Samantha L Gelfand, MD
Not currently accepting new patients
Specialties
Affiliation
Mass General Brigham
Provider Locations
- Boston, MA
Dr. Gelfand received her B.A. from Harvard College in Romance Languages and Literatures and her MD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine with distinction in medical education. She is a dual board-certified nephrologist and palliative medicine physician who specializes in kidney palliative care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Her clinical and academic focus is on symptom management, medical decision-making, and conservative kidney management as an alternative to dialysis for seriously ill patients with advanced kidney disease.
Education & Training
- Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2020
- Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Nephrology, 2019
- Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2017
- Internship: Yale New Haven Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2014
- Medical Education: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2013
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Languages Spoken
- Spanish
- Italian
- French
- English
Age Group Treated
- Adults
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Accepted Insurance
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- Medicaid ME
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- WellSense
- Cigna
- Wellpoint
- Humana
- United Health Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Beech Street
- Multiplan
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Tufts Health Plan
- Medicare
- Coventry
- TriCare
- Fallon Health
- MassHealth
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- Aetna
- Railroad Medicare