scales in children with diarrhea. Int J Emerg Med. 2011 Sep 09; 4:58. PMID: 21902838; PMCID: PMC3182880; DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-4-58;

Betancourt TS, Meyers-Ohki S, Stulac SN, Barrera AE, Mushashi C, Beardslee WR. Nothing can defeat combined hands (Abashize hamwe ntakibananira): protective processes and resilience in Rwandan children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. Soc Sci Med. 2011 Sep; 73(5):693-701. PMID: 21840634; PMCID: PMC3162991; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.053;

Franke MF, Stulac SN, Rugira IH, Rich ML, Bucyibaruta JB, Drobac PC, Iyamungu G, Bryant CM, Binagwaho A, Farmer PE, Mukherjee JS. High human immunodeficiency virus-free survival of infants born to human immunodeficiency virus-positive mothers in an integrated program to decrease child mortality in rural Rwanda. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jul; 30(7):614-6. PMID: 21206394

Betancourt TS, Meyers-Ohki SE, Stevenson A, Ingabire C, Kanyanganzi F, Munyana M, Mushashi C, Teta S, Fayida I, Cyamatare FR, Stulac S, Beardslee WR. Using Mixed-Methods Research to Adapt and Evaluate a Family Strengthening Intervention in Rwanda. Afr J Trauma Stress. 2011 Jun; 2(1):32-45. PMID: 25309851; PMCID: PMC4189126

Betancourt TS, Rubin-Smith JE, Beardslee WR, Stulac SN, Fayida I, Safren S. Understanding locally, culturally, and contextually relevant mental health problems among Rwandan children and adolescents affected by HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care. 2011 Apr; 23(4):401-12. PMID: 21271393; PMCID: PMC3057405; DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.516333;

Levine AC, Shah SP, Umulisa I, Munyaneza RB, Dushimiyimana JM, Stegmann K, Musavuli J, Ngabitsinze P, Stulac S, Epino HM, Noble VE. Ultrasound assessment of severe dehydration in children with diarrhea and vomiting. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Oct; 17(10):1035-41. PMID: 21040103

Lim Y, Kim JY, Rich M, Stulac S, Niyonzima JB, Smith Fawzi MC, Gahire R, Mukaminega M, Getchell M, Peterson CW, Farmer PE, Binagwaho A. Improving prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV care and related services in eastern Rwanda. PLoS Med. 2010 Jul 20; 7(7):e1000302. PMID: 20652014; PMCID: PMC2907272; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000302;

Binagwaho A, Fawzi MC, Drobac P, Franke M, Ivers L, Kim JY, Mukherjee J, Noguchi J, Rich M, Stulac S, Farmer P. HIV, infant feeding and implementation failure: advancing policies for women with HIV infection and attaining the Millennium Development Goals. Bull World Health Organ. 2009 Aug; 87(8):A-B; author reply B-C. PMID: 19704996; PMCID: PMC2733261; DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.062299;

Peltier CA, Omes C, Ndimubanzi PC, Ndayisaba GF, Stulac S, Arendt V, Courteille O, Muganga N, Kayumba K, Van den Ende J. Validation of 2006 WHO prediction scores for true HIV infection in children less than 18 months with a positive serological HIV test. PLoS One. 2009; 4(4):e5312. PMID: 19390690; PMCID: PMC2669178; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005312;

Sievers AC, Lewey J, Musafiri P, Franke MF, Bucyibaruta BJ, Stulac SN, Rich ML, Karema C, Daily JP. Reduced paediatric hospitalizations for malaria and febrile illness patterns following implementation of community-based malaria control programme in rural Rwanda. Malar J. 2008 Aug 27; 7:167. PMID: 18752677; PMCID: PMC2557016; DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-167;

Sievers AC, Lewey J, Musafiri P, Franke MF, Bucyibaruta BJ, Stulac SN, Rich ML, Karema C, Daily JP. Reduced paediatric hospitalizations for malaria and febrile illness patterns following implementation of a community-based malaria control programme in rural Rwanda. World Hosp Health Serv. 2008; 44(4):28-35. PMID: 19370834

Farmer PE, Nizeye B, Stulac S, Keshavjee S. Structural violence and clinical medicine. PLoS Med. 2006 Oct; 3(10):e449. PMID: 17076568; PMCID: PMC1621099; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030449;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 34 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2011

Bar chart showing 34 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2011

Year	Publications
2006	1
2008	2
2009	2
2010	2
2011	5
2012	2
2013	2
2014	3
2015	2
2016	4
2017	1
2018	1
2019	2
2021	1
2022	2
2023	2

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2004 The Dickey Foundation, Dartmouth College: International Clinical Fellowship

2002 Tufts University School of Medicine: International Health Service Award

1999 The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship: Schweitzer Fellow

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