Dr. David Kuter is Director of Clinical Hematology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and his D. Phil. in Biochemistry while a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, before obtaining his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kuter divides his time between medical education of fellows and medical students, clinical care of patients with a wide range of hematological disorders, and clinical research of thrombopoietic agents. His basic science group was one of the labs that discovered thrombopoietin and his clinical research group carried out seminal studies using thrombopoietic agents in transfusion medicine and immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Dr Kuter is recipient of a number of awards, including the Irving London Teaching Award at Harvard Medical School, the Alfred Kranes Teaching Award at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Douglas Family Foundation Prize for Research (2008 and 2010) at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Jane Green Memorial Prize for Teaching at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and the 2013 Earnest Beutler Award from the American Society of Hematology. He has given over 500 invited lectures in over 50 countries and served as Visiting Professor in Beijing, Sydney, Tokyo, London, Durham, and New Haven. Dr Kuter has authored or co-authored over 300 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals such as The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine and Blood.
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Mass General Cancer Center: Hematology Oncology
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I've never had a doctor I've trusted more with my life. From my first encounter with Dr. Kuter during an MGH stay, he was extremely thorough in his approach, leaving no stone unturned in getting to the bottom of my case-which he successfully did. At every follow-up since, he unfailingly recalls the most obsure details from previous test results, ... Read More
Dr Kuter is a superb doctor.
Dr. Kuter has been a tremendous asset in my care and part of my medical team.
The best!
Dr. Kuter has been incredibly helpful all these years that I have been dealing with the diagnosis of PNH. Just very skilled and proficient and an expert in this field of a very rare blood disorder. And he has been there for all of our questions, both myself and my husband. So we are very fortunate to have an expert in this field right here in our ... Read More
I've had Dr. K for quite some time now and he knows my situation and he's just the best.
Dr Kuter was absolutely amazing. He was extremely professional and very polite and engaging. He had a thorough command of my medical history and the very beginning of the visit. He appreciated that I had a healthcare background and explain things to me any manner that was aligned with my education and needs. I am grateful for providers like Dr. ... Read More
Dr. Kuter is very professional, attentive and friendly! I always leave my appointments feeling informed and at ease.
The best doctor I have come across. Very knowledgeable and empathetic to patients. A role model for a doctor. I wish we had doctors like Dr Kuter in every field of medicine. Extremely easy to talk to and very comforting and supporting to patients
I love Dr. David Kuter. I'm in the best of hands I could ever possibly ask for. And I've been going to him for almost 27 years next month. And we have a great bond with me and my family. And I appreciate everything he's done in the staff. Thank you.