Janey Sue Pratt, MD
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center
- Departments
- General and Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Department of Surgery
Specialties
- Digestive Healthcare Center
- Weight Center
- MassGeneral Hospital for Children
- Weight Center
- Clinical Interests
- Breast surgery
- General gastrointestinal surgery
- Endoscopy / Colonoscopy
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Open and revisional bariatric surgery
- Diabetes mellitus type 2
- Obesity and weight management
- Weight loss surgery in adolescents
- Locations
- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Danvers: The Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care
- Medical Education
- MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Board Certifications
- Surgery, American Board of Surgery
- Patient Age Group
- Adult and pediatric
- Accepting New Patients
- Yes
- Insurances Accepted
- Aetna Health Inc.
Beech Street
Best Doctors
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
Centene/Celticare
Cigna (PAL #'s)
Cigna/Healthsource NH
EverCare
Fallon Community HealthCare
ForMost Managed Care
Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - SSN
Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
Healthy Start
Humana/Choice Care PPO
Medicaid
Medicare
Neighborhood Health Plan - ACD
Neighborhood Health Plan - PBO
Network Health
OSW - Connecticut
OSW - Maine
OSW - New Hampshire
OSW - New York
OSW - Rhode Island
Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
Railroad Medicare
Railroad Medicare - ACD
TriCare
Tufts Health Plan
Tufts Medicare Advantage PPO
Unicare
United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
Biography
Teen takes drastic measures to battle weight: WCVB-TV, Ch. 5 (Full Story and Video) on Dr. Janey Pratt's work with adolescent
The challenges that face adolescents in their fight against obesity and the solutions available to help them, including weight-loss surgery.
ACCORDING TO RECENT DATA from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, approximately one-third of U.S. adults and 17 percent of children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years are obese.
Massachusetts General Hospital
15 Parkman Street
Boston, MA 02114-3117
Phone: 617-724-1088
Fax: 617-724-1117
Weight Center, MGH
50 Staniford Street
Boston, MA 02114-2517
Phone: 617-726-4400
Fax: 617-724-6565
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