Rebecca Saff, MD, PhD is the Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Director and an Assistant Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She earned her MD and PhD in Immunology from Boston University School of Medicine and went on to complete her residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Allergy/Immunology at MGH. She has worked in medical education at various levels, including as the Subspecialty Education director for Allergy/Immunology and now as Fellowship Director. She serves as the co-chair for the Chrysalis Program through the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, which provides medical students and residents an opportunity to explore A/I. In addition, she is involved in drug allergy research, particularly looking at the epidemiology of drug allergy, and has an interest in physician wellness, serving on the advisory board for the Center for Physician Well-Being.
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Mass General Medicine: Allergy & Clinical Immunology Unit
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey 4B
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3850
Allergy Associates at Mass General Waltham
52 Second Ave.
Suite 2600
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-487-3838
Medical Education
American Board Certifications
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Saff RR, Li Y, Santhanakrishnan N,Camargo CA, Blumenthal KG, Zhou L, Banerji A. Identification of Inpatient Allergic Drug Reactions using ICD-9-CM Codes. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Jan;7(1):259-264.
Saff RR, Camargo CA, Clark S, Long AA, Banerji A. Utility of ICD-9-CM Codes for Identification of Allergic Drug Reactions. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2016 Jan-Feb;4(1):114-119.
Guyer AC, Saff RR, Conroy M, Blumenthal KG, Camargo CA, Long AA, Banerji A. Comprehensive Allergy Evaluation is Useful in the Subsequent Care of Patients with Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions during Anesthesia. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2015 Jan-Feb;3(1):94-100.
Saff RR, Banerji A. Management of Patients with Non-AERD Aspirin Hypersensitivity Reactions. Allergy Asthma Proc 2015 Jan-Feb;36(1):34-9.
Iammatteo M, Blumenthal KG, Saff RR, Long AA, Banerji A. Safety and Outcomes of Test Doses for the Evaluation of Adverse Drug Reactions: A 5-Year Retrospective Review. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2014 Nov-Dec;2(6):768-74
Blumenthal KG, Saff RR, Banerji A. Evaluation and Management of a Patient with Multiple Drug Allergies. Allergy Asthma Proc2014;35(3):197-203.
Dr. Saff has always been reliably attentive, deeply concerned, very responsive, and I would highly recommend her to anyone who needs a hand held with a very rare and difficult to treat immune system and an autoimmune disease. She has always been the stalwart of my care and I am very pleased to continue on as her patient. Thank you very much, ... Read More
This was my first appointment with this doctor. She had examined my history prior to the visit and was knowledgeable about my health concerns
I honestly could not be happier with the care that I received. The Doctor and nurse that I met with were very thorough and I left feeling very optimistic.
She was nice. She gave me what I needed to know about subsiquint appointments.
Extremely knowledgeable!
My care provider, Rebecca Saff, is an amazing doctor, and her entire staff is also. I was brought right down to the room in a timely fashion. I didn't have to wait for hours out in the waiting room. I got into a room, and a nurse came and did all my vital signs and other treatments to check out how I was, asking me questions. I didn't wait very ... Read More
Knowledgeable and compassionate
Dr. Saff demonstrated detailed knowledge of my rather detailed and broad health history. Her suggestions took into account not only her area of expertise but how the suggestions integrated with my other health issues.
I'm still awaiting results, but she introduced me to new information about a long-time allergy that may make a real difference for my health. I had a fairly long list of allergies to discuss and there was not time to get to all of them. She apparently screened based on the way I ranked them in importance. I will bring up the others in my follow up ... Read More
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