About Brian Eisner, MD
Dr. Brian Eisner is the Co-Director of the Kidney Stone Program at the MGH. He specializes in kidney stone surgery, kidney stone prevention, endourology and related research.
He serves as the Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Urology and the Chief of the Division of Urology at Newton Wellesley Hospital.
Dr. Eisner was born in Miami, FL and attended Harvard College and the University of Michigan Medical School. He completed urology residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellowship in endourology and urinary stone disease at the University of California, San Francisco. His clinical practice focuses on kidney stone prevention, minimally invasive and surgical treatments for kidney stones, and endourology. He is actively involved in research involving kidney stone prevention, risk factors for kidney stone disease, and surgical treatment of kidney stones.
Clinical Interests:
- Bladder stones
- Endourology
- Kidney stone disease
- Kidney stone prevention
- Kidney stone surgery
- Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
- Shock wave lithotripsy
- Ureteropelvic junction obstruction
- Ureteroscopy
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Urology
165 Cambridge St.
7th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 857-238-3838
Medical Education
- MD, University of Michigan Medical School
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
American Board Certifications
- Urology, American Board of Urology
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
- 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.
Research
Dr. Eisner's research interests include prevention of kidney stone disease, risk factors for kidney stone disease, surgical treatment for kidney stones, endourology, and radiology of the urinary tract.
Publications
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Select Publications:
- Eisner BH, Asplin JA, Goldfarb DS, Ahmad A, Stoller ML. Citrate, malate, and alkali concentrations in commonly consumed diet sodas: implications for nephrolithiasis treatment. J Urol (in press)
- Eisner BH, Porten SP, Bechis SK, Stoller ML. Diabetic kidney stone-formers excrete more oxalate and have lower urine pH than non-diabetic stone formers. J Urol (in press)
- Eisner BH, Porten SP, Bechis SK, Stoller ML. The Role of Race in Determining 24-Hour Urine Composition in White and Asian/Pacific Islander Stone Formers. J Urol. 2010;183(4):1407-1411.
- Eisner BH, Porten SP, Bechis SK, Stoller ML. Hypertension is associated with increased urinary calcium excretion in patients with nephrolithiasis. J Urol. 2010;183(2):576-9.
- Chi T, Eisner BH, Berger AD, Stoller ML. An ex-vivo evaluation of the application and strength of a novel laparoscopic knot substitute device. J Endourol. 2010;24(1):95-8.
- Eisner BH, Eisenberg ML, Stoller ML. Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Quantitative 24-Hour Urine Chemistries in Patients With Nephrolithiasis. Urology. 2009.
The whole consultation lasted 5 minutes. He barely asked me any questions and didn't seem interested in investigating where my previous pain could have come from
He repeated instructions when I asked & didn't make me feel badly about it. He was open to my questions. I like him & his approach very much.
Dr. Eisner is outstanding in every way....
The purpose of this consultation was to have Dr. Eisner review my complicated medical/ surgical course and make suggestions for future steps. Unfortunately, Dr. Eisner had not received any medical information from my local urologist and hospital. Because he did not have this information he could not make recommendations for my care. Consequently, ... Read More
He is always expert, knowledgable, warm, and compassionate. I am very thankful for this doctor and his team.
Dr. Eisner an approachable doctor who was physician requested to see my mom as a follow up! She is [redacted] years old and passed a kidney stone on Mother's Day! He put her at ease immediately and spoke clearly and explained her results and even recommended food to avoid in her diet! He's a keeper.
Was referred and liked him alot
Dr. Eisner is just amazing. I can't say enough good things about my experience with him.
Excellent
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