Ari Wassner

Boston Children's Hospital

Ari J. Wassner is Medical Director of the Thyroid Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He earned his MD from Harvard Medical School and completed Pediatric residency followed by fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Wassner’s clinical specialty is in pediatric thyroid disease with a particular focus on thyroid neoplasia in children and on congenital hypothyroidism, and he is actively engaged in clinical research in these areas.  He is a member of the American Thyroid Association and serves on the ATA Pediatric Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Task Force. Dr. Wassner is also Director of the Endocrinology fellowship training program at Boston Children’s Hospital, and he is extensively involved in medical education and curriculum development at Harvard Medical School.