Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Adults
- Geriatrics
Languages
- German
- French
- Arabic
- English
Gender
FemaleAbout Amel Karaa
Amel Karaa, MD is a Board-certified internist and medical geneticist, who dedicated her professional life to treating patients with complex medical conditions by providing excellent clinical care, and therapeutics opportunities for those with mitochondrial and lysosomal disorders. She has established a specialized program evaluating hundreds of national and international patients.
Dr. Karaa is the 2013 United mitochondrial disease foundation (UMDF) fellow, a site investigator for the NIH North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium (NAMDC), on the scientific/medical board of the UMDF, medical board of the national advocacy group MitoAction, multiple medical boards for different lysosomal storage disorders and as of June 2018, the elected president of the Mitochondrial Medicine society (MMS).
Locations
- Massachusetts General Medical Genetics
- 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey Building, 6th Floor, Suite 6C, Boston, MA 02114
- Get Directions
- phone: 617-726-1561
- fax: 617-726-1566
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Genetics, 2013
- Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital (for MD/DO), Genetics, 2013
- Internship: Mount Auburn Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2010
- Medical Education: Faculte de Medecine de Tunis, 2003
Board Certifications
- Clinical Genetics (MD): American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, 2013
Insurance
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Ratings & Reviews
4.9 out of 5
34 ratings, 10 reviewsThe Patient Satisfaction Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.
- Reviewed on 2/6/2026
Dr Karaa is an excellent geneticist. She takes the time to answer any questions that I have. I would highly recommend her to anyone dealing with mitochondrial disease.
- Reviewed on 2/2/2026
Great service and very good care.
- Reviewed on 2/2/2026
She cares about you, whether a parent, client or caregiver
- Reviewed on 11/7/2025
Dr. Karaa is outstanding and I am lucky to have her supervising my care.
- Reviewed on 11/4/2025
very informed and caring
- Reviewed on 11/4/2025
Very knowledgeable, able to answer a lot of questions, took her time with the appointment.
- Reviewed on 10/19/2025
Knowledgeable. Helpful Caring.
- Reviewed on 7/24/2025
Dr. Karaa was very approachable and very knowledgeable and I felt very comfortable talking with her. And she did indicate that she would provide follow-up with other doctors that could, other specialists. And I just found her to be just so comfortable to talk to and very kind. and very knowledgeable, and I really appreciated the meeting with her, the appointment. Thank you.
- Reviewed on 6/23/2025
Dr karaa was very kind and informative.
- Reviewed on 6/23/2025
I see Dr Karaa once a year virtually. She's a specialist in the field of a rare disease I have. I feel very comfortable and safe with her.