About Emily Bethea, MD
Emily D. Bethea, MD is the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital. She received a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin and an M.D. from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed Internal Medicine residency training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where she stayed on for an additional invited year as a chief medical resident. She completed Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellowship followed by an Advanced Transplant Hepatology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. She remains active in numerous societies and organizations, including the MGH Institute for Technology Assessment where she continues to apply simulation modeling and decision analytic methods to answer clinical questions and improve resource optimization in the areas of viral hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and organ transplantation. She remains dedicated to the clinical care of patients with liver disease.
Clinical Interests:
- Abnormal Liver Function Tests
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
- Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
- Liver disease / Hepatology
- Liver transplantation
- Liver tumors
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Portal hypertension
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Gastroenterology
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
General GI/Hepatology Office: 617-726-5925
Medical Education
- MD, University of Chicago
- Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- 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.
Compassionate, caring and extremely knowledgeable!
Dr. Bethea and her staff are on top of my care, and their communication is the best I've ever experienced. Dr. Bethea is incredibly proactive, thoughtful, and thorough. I feel honored to have her as my doctor and so grateful for the exceptional care she provides.
Dr. Bethea is amazing. I was blown away by the attentiveness, the patient focus, the expertise, and general demeanor and really surprising follow-up on some lab work. I couldn't be more glowing in my remarks, and I really look forward to working with this physician again. Thank you.
Dr. Bethea is the best and most caring doctor I've ever seen -- and I've seen a lot. Everyone I've interacted with at MGB has been exceptional, and even with that said, Dr. Bethea is a stand-out. She knows my history, she explains things very well, she asks my thoughts, she makes me feel comfortable and very well cared for.
Emily, and [redacted] are my two favorite doctors at Mass General and I see a lot of doctors. And they are most pleasant, most personable, caring individuals, very knowledgeable, and I appreciate that I have them to take care of me. And they've done an exceptional job at that. And I really do appreciate their kindness and their expertise.
Dr. Bethea is thoughtful and sensitive, and very knowledgeable about her field. She's very easy to talk to, and I have the utmost confidence in her re: our talks. To me she has the final word when it comes to my health. I trust her implicitly, and always look forward to my visits with her.
Very positive experience. I was taken on time for my appointment. The resident was thorough and patient in taking my medical history. The attending was kind and proactive in explaining my treatment plan and following up.
Very good experience
My provider, Emily, was efficient, effective, professional, precise. Very much aware of my input on my situation. Very much aware of my input on my situation and friendly as well. Every person should be so lucky to have a doctor like Emily Bethea as their caregiver.
Dr. Bethea is simply outstanding. Her knowledge and expertise are top notch and I rely on our discussions to help manage my health. She is an outstanding communicator, easily describing complex conditions in a way that is simple to understand. She has strong listening skills and is very empathetic. This combination of deep knowledge and expertise, ... Read More