About Runhua Hou, MD
Dr. Hou completed her residency at Yale New Haven-Saint Raphael Hospital and fellowship training at Washington University-Barnes Jewish Hospital. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she served as a faculty member at the University of Rochester, the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She has been practicing endocrinology since 2008 and is particularly interested in the diagnosis and treatment of endocrine tumors of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands. Her office procedures include ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of thyroid nodules, as well as radioactive iodine treatment for hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Endocrine tumors
- Hyperthyroidism
- Parathyroid disease
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid nodules
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Mandarin
Locations
Mass General Endocrinology: Thyroid Associates
55 Fruit St.
Wang Ambulatory Care Center
Suite 730
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3872
Medical Education
- MD, Xian Medical University
- Residency, Hospital of Saint Raphael
- Fellowship, Barnes Jewish 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 CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Health Care
- 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.