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- Adults
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Languages
- English
Gender
FemaleAbout Rebecca L Gillani
Rebecca Gillani is a physician-scientist who specializes in multiple sclerosis. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003, majoring in Cell and Structural Biology. She completed a senior thesis research project under the mentorship of Bill Greenough studying the neurodevelopmental disorder fragile X syndrome. She then joined the MD/PhD Program at Loyola University Chicago. She completed her doctoral work in the laboratory of Wendy Kartje, where she used anti-Nogo-A immunotherapy to enhance neuroplasticity in a model of stroke.
After completing an internship in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, she joined the Mass General Brigham Neurology Residency at Harvard Medical School. After completing residency in 2015, she began a combined clinical fellowship in multiple sclerosis at Mass General under the mentorship of Eric Klawiter, and postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Elly Nedivi at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In her postdoctoral work, she defined basic principles of circuit wiring in the visual cortex with in vivo two-photon imaging, and super-resolution imaging with magnified analysis of the proteome. Now as a faculty member of the Mass General Department of Neurology, she applies the techniques she mastered in her postdoctoral work to dissect neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis. Besides her research program, Dr. Gillani cares for patients with multiple sclerosis and other neuroimmunological disorders.
Locations
- Massachusetts General Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfectious Diseases Clinic
- 52 Second Avenue, Blue Building, Suite 3100, Waltham, MA 02451
- Get Directions
- phone: 617-726-7565
- fax: 617-726-6994
- Massachusetts General Neuroimmunology and Neuro-Infectious Disease Clinic
- 55 Fruit Street, Wang Building, 7th Floor, Suite 720, Boston, MA 02114
- Get Directions
- phone: 617-726-7565
- fax: 617-724-0412
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Multiple Sclerosis, 2017
- Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Neurology, 2015
- Internship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2012
- Medical Education: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, 2011
Board Certifications
- Neurology: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2015
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
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
Ratings & Reviews
4.8 out of 5
53 ratings, 16 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 2/2/2026
Professional, listens and explains things thoroughly, and has a great bedside manner.
- Reviewed on 2/1/2026
Mass General Hospital is the best. Dr. Gillani and everyone I have been in contact with is amazing
- Reviewed on 1/7/2026
I haven't seen Dr. Gillani for going on eight years now for my MS, and she's just terrific. And we really appreciate all of the great work that she and others at Mass General execute for helping patients. So just we're very thankful. I'm very thankful that we're at Mass General and with Dr. Gillani.
- Reviewed on 1/4/2026
Dr. Gillani is always professional and caring.
- Reviewed on 11/26/2025
She is caring and helpful.
- Reviewed on 11/17/2025
Excellent neurologist who works with me and my MS.
- Reviewed on 11/8/2025
Excellent specialist-she was thorough and answered all my questions in detail. Easy to talk to and very knowledgeable.
- Reviewed on 11/2/2025
I have been seeing my doctor for years and she has always been excellent in every regard. Thanks to her and all the staff, MRI and everyone involved I have been healthy for 10 years.
- Reviewed on 10/26/2025
Excellent
- Reviewed on 9/4/2025
Dr. Gillani is informative and precise, well informed (current on my health/med changes)that reflect on my Neuro situation and ready to provide answers and help. I am impressed with her attention and very pleased to be one of her patients- my third plus Neurologist thru mgh. Excellent care!
- Reviewed on 7/29/2025
Dr. Gillani was awesome and saw me quickly keeping my health urgency in mind. Did a thorough analysis and provided detailed information about my recent diagnosis
- Reviewed on 7/12/2025
Dr. Gillani always provides me with important questions as well as excellent feedback. She goes above and beyond to attend to my specific needs. She tries to explain things in a way I can understand easily. I know I'm very fortunate to have her as my neurologist. Thank you for your continuous support since I was diagnosed there at MGH Boston. I'm so grateful!
- Reviewed on 6/9/2025
Dr. Gillani is very knowledgeable with regards to SPMS and was extremely encouraging moving forward.
- Reviewed on 6/9/2025
Dr.Gillani is fantastic
- Reviewed on 5/3/2025
Excellent
- Reviewed on 4/9/2025
Hi, Dr. Gillani is, she's just the best, and thank you so much. She, I can't say enough about her, and thank you Mass General. Bye bye now.