About Carrie Cunningham, MD
Dr. Carrie Cunningham is an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, section head of the Endocrine Surgery Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a senior scientist at the Mass General Institute for Technology Assessment. She is the Association of Endocrine Surgeons research committee chair and executive council member and the past president of the Association of Academic Surgery. Her overarching research mission has been to improve the health and well-being of patients with benign and malignant endocrine-related diseases. She is the principal investigator of an NIH/NCI R-37 (R01-type merit award) award to examine the potential impact of new diagnostic technologies and personalized management strategies in patients with thyroid cancer using mathematical disease simulation modeling and an American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award to develop a patient-reported instrument to assess thyroid-cancer specific quality of life.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Adrenal tumors
- Parathyroid tumors
- Thyroid cancer surgery
- Thyroid tumors
- Ultrasound & Ultrasound-guided thyroid FNAs
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Surgery: Surgical Oncology
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
7th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-4000
Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center
102-104 Endicott St.
Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: 978-882-6621
Medical Education
- MD, University of Michigan Medical School
- Residency, New York Presbyterian Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Surgery, General, American Board of 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 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
In addition to her clinical practice which focuses on both benign and malignant thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disease, Dr. Cunningham has clinical and translational research interests including prediction and decision-analytic modeling to assess the comparative effectiveness and improve the quality of care of patients with endocrine-related disorders. Her current projects involve identifying appropriate and effective diagnostic, surgical, and surveillance strategies for patients with primary hyperaldosteronism and thyroid cancer. She obtained a Master of Public Health through the Harvard School of Public Health and completed her fellowship in the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Program in Cancer Outcomes Research Training in 2013. She continues as a senior scientist at the MGH Institute for Technology Assessment.
good explanation of how surgery will be performed
Understanding and caring.
The doctor was amazing, very kind, patient. I would definitely recommend her to anyone, especially my family. One of the things I would like to say is I was a little nervous and she made me feel very comfortable. So, A-OK in my book. Great recommendation from my physician's office.
Dr Cunningham is wonderful. She has an impeccable bedside manner. She is knowledgeable, speaks directly to and with you. I trust her and her option. She is engaging and is mindful, caring and genuine. Overall, Dr Cunningham is the kind of physician that I wish all would emulate.
This was the first appointment I had with Dr Cunningham. She is kind,
I felt confident about my surgeon and surgery after speaking and listening to her
Dr. Carrie Cunningham is the most amazing surgeon at MGH. PERIOD. She is not only way more than skillful at what she does when she needs to cut and fix you up, she makes sure you do not feel pain or discomfort while she does it; she has the most amazing team of fellows and nurses around her to make sure you are in the best hands ever; you feel ... Read More
Very clear and concise on time and respected me
We are going step by step which is how I prefer it. Very intelligent and I trust her.
She was excellent in all areas of my situation.