About Daniel Pratt, MD
Daniel S. Pratt, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Clinical Director of Liver Transplantation, and Director of the Autoimmune and Cholestatic Liver Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Pratt received his BA from Bowdoin College and his MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Tufts-New England Medical Center. He served on the faculty of the Tufts University School of Medicine from 1995 until 2004.
Dr. Pratt was the Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Program and Clinical Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at the Tufts Medical Center. He joined the faculty of the Harvard Medical School and the MGH Gastrointestinal Unit in 2004.
Dr. Pratt's particular area of clinical interest is autoimmune and cholestatic liver disease including autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and IgG4 associated liver disease. He also does work in cholangiocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, viral hepatitis, and cirrhosis/endstage liver disease. Dr. Pratt is the head of the PSC Registry at MGH.
Dr. Pratt has written extensively on liver disease and has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Abnormal Liver Function Tests
- Autoimmune hepatitis, Autoimmune liver disease
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Liver tumors
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Gastroenterology
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-2426
Medical Education
- MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Residency, Tufts Medical Center
- Fellowship, TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
American Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
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.
Research
Principal Investigator, PSC Registry at MGH
Publications
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Select Publications:
- Pratt DS. Liver Chemistry and Function Tests. In Feldman M, et al, editors. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 9th Edition, 2010.
- Pratt DS. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis. In Greenberger N, et al, editors. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy, 2009.
Dr. Pratt has always treated me with respect, listened carefully and provides helpful and clear information/feedback. I am very satisfied with the care and attention Dr. Pratt and the office staff provide. The Gastroenterology department is top notch and I am thankful to have access to the care they provide.
I've been under Dr Pratts care for 18 years for a chronic disease - he's excellent in every way- open, Engaged, asks great questions, reviews test and lab findings fully, empathic - he's a pleasure to work with.
Dr Pratt is wonderful provider. Always listens to me. Best part is he sits and faces me when we are meeting. He's never typing on the computer away from me during our visit. He makes me feel important and very respected. Really appreciate that about him.
Dr. Pratt is an outstanding Doctor who is intelligent and extremely caring. If the administration would listen to him, MGH would be first rate. Until then..
Dr. Pratt is very knowledgeable and thoughtful and has always considered my opinions and given feedback. He is a wonderful doctor and has provided excellent care.
Dr. Pratt is really great. Very caring and extremely knowledgeable, which is all you can ask for from a provider. He also saw me right on time which is really appreciated. MGH is lucky to have Dr. Pratt.
Dr. Daniel Pratt is wonderful. He has been my liver specialist for almost ten years. Dr. Pratt has stabilized my liver disease and prevented a liver transplant. I can talk with him about anything, like my other conditions as they affect my whole body. He is very compassionate, spends time with me and is reassuring. I feel very fortunate to have ... Read More
Dr. Pratt and I have known each other for many years. He is ethical, professional and competent.
He was very positive.
Dr. Pratt was extremely interested in all of the data that I provided about my long-term struggles to get a diagnosis and treatment for my condition. This was my first visit with him. He was easy to talk to and had questions that I had hoped he would ask. He seemed to have a good rapport with his fellow, Dr. [redacted] She was also easy to talk to ... Read More