Cancer cells alter protein production machinery to hasten metastasis
An increase in ribosomes, the protein-making machinery found in every living cell, increases their potential to form metastasis.
About Douglas Micalizzi, MD, PhD
Dr. Douglas Micalizzi is a medical oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital specializing in breast cancer, early cancer detection and hereditary cancer risk. He is also the Clinical Director of the Cancer Early Detection and Diagnostics Clinic. Dr. Micalizzi received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Villanova University. He pursued his MD from University of Colorado and PhD in molecular biology at the University of Colorado in the lab of Dr. Heide Ford. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and fellowship in medical oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Massachusetts General Hospital. For his postdoctoral fellowship, he worked in the lab of Dr. Daniel Haber and Dr. Shyamala Maheswaran at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. He is currently an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Health, Breast Cancer Prevention and Risk Reduction
- Cancer Early Detection
- Cancer genetics
- Hereditary Breast Cancer
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Cancer Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-5130
Phone: 877-726-5130
Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham
52 Second Ave.
Suite 1110
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-487-6100
Medical Education
- MD, University of Colorado
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's 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 CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- 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.
Dr. Micalizzi is the absolute best!
Very kind, very knowledgeable. Appreciate him and his whole team.
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So lovely. Instills confidence in me that our plan will give me optimal benefits.
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Excellent provider - already gave his name to a family member.
He was very attentive and had all of the information I needed. I feel confident that I am in good hands.
Seeing Dr Micalizzi yearly is such a wonderful experience all around. It is one appointment I always look forward to as under his care has given me the peace of mind needed for Oncology yearly check ups because of how knowledgeable, patient, caring and compassionate he always is with my questions, concerns and feelings regarding my overall health. ... Read More
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Doctor Micalizzi was wonderful. Very caring, patient, listened to all my questions/concerns and provided all the appropriate information that I needed. thank you!