About Rocio Hurtado, MD
Dr. Hurtado is an Infectious Disease Physician at MGH and the Director of the MGH Mycobacterial Center, which provides multidisciplinary care to patients living with complex mycobacterial diseases including non-tuberculous mycobacteria, tuberculosis and Hansen's disease. She is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and she completed her Internal Medicine Residency at MGH, and an Infectious Disease Fellowship at the combined Harvard program (MGH and Brigham and Women's) including an HIV fellowship. She has additional training in Tropical Medicine from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom, and extensive international experience in the management of Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV-TB coinfection through her work in Peru, South Africa, Ethiopia and Cambodia. From 2005-2014, she founded and directed the Global Health Program for the Department of Medicine at MGH. In addition, Dr Hurtado serves as the Technical Advisor to the Global Health Committee with its sentinel sites in Ethiopia and Cambodia since 2010. In addition to her clinical work in Infectious Disease, she is the Primary Course Director of the 2 core Tropical Medicine courses for the Global Infectious Disease Program at the Harvard School of Public Health. She has trained several generations of ID fellows and established the Advanced Mycobacterial Preceptorship which has included both pulmonary and ID fellows. In addition, she is a Certified Wellness and Executive coach for physicians with the the MGH Center for Physician Well-being.
Clinical Interests:
- AIDS and HIV infection
- Non Tuberculous Mycobacterial infections
- Tropical medicine and travel medicine
- Tuberculosis (TB) including drug-resistant TB
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Portuguese, Spanish
Locations
Mass General Infectious Diseases
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3906
Medical Education
- MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, 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
- MassHealth ACO
- Medicaid CT
- 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.
Although Dr. Hurtado was delayed in getting to me on time, I was kept well informed about the delay. I have no issue with the delay.
Dr. Hurtado is amazing at how quickly she takes care of things and stays on top of them. She is very kind and explains things very, very well. She's an excellent doctor.
Dr Hurtado has been a Godsent for me.
I feel privileged to have the expertise of Dr. Hurtado in dealing with my MAC diagnosis.
Dr. Hurtado is my favorite doctor on the planet. She is brilliant, caring, compassionate, thoughtful and resourceful. She brought me back from the dead 18 years ago. Her bedside manner is perfect. She is also a delightful woman. I admire her.
extremely knowledgable, interested in my progress, friendly and professional.
Very caring and knowledgeable.
I've been working with Dr. Hurtado for five years. I think she's wonderful. She sits down, she talks to me, she listens to me, she tells me what she wants to do, what she thinks we should do, and then we discuss it. I would recommend her to anybody. She's been great and I don't know what else to say. Okay.
I always enjoy my visits with Dr Hurtado. She asks many questions, gives abundant advice and listens intently to what I have to say. She is personable and wise, never preachy. She gives me the feeling she is happy to see me, every time! I always end my visits with Dr Hurtado feeling that she likes me as a person and wants the best for me medically ... Read More
I feel extreemly fortunate to have Dr. Hurtado as my ID doctor. She is thorough, knowledgeable, compassionate and patient. I ask many questions-sometimes unnecessariy ones! This process helps me feel I am more in control of my disease. She does her best to answer all my inquiries and if they are out of her purview she refers me to someone who can. ... Read More