About Michael Thiim, MD
Michael Thiim received his BA at Ithaca College and MD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine, a fellowship in Gastroenterology at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City and a second fellowship in Hepatology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, also in New York City.
Dr. Thiim was a member of the Senior Staff at Lahey Clinic where he served as the Medical Director of the Liver Center and as the Gastroenterology Fellowship Co-Director before joining the faculty of the Harvard Medical School and the MGH Gastrointestinal Unit in 1999. He has more than 25 years experience treating patients with liver conditions including cirrhosis, complications of liver failure, autoimmune liver diseases and viral liver diseases. He is an active member of the Mass General liver transplant program. Part of his practice is also devoted to general gastroenterology and endoscopy.
Dr. Thiim is actively engaged in medical education and he works with the MGH Internal Medicine Residency program as the Gastroenterology and Hepatology subspecialty education coordinator. Within the MGH Gastroenterology unit he teaches GI and Transplant Liver fellows in both the Gastroenterology and in the Liver Transplant Fellowship programs.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Diagnostic Endoscopy
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Liver failure
- Liver transplant
- Portal hypertension
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Gastroenterology
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-5925
Mass General Gastroenterology at Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center (Danvers)
102-104 Endicott St.
Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: 978-882-6709
Medical Education
- MD, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University***
- Residency, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center
- Fellowship, Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center
- Fellowship, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center
American Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology, 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 ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- 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.
Thisvisit and the previous visits with Dr. Thiim have all been exceptional. He is a talented diagnostician that is able to explain the medical situation in terms that are understand by the patient and outline a plan of action. He welcomes questions and is very also personable and professional. I feel very fortunate to have been referred to Dr ... Read More
Doctor Michael Thiim is the ultimate professional and is expert in all that he does. My condition is not simple and Doctor Thiim has taken this on as a challenge so that it is not simply an idiopathic diagnosis.
Dr. Thiim has been my doctor for many years, and it is a privilege to know him and to have him as my gastroenterologist. He's a wonderful, wonderful doctor, and I am very grateful to have him, and Mass General should be very grateful to have him on their staff.
He makes me feel that all my questions and concerns are important.
Dr Thiim has a tremendous bed side manner. He is respectful and sensitive to my needs. I am fortunate that he is my physician
Dr. Thiim seems to really care about my health
Dc Michael Thiim is the best.
I feel very fortunate to have a wonderful Dr. like Dr.Thiim. He is always pleasant and answers all my questions.
Very knowledgeable and listens to your concerns.
My entire experience with Dr. Thiim has been outstanding.