We provide inpatient and outpatient care to children and adults with the traditional array of allergic and immunologic problems. Our expert allergists and immunologists tailor our care to meet your needs and treat your condition.

Find an allergy and immunology specialist

The heart experts at the Elfers Cardiovascular Center provide the highest-quality care for early detection and treatment of heart disease. Cardiology services include advanced heart procedures, cardiac electrophysiology treatments, treatments for atrial fibrillation (Afib), and more.

Location information for the following cardiology services:

• Cardiology/Outpatient Clinic
• Breazzano Cardiac Device Clinic
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Cardiomyopathy Clinic

Main Hospital Building
Take the West Elevators to second floor
Phone: 617-831-7100

For Vascular Surgery:

Main Hospital Building
West Elevators to second floor
Phone: 617-244-1214

Learn about our cardiology services

We provide comprehensive care for all conditions and diseases of the hair, nails and skin, including acne, age spots, cold sores, and skin cancer. Our dermatologists and Mohs surgeons (who perform microscopically controlled surgery) are in private practice in the greater Boston area.

Find a dermatologist

We diagnose, treat and manage a wide range of endocrine conditions, including diabetes, thyroid disorders, osteoporosis, and more. We also provide medical nutrition therapy for a variety of conditions.

Newton-Wellesley Hospital
2000 Washington Street
White Building, Suite 546
Newton, MA 02462

Phone: 617-831-7300 Fax: 617-831-7309

Diabetes Education, Gestational Diabetes & Nutrition

Newton-Wellesley Hospital
2014 Washington Street — 3 South
Newton, MA 02462
Phone: 617-243-6144

The Diabetes Management Program is located on the third floor of the south wing in Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s main building.

Learn more about our endocrinology and diabetes programs

Our board certified gastroenterologists provide specialized care for esophageal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), disorders of the small intestine and colon including inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis), colon cancer screening, liver diseases, and disorders of the pancreas, gallbladder, and bile ducts. We work in close collaboration with acute care surgeons, colorectal surgeons, and gastrointestinal oncologists.

Endoscopic evaluation and treatment

• Upper endoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• ERCP
• Endoscopic Ultrasound
• Video Capsule Endoscopy
• Ablation treatments for Barrett’s esophagus
• Evaluation of gastrointestinal motility disturbances with esophageal and anorectal manometry

Phone: (617) 969-1227

Laurence S. Bailen, MD, Fernando H. Calmet, MD, Richard L. Curtis, MD, Vera K. Denmark, MD, Lawrence S. Friedman, MD, Daria R. Homenko, MD, Elissa Ehrlich Kaplan, MD, Alexander Kopp, MD, Dennis E. Lee, MD, Benjamin E. Levitsky, MD, Michael D. O’Donnell, MD, Jacquelyn Harrow, PA-C

Specialists at Mass General Cancer Center at Newton-Wellesley provide expert inpatient and outpatient care for patients with cancers and diseases of the blood. Our expert oncologists and hematologists work as a team to determine the best treatments for patients and help manage their ongoing care.

Visit Mass General Cancer Center at Newton Wellesley Hospital

Our hospitalists are board-certified (or board-eligible) adult inpatient medicine doctors who provide high-quality, compassionate care 24 hours a day, and work closely with primary care doctors to ensure a seamless transition of care after the hospital stay. They have expertise in treating a variety of conditions.

Steven B. Pestka, MD, Chief
Cynthia A. Korzelius, MD, Assistant Chief

Newton-Wellesley Hospital
2014 Washington Street, 3rd floor
Newton, MA 02462
Phone: 617-243-6345
Fax: 617-243-5148

The Division of Infectious Diseases provides inpatient and outpatient diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, including infections caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites, or viruses. We treat community-acquired pneumonia, infections related to compromised immune systems, parasitic infections, tickborne illnesses, infections related to childbirth and breastfeeding, infections related to travel, and infections that arise from surgery.

Call 617-243-6597 to make an appointment.

Matthew R. Leibowitz, MD  Chief

Harry M. Schrager, MD
Bevin Hearn, MD
Julie Winsett, MD
Nancy Herriott, PA

Division of Infectious Diseases, Newton-Wellesley Hospital
2000 Washington Street, Blue 320
Newton, MA 02462
Phone: 617-243-6597
Fax: 617-243-6575

Vaccines

• Contact your primary care provider to schedule a flu vaccine appointment
• COVID 19 information
• Mpox information
• Tickborne illness information

Travel medicine clinic

Official Yellow Fever Vaccination Center

Travel medicine services:

• We provide care for infants, young children, adolescents and adults
• Pre-travel medical consultation, vaccination and medication
• Full scope of travel vaccines including Rabies pre-exposure and post-exposure vaccination Japanese Encephalitis vaccine and Tick-borne Encephalitis vaccine.
• On-site Diagnostic Lab
• Post-Travel Illness medical consultation

Harry M. Schrager, MD
Matthew R. Leibowitz, MD
Nancy Herriott, PA

2000 Washington Street
Blue 320
Newton, MA 02462
Phone: 617-243-6597
Fax: 617-243-6575

The Division of Nephrology provides inpatient and outpatient consultations in kidney disease, electrolyte and acid-base disorders, hypertension, and management of patients with renal failure requiring acute or chronic dialysis. We also work with patients to decrease kidney stone risk factors. Kidney transplantation is coordinated with transplant centers in Boston, with pre- and post-operative care available at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

Find a nephrologist

The Division of Neurology has expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders. Our multiple sclerosis clinic helps patients reach maximum independence through medications, rehabilitative treatments, healthy lifestyle adjustments, and clinical trials. Both our Neurophysiology Laboratory and our Sleep Center offer patients complete diagnostic testing in convenient and comfortable environments.

Learn more about the Division of Neurology

Avraham Almozlino, MD
Chief, Neurology Division

Eduardo Garcia, MD
Assistant Chief, Neurology Division

2000 Washington Street
Green 567
Newton, MA 02462
Phone: 617-928-1500
Fax: 617-630-0860

The Division of Palliative Care provides inpatient consultations for hospitalized patients facing serious illness, and outpatient consultations for patients seen at the Mass General Cancer Center at Newton-Wellesley. We provide both inpatient palliative care and outpatient palliative care consults.

Kosha Thakore, MD, Sullivan Family Chief of Palliative Care at Newton-Wellesley Hospital
David Cheng, MD, Director of Palliative Care Education
Julia Ragland, MD
Kevin Stirling, MD
Angela Sousa, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, Clinical Coordinator
Julia Kenney, MSN, BSN, ANP-BC
Anne Hunsicker, MSN, ANP-BC
Lisa Catalano, LICSW, ACHP-SW, Lead Social Worker
Anna Yaaloz, Palliative Care Chaplain
Jennifer Torrone, Practice Manager
Kelley Logan, Practice Specialist

Phone: 617-243-6573
Fax: 617-243-6070

The Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation provides inpatient and outpatient consultation and medical student and residency education. The hospital is a teaching site for the Harvard Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation training program. Members of the division participate in clinical research and author book chapters and review articles.

Joanne Borg-Stein, MD, Chief
Medical Director, Newton-Wellesley Hospital Spine Center
Newton-Wellesley Ambulatory Care Center
159 Wells Avenue
Newton, MA 02459

Dr. Borg-Stein is also Medical Director of Spaulding-Wellesley Rehabilitation Center, 65 Walnut Street, Suite 260, Wellesley, MA 02481

Non-operative spine care

All aspects of nonoperative spine care, including diagnosis, medication management, trigger point injection, Botox injection, prolotherapy, and medical acupuncture

Interventional spine care 

Encompassing diagnostic and fluoroscopically guided spinal injections and minimally invasive disc procedures. Learn more about the Spine Center

Pain Management 

Participation in an interdisciplinary Pain Management Service at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, which includes anesthesiology, psychiatry, physical therapy, psychology, pharmacy, neurosurgery, and clergy.

Osteopathic spinal manipulation

Neurophysiology and electrodiagnosis

Aran Y. Kadar, MD, Chief 
2000 Washington Street
Green 562
Newton, MA 02462
Phone: 617-243-6640
Fax: 617-243-6284

The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine provides a full range of inpatient and outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic pulmonary services on a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week basis. The division is composed of practitioners whose expertise covers the gamut of respiratory medicine. In addition to providing primary and consultative inpatient and outpatient care to individuals with the traditional array of respiratory problems, we have expertise in critical care medicine, sleep physiology, environmental and occupational medicine, and allergy and immunology. The division is also affiliated with the Partners Asthma Center.

Members of the division participate vigorously in the medical education programs at Newton-Wellesley, including Medical Grand Rounds, attending on the medical wards and in the Intensive Care Unit, offering an elective to medical residents, teaching physical diagnosis to second-year medical students, participating in multi-specialty clinical conferences, and hosting a monthly pulmonary case conference.

Members of the division are frequent recipients of teaching awards from hospital housestaff for their dedication and expertise in medical education. Although involved primarily in patient care and medical education, members also contribute to the medical literature.

The Division of Rheumatology at Newton-Wellesley Hospital provides patient care, medical education, and clinical research. Members of the division perform all outpatient, emergency room, and inpatient evaluations for patients with rheumatic disorders.

State-of-the-art treatment is provided for conditions and diseases affecting the musculoskeletal system, which includes joints, soft tissues, connective tissues, muscles, and bones. Our physicians diagnose and treat autoimmune diseases and different types of arthritis.

• Robert P. Friday, MD, PhD,  Chief of Rheumatology
• Emily Press MD 
• John H. Yost, DO
• Katherine Pryor, MD
• Kristen Ryan NP

Rheumatology Division
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
2000 Washington Street
Suite 345 in the White Bldg.
Newton, MA 02462
Phone: (617) 243-5440
Fax: (617) 243-6453