Researchers Identify a Potential Target for Reversing Poor Metabolic Traits
Blocking reductive stress in the liver may benefit people with conditions such as obesity and fatty liver disease.
About Russell Goodman, MD, DPhil
Dr. Goodman is a graduate of the University of Oxford, England, where he received his D. Phil, and Harvard Medical School, where he received his M.D. He completed his Internal Medicine training at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and his Gastroenterology and Hepatology training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is an Instructor at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Goodman clinical expertise is in liver disease (hepatology). He sees and treats patients with all forms of liver disease including viral hepatitis, alcohol-related liver disease, primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), and patients with abnormal liver imaging and liver tumors. He has a particular interest in genetic causes of liver disease such as Wilson's disease, and in liver disease related to metabolic disorders.
Dr. Goodman is actively engaged in basic research relating to metabolic causes and consequences of liver disease.
Clinical Interests:
- Abnormal Liver Function Tests
- Chronic Liver Diseases
- Genetic causes of liver disease
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
- Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
- Liver disease / Hepatology
- Liver tumors
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Viral hepatitis
- Wilson's Disease
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Gastroenterology
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-2426
Medical Education
- MD, Harvard Medical School*
- Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
- 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
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- 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.