About Kate Johnston, MD
Clinical Interests:
- Adult primary care medicine
- Breast Health, Breast Cancer Prevention and Risk Reduction
- Cancer Survivorship Care
- General internal medicine
- Preventive medicine
- Women's Health Care
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Beacon Hill Primary Care
165 Cambridge St.
Charles River Plaza
5th Floor, Suite 501
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-4900
Medical Education
- MD, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
- Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Residency, Boston Medical Center
- Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
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
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- 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
My primary research focus is in medical education, specifically improving the feedback and assessment provided to medical students and residents.
Publications
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- Potter, J, Johnston, K. Sexuality and intimacy after cancer [chapter 57]. In: Davis M, Feyer P,Ortner P, Zimmermann C, editors. Supportive oncology, 1st Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier; February 9, 2011.
- Johnston K, Potter J. Fertility assessment and preservation: a practical guide for clinicians caring for cancer survivors [chapter 58]. In: Davis M., Feyer P, Ortner P, Zimmermann C, editors. Supportive oncology, 1st Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier; February 9, 2011
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The best!!!
[redacted]. She is articulate. She listens to every question. She finds a resolution to everything. And she takes her time and makes sure all questions are answered that the patient has and all questions are answered and anything that has to be submitted or testing that has to be done is done in an efficient manner. [redacted] Thank you.
This Doctor is by far the very best MD that I have ever seen. I have been fortunate enough to have been under her care during the scariest, most stressful time of my life, fighting cancer. This is a warm caring Physician who only comes along once in a lifetime, and I was so, so, fortunate to be in her path.
Katherine Johnston has been exceptionally thoughtful, skilled, knowledgeable, and overall wonderful primary care physician. I have benefited tremendously from her care over the past many years [redacted]. I'm grateful to her for her care for me over the past decade. Thank you so much.
Dr. Johnston has taken superb care of me for 22 years. She is an excellent doctor who always goes the extra mile for me. She is always familiar with my concerns and records. There is no better PCP in my opinion. [redacted]
Dr. Katherine Johnston is by far the finest primary care physician by whom I have ever been treated. I have been under the care of excellent primary care physicians at MGH for more than forty years. I was previously treated by [redacted] M.D., who has since retired. [redacted]
Dr. Johnston is excellent, [redacted]
Dr Johnston is amazing ! Always professional, knowledgeable ,patient , personable , and extremely thorough in all areas needed . She is by far the best Dr. I have had !
I had a very positive experience with my care provider. She listened to every concern that I had and addressed it.