Karin Andersson, MD
Karin Andersson, MD
Director, Hepatitis B Clinic
About Karin Andersson, MD
Dr. Andersson is a graduate of Yale Medical School (New Haven, CT). She completed Internal Medicine residency training at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and both Gastroenterology and Advanced Hepatology/Transplant Hepatology fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has an MPH in International Health from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health.
Dr. Andersson has clinical expertise in liver disease (Hepatology). She sees patients with all types of liver disease including viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver disease, biliary diseases, benign liver lesions, liver disease in pregnancy, abnormal liver function tests, cirrhosis, fatty liver disease, and alcoholic liver disease. She has a particular interest in hepatitis B infection. She evaluates and cares for individuals who require liver transplantation. She also performs upper endoscopies, as well as diagnostic and screening colonoscopy.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Abnormal Liver Function Tests
- Autoimmune hepatitis, Autoimmune liver disease
- Cirrhosis
- EGD and colonoscopy
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Liver disease
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
Mass General Gastroenterology
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-2426
Medical Education
- MD, Yale University School of Medicine
- Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Transplant Hepatology, 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
- 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.
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The doctor is one of the most pleasant people I've ever come across - in or out of health care. I wish she was my next-door neighbor! I love it when you feel like you're really being heard.
Excellent care & professionalism exhibited by all staff. Dr Karin Andersson deserves an outstanding rating.
I'm very happy with this provider. She has been treating me for a while and she's very caring and very professional and I will continue to see her. And that's all I'd say. Thank you.
Dr. Andersson listened to all my concerns and explained thoroughly all the results of my blood tests.
Dr. Andersson listens well, is obviously extremely knowledgeable and caring
I left the appointment feeling an immense gratitude for the thorough, caring and open approach of both Dr [redacted] and Dr Andersson. I am grateful for their experience and knowledge and the carefully planned approach to manage my special case. I couldn't be more happy with my first visit.
Doctor Andersson is so knowledgeable, professional and warm and care! When she was talking, she was always with smiles and when I was speaking she was so concentrating. When I asked her questions, she explained very detains and gave me a lot of information and knowledge. I was really enjoying to see her and felt like to see a good friend. She is ... Read More
in spite of my physical condition, I left the office, feeling hopeful, motivated, and saying to myself, I can go through this, I can do it, and I will do my best each day. not concentrate on my limitations but being grateful of what I am able to do. my feeling was accelerating knowing that my doctor, doctor Andersson is walking with me in my ... Read More
Excellent fellow
Hello, I'd like to comment on the doctor who treated me. She was super friendly and knew everything about my medical history. She informed me of everything that happened to me and that I had to follow the procedure, which I was happy to do because not many doctors do that. I was very happy with her and I'm so grateful to her. She told me I'd fight ... Read More