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Jill Allen, MD
Jill Allen, MD
Clinical Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
About Jill Allen, MD
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Rectal cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Colon cancer
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancers
- Esophageal cancer
- Stomach (gastric) cancer
- Carcinoid tumor
- Clinical trials
- Neuroendocrine cancers
- Anal Cancer
- Unknown primary cancers
- GE junction cancer
- Liver cancer
- Ampullary cancer
- Small bowel cancer
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
Mass General Hospital Cancer Center
55 Fruit Street
Yawkey Building
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-5130
Newton: Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Mass General Cancer Center at Newton-Wellesley
2014 Washington Street
Newton, MA 02462
Phone: 617-219-1230
Medical Education
- MD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
- MD, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Residency, University of Maryland Medical System
- Fellowship, UCSF Medical Center
American Board Certifications
- Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
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
- 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
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare - ACD
- 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.