About William Barth, MD
William H. Barth, Jr, MD, is the Vice Chair for Obstetrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and is the Charles & Robert Montraville Green Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School.
He is a former Chair of the Committee on Obstetric Practice for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is an Oral Examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Before retiring as a Colonel in the United States Air Force in 2005 he served as Department Chair at Wilford Hall Medical Center, as Chief Consultant to the Surgeon General for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and as Commander of the 407th Expeditionary Medical Group in Iraq. He served as the Chief, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at MGH from 2005 to 2019.
His primary research interests are intra-partum obstetrics, cervical insufficiency and preterm birth, and placental vascular physiology.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Cervical incompetence
- Delivery management
- High risk pregnancy
- Labor management
- Multiple gestation
- Preterm Birth
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Spanish
Locations
Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
Mass General Obstetrics & Gynecology at Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center (Danvers)
102-104 Endicott St.
Suite 304
Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: 978-882-6767
Danvers: The Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care
Mass General Obstetrics and Gynecology
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
Suite 4F
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-2229
Medical Education
- MD, Baylor College Of Medicine
- Residency, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Maternal and Fetal Medicine, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Obstetrics & Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield NH
- 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.