About Bill Barth, MD
William H. Barth, Jr, MD, is the Vice Chair for Obstetrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and is the Charles & Robert Montraville Green Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School.
He is a former Chair of the Committee on Obstetric Practice for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is an Oral Examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Before retiring as a Colonel in the United States Air Force in 2005 he served as Department Chair at Wilford Hall Medical Center, as Chief Consultant to the Surgeon General for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and as Commander of the 407th Expeditionary Medical Group in Iraq. He served as the Chief, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at MGH from 2005 to 2019.
His primary research interests are intra-partum obstetrics, cervical insufficiency and preterm birth, and placental vascular physiology.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Cervical incompetence
- Delivery management
- High risk pregnancy
- Labor management
- Multiple gestation
- Preterm Birth
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Spanish
Locations
Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
Mass General Gynecology
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
Suite 4
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-6850
Danvers: The Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care
Mass General Obstetrics & Gynecology at Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care
102-104 Endicott St.
Suite 304
Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: 978-882-6767
Medical Education
- MD, Baylor College of Medicine
- Residency, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Maternal and Fetal Medicine, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Obstetrics & Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- AllWays Health (NHP) - ACD
- AllWays Health (NHP) - PBO
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Centene/Celticare
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
- Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.