Meet the Team

Dr. Antje Barreveld, Director
Antje Barreveld, MD is Director of the Newton-Wellesley Hospital Substance Use Services. She graduated from the University of California San Francisco Medical School and completed her residency in Anesthesiology and fellowship in Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She is board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Barreveld is also Medical Director of the Newton-Wellesley Hospital Pain Management Services and Anesthesiologist with Commonwealth Anesthesia Associates in Newton, MA. Dr. Barreveld is Research Scientist and Research Associate at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA and teaches pain and addiction courses at Harvard Medical School and Tufts University Medical School. She is Co-Principal Investigator of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Brigham and Women's Hospital Center of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPE), designated by the National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium. Dr. Barreveld is Co-Editor of the Pain Education Section in Pain Medicine, the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. Her clinical and research interests are in safe practices in co-managing pain and addiction, addiction prevention in the community, pain management education, and multimodal pain management strategies.

Dr. Catharina Armstrong, Associate Director
Catharina Armstrong, MD MPH is Associate Director of the Newton-Wellesley Hospital Substance Use Services. Dr. Armstrong graduated from University College Dublin School of Medicine. She completed Internal Medicine residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Armstrong was awarded a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard Medical School in 2015. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine and is an Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Armstrong is the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Boston. She is a Principal Investigator (PI) for the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital site CorECT study; a community HIV re-engagement study. Her clinical and research interests are in prevention and management strategies to support high risk groups with infectious diseases, particularly co-infection with Hepatitis B and C and HIV. Dr. Armstrong serves on the Board of Directors for the Boston Bulldogs, a non-profit running club established to provide an anonymous and safe community of support for all those adversely affected by addiction.

DonnaMarie Goulet, Medical Assistant

Ms. Goulet graduated as a Medical Assistant (MA) from CEI/Lincoln Tech in Somerville, MA in 2005. She has worked as an MA for Portamedic Inc., Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Ob/Gyn, Family Medicine, Orthopedics and ENT practices.  Ms. Goulet joined the SUS team in 2018 and directs administrative and medical assistant patient services.  She enjoys helping patients and their families with compassion and respect in order navigate the best care experience possible for all.