Hit and miss for me! Grew experience with my child's…read morepediatrician, whom we were trying out for the first time, but decided to stick with him. Absolutely wondering with kids! Made us feel like a doctor with a soul who cares for their patients. Except the front desk staff were impatient! Then, I went to the main hospital on Mt. Auburn....front office, excellent. Administration staff, who record(ed) first-time visit to the hospital, wonderful too! Personable! Oh! The woman who did my blood work --Horrendous! She persistently dismissed my being combatively (and I hate to say this about a Black given the racial connotations loaded onto us), but she showed complete disregard for me and cut me off when I tried to speak. She was thoroughly dismissive of what I said, even when she pretended she wanted to apologize (to protect her job). I tried to explain to her that I wanted to prepare her for my squeamish behavior when getting shots so she didn't feel daunted by a grown woman screaming over shots . I also tried explaining that I always try to create a safe space with new social interactions. I also get excited when I meet another black woman like me in practices where they are very rare --particularly true where I live! Plus, considering that black women's health is statistically underprioritized and mostly neglected, having a black medic attend to me boosts my hopes of "being seen, heard, and attended to with courtesy"; how wrong! This woman/lab tech was awful! She focused on reminding me she's been doing this work for umpteen years, and nobody has ever complained about her, "I'm very nice." I tried to explain to her, as a teacher, kids are not all the same, and I do not treat kids the same." Oh! She decided to explain my profession to me, like she knows it better, "That's a classroom. It's different...kids are not going anywhere..." Anyway, nothing was left for me but to tell her, "Have a great day!"

Mt. Auburn has really declined! So sad. It used to be a wonderful facility. Now, you wait for 4…read morehours in the ER room when it is almost empty. Please, if you are in need of an ER go to a place that has excellence and leadership. That was the Mt. Auburn of the past!

Update: 8/2025: I still love everything about this place! The Urgent Care center is awesome. They…read moreencourage you to make an online reservation first but we are always seeing straight away

Gave me medicine for one thing called me back and said they misdiagnosed me and gave me more meds ?…read moreHad to go to a specialist because I was scared they were going to misdiagnose me again

A recent survey of best hospitals in the WORLD (2025) ranked MGH as number 6…read more We had nothing but good things to say about our experience at MGH. The professional way of dealing with patients, their logistics and setup, their green spaces to rest and relax, the care, etc....all had been top notch. Their internet portal was also very user friendly. Things could be seen and could be found very easily. Very transparent. It was an excellent experience.

This is a really horrible place. I would suggest r u never come here. I say this asa a…read morephysician!!! Really poor patient care. Good nurses. Dreadful experience. Have to get own supplies! Can not believe it

I've just completed my annual visit with Dr. Hartunian. As previously stated with her office two…read morebuildings away from a year ago, Dr. Hartunian is the best of the best. She is just lovely, sweet and gentled inside and out. She is a treasure and I am beyond grateful to have her as my primary. She is timely without any sense of rushed-turn over to the next patient. She will address the concerns and worries in a way that makes you feel relieved and assured. There is simply not enough good things to say about her. Beth Israel, you've got someone who is 110%. I can't wait to see her next year!

I had a very concerning experience at Winchester Hospital when I brought my mother in with…read moreextremely high blood pressure (202/87). Upon arrival, they performed an EKG, X-rays, and blood work--but then left her sitting in the waiting room for over 8 hours without treatment or monitoring. Given her condition, this was alarming and felt unsafe. When we were finally brought to a room, we were seen by a nurse practitioner who, while polite, informed us we would not be seeing a physician as he had 12 years experience. After additional blood work, he returned and said she would be discharged if she could walk. A staff member walked her for approximately 10 seconds and cleared her. I specifically asked why she was being discharged with blood pressure still over 200, and was told she was "fine" and that her primary care doctor would need to manage it. This response was both dismissive and deeply concerning given the potential severity of hypertensive crisis. The lack of urgency, minimal evaluation before discharge, and dismissal of a dangerously high blood pressure reading left us feeling frustrated and worried for her safety. I would not expect this level of care--or lack thereof--from a hospital in a serious situation.

I will start by saying the nursing staff was 11/10 amazing! Fully medically knowledgeable,…read morereliable, personable, and resourceful. I could not have asked for a better experience with them all. However, EVERY SINGLE DOCTOR was awful. They could not maintain basic conversation or understand basic concepts. I had to project manage my mother's care. My mother hit her head from a seizure (as she has diagnosed epilepsy) and had a bruise on her forehead. The doctor asked how she got the bruise. We said from the seizure and he said "seizures do not cause bruising", absolutely unable to understand a concept that someone may hit their head while convulsing. Every doctor was as arrogant and condescending, with no medical knowledge to back it up. One doctor was trying to convince me she was not having seizures, but "sun downing" despite her convulsions and 20+ year epilepsy records. How any of them passed medical school is beyond me.

As primary care offices go, Beth Israel Lexington is rather good. Except for one well known monster…read moreof a physician, the doctors are courteous and competent. Some show a lot of care. I would describe the place as one where people who take care of their health would come. You will need to stay on top of things! If you are generally carefree about your healthcare you probably shouldn't come here. I would highly recommend that if you want good care you be respectful at all times, particularly when something has gone wrong or if you are stressed. They respond well to courtesy. They have an adult specialities department which is extra convenient because a lot of the physicians also work downtown. And PCPs can provide paperwork that lets the specialty department know what type of appointment you need. This coordination between departments is invaluable when you are seeing a specialist for the first time. It also means that you don't need to worry about whether they will agree to see you or whether they will require medical records or a referral. The office sometimes can be slow to respond to requests and frequently makes a errors. They often have a hard time with the details of refilling prescriptions. They, like many primary care offices run late much of the time and it is impossible to know when you will leave. The lab waiting area has been recently renovated. The wait times can vary. Most of the phlebotomists are competent and will draw blood with a minimum of discomfort. You should be aware that the coordination with other Beth Israel labs can be lacking and you might that you may need to repeat bloodwork because of errors if you are coordinating a complicated blood draw with other labs. You might wonder why despite all of the afformentioned downsides I am awarding this facility four stars. Well primary care is often a miserable experience where people are treated like cattle (excaerbated by a lack of supply of residencies which artificially raise specialist salaries and disencourage medical students from becoming PCPs). And Beth Israel Lexington is significantly better than many other clinics that I have frequented. Additionally, some of the providers are clearly significantly above average.

My Dr., who I had seen for several years, recently left here. So now, I can't get prescriptions…read morerefilled. Or, they supposedly sent the prescription to "Humana Pharmacy"--the world's worst online excuse of a Pharmacy, who claims they didn't get it, so I'm stuck in this prescription Hell where I can't get anyone at BIDC Lexington to re-send the prescription to a different Pharmacy, & Humana Pharmacy won't help & just lies to me. I've been assigned to a new Dr., but I can't even message her, b/c she's not in their message system thing yet. And NO ONE there will help me with this. On the plus side, my new Dr. speaks Urdu.....however my Urdu is just a little rusty. WTH???! My old Dr. there was generally very good, but a real enforcer type. Every little thing was treated as a major crisis, with enforced specialist visits, extreme tests, etc. And every specialist visit, even when they found NOTHING wrong--I was forced to go to a "followup" visit. Major Tests that showed NOTHING wrong--guess what--had to get another test. And she tried also to make me go see her every 2-3 weeks. It was all crazy-making......

Depends. One star…read morefor inpatient in the trauma unit. Absolutely horrible experience. A huge lack of experience and wisdom (and often compassion) among the staff. Very few staff here seem to be qualified to work with complex trauma survivors. I'd tell you to stay away from the very worst social worker/therapist I've ever met in decades of psych treatment (I hate to name names, but: Jessie), but if she's assigned to you, you're out of luck b/c there's no switching doctors or therapists. She didn't like me (admitted as much) and didn't wish me luck on the day I left. The doctors were OK although I had four in two weeks. It's known among patients (I later learned) to be the worst inpatient unit at Mclean. If the hospital cared to improve it, doing so would be easy. Better, more caring staff, basically. They were, on the whole, awful. One of them, probably 25 years old, told me she wasn't there to give me therapy the one time I cried during my stay, unfortunately in front of her. Some of them were really kind, but mostly not. We were treated like animals or freaks, seriously. I thought, This could be you someday. The rest of it -- terrible beds, terrible food, being trapped, hardly any outside or rec time -- are to be expected. The psycho-ed was good for passing the endless time in the prison and that's about it. But the Behavioral Health Program? Five stars. It was like a college course in how-to self-care. Masterful. Amazing. So helpful if you're ready to absorb what they're offering. Very skillful and well run. If you can avoid inpatient in the trauma unit, please do! I could not and it added to my trauma.

Gunderson outpatient Our family member was recommended for…read morethe Gunderson Outpatient program by their psych. The psych works at Mcleans in some capacity but our loved one knew him just by individual psychologist meetings. Our loved one started the program and was taking part in the required 90 day sobriety and sessions leading up to possible admission to the outpatient program. Her psych presented her case to the Gunderson team because he is part of the team. He presented to the evaluating doctor and our parent therapist along with others. We didn't know this until later because everyone on the team acts as though they don't know the other members of her team. This means every person on the team can claim ignorance of the other professional's behavior. As part of a 90 day assessment our loved one was supposed to take part in two sessions a week and be evaluated for appropriateness for the program. Our loved one would do one weekly session with a DBT therapist and one with the evaluating doctor. Our loved one completed a personal narrative, and we did as well. After 6 weeks we reached out to our Parent therapist on the team to ask if our loved one should do an addiction treatment month at Silver Hill. Our loved one was sober but struggling. Our loved one was interested in Silver Hill and had made a call to Silver Hill to gather information. We never heard back from our Parent Therapist so we asked again. Our loved one was interested still but was worried that stopping the Gunderson Outpatient Assessment would send her back to the beginning. She asked for clarification and confirmation that she could do the Silver Hill program. We were given a "Maybe, but let's see how this goes. The Doctor really thinks she is a good fit for the program and is probably going to admit her to Gunderson Outpatient". Two weeks later we had our first and only family zoom with the evaluating doctor. The doctor asked our loved one to explain what she had been doing in the DBT session with the other doctor. Our loved one said those sessions had never been scheduled. The DBT doctor had never run a session in over 6 weeks and the assessing doctor didn't know this. Supposedly the assessing doctor was conferring with the DBT doctor for the application. The doctor asked our loved one to remember to send in the personal narrative. Our loved one told the doctor she had sent it over a month ago and had recognition that it had been received over a month ago. We expected a more serious assessment process. What we saw was inattention and lack of concern. About a week after this family meeting we received the four sentence rejection email. It said that our loved one was not going to be admitted to the program and that they should take part in a program such as Silver Hill and then reapply through the whole process again. I reached out set up a meeting to talk about this decision and never heard back. The short rejection email did not offer an expediated re-application or to confer with Silver Hill. The rejection letter did not offer a time to talk through the findings. The rejection letter was completely unprofessional given these are supposed to be experts in working with people with fear of abandonment, low self-worth and need for validation. There was no response to our request to a follow up meeting to better understand the short email rejection. To make a long story short. The communication is awful. Get all your questions answered in the first two weeks because no one cares to respond after that. You can ask for clarification of the process of admission but it is not there. They do not give criteria or information. The attention to the assessment appeared terrible. The assessing doctor never talked with the other doctor who was supposedly leading weekly DBT sessions. Those weekly sessions never took place for over 6 weeks but the assessing doctor didn't know that. Clearly the doctors weren't communicating about the applicant. The assessing doctor did not even know about the personal narrative our loved one wrote that had been in the file for over 6 weeks. You would think an institution full of BPD experts would have an admission process that was supportive of people with Abandonment fears, Need for validation and low self-worth. Instead the process actively hurts people with BPD by offering no clear outline of the assessment process, doctor's who show a lack of concern and interest, and a final outcome that is just a rejection email with no follow up or assistance offered. There are people and programs that save us, and there are people and programs that harm us and set us back. Gunderson Outpatient admission program harmed our loved one. After the rejection they overdosed, finished the Silver Hill program and now are refusing all therapies. Be careful. This thoughtless "assessment" can damage people.

I had the most amazing experience with Tova Health. My baby was born this winter during a brutal…read morecold snap. I was so grateful to have Dr. Z come to my apartment to care for my newborn and me. Dr. Z is knowledgeable, kind, and flexible. The model of having the first two months of my child's care from home was so comforting- it allowed me and my baby to stay in the home and rest and heal after delivery. Meg from Tova health handled all the admin stuff. She made scheduling, paperwork, and setting-up the patient portal super simple. When it was time to transition beyond the first two months of care, Dr. Z and Meg helped us find the best pediatrician and make sure they had all our records. Awesome experience! Tova Health is the best!

I experienced a traumatic birth. One of the better things to come out of it (besides my daughter)…read morewas meeting Dr. Z. I was not able to get out of bed for over a week after the birth, so our first meeting was with her sitting at the foot of my bed. Thank goodness we chose her for my daughter's pediatrician because there was no way I would have been able to take her to an office. I really needed the fourth trimester care to help me process the trauma from birth, and Dr. Z let me cry and repeat the story over and over again. I'll never forget the time she hugged me and promised me something good would come out of it. She was also provided excellent care to my daughter. I will never forget our crazy first meeting and her kindness. She listened and provided me care when my own OB/GYN's office failed to do so. It is absolutely ludicrous the postpartum care we receive. This fourth trimester care model should be mandatory everywhere.

Malden Family Medical Center had won me over with their care and dedication. The care that Dr…read more O'Connor has show me is unsurpassed. She has called me at nights after situations just to see how I was doing. If needed, she would make time to see me if really important. She's a first year attending, but seem more. I had a good sized cyst in my neck. Dr. O'Connor recommend a 3rd year resident with a quick appointment time. Dr. Brahver did have a resident with her, but Dr. Brahver did the procedure herself with some questions. The pain I felt was from the Latocaine shot. I then felt a very little pressure, the scalpel, then the pressure of pushing the cyst out. No suture and a scar that you have to look hard to find. I just don't recommend using them for any blood lab test. For that go to Whidden's out patient lab and see. Ajla. She a fantastic phlabotmist! Just don't use Whidden for other services, especially ER and inpatient.

Five Yelp Stars for the Foot and Ankle Service at Massachusetts General West, Massachusetts General…read moreHospital, Dr. John Kwon, and his physician assistant, Patrick Maguire. Dr. John Kwon, MD (MD!, not DPM), is an expert, Fellowship trained Foot and Ankle orthopedic surgeon, who exudes expert, state of the art, compassionate care. Dr. Kwon surgically repaired a complex foot condition of mine, and, here I am, six months post-op, and I so regret not having my foot condition repaired, years prior, by Dr. Kwon. I am grateful to an MGH orthopedic surgeon for referring me to Dr. Kwon. Dr. Kwon's Care Team includes a Physician Assistant by the name of Patrick Maguire, who is a superb clinician, as well. Dr. Kwon and Patrick Maguire function as a very cohesive team, and collaborate closely. On the day of my surgery, Dr. Kwon updated Patrick Maguire about what he discovered of my condition, in the operating room, while Patrick was seeing patients in the Foot and Ankle clinic. I saw Patrick several hours, later, as we were leaving Day Surgery, and Patrick had already heard about my surgery from Dr. Kwon, even though Dr. Kwon, and Patrick, were in two different places. Dr. Kwon's support team, in the office, two, very caring ladies, are superb; they are as caring, as they are professional, and efficient. I am confident that I could not have found a better foot and ankle orthopedic surgeon, than Dr. Kwon, and Dr. Kwon's team, and the Day Surgery Team (including nursing and anesthesia) are absolutely superb.

I use MGB Waltham whenever possible. Nice facilities, free parking and the service from every…read morepractice I have visited here has been great. The lab can get backed up but wait has never been terrible. And the lobby where you wait to be called is a 2-story atrium filled with light & comfortable seating. I wish they did more here so I'd never have to go into the main MGB campus in Boston.