About Runhua Hou, MD
Dr. Hou completed her residency at Yale New Haven-Saint Raphael Hospital and fellowship training at Washington University-Barnes Jewish Hospital. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she served as a faculty member at the University of Rochester, the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She has been practicing endocrinology since 2008 and is particularly interested in the diagnosis and treatment of endocrine tumors of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands. Her office procedures include ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of thyroid nodules, as well as radioactive iodine treatment for hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Endocrine tumors
- Hyperthyroidism
- Parathyroid disease
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid nodules
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Mandarin
Locations
Mass General Endocrinology: Thyroid Associates
55 Fruit St.
Wang Ambulatory Care Center
Suite 730S
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3872
Mass General Endocrinology & Diabetes Care
52 Second Ave.
Blue Building, Suite 3100
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 617-726-3872
Medical Education
- MD, Xian Medical University
- Residency, Hospital of Saint Raphael
- Fellowship, Barnes Jewish 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.
Dr Hou was excellent. She took time to understand my issues, answered all of my questions, and followed up to questions I had on the patient portal.
I followed my doctor from BIDMC to MGH because she's incredibly thorough.
It was a positive experience. Dr. Hou is extremely knowledgeable, and was able to communicate information regarding my issues in an understandable way. I felt listened to, and definitely not rushed. One of the best interactions I've had in healthcare in a very long time.
She's awesome, we arrived an hour early because of Boston traffic, and even though we didn't mind waiting, she took us an hour early because she felt bad having us wait that long.
Dr. Hu was so kind. She took time to talk thru every part of the procedure but I was most struck by her kindness and her ease with which she attended to my care. I appreciated her a great deal and felt very fortunate that she is my specialist at this time. Walking into the Wang building office from the very busy, almost chaotic streets, at MGB, my ... Read More
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Very patient, excellent at explaining, open to options, did the work that other providers outsource to medical assistants herself, which I thought was excellent
Was very happy with the way she handled my questions and concerns. Never rushed me and made me feel Important. Was very happy with her follow up.
The provider was thorough and professional.
This provider was knowledgeable, professional and respectful.