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Barbara C Holbert

Barbara C Holbert, MD

Internal Medicine

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Adults
  • Geriatrics

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

Locations

  1. Massachusetts General Downtown Primary Care Clinic

Expertise

Education

  • Internship: VA Boston Healthcare System (Training), 1988
  • Residency: VA Boston Healthcare System (Training), 1988
  • Medical Education: Boston University, 1985

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 1988

Insurance

Search plans
  • Aetna
  • Beech Street
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • 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
  • MassHealth ACO
  • Medicaid ME
  • Medicaid NH
  • Medicaid RI
  • Medicare
  • Multiplan
  • Railroad Medicare
  • TriCare
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • United Health Care
  • Wellpoint
  • WellSense
  • WellSense NH

Ratings & Reviews

4.9 out of 5

200 ratings, 86 reviews

The 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.

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  • Reviewed on 3/17/2026

    Dr. Holbert is incredibly knowledgeable and kind. She makes inquiries that demonstrate she has a strong understanding of my conditions and wants to ensure that I am receiving the best possible care. She explains the test that they will be running and why, and provides manageable and usable suggestions to improve my treatment.

  • Reviewed on 3/18/2026

    Dr. Holbert has been my doctor literally since I graduated from college. I am now about to turn [redacted], and I used to work in Boston, and I don't any longer, but I always make the trip to see her because I like her, know her, and trust her, and she's a great doctor.

  • Reviewed on 3/13/2026

    Dr. Holbert and her team are extremely professional, compassionate, and knowledgeable. Thank them very much.

  • Reviewed on 3/12/2026

    As always, Dr. Holbert was thorough and respectful. She listened to my issues and answered all my questions.

  • Reviewed on 3/11/2026

    My doctor is Barbara Holbert. She's been my doctor for 46 years. She also was my mom's doctor for elder care. She is wonderful, wonderful. Best doctor and only doctor I've ever had.

  • Reviewed on 3/8/2026

    Dr Holbert is great. So practical and helpful

  • Reviewed on 3/5/2026

    All good!

  • Reviewed on 2/26/2026

    Always care about my health

  • Reviewed on 2/22/2026

    I feel I am getting the highest quality care from Dr. Holbert.

  • Reviewed on 2/18/2026

    I feel as though I am in good hands respective to health care.

  • Reviewed on 2/26/2026

    I've been seeing Dr Holbert for years and she is excellent and very easy to work with.

  • Reviewed on 2/11/2026

    I think Barbara Holbert is one of the best doctors I've ever been to. I've been seeing her for many years and the clarity of information coming from her, her concentrated interest and personal attention is greatly appreciated. She is very attentive, not being distracted by other things. She asks all the right questions and is a delight to have as a primary care physician. Again, like I said, I've been seeing her for probably over 30 years. So it's been the best. I wish her all well in the future. She's the best.

  • Reviewed on 2/6/2026

    Dr. Holbert always listens and provides excellent care, has great follow-up, and would highly recommend her.

  • Reviewed on 2/7/2026

    Dr. Holbert has been my care provider for over 15 years, and I am very satisfy with her care.

  • Reviewed on 2/4/2026

    I deeply respect Dr. Holbert. She's been a strong provider and attentive listener for the years that I've had her as my primary care physician. She's found some good and helpful strategies for figuring out what might be the best way forward on a number of different concerns. I am grateful for her. She's found ways around some tough situations with my insurance. I would highly recommend her. I'm grateful for her. Thank you so much.

  • Reviewed on 1/25/2026

    Dr. Holbert is amazing. She always listens to me and helps me understand everything. I feel like she really cares. She knows all my feelings and is so attentive to my needs and quirks. And she know I love when shen sends the letter to follow up test. And always puts me at ease. She's the best Dr. I'm blessed to have her.

  • Reviewed on 1/23/2026

    Dr. Holbert is excellent and very helpful, insightful, and thorough for all of my questions. I've seen her and her practice for a very long time, but I'm very appreciative as I've had some changes in my health, and the care provided by her and her office helps me to stay as well as possible. So excellent care provided by her and everyone on her team. Really, really appreciated. Thank you.

  • Reviewed on 1/21/2026

    Very understanding

  • Reviewed on 1/21/2026

    Always on top of explaining my issues. With my Limbic Autoimmune Encephalitis my memory on stuff. Now to remember these things, I do jot them down... bless the whole staff.

  • Reviewed on 1/16/2026

    I always have a great experience with Dr. Holbert. He's been my primary care for at least 15 years. He knows my situation. She's very responsive and very helpful.

  • Reviewed on 1/14/2026

    Hi, Barbara Holbert and her team is beyond excellent. She's impossible for new patients. And in fact, even when I signed up with her 20 plus years ago, I was lucky to be able to get in and be her patient. Over the last few decades, she's caught some very crucial things. I'm a DES daughter and caught that I needed a leap procedure. She is present and thoughtful and like everything you could possibly want in a doctor. And in fact, I asked her, begged her, please, to not even consider retiring anytime soon because she's that excellent and her whole team is like that. So I absolutely could not recommend the office and Barbara Holbert, Dr. Holbert, and her whole team enough. I mean, they're just exemplary. And I hope that you're paying her enough and treating her very well because she's excellent.

  • Reviewed on 1/11/2026

    Dr. Holbert has always given me excellent care and follow up when needed.

  • Reviewed on 1/11/2026

    Very knowledgeable, polite, and i felt well taken care of

  • Reviewed on 12/28/2025

    I've been a patient of Dr. Holbert's for nearly 20 years, she's the absolute best. I look forward to my annual visits with her. She's an incredible provider - I wish everyone had such a wonderful PCP!

  • Reviewed on 12/26/2025

    There's no one like her Helpful in all the ways

  • Reviewed on 12/24/2025

    Working with Dr. Holbert is always a pleasure. Thank you.

  • Reviewed on 12/21/2025

    Excellent and thougtful

  • Reviewed on 12/16/2025

    Barbara has been my Primary for decades and is awesome. I dread the day she retires and I have to find someone else!

  • Reviewed on 12/11/2025

    Dr. Holbert has been my PCP for many years and I love her. She has been genuine and compassionate during my medical and personal challenges throughout the years. She is also smart and an excellent listener. I dread the day Dr. Holbert retires.

  • Reviewed on 12/11/2025

    I've been a patient of Dr Holbert for about 30 or so years. She is the best and your lucky to have her in your MGH group

  • Reviewed on 12/11/2025

    Dr. Holbert consistently provides caring and compassionate care while also being adept at getting straight to the heart of the issue. I also feel as if I play a key part in the shared decision-making process

  • Reviewed on 12/9/2025

    I've been a patient of Dr. Holbert's for almost 30 years, and I can't imagine anyone else providing the level of care that she does. She's wonderful.

  • Reviewed on 12/8/2025

    Dr Holbert always review and always go over my overall healthcare in detail. I am very satisfied with Dr Holbert she is always very thorough going through my overall health.

  • Reviewed on 12/7/2025

    Dr Holbert is a patient provider, good listener and works to address any questions, concerns or medical issues I may have. She is one of my favorite doctors that I had over the years I hope she never retires :)

  • Reviewed on 12/1/2025

    Dr Holbert is amazing- listens, gives great advice, straightforward, always pleasant and very informative.

  • Reviewed on 12/5/2025

    Dr. Holbert and staff are wonderful, professional, thoughtful, hard-working and overall, the base care givers around.

  • Reviewed on 12/4/2025

    Dr Holbert always listens carefully to my concerns and addresses each of them - without prejudice. And, I very much appreciate her attempts to help me.

  • Reviewed on 11/19/2025

    Dr. Holbert listens and explains extremely well. It is so helpful to see her and she makes herself available when one needs help.

  • Reviewed on 11/19/2025

    I have been sub Dr Holbert for over 30 years I moved out of mass to nh and still drive down to see her . She is a fantastic Dr and a genuinely nice person.

  • Reviewed on 11/5/2025

    Dr. Holbert is the best!

  • Reviewed on 11/6/2025

    I have been seeing Dr. Holbert since I was 28 years old - more than half of my life. I feel very lucky to have been under her care for all that time. She saw me from infertility through a cancer diagnosis last year, from my husband's vasectomy through my own menopause. It is an amazing professional relationship to bear witness to someone else's life.

  • Reviewed on 11/2/2025

    Dr. Holbert is knowledgeable about medical history & proactively advises on vaccines needed.

  • Reviewed on 10/31/2025

    Dr. Holbert has been my PCP for many, many years. I have the utmost faith and confidence in her and find her to be a very, very, very professional doctor and wonderful to work with.

  • Reviewed on 10/30/2025

    Dr Holbert is fabulous.

  • Reviewed on 10/30/2025

    They're very accommodating.

  • Reviewed on 10/23/2025

    I've had the same provider over 25+ years and I am provided with excellent service.

  • Reviewed on 10/13/2025

    Appointment was very thorough

  • Reviewed on 10/9/2025

    Dr Holbert has been my PCP for many years and I'm thrilled with the care she provides.

  • Reviewed on 10/8/2025

    Hope that she does not retire any time soon!

  • Reviewed on 10/8/2025

    Dr Holbert is amazing

  • Reviewed on 9/17/2025

    This office is great and Dr barbara holbert is the best . She listens and gives great advice . I trust her with my healthcare needs

  • Reviewed on 9/17/2025

    I appreciated the time she spent with me and respecting my decisions to not have some aspects of recommended care. I haven't seen her since Covid and there was alot to catch on it was a great visit.

  • Reviewed on 8/27/2025

    Dr Holbert is outstanding. Very grateful to have her as my PCP. She is why I'm willing to travel from Cape Cod for care.

  • Reviewed on 8/27/2025

    My provider has always been concerned about everything about my health. And she's been accurate. And on a scale of 1 to 10, she gets a 10.

  • Reviewed on 8/24/2025

    Yeah, some patients might feel anxious or a little, you know, anxiety about going to a doctor's appointment. But for my appointments with what we're talking about, I don't, I feel like no anxiety. I feel like, sort of like at home, I can be open. There's no ears about people at all. They're just, they know how to communicate with all different types of people. And like I've been treated very well by everybody from people behind the desk to doctors, nurses, assistants, blood work. He's a great guy, big time, you know, and it's just that it's not, stressful experience.

  • Reviewed on 8/21/2025

    I've been a patient of Dr Hobert's for 20+ years. She is always professional. She maintains a good sense of humor. She is one of the best doctors that I've seen in my lifetime.

  • Reviewed on 8/23/2025

    Dr Holbert's always attentive and committed to my health and care.

  • Reviewed on 8/18/2025

    Dr. Barbara Holbert is one of the finest physicians I've had the pleasure to meet. I have been seeing Dr. Hobert for over 20+ years and I will be saddened the day that she is not available and has decided to retire. She will be dearly missed.!

  • Reviewed on 8/17/2025

    Dr. Holbert has been my PCP for 30 years. I consider myself very lucky that she is my doctor. She is the best!!

  • Reviewed on 8/17/2025

    Dr Holbert is very caring and an excellent doctor.

  • Reviewed on 8/10/2025

    Email did not provide answers to my questions, was good to get things cleared up.

  • Reviewed on 8/8/2025

    Dr. Holbert always listens to me, takes my concerns about anything that is happening seriously and makes suggestions to better my care. I may not always want to do things because I don't like to take medicine but the fact that she at least tells me my options is very appreciated. She takes the time to listen and doesn't rush me! I always recommend her to everybody! Thanks for your care!

  • Reviewed on 8/9/2025

    Dr Holbert is thorough, courteous and kind. Has a sense of humor and gets her point across nicely. Been with her for years. Couldn't have been happier.

  • Reviewed on 7/30/2025

    Dr. Holbert is always the same. Full of patience, great advice, and an amazing listener.

  • Reviewed on 7/29/2025

    Dr Holbert is a fine physician and I feel fortunate to be her patient!

  • Reviewed on 7/27/2025

    I'm always pleased with my care by Dr. Holbert. Have been seeing her as my PC for years and feel she is a great listener, very compassionate and empathetic doctor. She's also very thorough. I can't say enough good things about her.

  • Reviewed on 7/23/2025

    Dr. Holbert has always been kind, attentive, respectful and supportive to patients. She is knowledgeable and professionalism and empathic, I am so grateful to have her as my doctor.

  • Reviewed on 7/18/2025

    I have been a long time patient of Dr. Holbert. She has been an excellent advisor to me regarding my health and medical issues. I highly recommend her.

  • Reviewed on 7/17/2025

    Dr Holbert and staff are highly professional and knowledgeable-the BEST. So grateful that they accommodate my late arrival and took the time to cover everything that needed to be covered.

  • Reviewed on 7/16/2025

    Doctor Holbert is such a caring supportive doctor. 10 out of 10

  • Reviewed on 7/14/2025

    Always positive

  • Reviewed on 7/17/2025

    Dr Holbert is an excellent clinician and genuinely cares about her patients!

  • Reviewed on 7/11/2025

    Nothing, she been very helpful, every visit I had.

  • Reviewed on 7/9/2025

    Dr Holbert is a good listener and generous with her time

  • Reviewed on 6/24/2025

    Dr. Holbert is outstanding in every way. She is thorough, asks important questions, always listens and is never rushed. I've always felt like she genuinely cares about my health.

  • Reviewed on 6/23/2025

    Dr. Holbert is an outstanding doctor. I have been with her for 20+ years. My husband and I recently changed Health Ins. We knew quickly it was abad move - my last visit with Dr. Holbert was out-of-pocket pay. Well worth it to keep her as my doctor! She's a 10+++

  • Reviewed on 6/15/2025

    I consider myself very lucky to have Dr. Holbert as my PCP.

  • Reviewed on 6/11/2025

    Dr. Holbert is an outstanding clinician. She cares for her patients as individuals and provides insightful health and wellness guidance. I am grateful for Dr. Holbert's consistent competence and compassion.

  • Reviewed on 6/4/2025

    I feel very fortunate to have a facility like MGH Downtown near me. My appointments are on time and people treat me well. Dr. Holbert is a great doctor. I have been with her for over 20 years. She listens to me and treats me with respect.

  • Reviewed on 6/5/2025

    Dr. HOLBERT listens, thinks carefully before she answers and then gives good and timely advice. She took the time to "translate" two reports from recent procedures, so I could understand their importance to me. When I asked to 8nclude some extra screens in my blood report, so I didn't have to have two blood draws within a few days, she was happy to help, I am always happy to see Dr. Colbert and I feel confident 8n her care.

  • Reviewed on 5/28/2025

    I love Dr Holbert she has been my doctor for at least 30 or so years. She's the best.

  • Reviewed on 5/27/2025

    Dr Holbert is the best !!

  • Reviewed on 5/27/2025

    Dr Holbert always listens intently and explains things in an easy to understand way. I always feel valued and comfortable discussing all of my healthcare needs

  • Reviewed on 5/29/2025

    I love Dr Holbert, she always take the time with you during the visits to listen

  • Reviewed on 5/22/2025

    Hi, my name is [redacted] and I'm a patient of Dr. Barbara Holbert's and I have been for some 25 probably 30 years now. Very very comfortable. I tell people all the time I have the best doctor. So I'm glad she's still around like I am and it's a pleasure to see her and she always my health is a great concern of hers, great concern of mine and the whole operation there at MGH downtown is just, I'm always very very satisfied, very happy with it and I wouldn't leave her unless she retired or something happened to me. She's the best. The whole operation up there is great and stars on everybody's foreheads. Thank you.

  • Reviewed on 5/21/2025

    Dr. Barbara Holbert is a star physician. I can never say enough good about her. She is intelligent, thoughtful, warm, professional. Always listens and never belittles her patients as some doctors do. I trust her completely.