Lawrence Borges, MD
Lawrence Borges, MD
Neurosurgeon | Neurosurgical Oncologist
Director, Neurosurgical Spine Center
Director, Neurosurgical Spine Center
5.0out of 5 (109 Ratings, 61 Comments)
About Lawrence Borges, MD
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Chiari malformation
- Spinal Cord Tumors
- Spine Surgery: disc excision, laminectomy, fusions
- Spine tumors
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Neurosurgery
55 Fruit St.
Wang Ambulatory Care Center
Suite 745
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-6156
Fax: 617-724-7407
Medical Education
- MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery
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 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.
Reviews: Comments and Ratings
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The doctor was the best, most thorough, nicest, bedside manner of any doctor I ever had. He went from top to bottom and explained everything clearly and understandably. Never had this experience with another doctor. I'm so glad I am with Dr. Borges and I know I'm at the right place and having the right surgeon do my surgery.
Dr. Borges is the absolute best that medicine has to offer! He is clinically excellent, kind, and compassionate. While I was hospitalized, he would take time out of his busy day to call my elderly parents to update them on my condition. His office administrator, [redacted], is fabulous and efficient. She is a great asset to MGH.
Excellent. Explained everything. Knowledgeable and very courteous. Would highly recommend
Thank you very much for the opportunity. Dr. Lawrence Borges, he's very professional. He's very kind. He's very - he listens. He answered the questions I had asked of him, and I'm very pleased with him. And definitely he's a very professional person. I trust him. And for me, that's very difficult for me to trust doctors. But I seem to trust ... Read More
Excellent in all respects
Dr Borges has operated on me twice and I Feel extremely fortunate because I small able to proceed with my life in a very normal way physically
After injuring myself in [redacted], I was sent to to see a Neurosurgeon who wanted to perform surgery on what they diagnosed to be a tumor and a herniated disc. I was then sent to another hospital in [redacted] and they also wanted to perform surgery. I was able to get a copy of the MRI to the spine center and Dr Borges was able to put my mind at ... Read More
Dr. Borges was extremely welcoming and polite; he listened carefully and never interrupted. I already knew his reputation as the best of his peers; but was most impressed by the personal warmth and feeling that we were in a partnership, not a superior/inferior relationship.
Hi, my name is [redacted]. I was treated with the utmost respect and dignity of a person of the United States. I feel Dr. Lawrence Francis Borges is the excellent doctor. I'd recommend him to anyone and everyone that needs any kind of neurosurgery work. He is the best. [redacted] the nurse, did her best to help me find my way to the hospital and ... Read More
We had a wonderful experience with this provider. Thank you. Bye-bye.