
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Adults
- Geriatrics
Languages
- Spanish
- English
Gender
FemaleAbout Sarah L Housman
Sarah Housman, MD, is an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital at 101 Merrimac and Chelsea HealthCare Center Urgent Care. She specializes in women’s health and is part of the Mass General Women’s Health Sex and Gender Medicine Steering Committee. She is an award winning medical educator and was the recipient of the 2021 Mass General Internal Medicine Commitment and Excellence in Teaching Award. She was awarded the Gold Humanism Award in 2010 for her dedication and commitment to compassion and humanism in medicine. She is an Ambulatory Core Educator for Mass General Internal Medicine Residency Education, Department of Medicine Residency Educator Coordinator at 101 Merrimac and is the director of the Women’s Health Workshop for first year residents as well as a lead educator of the Sex and Gender curriculum for second and third year residents. She teaches Harvard Medical students through the Primary Care Clerkship in the Mass General Principal Clinical Experience. In addition she is part of the National Medical Task Force for the Office of Refugee Resettlement. She attends on the Bigelow inpatient internal medicine teaching service and has been a presenter at Mass General Internal Medicine Grand Rounds and National Society for General Internal Medicine around topics of women’s health, in particular, reproductive healthcare.
Locations
- Massachusetts General Beacon Hill Primary Care Clinic
- 165 Cambridge Street, Floor 5, Boston, MA 02114
- Get Directions
- phone: 617-726-4900
- fax: 617-228-6306
Expertise
Education
- Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 2015
- Medical Education: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2012
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2017
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 ME
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
Ratings & Reviews
4.9 out of 5
94 ratings, 44 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 2/17/2026
Dr.Housman is an excellent doctor!!
- Reviewed on 2/7/2026
She is kind, thorough, knowledgeable, professional, and sympathetic. Great Doctor.
- Reviewed on 2/2/2026
My primary care doctor spent a lot of time with me. She asked staff to give me water and gramm crackers before having more blood work done. I don't believe I would be traveling to Boston during rush hour for doctor appointments if not for Dr. S Houseman. I can't say enough good things about her and MGH. I received EXCELLENT CARE.
- Reviewed on 2/9/2026
Dr. Housman is by far the most caring and compassionate of doctor's. She doesn't brush any of your concerns off. She listens, thoroughly to everything you have to say. She gives you feedback and if she feels that you need tests done she orders them. She always sends you a patient gateway to let you know what the tests have or have not shown.
- Reviewed on 2/2/2026
Dr. Housman is very diligent. She is very careful and she looks at all the aspects. Appreciate her.
- Reviewed on 1/21/2026
She's excellent. She went over everything that we needed to talk about and she gave a thorough plan as to where to go next. And I would recommend her to anybody. She's very personable and I just like her a lot. She's wonderful. Thank you.
- Reviewed on 1/17/2026
Wonderful
- Reviewed on 12/29/2025
The best!
- Reviewed on 12/31/2025
Dr. Housman is an extremely kind, compassionate, thorough, intelligent, and excellent physician.
- Reviewed on 12/14/2025
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- Reviewed on 12/16/2025
This provider inquired not only about my physical health but also showed concern for my emotional well-being. Her care is exceptional.
- Reviewed on 12/12/2025
[redacted] The physician visit was severely inadequate, lasting barely 10 minutes. She was very nice and appeared to listen, but was she familiar with my medical history before entering the room? I doubt it. I had to specifically request standard necessary blood work (A1C tracking), indicating reactive rather than proactive care. [redacted]
- Reviewed on 12/3/2025
I've been seeing Dr. Housman for many years. She is amazing. She's kind and always attentive. 10 out of 10.
- Reviewed on 11/25/2025
Dr. Housman spent adequate time during my AWS appointment. She included me in the decisions regarding my health. I also consider our relationship as an ongoing partnership. Many thanks!
- Reviewed on 11/23/2025
This provider has been my PCP for years. She is highly competent, direct in her communication and responsive to my issues.
- Reviewed on 11/22/2025
Dr Housman is an exemplary Doctor. I have complete confidence in her capability. I feel very fortunate to be cared for by such a gifted and committed physician.to
- Reviewed on 11/19/2025
Dr. Housman always listens to everything I say and answers all of my questions. She appears genuinely interested in what is going on and my concerns are. She doesn't seemed rushed or like she's just going through the motions.
- Reviewed on 11/19/2025
I love Dr. Housman!
- Reviewed on 11/9/2025
Dr. Housman is a superb PCP. She is extremely thorough and caring
- Reviewed on 11/8/2025
Great communication by all staff members
- Reviewed on 10/11/2025
Dr. Housman was very caring and thorough. She listened to my concerns and acted on them. I was extremely pleased with my visit..
- Reviewed on 10/5/2025
She is just a caring attentive doctor. Couldn't ask for anyone better!!!!
- Reviewed on 10/6/2025
Dr. Housman was incredibly kind, compassionate, and caring, and readily available during my recent health situation period. I appreciate all the time, energy, and effort she put into taking the best care she could. And I would also like to comment that the medical assistant that put me in the room and took my vital signs and reviewed medications was excellent. I'm sorry, I don't remember her name.
- Reviewed on 9/26/2025
She is a most competent medical doctor and has become a dear friend. I have total trust in her judgment. My wife and I are deeply fortunate to have her as our PCP.
- Reviewed on 9/24/2025
Yes, she was wonderful, very attentive, listened to everything I had to say. On a scale of one to 10, she was perfect at 10.
- Reviewed on 9/15/2025
excellent, listens, respectful
- Reviewed on 8/30/2025
Always a positive experience for my annual visit.
- Reviewed on 8/12/2025
She is very good however on this visit she [redacted] was constantly interrupted and kept leaving the exam room
- Reviewed on 7/20/2025
My provider is very aware of my medical issues and provides very good follow up when I have issues.
- Reviewed on 7/14/2025
Dr. Housman was extremely attentive and made me as comfortable as possible. She took a lot of time following up on our previous visit.
- Reviewed on 7/12/2025
Dr.Housman is a fantastic physician- very grounded, knowledgeable, and easy to talk to. I highly recommend her.
- Reviewed on 7/8/2025
Thank you for your careful listening and genuine care.
- Reviewed on 6/18/2025
Dr Housman listens, asks appropriate questions, and arranges for satisfactory outcomes. (Ex. Providing me referral for PT). She appears to be a very caring physician.
- Reviewed on 6/18/2025
Dr. Housman is an outstanding physician. I am grateful she is my doctor. She knows my history and communicates beautifully with me. I continue to learn from her.
- Reviewed on 6/15/2025
Dr. Housman actually saved my life in my opinion as 11/14 had blood work and Urine. They were abnormal. As soon as she suspected a serious issue she sent me into Emergency Room. I had Cholecystitis. this was the reason for my visit i was experiencing some discomfort.
- Reviewed on 6/14/2025
Very caring,...
- Reviewed on 6/10/2025
She is very knowledgeable about all of my illnesses and orders tests etc to be done as she feels necessary. I'm extremely lucky to have such a caring, compassionate and understanding doctor who is extremely thorough in everything that she does.
- Reviewed on 6/7/2025
Caring, smart, empathetic physician - I feel fortunate that Dr Housman is on my care team
- Reviewed on 6/5/2025
I don't want prescriptions for lifelong pills. Can I recover and remain healthy without taking medications?
- Reviewed on 6/5/2025
She listened to my concerns and is being proactive. Everyone should have a primary like Dr. Housman
- Reviewed on 5/26/2025
Dr. Housman is a very kind, intelligent, thoughtful, and thorough primary care physician. She is knowledgeable about the latest in research for my particular age group and health concerns. She follows up almost immediately on test results. She provides a very personal approach and is compassionate and very intellectually curious about solutions to my problems. I couldn't ask for a better provider and my experience with her is always positive.
- Reviewed on 5/18/2025
Dr Housman is another gem in the MGH Beacon Hill practice She genuinely listened to me, followed through with test results I feel fortunate to have seen her as my PCP Dr [redacted] is out on maternity leave
- Reviewed on 5/11/2025
Excellent physician.
- Reviewed on 5/11/2025
Dr. Housman is great. She listens and is respectful. She answers your questions in a thoughtful manner.