Patient Story: Kidney Donation Saved Her Cousin's Life
When Jeanette Bernard needed an urgent kidney transplant in January 2018, it was not a stranger from a donor list but her own cousin, Jill Palermo, who came to her aid.
About Andrew Allegretti, MD, MSC
Andrew Allegretti, MD MSc is Director of Critical Care Nephrology in the Division of Nephrology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He received his undergraduate and medical degree from Brown University and has a Master of Science in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at MGH, followed by subspecialty training in Nephrology in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital joint fellowship. He takes care of all patients with chronic kidney disease. He does clinical and translational research in kidney disease caused by liver failure, sometimes called hepatorenal syndrome.
Clinical Interests:
- Chronic kidney disease
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatorenal syndrome
- Hypertension
- Portal hypertension
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts (TIPS)
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Spanish
Locations
Mass General Renal Associates
165 Cambridge Street
Suite 302
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-5050
Medical Education
- MD, Brown University
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's 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
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid NY
- 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
Dr. Allegretti is a Principal Investigator in the MGH Kidney Research Center. His research interest is in translating new therapies for hepatorenal syndrome and in finding new diagnostics for kidney injury. He has expertise in multicenter clinical trials, biomarker translation, and continuous renal replacement therapy.
This was a follow up appointment after a hospital stay where I was being followed by this care provider. Everything was explained to me in a way that I could understand, and Dr. ANDREW ALLEGRETTI is a very thorough and pleasant doctor to interact with.
Woman at front never acknowledged my presence when I tried to check it. She finally mumbled something from behind her computer screen but never made eye contact during the interaction. She remained hidden behind computer screen. She was not there when I tried to check out and after waiting a few minutes, I left.
Excellent.
Excellent interaction.
Dr. Allegretti is one of the finest doctors I have ever had. He is thorough, caring, and treats both myself and my husband with genuine respect.
The receptionist and Doctor were easy to deal with. The nurse was hard to understand.
I had a great experience at the Mass General with Dr. Allegretti. He saw me at Timely Manor. The nurse that came in was nice. He explained everything to me, went over everything. He did a great job. He's a fabulous doctor. [redacted]
I was treated by a very excellent and very competent doctor. I felt very well. Thank you very much. I am very grateful for that.
Very competent and Thoughtful doctor.
Reassuring and emphathetic