About Karin Andersson, MD
Dr. Andersson is a graduate of Yale Medical School (New Haven, CT). She completed Internal Medicine residency training at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and both Gastroenterology and Advanced Hepatology/Transplant Hepatology fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has an MPH in International Health from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health.
Dr. Andersson has clinical expertise in liver disease (Hepatology). She sees patients with all types of liver disease including viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver disease, biliary diseases, benign liver lesions, liver disease in pregnancy, abnormal liver function tests, cirrhosis, fatty liver disease, and alcoholic liver disease. She has a particular interest in hepatitis B infection. She evaluates and cares for individuals who require liver transplantation. She also performs upper endoscopies, as well as diagnostic and screening colonoscopy.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Abnormal Liver Function Tests
- Autoimmune hepatitis, Autoimmune liver disease
- Cirrhosis
- EGD and colonoscopy
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Liver disease
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
Mass General Gastroenterology
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-2426
Medical Education
- MD, Yale University School of Medicine
- Residency, 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.
Doctor Andersson is so knowledgeable, professional and warm and care! When she was talking, she was always with smiles and when I was speaking she was so concentrating. When I asked her questions, she explained very detains and gave me a lot of information and knowledge. I was really enjoying to see her and felt like to see a good friend. She is ... Read More
in spite of my physical condition, I left the office, feeling hopeful, motivated, and saying to myself, I can go through this, I can do it, and I will do my best each day. not concentrate on my limitations but being grateful of what I am able to do. my feeling was accelerating knowing that my doctor, doctor Andersson is walking with me in my ... Read More
Excellent fellow
Hello, I'd like to comment on the doctor who treated me. She was super friendly and knew everything about my medical history. She informed me of everything that happened to me and that I had to follow the procedure, which I was happy to do because not many doctors do that. I was very happy with her and I'm so grateful to her. She told me I'd fight ... Read More
It was good
Dr. Karin Andersson was great! I had a lot of questions about my diverticulitis flare ups and Dr, Andersson answered all of them with good advice. She will be scheduling a colonoscopy for [redacted].
Three days after my visit, I'm still recalling how wonderful the entire experience was. The front desk staff were welcoming and smiling. The technician who did my exam before seeing the doctor gave a full explanation of what she was doing and what I would expect. Dr. Anderson was outstanding in every way. She carefully reviewed my lab work and the ... Read More
Hi, yes, I've been seeing Karin Andersson now for the past couple of years. She's one of the most thorough, empathetic, down to earth doctors I've ever had. I wish she could actually take care of me for everything. That's how much I really enjoy her. I plan to recommend her to anyone, quite frankly, because she comes so highly regarded in my mind.
Thorough professional and respectful
Dr. Anderson is very kind and attentive