
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Adults
- Geriatrics
Languages
- English
Gender
FemaleLocations
- Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute Center for Thoracic Oncology Medical Oncology
- 32 Fruit Street, Yawkey Building, 7th Floor, Suite 7b, Boston, MA 02114
- Get Directions
- phone: 617-724-4000
- fax: 617-726-0453
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Mass General Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Hematology & Medical Oncology (Internal Medicine), 2005
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Medicine, 2002
- Medical Education: Harvard Medical School, 1999
Board Certifications
- Medical Oncology: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2005
- Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2005
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 RI
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Ratings & Reviews
5 out of 5
55 ratings, 26 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 1/29/2026
Veery professional and caring
- Reviewed on 1/28/2026
better than great!
- Reviewed on 1/19/2026
Very caring person listens and communicates very well even wished me a happy birthday. She's awesome
- Reviewed on 12/24/2025
I am grateful for Dr.Heist. She is truly an asset to MGH.
- Reviewed on 12/24/2025
Dr. Heist is excellent. She listens well, Is very professional and has great compasion. The path she and her team picked for my recovery from lung cancer was absolutely the Correct one. A lung resectioning (Dr. [redacted]) removing the tumors resulted in a lung scan and brain MRI FREE fron cancer cells!!
- Reviewed on 12/23/2025
Dr. Heist has been my Oncologist for 10 years and she has provided excellent care. She is totally informed of the newest evolving discoveries ( chemo, radiation, immu etc.) and therapies related to lung cancer and has been a huge part of my survival and good quality of life with stage 4 lung cancer for 13 years.Through all this she has shown me compassion and understanding.
- Reviewed on 12/7/2025
The most professional and human experience ever
- Reviewed on 12/3/2025
Dr. Rebecca Suk Heist is always knowledgeable, thorough, efficient, professional, and personable! I am so lucky to have her as my oncology physician! She is one in a million!!!
- Reviewed on 11/28/2025
Dr Heist is one of my team members who has kept me alive and living with lung cancer for 14 yrs! The best oncologist!!
- Reviewed on 11/26/2025
Dr Heist is outstanding, first visiting me in the ER. She has been by my side exhibiting nothing but concern, empathy and hope. She is a professional of the highest caliber and I'm so grateful she is my Dr.
- Reviewed on 11/15/2025
I had a great experience with Dr. Heist and I'm looking forward to working with her and her team to beat my cancer and I'm very fortunate to have her as a doctor.
- Reviewed on 11/13/2025
She's wonderful.
- Reviewed on 10/21/2025
Dr. Heist was wonderful. She answered all my questions and took the time to explain all the clinical trials and studies available. I could tell she is a very compassionate about her work as well as a person.
- Reviewed on 9/30/2025
Listened respectfully to what I wanted and explained things so I could understand
- Reviewed on 9/29/2025
Dr [redacted] & Dr Heist are great doctors and I have much trust in both of them. [redacted]
- Reviewed on 9/4/2025
Dr Heist and her entire team are wonderful Professional and kind All the way
- Reviewed on 8/17/2025
Listens carefully, answers questions Professional, pleasantly but friendly ,it's always enjoyable to learn D
- Reviewed on 7/20/2025
Dr. Heist was very caring and attentive.
- Reviewed on 7/15/2025
Dr. Heist has always exceeded my expectations . I feel blessed to have her in my life
- Reviewed on 7/14/2025
She seemed willing to sit and talk for as long as I cared to, something I find very rare in a medical practitioner.
- Reviewed on 7/7/2025
Couldn't possibly be a better doctor. Very compassionate and knowledgeable. MGH is very lucky to have her. I hope she never leaves. ?
- Reviewed on 7/5/2025
Dr. Heist has been my oncologist for many years. We have a good relationship. She is very knowledgeable and caring. I would definitely recommend someone seeing her.
- Reviewed on 6/14/2025
It was a positive appt.and was happy as her client.
- Reviewed on 5/18/2025
Outstanding
- Reviewed on 5/1/2025
Dr. Heist is always dependable and easy to talk to. She always responds in a very timely manner, and I couldn't ask for a more competent and kind physician.
- Reviewed on 4/1/2025
As always Dr. Heist has given me the utmost care and concern with respect to my cancer and overall health. I couldn't ask for better care