Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Adults
- Geriatrics
Languages
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- English
Gender
FemaleAbout Rocio M Hurtado
Dr. Hurtado is an Infectious Disease Physician at MGH and the Director of the MGH Mycobacterial Center, which provides multidisciplinary care to patients living with complex mycobacterial diseases including non-tuberculous mycobacteria, tuberculosis and Hansen's disease. She is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and she completed her Internal Medicine Residency at MGH, and an Infectious Disease Fellowship at the combined Harvard program (MGH and Brigham and Women's) including an HIV fellowship. She has additional training in Tropical Medicine from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom, and extensive international experience in the management of Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV-TB coinfection through her work in Peru, South Africa, Ethiopia and Cambodia. From 2005-2014, she founded and directed the Global Health Program for the Department of Medicine at MGH. In addition, Dr Hurtado serves as the Technical Advisor to the Global Health Committee with its sentinel sites in Ethiopia and Cambodia since 2010. In addition to her clinical work in Infectious Disease, she is the Primary Course Director of the 2 core Tropical Medicine courses for the Global Infectious Disease Program at the Harvard School of Public Health. She has trained several generations of ID fellows and established the Advanced Mycobacterial Preceptorship which has included both pulmonary and ID fellows. In addition, she is a Certified Wellness and Executive coach for physicians with the the MGH Center for Physician Well-being.
Locations
- Massachusetts General Infectious Disease Clinic
- 55 Fruit Street, Cox Building, 5t Floor, Suite 515, Boston, MA 02114
- Get Directions
- phone: 617-726-3906
- fax: 617-726-7653
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Infectious Disease, 2002
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Infectious Diseases, 2001
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1999
- Internship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1997
- Medical Education: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1996
Board Certifications
- Infectious Disease: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2002
- Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 1999
Insurance
- 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 CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- 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
46 ratings, 20 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 2/7/2026
Dr Hurtado is an excellent, compassionate and knowledgeable doctor. Meticulous patient care and I say this as a retired physician. The best!
- Reviewed on 2/7/2026
Dr. Hurtado is the most caring and helpful doctor i know.
- Reviewed on 2/1/2026
Dr. Hurtado is an exceptional doctor and I am very grateful to be under her care.
- Reviewed on 2/1/2026
Very compassionate and knowledgeable
- Reviewed on 1/19/2026
Best of the best . I'm so fortunate to have her as my doctor
- Reviewed on 1/10/2026
Dr Hurtado is very knowledgeable about my disease and took the time to explain things to me.
- Reviewed on 12/20/2025
Very thorough , knowledgeable , caring, excellent communicator, respectful and responds quickly to messages! An outstanding physician !
- Reviewed on 11/15/2025
Dr. Hurtado is truly an expert in her field. Her depth of knowledge, compassion, and caring makes her one of the top docs that I see at MGH.
- Reviewed on 11/15/2025
The doctor is one of the most compassionate and brilliant providers I have the privilege of seeing.
- Reviewed on 11/10/2025
Dr. Hurtado has been great. She listens to me. She explains everything. She is very, very nice. She's easy to talk to. She gives me a thorough exam. I would recommend her highly to anybody. And she's made me feel better, which is very important.
- Reviewed on 11/1/2025
Dr. Hurtado is one of my care team and has done her best to make sure that treatment was appropriate. I am complicated medically and am pleased that she consults with my pulmonary and rheumatology specialists. I feel well care for and appreciate the thoroughness of my care.
- Reviewed on 10/10/2025
Always listens and provides clear and concise feedback to me. She is personable and a pleasure to work with.
- Reviewed on 8/11/2025
Dr. Hurtado was very well prepared. She went over all my tests and reviewed my case before she came into the office. And she answered all my questions and explained everything in an understandable manner. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone who is an infectious disease doctor. Also, she had a fellow there working under her, who was also very good, very prepared, and lovely to work with. So I would recommend most highly Dr. Hurtado and her fellow who was in training under her tutelage. Thank you.
- Reviewed on 7/14/2025
Very warm knowledgeable and thoughtful
- Reviewed on 7/12/2025
Dr Hurtado was brilliant, caring and highly professional. The kind of provider that makes MGB such a world class hospital and one of the best in the world
- Reviewed on 6/29/2025
Dr. Hurtado is a caring and brilliant physician who always listens to my concerns and answers and explains things thoroughly.
- Reviewed on 6/28/2025
Dr Hurtado is special! A plus for every visit!
- Reviewed on 5/18/2025
If i could grade my providers...Dr Hurtado esp. Id give her and staff 20 on a scale of 0 to 10. Several follow ups on site and via phone commications. Dr Hurtado was very involved and went above and beyond with updating me with prescriptions and status. Very good experience with the battery of issued i was experiencing. Put me ease with future expectations . Thanks MGH!!!
- Reviewed on 4/24/2025
I feel that she listens to my concerns and is very knowledgeable about my health problems.
- Reviewed on 3/29/2025
SUPERB doctor! Highly organized and thoroughly studied my medical background. She eased my anxiety as soon as she entered the exam room, which I really appreciated. She explained infectious disease terms with extreme clarity and wrote important concepts down for me to take home. Answered all my questions. I could not have been more pleased with her conduct, expertise and care provided!