About Rebecca Saff, MD, PhD

Rebecca Saff, MD, PhD is the Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Director and an Assistant Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  She earned her MD and PhD in Immunology from Boston University School of Medicine  and went on to complete her residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Allergy/Immunology at MGH.  She has worked in medical education at various levels, including as the Subspecialty Education director for Allergy/Immunology and now as Fellowship Director.  She serves as the co-chair for the Chrysalis Program through the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, which provides medical students and residents an opportunity to explore A/I.  In addition, she is involved in drug allergy research, particularly looking at the epidemiology of drug allergy, and has an interest in physician wellness, serving on the advisory board for the Center for Physician Well-Being.

 

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Locations

Mass General Medicine: Allergy & Clinical Immunology Unit
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey 4B
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3850

Allergy Associates at Mass General Waltham
52 Second Ave.
Suite 2600
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-487-3838

Medical Education

  • M.D.; Ph.D., Boston University
  • Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
  • Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital

American Board Certifications

  • Allergy and Immunology, American Board of Allergy and Immunology
  • Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

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Publications

  • Saff RR, Li Y, Santhanakrishnan N,Camargo CA, Blumenthal KG, Zhou L, Banerji A. Identification of Inpatient Allergic Drug Reactions using ICD-9-CM Codes. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Jan;7(1):259-264.

     Saff RR, Camargo CA, Clark S, Long AA, Banerji A. Utility of ICD-9-CM Codes for Identification of Allergic Drug Reactions.  J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2016 Jan-Feb;4(1):114-119.

    Guyer AC, Saff RR, Conroy M, Blumenthal KG, Camargo CA, Long AA, Banerji A. Comprehensive Allergy Evaluation is Useful in the Subsequent Care of Patients with Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions during Anesthesia.  J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2015 Jan-Feb;3(1):94-100.

    Saff RR, Banerji A. Management of Patients with Non-AERD Aspirin Hypersensitivity Reactions. Allergy Asthma Proc 2015 Jan-Feb;36(1):34-9.

    Iammatteo M, Blumenthal KG, Saff RR, Long AA, Banerji A. Safety and Outcomes of Test Doses for the Evaluation of Adverse Drug Reactions: A 5-Year Retrospective Review. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2014 Nov-Dec;2(6):768-74

    Blumenthal KG, Saff RR, Banerji A. Evaluation and Management of a Patient with Multiple Drug Allergies. Allergy Asthma Proc2014;35(3):197-203.

Reviews: Comments and Ratings

4.9out of 5(134 Ratings, 47 Comments)

January 2025

She was nice. She gave me what I needed to know about subsiquint appointments.


January 2025

Extremely knowledgeable!


December 2024

My care provider, Rebecca Saff, is an amazing doctor, and her entire staff is also. I was brought right down to the room in a timely fashion. I didn't have to wait for hours out in the waiting room. I got into a room, and a nurse came and did all my vital signs and other treatments to check out how I was, asking me questions. I didn't wait very ... Read More


December 2024

Knowledgeable and compassionate


December 2024

Dr. Saff demonstrated detailed knowledge of my rather detailed and broad health history. Her suggestions took into account not only her area of expertise but how the suggestions integrated with my other health issues.


November 2024

I'm still awaiting results, but she introduced me to new information about a long-time allergy that may make a real difference for my health. I had a fairly long list of allergies to discuss and there was not time to get to all of them. She apparently screened based on the way I ranked them in importance. I will bring up the others in my follow up ... Read More


November 2024

Great no comment


November 2024

Dr Saff is excellent. Very knowledgeable and thorough, very kind.


November 2024

She thoroughly reviewed my background and made good recommendations and was very clear on what I needed to fo


November 2024

Dr. Saff is easy to contact and responsive in our online correspondence.

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