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
American Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine, 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 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. 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
I did like the provider, the way she treated me, she explained to me some questions that I forget to ask. She would pose the question and then give me the answer, in which I appreciate because most times after we finish the conversation, I remember to ask some questions and the provider was very helpful there. So I definitely recommend this ... Read More
Dr. Bethea is the best doctor I have ever had! I am in such good hands under her care. She is knowledgeable, kind, caring and very easy to talk to.
She is very caring, understanding, explained everything very clear and always willing to answer all the questions. She's very nice and knowledgeable of what she's doing.
Dr. and staff very friendly and thorough.
Dr Bethea is extremely knowledgeable and helpful in all aspects of my medical treatment. She is patient and kind, responds quickly to my questions. I HIGHLY recommend her to anyone who is in need of gastroenterology.