Gastroenterology Doctors - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston ...
Gastroenterology • Somerville, MA
Clinic Type
Gastroenterology
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617-726-2000
giving@mgb.org
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Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- Yahoo Local: 1.5/5 (Yahoo Local) (5 reviews)
- Birdeye: 4.6/5 (Birdeye) (12 reviews)
- Mass General Brigham Provider Pages: Avg ~4.9/5 (Mass General Brigham internal provider pages) (Hundreds of combined reviews across individual providers)
Patients praise
- Doctors described as kind, attentive, and good listeners
- Highly skilled and knowledgeable specialists
- Effective management of complex GI conditions
- Strong patient trust and rapport with individual providers
Common complaints
- Long wait times for appointments
- Challenges with appointment scheduling and cancellations
- Reports of poor customer service and unprofessional staff interactions
- Concerns regarding clinical staff responsiveness to patient pain during procedures
"Dr. Ananthakrishnan is a very kind doctor. He listens and I trust him totally to do my colonoscopy."
— Mass General Brigham Provider Page - Dr. Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan"I'd leave 0 stars if I could. Took me months to get an appointment. Then I had to wait months for the appointment to come. Then I show up and they said they cancelled weeks ago..."
— Yahoo Local - MGH Gastroenterology ReviewSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Dr. James Michael Richter, MD - Boston, MA - Mass General Brigham — May 3, 2026
- Kristin Burke, MD, MPH - Mass General Hospital — May 15, 2026
- Karin Andersson, MD - Mass General Hospital — May 15, 2026
- Wai-Kit Lo, MD, MPH - Boston - Brigham and Women's Hospital — Oct 3, 2025
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
More gastroenterology clinics in Somerville
Summary: Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is a nonprofit, Harvard-affiliated teaching healthcare system serving Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s metro-north communities. It operates two acute care hospitals plus primary and specialty care facilities, including outpatient services in gastroenterology (GI) among its primary and specialty offerings. CHA emphasizes whole-person care with behavioral health integration and maintains teaching affiliations with Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. Key locations include CHA’s Cambridge Street headquarters and multiple sites in Somerville and Everett, MA. Note on GI specifics: - The page highlights CHA as a regional healthcare provider offering primary, specialty, and mental health/substance use services, but does not provide detailed Gastroenterology program specifics. For GI services, CHA would typically offer outpatient GI consultation, diagnostic endoscopy, and related GI care within its specialty network, at locations in Cambridge/Somerville. Consider contacting CHA directly or visiting their GI department page for precise services, providers, and appointment availability.
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