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Joyce T Hsu

Joyce T Hsu, MD

RheumatologyPediatric Allergy and ImmunologyAllergy and Immunology

Mass General Brigham

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Pediatrics
  • Adults
  • Geriatrics

Languages

  • Chinese - Mandarin
  • English

Gender

Female

About Joyce T Hsu

Dr. Hsu is board certified in Pediatrics and Allergy/Immunology, and joined the faculty of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in 2014. She has clinical expertise in a broad range of allergic diseases, including pediatric allergy, food allergy, drug allergy, allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis, asthma, and eczema. Dr. Joyce Hsu grew up surrounded by NASA scientists and the shuttle program. She became interested in pediatrics early on, and spent several years studying immune cell signaling in the laboratories of Max Cooper and Fred Alt. After graduating from Vanderbilt Medical School, she moved to Boston, where she completed both her pediatric residency and allergy/immunology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital.

As the Director of the BWH Food Allergy Center, Dr. Hsu is passionate about the prevention of food allergy and improvements in both safety and quality of life for patients and families affected by food allergies. The BWH Food Allergy Center offers expedited food allergy evaluation for infants and toddlers, as well as food allergy testing, food challenges, and an active food oral immunotherapy / desensitization program.

Locations

  1. Brigham and Women's Allergy and Immunology Clinic

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital (Trainees), Allergy / Immunology, 2014
  • Internship: Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatrics, 2011
  • Residency: Boston Children's Hospital ++, General Pediatrics, 2011
  • Medical Education: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2008

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics, 2011

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
  • Mass General Brigham Health Plan
  • MassHealth
  • Medicaid CT
  • Medicaid ME
  • Medicaid NH
  • Medicaid RI
  • Medicare
  • Multiplan
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Senior Whole Health
  • TriCare
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Tufts Medicare Preferred
  • United Health Care
  • Wellpoint
  • WellSense

Ratings & Reviews

4.8 out of 5

72 ratings, 26 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 5/11/2026

    I like Dr. Hsu very much. She has improved the quality of my life and my health immensely in the past year. She goes indepth and is extremely thorough as well as being personable. [redacted]

  • Reviewed on 5/10/2026

    Dr. Hsu is really great. Always willing to help and listens very well.

  • Reviewed on 4/20/2026

    She is a good doctor

  • Reviewed on 4/22/2026

    Hi, my name is [redacted]. Dr. Hsu has been my doctor for quite a while. I have to say that I trust her with my life. I would ask for her recommendation on anything and trust it to be the right one. I really appreciate her kindness and her wisdom. Thank you very much.

  • Reviewed on 4/8/2026

    Dr Hsu was excellent! Clear explanations of options and answers at the level of detail I wanted. She was very present, I didn't feel like we were rushed. One of the best Dr appointments I've ever had.

  • Reviewed on 3/9/2026

    Very extensive background review and desire to clarify information about past conditions.

  • Reviewed on 2/8/2026

    Dr. Hsu has been my allergy doctor for many years, and she has always be most interested in improving my health so it can be the best it can be. I am very thankful for her knowledge and expertise.

  • Reviewed on 2/8/2026

    She knew exactly what was wrong and was able to start the process of fixing it.

  • Reviewed on 2/4/2026

    Dr Hsu is a pleasant and caring doctor

  • Reviewed on 1/12/2026

    Provider gave inaccurate information about where blood draw could be performed for pediatric patients.

  • Reviewed on 12/17/2025

    Dr. Hsu is always very helpful. I can ask her questions and I don't feel like I'm being judged or anything. She really listens and gives great feedback, I guess. And she's a really, really good doctor to have. And I always appreciate seeing her and the help that she gives me, the care that she gives me.

  • Reviewed on 11/27/2025

    Dr Hsu is fantastic!!

  • Reviewed on 11/17/2025

    I'm grateful to have Dr. Hsu in my care team. I trust and value her excellence & experience, and that she will always talk through what are going to be the best care approaches. With immune disease, I need a team I know has my back - Dr. Hsu is always fast, kind, smart, on top of the research, communicative, and willing to explain options or changes: thank you Dr. Hsu!

  • Reviewed on 11/9/2025

    Dr Hsu is a compassionate, humanistic, kind and extremely competent and committed doctor. I am fortunate and grateful have her as my physician.

  • Reviewed on 11/5/2025

    Dr Hsu was great and perfect in every way thank you Dr. Hsu

  • Reviewed on 10/20/2025

    Dr. Hsu is a very caring and smart provider. It may take a while to get in to see her. She's worth the wait.

  • Reviewed on 10/21/2025

    Dr. Hsu was very kind and made my daughter feel comfortable, she asked her questions and explained everything thoroughly as well as the nurse. I would highly recommend this clinic.

  • Reviewed on 10/16/2025

    She's a star , so thorough , it's important to me to have providers who pay attention to what I say and appropriately address my concerns and she always does that . It also is very clear that she cares and I appreciate her a lot

  • Reviewed on 10/7/2025

    Dr Hsu is and always has been the best. I ask questions of her because I trust her and her answers. She always answers whether on portal or in person. The questions I sometimes have not always been in her field, however, I have used her recommendations.

  • Reviewed on 10/4/2025

    She is wonderful and listens well and ask a lot of questions about my health that I have been experiencing. We need more doctors like this to understand and listen to what the patient have to say about their health.

  • Reviewed on 10/1/2025

    She listens and helps with a plan to work on causes of symptoms

  • Reviewed on 9/21/2025

    My provider is an excellent doctor who l have had for several years. I trust her and her care is excellent.

  • Reviewed on 8/27/2025

    Dr. Hsu is a wonderful doctor. She's helped me handle my asthma. She takes time. She's very, very detailed, and I'm really, really happy with her.

  • Reviewed on 8/13/2025

    Or son presented for initial food immunotherapy appointment. Our fault, we forgot necessary supplies so couldn't do treatment. A reminder from the office about supplies prior to initial appointment would have been so appreciated and prevented wasted time for provide and us. Our consult and after visit summary with this info was 10 months prior to appointment due to long lead time for scheduling. Or family welcomed a new baby in the interim, so you can understand how we forgot about the supplies to bring. Would recommend office reach out to family/ patient one or two weeks prior to an initial appointment either via phone or gateway with a reminder about supplies.

  • Reviewed on 8/2/2025

    Dr Hsu listened very carefully to my concerns and gave me the medicine to help my symptoms ! She really took her time with me.

  • Reviewed on 7/23/2025

    Very caring , listened well !