Julie Erika Haydu, MD, PhD

Julie Erika Haydu, MD, PhD

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4.945342 average rating from 161 patient reviews

Specialties

Affiliation

Mass General Brigham

Provider Locations

  • Waltham, MA
  • Boston, MA

Julie (Erika) Haydu, MD, PhD is a physician in the Lymphoma Program at the Mass General Cancer Center. She is also an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Haydu earned her medical degree from Columbia University. She also earned a Ph.D. in cancer genetics at Columbia University. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, followed by a fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Haydu’s clinical and research interests are in lymphoma, including non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin lymphomas, and in cellular immunotherapies. Her research involves the design and implementation of clinical trials for lymphoma patients.

Education & Training

  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Hematology Oncology, 2022
  • Fellowship: Dana Farber Cancer Institute*, Hematology/Oncology, 2022
  • Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2019
  • Medical Education: Columbia University in the City of New York, Medicine, 2015

Board Certifications

  • Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Languages Spoken

  • English

Age Group Treated

  • Adults

Patient Feedback

4.945342 average rating from 161 reviews

  • Dr. Haydu was very intelligent, kind and answered all of my questions. She has a very caring manner . She can be contacted and will respond.

    2026-07-07

  • Dr Haydu it's very professional and personable. She left time for me to ask questions and gave me direct answers. I would highly recommend her to anyone.

    2026-07-06

  • I come to MGH for the expertise.

    2026-06-30

  • Seeing Dr. Haydu is always a delight - she's thorough and professional.

    2026-06-24

  • My first visit with this doctor and very happy with my care!

    2026-06-22

  • She was very knowledgeable and caring.

    2026-06-24

  • Dr. Haydu and her entire Team are truly exceptional talents (and I'm a tough grader!).[redacted]

    2026-06-18

  • Outstanding care from entire staff and Dr Haydu

    2026-06-15

  • I am glad to have Dr. Haydu as my oncologist. she keeps me informed of potential experimental therapies.

    2026-06-08

  • Nothing special. All was great as usual.

    2026-06-07

  • Dr. Haydu is absolutely amazing. She is compassionate, caring, highly professional, extremely knowledgeable, very skilled, and extremely thorough. There couldn't be another doctor better. I am so thankful that I am her patient.

    2026-06-10

  • Dr.Haydu is a very nice person and her medical knowledge is great. She explained everything from the get go to me and very reassuring. It made me feel like it was gonna be a good outcome. She was very positive and open to talk about anything to me. I would recommend her to anybody any day.

    2026-06-04

  • Dr. Haydu was very friendly and knowledgeable and prepared to explain my recent diagnosis. She spent a lot of time with us and set up a follow up appointment while waiting for final results.

    2026-05-27

  • The best!

    2026-05-24

  • Dr. Haydu is a wonderful caring, knowledgeable Doctor.

    2026-05-21

  • Dr. Haydu is a wonderful Doctor... knowledgeable, caring, and professional!

    2026-05-19

  • She is smart and empathetic, engages in dialog with me and shares information with me as appropriate. I consider her a thoughtful partner.

    2026-05-18

  • She is kind, caring & knowledgeable.

    2026-05-18

  • Very reassuring

    2026-05-12

  • It was a professional visit that answered all my questions and those of my family.

    2026-05-06

  • Dr Haydu is so professional but very down to earth, I really like her!

    2026-04-20

  • Dr Haydu is very caring and able to provide good feedback to care providers about the patient.

    2026-04-18

  • very efficient

    2026-04-17

  • Always caring and deeply knowledgeable and professional.

    2026-04-08

  • Excellent provider.

    2026-04-08

  • Professional, thoughtful and informative

    2026-04-04

  • It was a great experiance

    2026-03-31

  • She is very nice explaining everything to do with abnormal blood test or other test that I have taken so that I can understand and explains the next steps are . She also answers all my questions and try's to make me feel at ease .

    2026-03-30

  • Because I'm an older person, the lady was very nice enough to call my daughter in South Carolina and explain things to her. So the two are on the same page. Thank you.

    2026-04-02

  • Dr. Haydu is always very kind and keeps me very informed on my condition. She has always answered my questions and I always feel very comfortable around her.

    2026-03-28

  • Care provider was knowledgable, personable and encouraged questions.

    2026-03-25

  • [redacted] I saw the doctor. She's very efficient. [redacted]

    2026-03-13

  • Great

    2026-03-09

  • I could not be more grateful than to have Dr. Haydu as my oncologist.

    2026-03-06

  • Dr Haydu was wonderful. She explains med everything clearly, answered all my many questions with kindness and respect. I highly recommend her.

    2026-03-02

  • The best care ever!

    2026-02-25

  • Very informative and answered all my questions. I am happy to have her as my doctor . I could not ask for anyone better

    2026-02-24

  • Dr. Haydu was wonderful. She listened, explained things, answered all my questions, was friendly, polite and patient. Definitely want to stay with her as her patient.

    2026-02-26

  • My wife and myself were very impressed with Dr. Haydu. Extremely knowledgeable

    2026-02-18

  • I thought, Dr. Haydu was very knowledgeable in the kind of cancer that I have. She also knew all the clinical things about me. She had great bedside manner. My wife and I felt very comfortable talking with her about her concerns and cares and she explained things very thoroughly in a way we could understand. I could not have had a better experience in the situation that I'm in.

    2026-02-16

  • Dr. Haydu knew my file, was easy to talk to, gave me a lot of information. It was a good appointment.

    2026-02-13

  • DR. Haydu was very informative when we discussed future symptoms that may return in my non-Hodgkins lymphoma, giving me info on some very new and successful biological lymphoma treatments. That was a very comforting discussion.

    2026-02-25

  • Absolutely outstanding!

    2026-02-09

  • She is spectacular!!!! Great talent

    2026-02-05

  • Dr Haydu is an excellent doctor. I put all of my faith in her

    2026-01-28

  • Informative,professional and respectful of our concerns

    2026-01-24

  • Dr. Julie Haydu is absolutely wonderful provides "outstanding," "caring", and meticulously thorough care [redacted]

    2026-01-21

  • I felt so good seeing so much love, attention, and concern shown to me during my difficult time. I don't think I can ever repay that service because it was done with complete honesty and dedication, always acting in my best interest. And that's why, in addition to expressing my gratitude, I pray to God every day to give them strength and wisdom to serve this generation. Thank you so much.

    2026-01-21

  • Dr Haydu is like no other Dr. I HAVE Seen. She is brilliant, attentive, caring, thorough and I had a great visit.

    2026-01-19

  • I was well taken care of!

    2026-01-15

  • It was very helpful.

    2026-01-01

  • It's always been good

    2025-12-24

  • Dr. Haydu is a caring doctor and seems well up-to-date with information regarding my cancer.

    2025-12-24

  • I don't believe my blood draw was done properly resulting in skewed results. All other aspects of my visit were excellent.

    2025-12-17

  • Excellent support and help

    2025-12-16

  • I was not at all feeling rushed. I asked all the questions I wanted to ask and appreciated the feedback.

    2025-11-30

  • Always positive

    2025-11-24

  • Everyone was so kind and friendly they were all so nice and made my scary cancer journey a lot better with kindness and compassion

    2025-11-24

  • Always has been caring and thorough.

    2025-11-18

  • Very good communication skills and knowledge.

    2025-11-12

  • Outstanding care and provided all information concerning my lymphoma status and beyond Dr Haydu (sorry if I spelled incorrectly) was excellent and is an asset to the MGH due to her care to minute details about my general health besides my main concern about my lymphoma CT results .

    2025-11-07

  • Dr.Haydu is an extremely caring, thoughtful, knowledgeable caregiver. She listens and explains in understandable terms.

    2025-11-04

  • The doctor was excellent [redacted]. She was very thorough and very understanding. [redacted]

    2025-10-30

  • Excellent as usual. I always feel encouraged and positive after my visits with Dr. Haydu.

    2025-10-26

  • Very (<-- very!) skilled. Also highly skilled Team. All personable as well.

    2025-10-28

  • She is extremely professional and provides a sincere feeling of concern and care regarding treatment,overall health and openness of options and communication with her and her team

    2025-10-21

  • I am so grateful to have landed with dr. Haydu. She explained things in very understandable terms, really understood my history and current situation. My anxiety level has diminished greatly. I was pleased she will be able to work with my local doctor at northern light who I also really liked.

    2025-10-15

  • Dr Haydu and I believe Dr [redacted] who spoke to us before Dr Haydu came in were exceptional. I believe I am in good hands

    2025-10-06

  • Dr. Haydu is compassionate and caring. She is well informed. She was very prepared for the meeting and she is a professional in every respect. I am so glad that she is my doctor.

    2025-10-03

  • As always I had a good experience at mgb

    2025-09-29

  • Yep, very nice and knew what was going on and was able to answer all the questions I had to ask her. And thank you very much for helping out. I really appreciate it. She's very nice. I hope you have a nice day. Thank you very much. Bye.

    2025-09-24

  • Dr Haydu was wonderful. She explained things to me in a way I could understand and gave me good news. When you have cancer, any good news is a win. I feel she is very knowledgeable and up-to-date on what to do. I appreciate that she is on my team.

    2025-09-21

  • Dr. Haydu is very nice, caring and respectful at all my appts. It is a pleasure to see her.

    2025-09-17

  • Comprehensive care

    2025-09-05

  • Dr. Haydu is a credit to Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a true professional, thorough, very interested and concerned about one's illness, and also concerned about the associated doctors that I am seeing in the care. I have been under oncology for nine years, and I can tell you Dr. Haydu is a top, top oncologist. I am a person who has had bad experience in the past with nurse professionals and physician's assistant. So I prefer dealing with the doctor in charge. And I see her every three months and I am very, very satisfied. All credit to Dr. Haydu. Thank you.

    2025-09-04

  • Dr. Haydu was extremely thorough, spent a lot of time explaining all the details to me. I was extremely impressed with the session we had and the follow-up going forward.

    2025-08-22

Accepted Insurance

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