Conditions & Treatments

International patients receive care at Mass General for every condition and illness. Patients come to Mass General in search of a definitive diagnosis, a second opinion, complex medical treatment or surgery. Some patients also choose Mass General for innovative clinical trials.

As you consider Massachusetts General Hospital for care, we have highlighted the centers of excellence that often care for our international patients:

• Cancer Center
• Neurosurgery
• Neurology
• Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery
• Heart Center and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Digestive Health
• Complex Surgeries
• Urology
• Transplant
• Pediatric Specialties and Pediatric Surgery
• Online Second Opinions
• Executive Health

View the full list of treatment centers and programs offered at Mass General

Presently, some of the most common treatments international patients seek at Mass General are:

Cancer

• Proton beam therapy for adults and children, targeting tumors around the brain, head, neck and eye (en español)
• CAR-T cell therapy for cancers (en español)
• Bone cancer
• Bone Marrow Transplant Program
• Brain cancer (en español)
• Cellular Immunotherapy Program
• Colon cancer
• Complex breast cancers, including triple negative breast cancer (en español)
• Complex gastrointestinal cancers (en español)
• Gynecologic cancer (en español)
• Head and neck cancer
• Leukemia (en español)
• Lung cancer
• Lymphoma (en español)
• Multiple myeloma
• Prostate cancer (en español)
• Sarcoma
• Clinical Trials at the Mass General Cancer Center
• Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies

Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

• Adult congenital heart disease
• Cardiac Arrhythmia Program
• Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program
• Thoracic aortic conditions
• Women’s Heart Health Program

Digestive Health

• Bariatric (weight loss) surgery
• Crohn’s and Colitis (IBD)
• Esophageal surgery

Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Cerebrovascular aneurysms
• Aneurysm clipping or coiling
• Brachial plexus surgery
• Brain tumors, including glioblastoma, glioma, meningioma, and others
• Burst aneurysm
• Deep Brain Stimulation, including for Depression or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Dementia
• Epilepsy neurosurgery
• Extreme spinal deformities and spinal chordomas
• Minimally-invasive skull base surgery
• Parkinson’s Disease and other movement disorders
• Peripheral Nerve surgery
• Pituitary tumor
• Stroke
• Trigeminal neuralgia

Orthopedics

• Hip and knee replacement
• Shoulder replacement
• ACL reconstruction
• Meniscus repair
• Spine surgery
• Sports medicine

View the full list of treatment centers and programs offered at Mass General

Cutting-Edge Research & Discoveries

Mass General is home to the largest hospital-based research program in the United States with more than $900 million (USD) in annual research funding and over 1,200 clinical trials taking place at any given time. Because we’re America’s #1 research hospital, patients travel the world for our unique ability to bring cutting-edge scientific discoveries with the care and treatments our patients need most—care often unavailable anywhere else in the world. Here, patients have the added benefit of being cared for by doctors deeply engaged in groundbreaking medical research and who are passionate about healing their patients.

Learn more about Mass General’s research programs and active clinical trials

Advances in Motion

Medical professionals around the world subscribe to Advances in Motion to learn about the latest breakthroughs, research and clinical advances at Mass General.

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Request an Appointment

To request an appointment at Mass General, please complete the online form or e-mail our International Patient Center team. We understand you may wish to talk with us about your care, questions and personal needs prior to scheduling your trip to Boston. Please rest assured that when you complete the online appointment request or email us, the next step in the process will be personal and ongoing communication with your care coordination team in our international center. We look forward to helping with all your questions, so that your Mass General care journey can be as peaceful and stress-free as possible.

Online Second Opinion

Individuals who are uncertain about traveling to or unable to travel to Boston, and would like a second opinion from a Mass General specialist can receive an detailed written Online Second Opinion from Mass General.

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