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Treatment - Boston Area

To best use this list of hospital programs and local assistance, base your selection on specialty, location, and insurance coverage.

For assistance outside the Boston area, please check local university medical centers and hospitals for an eating disorders clinic, or contact a national support organization for a referral. Outside the United States, please refer to our listing of international support organizations.

Please note that our listing of support organizations and treatment facilities does not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or institutions. If you or someone you know has symptoms of eating disorders described in this web site, please consult your physician.

Cambridge Eating Disorder Center (CEDC)
3 Bow Street
Cambridge, MA. 02138
Phone: (617)547-2255
Fax: (617) 547-0003
Provides intensive outpatient and residential programs for adults, adolescents
Seda Ebrahimi, Ph.D.
Email: info@CEDCmail.com

Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University
648 Beacon Street
Sixth Floor
Kenmore Square
Boston, MA. 02215
(617) 353-9610
Outpatient Eating Disorders Program
Heather Thompson Brenner, Ph.D.

Children's Hospital
333 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Outpatient Eating Disorders Clinic
(617) 355-7178
Sara Forman, M.D.

Laurel Hill Inn
P.O. Box 368
Medford, MA 02155-0004
(781) 396-1116
Dr. Dennis Czajkowski
Dr. Ellen Leigh
Provides Residential Treatment; day program; evening program
Ages 18 and older

Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
David B. Herzog, M.D., (617) 726-8470
Anne Becker, M.D., Ph.D., (617) 724-2934
Mark A. Goldstein, M.D., Chief of Adolescent Medicine Division: (617) 726-2730 (also sees patients at Newton Wellesley Hospital)

McLean Hospital's Klarman Eating Disorders Center
115 Mill Street
Belmont, MA 02478
(617) 855-3410
Esther Dechant, MD
Provides residential, day treatment and outpatient services to girls and young women ages 13-23

New England Medical Center
750 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
Outpatient treatment
L.K. George Hsu, M.D., (617) 636-5731

Newton-Wellesley Eating Disorders & Behavioral Medicine
Offices in Brookline and Newton, Massachusetts:
1101 Beacon Street, Suite 8 East, Brookline, MA 02446 (617)332-2700
2000 Washington Street, MOB 221 Newton, MA 02462 (617)332-2700
Provides outpatient consultation and treatment services for eating disordered individuals (aged 18 years old and older) and their families.
Perry L. Belfer, Ph.D.
Email: perry_belfer@hms.harvard.edu

North Shore Children's Hospital
57 Highland Avenue
Salem, MA. 01970
(978) 741-1215, ext. 2700
Outpatient eating disorders services for adults, adolescents, children
Michelle Friedman, PsyD.

Walden Behavioral Care (formerly Waltham Hospital)
Hope Avenue
Waltham, MA 02254
Eating Disorders Program
(781) 647-6727
Provides inpatient, residential, and day treatment