Emily D Bethea, MD

Emily D Bethea, MD

Not currently accepting new patients

4.937255 average rating from 102 patient reviews

Specialties

Affiliation

Mass General Brigham

Provider Locations

  • Boston, MA

Emily D. Bethea, MD is the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital. She received a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin and an M.D. from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed Internal Medicine residency training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where she stayed on for an additional invited year as a chief medical resident. She completed Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellowship followed by an Advanced Transplant Hepatology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. She remains active in numerous societies and organizations, including the MGH Institute for Technology Assessment where she continues to apply simulation modeling and decision analytic methods to answer clinical questions and improve resource optimization in the areas of viral hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and organ transplantation. She remains dedicated to the clinical care of patients with liver disease.

Education & Training

  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Advanced Hepatology, 2019
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Gastroenterology, 2018
  • Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2014
  • Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2012
  • Medical Education: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 2011

Board Certifications

  • Transplant Hepatology, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine

Languages Spoken

  • English

Age Group Treated

  • Adults

Patient Feedback

4.937255 average rating from 102 reviews

  • Dr. Bethea is one of the best physicians I've ever worked with. Her expertise on the liver and surrounding organs and her partnership with my Hemonk regarding my blood disease has been invaluable. She is probably the best prepared provider I've ever worked with. She invests the time up front to update herself on everything that has occurred since our last conversation. She and her staff are on top of prescribing tests and or follow-up MRIs. I'm always contacted in advance to be able to get an appointment when I need one. I am extremely thrilled to be part of her patient group.

    2026-09-05

  • Always prepared and listens to question and.concerns

    2026-08-08

  • The team was very professional, personable, and made me feel very at ease with the whole procedure. The entire staff highly recommend. And in 10 years, when I got to do it again, I know where I'm going. Thank you.

    2026-08-05

  • Dr Bethea has been just wonderful to me. She has always been kind and very thorough with my health care. I truly feel well taken care of thanks to her and her office!

    2026-08-03

  • Both [redacted] And Emily tell it the way it is. I fully understand what I'm getting into. They explain everything to me.

    2026-07-28

  • Dr. Bethea is the most wonderful caring doctor I have ever experienced in my LIFETIME of [redacted] years. She is so compassionate, and truly cares about her patients. She ALWAYS goes ABOVE & BEYOND the call of duty, making sure her patients get the care they need, even if it might not be in her expertise. If I had to choose Her as my care giver, I would choose every time, everyday, and twice on Sunday! She rates a 100% from me everyday of the year! She is truly the best doctor there ever was and is, in my books. Thanks for having such a remarkable, pleasant, and truly caring doctor on your staff. May God Bless Her.

    2026-07-21

  • Superb care!

    2026-07-19

  • An excellent professional who treats us so well that words can't describe it! We can only express our deepest gratitude.

    2026-06-29

  • I would like to be able to spend more time with the doctor to learn more about my health and what symptoms to look for. But not enough time in the day..

    2026-06-22

  • Dr. Bethea provides outstanding service. It feels she really cares about the wellbeing of the patients. Thank you!

    2026-06-22

  • She is awesome!

    2026-06-16

  • Dr. Bethea is an excellent, wonderful physician. I love going there and her scheduler is an excellent person and I love talking to her.

    2026-06-17

  • They understood what I had too say and explained things and answered my questions I had

    2026-06-08

  • Dr bethea is absolutely amazing 'compassionate 'informative 'concerned ' patient ' a great human being 'I can describe Dr bethea with a quote from Aristotle 'to educate the 'mind' and 'not' the heart is no education at all' Dr bethea has done both [redacted]

    2026-05-27

  • My care provider is always through and knowledgeable about my condition. She always answers all my questions and concerns.

    2026-05-23

  • My hospital stay was outstanding, very outstanding nursing and Doctors care. The hole team was great.

    2026-05-20

  • The provider is pretty good. She's really great, professional. I'm very happy since I started to treat myself with her, and I really appreciate everything you have done for me. I really, really appreciate it. Thank you very much, Doc.

    2026-05-20

  • Dr. Bethea is very warm and extremely caring and wonderful in every respect with listening and addressing my concerns. I always look forward to my visits with her and would highly recommend her to anyone. She is the best!

    2026-05-17

  • Dr. Bethea is awesome. She's the best. We really appreciate her and all that she does. She's a wonderful doctor.

    2026-05-15

  • She is knowledgeable, respectful and empathetic. I never feel rushed when I see her.

    2026-05-10

  • Dr Emily with me is an amazing doctor. She always listens is very compassionate and understanding. It's like talking to a friend or a family member. I'm very blessed to have her as a doctor.

    2026-04-28

  • My doctor is absolutely amazing. She listens to everything explains everything in great detail and always cares about my well-being as well as my family

    2026-04-16

  • I have been in Dr. Bethea's care for several years, following a liver transplant. In addition to her medical expertise, she is caring, generous with her time, always available to answer a question and provide support during difficult procedures.

    2026-04-15

  • The provider listen carefully and understood my frustration with having a hernia repaired. She suggested that I was entitled to have a second opinion. She offered information on how to ask for a referral from my PCP. She was able to communicate that she understood my needs for a better quality of life. We Al's discussed my progress relating to my liver. That was well appreciated.

    2026-04-12

  • She is the perfect combination of expert medical care and warm, kind bedside manner. I trust Dr. Bethea completely and am grateful for her care.

    2026-03-29

  • Dr Emily Bethea knows her patients! She was prepared by knowing the pertinent information, prioritizing and updating the treatment plan. Dr Bethea not only addressed my medical needs, she inquired about my support system as both factors need to work in unison to reach the goals set. My wish is this...that I could clone Dr Bethea so each person/ patient could have her managing their needs.

    2026-03-18

  • Took the time to explain past test results and different options that may benefit my health. Very knowledgeable and felt like she took the time to hear my concerns.

    2026-03-01

  • Dr. Bethea is wonderful. She is kind, listens, is extremely thorough and exemplifies what a health care provider should be. I feel extraordinarily lucky to have her managing my care.

    2026-02-23

  • My name is [redacted] and going to Mass General is the best care I've ever gotten in my life and I will never go anywhere else but there for surgery and doctors. They are all fantastic and I am happy to be a patient there. I feel very safe. Thank you.

    2026-02-18

  • Dr Bethea is extremely kind and thoughtful. She provided answers to questions I had and explained

    2026-02-16

  • Dr. Bethea is one of the most intelligent, and thorough doctors that I have ever encountered. She was the first doctor to figure out my diagnosis and actually help me. A doctor at [redacted] told me I only had only a year to live, [redacted] That day my husband and I decided we have to go to MGH. Well, I am still here and doing well, I contribute that to Dr. Bethea and her outstanding care. I truly believe she saved my life. Thank you, from the bottom of my liver.

    2026-02-11

  • Dr.Bethea is an incredible GI specialist whom I trust for her medical expertise and her ability to relate to her patients in a caring and compassionate manner.

    2026-02-08

  • I have been very satisfied with my experience

    2026-02-02

  • Dr. Bethea and Dr. [redacted] provided exceptional care that included clear and compassionate communication, education, review of information and planning .

    2026-01-29

  • Outstanding physician

    2026-01-11

  • Dr Bethea and her team are wonderful! They are empathetic and listen well when you dial. I actually feel heard! They offer real solutions to my medical situation and consult with my care team to formulate a realistic plan.

    2026-01-11

  • All of my questions were answered, and everything was explained so clearly to me. I suffer from anxiety, and it was very helpful that they were so straightforward and explained everything in a caring manner.

    2026-01-10

  • Good

    2025-12-22

  • She's fantastic. She's always on time, incredibly thorough, and answers all of my questions and puts my mind at ease. I'm very grateful for her care.

    2025-12-16

  • I would like to say that she is very pleasant. She's on time and I really, really did have a good experience there. Everyone was very nice, but she fantastic.

    2025-12-11

  • Attentive, thoughtful and precise. Excellent in addressing both broad and detailed concerns.

    2025-12-01

  • I have always been comfortable and confident in Dr Bethea's care and expertise. She's top notch!

    2025-11-23

  • She is so sweet and I can talk to her with confidence very comfortably. She listen and explain everything very clearly. I love her.

    2025-11-17

  • She is the best.

    2025-11-14

  • I love Dr. Bethea. She will be my hepatolgist for the rest of my life. Her care and mastery of her specialty is the 'BEST. Couldn't recommend her high enough.

    2025-11-13

  • My comment is not about my provider who is exceptional, it's about your service. Please don't insult me nor my provider, not the patient nor the provider, when you cannot even have the decency to pronounce algorithm or know the provider's name correctly. Don't call me again until you get that right.

    2025-11-12

  • Dr. Bethea patiently and thoughtfully answered our questions. She exudes compassion and calm. We our grateful to have her as one of our specialists.

    2025-11-11

  • Very competent, caring and personable.

    2025-11-08

  • Great Doctor!!!

    2025-10-27

  • De Bethea is one of the best providers I've experienced. Listens well, participates as a team, has changed my life.

    2025-10-19

Accepted Insurance

  • Tufts Medicare Preferred
  • Wellpoint
  • Commonwealth Care Alliance
  • Multiplan
  • Aetna
  • WellSense
  • WellSense NH
  • Medicare ACO
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Senior Whole Health
  • Mass General Brigham Health Plan
  • Medicaid VT
  • Medicaid NH
  • Humana
  • Coventry
  • Fallon Health
  • Cigna
  • United Health Care
  • Beech Street
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
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  • Railroad Medicare
  • Medicaid ME
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  • MassHealth
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
  • Medicaid CT
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  • Medicare
  • Medicaid RI