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About Leigh Simmons, MD
Leigh Simmons, MD, is a native of Tennessee. She is a graduate of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she served as a chief resident in 2007-08. Dr. Simmons is a medical student educator and directs the internal medicine clerkship for Harvard Medical School students at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her clinical practice is with the Internal Medicine Associates, where she actively engages medical students in practicing primary care.
Her research interests include patient engagement in care and shared decision making. Dr. Simmons is the medical director of the MGH Health Decision Sciences Center (https://mghdecisionsciences.org/) where she studies the use of decision aids to help patients and clinicians in the shared decision making process.
Clinical Interests:
- Adult primary care medicine
- General internal medicine
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Internal Medicine Associates
55 Fruit St.
Wang Ambulatory Care Center
6th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-2368
Medical Education
- MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Residency, 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
- MassHealth ACO
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- 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.
Extremely competent, kind, thoughtful.
Dr. Leigh Simmons is an incredible physician. I greatly respect her advice. She listens. She contributes in a way that is easily understood. And she is always open to discussing any concerns that I may have. She was able to see me in a timely manner and is always ready to refer me to a specialist if there is a question that she cannot answer or ... Read More
I am fortunate to have Dr. Simmons as my PCP. She is smart, compassionate, and on top of all of my medical needs. I love her style of including the patient in their health journey. Although she makes the medical decisions, I feel like she hears me and tailors advice to my personality. Perhaps the greatest compliment I can give, is to tell you that ... Read More
Excellent PCP - listens carefully, thorough and knowledgable, stays informed of current practices and literature, very responsive on portal
The provider is exceptionally skilled at conveying information and advice. [redacted]. In the latter situation I found the provider to be a gifted teacher. In sum, I believe that the provider is an extraordinary doctor.
She was very thorough with my vitals and just diagnosis of everything and any issues that I had. She was able to, one, refer me to any medication that I could potentially use or any type of services for whatever issue that I brought up. I thought that she was very thorough and helpful and gave me some great advice and offered services that could ... Read More
Dr Simmons is the very best!
Dr. Simmons is the best. She's always been super attentive, kind and understanding. She's always taken proactive steps in my treatment to ensure I remain healthy and engaged.
I was thoroughly satisfied and got much needed answers
Dr. Simmons is wonderful. A caring and knowledgeable physician.