Cancer and COVID-19: Dr. David Ryan Talks with Dr. Alyssa Letourneau
In this video, Dr. Alyssa Letourneau discusses the antiviral Remdesivir, how it was developed, and the clinical trials that are taking place to test the drug.
About Alyssa Letourneau, MD, MPH
Dr. Alyssa R. Letourneau received an Sc.B. in neuroscience from Brown University and an M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine. She subsequently completed her residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital. During her training, she received the Edward Kass Award for Clinical Excellence from the Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society and completed her Master of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed an additional year of clinical training in caring for immunocompromised hosts at Brigham & Women's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Dr. Letourneau is the Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She cares for patients both inpatient and in the clinic. Her clinical interest is seeing immunocompromised hosts including patients with leukemia, lymphoma, those who have undergone stem cell transplant or CAR-T as well as patients who will undergo immune modulating therapy. She also has expertise in managing patients with multi-drug resistant organisms.
In 2021 and 2022 she was awarded the MGH-BWH Infectious Disease Fellows Faculty Teaching Award given to a faculty member for outstanding clinical education of the fellows. In 2023, she became a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and was honored as a Top Doctor in Boston by Boston Magazine.
Clinical Interests:
- Immunocompromised patients
- Mycobacterial infection
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- French
Locations
Mass General Infectious Diseases
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3906
Medical Education
- MD, Yale University School of Medicine
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
I have seen Dr. Letourneau for 5 years for chronic pulmonary infection issues (bronchiectasis), she's been through this with me from the onset. Her support has been so very much appreciated.
Dr. Letourneau is fantastic. Very knowledgeable and skilled in her field, very caring. She is highly responsive and available to discuss issues and concerns and has a warm manner. I'm lucky to have her as my dr.
she is the best!
I am fortunate to have such a qualified doctor. Dr. Letourneau is the top in her field. She literally saved my life.
Yes, it is always a pleasure to see Dr. Letourneau. She is very kind and respectful and knowledgeable about infectious diseases. And I always have a positive experience when I schedule a visit with her. Thank you.
I'm very pleased with the care that Dr. Letourneau has given me so far. I feel very comfortable asking her questions and I feel confident that she is extremely qualified.
Provider was clearly prepared for the visit. Tests had been reviewed which was a positive.
She is worth driving for 2 1/2 hours in awful traffic to see!
She was knowledgeable about my circumstances and offered a reasonable plan for my care going forward.
She met hoped-for expectations and I look forward to working with her.