Contact Information
Waltham, MAPhone: 617-726-7948
Boston, MAPhone: 617-643-5588
About Janet Lo, MD
Dr. Janet Lo is an endocrinologist and Clinical Director of the Lipid and Metabolism Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is also a clinical investigator in the MGH Metabolism Unit and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
She received her BA in Molecular Cell Biology and English Literature from University of California at Berkeley. She received her M.D. from Columbia University and received her M.MSc. in Clinical Investigation from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lo completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. She completed her Endocrine Clinical and Research Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Lo's clinical focus is on lipid disorders and endocrinology. Her research work focuses on lipid metabolism, metabolic disease, atherosclerosis and inflammation. Awards in recognition of her work include the MGH Division of Endocrinology Gilbert Daniels Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award, MGH Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award in Research and NIH Career Development Awards. She is the Principal Investigator of NIH-funded Research Project R01 grants and a NIH K24 Mid-Career Award in Mentoring and Research.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Cardiovascular risk reduction
- Familial hypercholesteremia
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- Lipid disorders
- Lipodystrophy
- Pituitary disease
- Prediabetes
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese
Locations
Mass General Endocrinology & Diabetes Care
52 Second Ave.
Blue Building, Suite 3100
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 617-726-7948
Mass General Endocrinology: Lipid Metabolism Unit
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-643-5588
Medical Education
- MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
- Residency, New York Presbyterian Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 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
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
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