Andrew Allegretti, MD, MSc
Andrew Allegretti, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Harvard Medical School
About Andrew Allegretti, MD, MSc
Andrew Allegretti, MD MSc is Director of Critical Care Nephrology in the Division of Nephrology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He received his undergraduate and medical degree from Brown University and has a Master of Science in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at MGH, followed by subspecialty training in Nephrology in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital joint fellowship. He takes care of all patients with chronic kidney disease. He does clinical and translational research in kidney disease caused by liver failure, sometimes called hepatorenal syndrome.
Clinical Interests:
- Chronic kidney disease
- Hypertension
- Hepatorenal syndrome
- Portal hypertension
- Cirrhosis
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS)
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Spanish
Locations
Renal Associates
165 Cambridge Street
Suite 302
Boston, MA 02114-2752
Phone: 617-726-5050
Fax: 617-724-1122
Medical Education
- MD, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- MD, Brown University Alpert School of Medicine
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's/Massachusetts General Joint Nephrology Fellowship
American Board Certifications
- Nephrology, 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 - New York
- 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
- 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.
Research
Dr. Allegretti is a Principal Investigator in the MGH Kidney Research Center. His research interest is in translating new therapies for hepatorenal syndrome and in finding new diagnostics for kidney injury. He has expertise in multicenter clinical trials, biomarker translation, and continuous renal replacement therapy.
Publications
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