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    MediFind found 194 doctor with experience in Hiatal Hernia near Newton, MA. Of these, 160 are Experienced, 25 are Advanced and 9 are Distinguished.

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      Jaime A. Oviedo
      Advanced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology
      Advanced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology

      Brigham And Womens Physicians Organization Inc

      850 Boylston St, 
      Chestnut Hill, MA 
       (3.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Jaime Oviedo is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Dr. Oviedo is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Barrett Esophagus, and Chronic Erosive Gastritis.

      David Spector
      Advanced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery
      Advanced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery

      Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, General Surgery Clinic

      1153 Centre Street, Suite 5D, 
      Jamaica Plain, MA 
       (4.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Dr. David Spector is a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) with specialties in gastrointestinal and general surgery, metabolic health and bariatric surgery, and weight management surgery. He received his medical degree from Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School. Dr. Spector completed a general surgery residency at Ichilov Medical Center. In addition, he completed a general surgery residency and a bariatric surgery fellowship at Tufts Medical Center.Dr. Spector has clinical interests in adrenal surgery, bariatric surgery, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), minimally invasive surgery, and robotic surgery. Dr. Spector is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Hernia, Hiatal Hernia, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy.

      Michael S. Kent
      Distinguished in Hiatal Hernia
      Thoracic Surgery | General Surgery
      Distinguished in Hiatal Hernia
      Thoracic Surgery | General Surgery

      Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

      330 Brookline Avenue, Shapiro 9, 
      Boston, MA 
       (5.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Michael Kent is a Thoracic Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Kent is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Lung Adenocarcinoma, Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

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      Jon O. Wee
      Distinguished in Hiatal Hernia
      Thoracic Surgery
      Distinguished in Hiatal Hernia
      Thoracic Surgery

      Brigham And Women's Hospital, Lung Center

      15 Francis Street, 2nd Floor, 
      Boston, MA 
       (5.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Dr. Jon Wee is the Esophageal Surgery Section Chief, Director of Robotics in Thoracic Surgery, and co-Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also an Associate Program Director for Thoracic Surgery and is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Wee received his medical degree from the Duke University School of Medicine and completed his surgical training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He then went on to complete his cardiothoracic surgery training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is board certified in surgery and thoracic surgery.Dr. Wee’s clinical interest is in minimally invasive approaches to thoracic diseases. These include minimally invasive and robotic esophagectomy, lobectomy, thymectomy and mediastinal resection for thoracic malignancies.  In addition, he treats benign esophageal disease such as gastro-esophageal reflux disease, giant paraesophageal hernias, diverticulum, etc. He performs POEM procedures for achalasia as well as sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis and endoluminal therapies such as PDT, laser, and stents for palliation. His research interest is in the use of minimally invasive techniques to decrease pain, improve recovery, and improve ultimate outcomes. Dr. Wee is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Lung Nodules, Endoscopy, and Thymectomy.

      Daniel C. Wiener
      Distinguished in Hiatal Hernia
      Thoracic Surgery
      Distinguished in Hiatal Hernia
      Thoracic Surgery

      Brigham And Women's Hospital, Lung Center

      15 Francis Street, 2nd Floor, 
      Boston, MA 
       (5.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Dr. Daniel C. Daniel Wiener is a thoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. After graduating with honors from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, he completed his surgical training at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. With additional training as research fellow in tumor immunology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, he then pursued his interest in thoracic surgery as a resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is board certified in general surgery and thoracic surgery. Dr. Wiener is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Hiatal Hernia, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma, Endoscopy, and Thymectomy.

      John C. Wain
      Distinguished in Hiatal Hernia
      Thoracic Surgery
      Distinguished in Hiatal Hernia
      Thoracic Surgery

      Brigham And Women's Hospital, Lung Center

      15 Francis Street, 2nd Floor, 
      Boston, MA 
       (5.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Dr. Wain joined the Brigham in February 2023 as a Surgeon, and Associate Chief of Quality and Safety, both for the Thoracic Surgery Department. Before joining the Brigham, Dr. Wain was the chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery and the vice chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center He’s a member of various societies, including the American Thoracic Society, the American College of Chest Physicians, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Wain received his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College. He completed residency training in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. After a surgical research fellowship at the City of Hope National Medical Center, he completed a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Toronto General Hospital. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Wain is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Endoscopy, and Osteotomy.

      Molly L. Perencevich
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology

      Brigham And Women's Crohn's And Colitis Center

      850 Boylston Street, Suite 201 Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center, 
      Chestnut Hill, MA 
       (3.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Molly Perencevich is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Dr. Perencevich is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. Her top areas of expertise are Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Cronkhite-Canada Disease, Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

      Anne F. Liu
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology

      Brigham And Women's Fish Center For Women's Health

      850 Boylston Street, Suite 402 Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center, 
      Chestnut Hill, MA 
       (3.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Anne Liu is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Dr. Liu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. Her top areas of expertise are Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome, Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Cronkhite-Canada Disease, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

      Steven B. Cohen
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Internal Medicine

      Needham Gastroenterology Associates, PC

      464 Hillside Avenue, Suite 201, 
      Needham, MA 
       (3.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Steven Cohen is an Internal Medicine provider in Needham, Massachusetts. Dr. Cohen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Colitis, Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.

      Stephen R. Rotman
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Internal Medicine

      Needham Gastroenterology Associates, PC

      464 Hillside Avenue, Suite 201, 
      Needham, MA 
       (3.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Stephen Rotman is an Internal Medicine provider in Needham, Massachusetts. Dr. Rotman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy. He is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine.

      Malcolm K. Robinson
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery

      Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, General Surgery Clinic

      1153 Centre Street, Suite 5D, 
      Jamaica Plain, MA 
       (4.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Dr. Robinson is a senior surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (BWFH).  He serves as the Associate Chairman of the Department of Surgery with oversight of the Department’s operational processes. He also is Director of BWH’s Nutrition Support Service.Dr. Robinson received his college degree from Harvard University and medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his surgical residency and advanced fellowships in nutrition and general surgery at BWH. He is board certified in surgery and nutrition support and is a member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School where he is an associate professor of surgery.The author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, abstracts and editor of a textbook, Dr. Robinson’s clinical interests include bariatric (i.e., weight loss) surgery, nutrition support of patients with complex nutrition issues, and general and laparoscopic surgery. His research focuses on nutrition, metabolism and how to optimize weight loss surgery.Dr. Robinson serves as an Associate Editor of Obesity Surgery (a premier clinical and research bariatric surgery journal), and is a national site reviewer of bariatric surgery centers seeking accreditation as a center of excellence by the American College of Surgeons. He has lectured locally, nationally, and internationally on the topics of bariatric surgery and nutrition support. Dr. Robinson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Calciphylaxis, Obesity, Malnutrition, Gastric Bypass, and Sleeve Gastrectomy.

      Eric G. Sheu
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery

      Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, General Surgery Clinic

      1153 Centre Street, Suite 5D, 
      Jamaica Plain, MA 
       (4.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Dr. Sheu is Chief of the Section of Bariatric and Foregut Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sheu graduated from Harvard College, obtained his doctorate in immunology as a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University, and completed medical school at Harvard Medical School. He trained in general surgery at the Brigham, followed by a fellowship in advanced laparoscopy and bariatric surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Sheu’s clinical practice focuses on bariatric, foregut and hernia surgery. Dr. Sheu leads an NIH R01-funded laboratory that investigates how bariatric surgery leads to resolution of type 2 diabetes via changes in the gut microbiota and the immune system.  He also serves as Associate Program Director of the Brigham’s advanced minimally invasive GI and bariatric surgery fellowship. Dr. Sheu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Hernia, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy.

      Douglas S. Smink
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery

      Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, General Surgery Clinic

      1153 Centre Street, Suite 5D, 
      Jamaica Plain, MA 
       (4.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Douglas S. Smink, MD, MPH is the Chief of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital and the Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.  He is also a Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Smink received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, completed general surgery residency at the Brigham, and completed a minimally invasive surgery fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.  His clinical interests include abdominal wall hernias, foregut surgery and biliary tract disease. Dr. Smink serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Surgical Education, and he is a member of Academy of Master Surgeon Educators through the American College of Surgeons.  He is the Past-President of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery.Dr. Smink’s research focuses on resident and faculty education and patient safety through simulation, team training, and coaching.  He is the co-PI on an NIH R01 grant, the Provider Awareness and Cultural dexterity Toolkit for Surgeons (PACTS), a curriculum to improve surgeon communication with culturally diverse patients.  In addition, he is the co-director for the Surgical Coaching for Operative Performance Enhancement (SCOPE) Program, where he helps lead a program of peer-coaching and performance improvement for surgeons. Dr. Smink is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Femoral Hernia, Umbilical Hernia, Gallbladder Disease, and Gallbladder Removal.

      Omar Y. Kudsi
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery

      Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, General Surgery Clinic

      1153 Centre Street, Suite 5D, 
      Jamaica Plain, MA 
       (4.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Dr. Kudsi is a minimal invasive surgeon with clinical focus on complex abdominal wall reconstruction. Recognized for maintaining one of the world’s most extensive personal databases in robotic AWR, spanning from patient-reported outcomes to published long-term follow-up data. He played a key role in setting up robotic hernia programs in Americas, Europe, & Asia and performed over 3500 robotic surgeries. Throughout his career, he established an accredited MIS fellowship and a funded clinical research fellowship focused on AWR and artificial intelligence. He has written over 100 original peer reviewed articles, abstracts, and book chapters. He serves as a periodic reviewer of several surgical journals and is the co-editor of five robotic textbooks with over 100 national & international presentations. He has assumed prominent leadership roles at CRSA, SAGES, ASE, and founded the Robotic Surgery Collaboration (RSC), a vicarious learning platform that unites over 10,000 surgeons. He has organized numerous international summits, taught hernia surgery to over 1000 surgeons and was awarded the Swedish Surgical Society’s medal in 2022.Dr. Kudsi, a native of Aleppo, Syria, earned his medical degree from University of Aleppo, followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship in tissue engineering at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, surgical residency at Lankenau Medical Center, minimal invasive surgery fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and advanced Minimal Invasive Surgery traveling fellowship at IRCAD Strasbourg University, France. He pursued an MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship and co-founded digital surgical, a company with patented technology in intra-operative real-time 3D micrometer scanning and Artificial intelligence. Dr. Kudsi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Cholecystitis, Gallbladder Disease, Gallbladder Removal, and Endoscopy.

      Muthoka L. Mutinga
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology

      Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, Gastroenterology Associates

      1153 Centre Street, Suite 4G, 
      Jamaica Plain, MA 
       (4.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Muthoka Mutinga is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Dr. Mutinga is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Crohn's Disease, Hepatitis, Viral Gastroenteritis, Gastrectomy, and Colonoscopy.

      Advanced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery
      Advanced in Hiatal Hernia
      General Surgery

      Brigham And Womens Physicians Organization Inc

      75 Francis St, 
      Boston, MA 
       (5.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Neil Ghushe is a General Surgeon in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Ghushe is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Hiatal Hernia, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy. Dr. Ghushe is currently accepting new patients.

      Distinguished in Hiatal Hernia
      Internal Medicine
      Distinguished in Hiatal Hernia
      Internal Medicine

      South Shore Internal Medicine Associates, Inc

      100 Highland Street, Suite 300, 
      Milton, MA 
       (9.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Joseph Fiore is an Internal Medicine provider in Milton, Massachusetts. Dr. Fiore is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Hiatal Hernia, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

      Christopher C. Thompson
      Advanced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology
      Advanced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology

      Brigham And Women's Crohn's And Colitis Center

      850 Boylston Street, Suite 201 Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center, 
      Chestnut Hill, MA 
       (3.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Dr. Christopher C. Thompson is the Director of Endoscopy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Co-director of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  He is also the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program Director and clinical faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  Dr. Thompson’s clinical interests include endoscopic surgery applied to foregut conditions, with a focus on endoscopic treatment of obesity, GERD, Zenker’s diverticula, achalasia, gastroparesis,  postsurgical complications, and pancreatobiliary disease.  He spends the majority of his time performing these advanced endoscopic procedures and also cares for these patients in the ambulatory setting.  The remainder of his time is devoted to research in endoscopic surgery, with a focus on device development, clinical outcomes, and endoscopic education. His research has resulted in numerous patents, development of new endoscopic procedures, and over 300 publications.  He was awarded the Brigham and Women’s Physician Organization Clinical Innovation Award in 2007 for developing and performing the first endoscopic suturing procedure to treat obesity.  He also invented anastomosis technology, which has been shown to treat type 2 diabetes effectively in early clinical trials.  He was responsible for much of the early work in Bariatric Endoscopy, having been called the founding father of the field, and edited the first textbook and video atlas on the subject.  Some of his other important clinical innovations include the development of new endoscopic techniques for treating pancreatic necrosis, gastric outlet obstruction, sleeve gastrectomy stenosis, pancreaticojejunal anastomotic strictures, and postsurgical complications.  He also developed an endoscopic part-task simulator used by many fellowship programs (the TEST box).These accomplishments have led to a broad clinical referral base, and to national and international invitations for lectureships and live case demonstrations, including the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Blackwell Lectureship, ACG American Journal of Gastroenterology Lecture, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Presidential Plenary Lecture, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) J Edward Berk Presidential Plenary Lecture, ACG Edgar Achkar Visiting Professorship, all post-graduate education courses for the major US gastroenterology and surgical societies, and numerous respected courses throughout Europe, Asia, and South America.  He has also mentored more than 20 fellows, many of whom have gone on to thrive in prestigious academic institutions, and he established the first Fellowship in Bariatric Endoscopy. Dr. Thompson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Esophageal Varices, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Endoscopy, and Gastric Bypass.

      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology | Obstetrics and Gynecology
      Experienced in Hiatal Hernia
      Gastroenterology | Hepatology | Obstetrics and Gynecology

      Brigham And Women's Crohn's And Colitis Center

      850 Boylston Street, Suite 201 Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center, 
      Chestnut Hill, MA 
       (3.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Linda Lee is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Dr. Lee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. Her top areas of expertise are Bile Duct Obstruction, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

      Abdelrahman A. Nimeri
      Advanced in Hiatal Hernia
      Advanced in Hiatal Hernia

      Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, General Surgery Clinic

      1153 Centre Street, Suite 5D, 
      Jamaica Plain, MA 
       (4.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Dr Nimeri is the director of Bariatric Surgery and is on faculty at Harvard Medical School. He served in several leadership roles in national and international bariatric surgery societies. He is the Secretary/Treasurer of International Federation for Surgery of Obesity (IFSO). Dr Nimeri is an associate editor of Obesity Surgery journal and past President of the IFSO MENA chapter (Middle East & North Africa Chapter of the International Federation for Surgery of Obesity) and past president of the Pan Arab Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (PASMBS).  Dr Nimeri authored numerous publications and book chapters and delivered hundreds of national and international presentations. Dr Nimeri is dedicated to surgical education and quality and has received numerous teaching, mentorship and international leadership awards. Dr. Nimeri is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hiatal Hernia. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Peptic Ulcer, Hiatal Hernia, Gastric Bypass, and Sleeve Gastrectomy.

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      Last Updated: 02/22/2026

      What is the definition of Hiatal Hernia?

      Hiatal hernia is a condition in which part of the stomach extends through an opening of the diaphragm into the chest. The diaphragm is the sheet of muscle that divides the chest from the abdomen.

      When should I see an Hiatal Hernia doctor near Newton, MA?

      There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

      • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
      • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
      • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
      • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
      • You want a second opinion.  

      What should I consider when choosing an Hiatal Hernia doctor near Newton, MA?

      It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

      How does MediFind rank Hiatal Hernia doctors near Newton, MA?

      MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

      What types of insurance are accepted by Hiatal Hernia doctors near Newton, MA?

      Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

      How can I book an appointment online with an Hiatal Hernia doctor near Newton, MA?

      MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Hiatal Hernia doctor search results page. 

      Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Hiatal Hernia doctor?

      Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

      How can I prepare for my appointment with an Hiatal Hernia doctor near Newton, MA?

      Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

      • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
      • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
      • Family history of disease 
      • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
      • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
      • List of questions and concerns 
      • Your insurance card 

      You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

      What questions should I ask my Hiatal Hernia doctor?

      Here are some sample questions: 

      • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
      • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
      • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
      • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
      • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

      How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Hiatal Hernia doctor may know about?

      MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

      MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

      Can I filter my search to show male or female Hiatal Hernia doctors near Newton, MA?

      Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Hiatal Hernia doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

      Can I filter my search to find an Hiatal Hernia doctor that offers video calls?

      Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Hiatal Hernia doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

      Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

      By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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