Sebastian Unizony, MD
Sebastian Unizony, MD
Co-Director, Vasculitis and Glomerulonephritis Center - Rheumatology
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
4.8out of 5 (152 Ratings, 62 Comments)
About Sebastian Unizony, MD
Clinical Interests:
- ANCA-associated vasculitis
- Aortitis
- Behcet's syndrome
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Dermatomyositis
- Giant cell arteritis
- Lupus
- Rheumatoid arthritis
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Spanish
Locations
Mass General Rheumatology
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
Suite 4B
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-7938
Medical Education
- MD, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
- Residency, Hospital Carlos Durand
- Residency, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center
- 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 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.
Publications
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- Unizony S, Lu N, Tomasson G et al. Temporal trends of venous thromboembolism risk before and after diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017
- Miyabe C, Miyabe Y, Strle K, Kim ND, Stone JH, Luster AD and Unizony S. An expanded population of pathogenic regulatory T cells in giant cell arteritis is abrogated by IL-6 blockade therapy. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016
- Unizony S, Villarreal M, Miloslavsky EM et al. Clinical outcomes of treatment of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis based on ANCA type. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016
- Unizony S, Kim ND, Hoang MP. Case Records of the Mass General Hospital. Case 7-2015: A 25-year-old man with oral ulcers, rash, and odynophagia. N Engl J Med. 2015
- Unizony S, Menendez ME, Rastalsky N, et al. Inpatient complications in patients with giant cell arteritis: decreased mortality and increased risk of thromboembolism, delirium and adrenal insufficiency. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2015
- Unizony S, Lim N, Phippard DJ, et al. Peripheral CD5+ B Cells in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015
- Miloslavsky EM, Stone JH, Unizony S. Challenging mimickers of primary systemic vasculitis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2015
- Unizony S, Dasgupta B, Fisheleva E, et al. Design of the tocilizumab in giant cell arteritis trial. Int J Rheumatol. 2013
Reviews: Comments and Ratings
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Excellent provider. A fellow or resident first came in, but I told him I only wanted to deal with Dr. Unizony. That day i was definitely not in the mood to go through a lengthy assessment.
Excellent. I have seen Dr. Unizony for years and he is always helpful, responsive and knowledgable.
Thought it was a good visit
Immediately after being diagnosed with Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) in [redacted], I sought out Dr. Unizony, a leading researcher for treatment of GCA, for my treatment. I was quickly accepted into a clinical trial he was leading to test a new GCA treatment and received incredible attention and care. When my 12 months in the trial ended, Dr. Unizony ... Read More
Excellent
Dr. Unizony and all of the nurses and other people in the office were very helpful and thorough.
I like Dr.Unizony. I respect greatly his expertise .
Dr. Sebastian Unizony is an excellent medical professional who has full knowledge of his medical field and listens to your medical needs at the time and pays due attention.
My provider reviewed my case, asked additional questions, explained my condition to me and prescribed a course of action we should take. He is very knowledgeable on my condition. I feel very confident he is an excellent provider for my condition Thank you [redacted]
Spent sufficient amount of time with me. Did not feel rushed. [redacted]