Theresa Williamson, MD
About Theresa Williamson, MD
Theresa Williamson, MD, is a neurosurgeon and surgical ethics researcher who cares for people with all types of spine disorders as well as brain and spinal trauma. Her clinical expertise includes tailoring an approach to best fit the patient and their disease including using minimally invasive techniques. Her research focus is neurosurgical decision-making and patient-doctor communication as well as health care disparities. She combines bioethics theory with empirical data science to tackle complex decision-making problems in neurosurgery. Dr. Williamson is a member of the Center for Outcomes and Patient Safety in Surgery (COMPASS) at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Williamson comes to MGH from Duke University. At Duke, she completed a neurosurgery residency. She then completed an intramural fellowship at Duke as part of the combined neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery complex spine fellowship approved by the Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST). Her clinical skills were recognized when she was named the Resident Clinician of the Year (2017) and her leadership skills were recognized with the Leadership Award (2020). She completed the University of Chicago Maclean and American College of Surgeons Surgical Ethics Fellowship (2021). She is a graduate of the Yale School of Medicine (2014) and Yale College (2009) where she was a varsity soccer player.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Neurosurgery
55 Fruit St.
Wang Ambulatory Care Center
Suite 745
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-643-5687
Fax: 617-643-7836
Medical Education
- MD, Yale School of Medicine
- Residency, Duke University
American Board Certifications
- Neurosurgery, 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
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
I felt she was exactly the surgeon I would trust if future surgery is needed.
This was my second appt with this provider. I have followed every suggestion she has made. I was expecting to set up a time for surgery as I was following up with her PA previously. [redacted] I brought up multiple options for my own surgery(according to the last office notes done by Dr. Williamson), the provider was not ready to discuss my ... Read More
I was extremely impressed with Dr. Williamson's thorough and confident detailing of my situation and options for treatment.
Excellent!
Dr Williamson has been so helpful and supportive. She has excellent listening skills and has been very supportive and patient.
Dr. Williamson and her PA, [redacted], are the two most professional, most compassionate doctors I've ever seen. Dr. Williamson really saved my life when she did two surgeries on me to fix my neck and my lower back, and I'll be forever indebted to her. She's just wonderful.
It was a very good experience. Everyone was very nice and helpful and informative and I have no complaints. Thank you.
I find Dr. Williamson to be very calming and relaxing with her presence and I admire her skills. She's a wonderful doctor and she has operated on my stepmother's neck and my stepmother is very happy and that's how I was referred to her and honestly I can't imagine anyone else doing my surgery other than Dr. Williamson. I have a lot of respect for ... Read More
Dr was very good, explained things. [redacted]
Dr. Williamson was empathetic, thoughtful and extremely knowledgeable about my condition. She was clear about the treatment and what I needed to do going forward. She was at no time condescending but showed me the utmost respect.