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Whitney L Kress

Whitney L Kress, MD

Internal Medicine

Highlights

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

Locations

  1. Mass General Brigham Primary Care Clinic at Needham

Expertise

Education

  • Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2016
  • Medical Education: Yale University, 2013

Board Certifications

  • Obesity Medicine: American Board of Obesity Medicine, 2024
  • Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016

Insurance

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  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Cigna
  • Coventry
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Mass General Brigham Health Plan
  • MassHealth
  • MassHealth ACO
  • Medicare
  • Medicare ACO
  • Multiplan
  • Tricare
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Tufts Medicare Preferred
  • United Health Care
  • Wellpoint

Ratings & Reviews

5 out of 5

152 ratings, 67 reviews

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  • Reviewed on 3/1/2026

    Dr. Kress is always easy to talk with and discuss symptoms, medicines, etc and gives advice as to how to handle my medical conditions.

  • Reviewed on 2/25/2026

    Dr. Kress is a wonderful PCP. She is professional, knowledgeable, and has excellent interpersonal relationship skills. I always feel that she listens intently and is conservative in her approaches to prescribing medications. In addition she is thoughtful when she considers adjustments to her recommended treatments. I have a high level of trust in Dr. Kress for annual checkups and more urgent appointments.

  • Reviewed on 2/19/2026

    Dr. Kress is the ultimate physician!

  • Reviewed on 2/18/2026

    She is the best in every way. Smart, compassionate, interested, informed, caring.

  • Reviewed on 2/18/2026

    Dr. Kress is OUTSTANDING! She is an excellent physician, and she is a very kind and thoughtful person!

  • Reviewed on 2/20/2026

    Dr. Kress listens and comprehends and provides additional insight into my thoughts at the top level. She is open minded, knowledgeable, thoughtful, and thorough. She analyzes and synthesizes my medical conditions also at a top level. She is very personable and easy to work with. I have great trust in her, especially as I enter into older age. All this and I never feel rushed or dismissed. She's superlative!

  • Reviewed on 2/16/2026

    Dr. Kress is a remarkable physician and person. Her ability to listen and then subsequently respond with clear, helpful suggestions feels life saving to me. I am Beyond Grateful.

  • Reviewed on 2/16/2026

    Dr. Kress is outstanding. She listens carefully and thoughtfully evaluates the situation. Her advice is consistently excellent. We trust her implicitly.

  • Reviewed on 2/11/2026

    Listened and explained, "problem "solved. caring Helped with referral to P.T.

  • Reviewed on 2/26/2026

    Dr. Kress is wonderful. Thorough, kind, approachable, willing to take time to answer questions

  • Reviewed on 2/10/2026

    Dr. Kress is very caring, compassionate and listens well.

  • Reviewed on 1/28/2026

    Dr. Kress made sure I got an appointment about an issue I was worried about. She showed a lot of care and preparation for the issue we were going to discuss (insomnia). She treats it as a serious issue, even though I know others have more serious issues. I trust Dr. Kress implicitly and think I couldn't have a better PCP.

  • Reviewed on 1/28/2026

    Listens to me and offers suggestions to try

  • Reviewed on 1/25/2026

    Dr Kress is a caring and pragmatic physician who thoroughly listens to my concerns. Dr Kress carefully explains different options for treatment. Dr Kress or her nurse always follow up on testing and procedures. Dr Kress is such a great doctor that I continue to see her in Needham- even while living in Maine.

  • Reviewed on 1/21/2026

    Very welcoming, listening to y needs, answer My questions about my concerns. Explain everything.

  • Reviewed on 1/21/2026

    Very professional. Good communicator.

  • Reviewed on 1/15/2026

    [redacted] Dr. Kress is a great listener and is very smart. She doesn't want to miss anything and it's very thorough in her examination and listening. She feels like she's a real partner in keeping me healthy. [redacted]

  • Reviewed on 1/15/2026

    I absolutely love Dr. Kress. She is phenomenal and has been transformational for me in my medical and personal care journey. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

  • Reviewed on 12/30/2025

    dr Kress is very attentive and if she isn't available she has [redacted] her pa get in touch with me. i have been a patient there for over 20 years so they must be doing something right.

  • Reviewed on 12/29/2025

    I love working with Dr Kress. She stays curious about new and emerging medical concepts and research. She uses her expertise to assess well but is also skilled at knowing when a specialist referral should be made and ensures it happens. She is thoughtful in her approach in terms of making sure any investigations or actions really make sense for a patient.

  • Reviewed on 12/23/2025

    Dr. Kress is always very connected to what is going on with my health and life. She has excellent suggestions, offers empathic support and is ready to listen to my ideas and work with them or modify them in my best interests.

  • Reviewed on 12/19/2025

    Dr. Kress is exceptionally professional, thoughtful, and accurate in her assessment of my needs. I am older than she, significantly older than she, and she has a very nice manner in dealing with somebody who has a lot of life experience and can be a little stubborn. So I find her really wonderful, very professional, very knowledgeable, and tremendously helpful.

  • Reviewed on 12/16/2025

    Despite running a half hour behind schedule, Dr. Kress did not seem rushed with me at all, and spent ample time listening and talking to me. I even asked her if she had a lunch break after my appointment (since I figured that would help her catch up) and she said no, so she was clearly going to be behind the rest of the day, and didn't give me any less attention. She is very easy to talk to, very knowledgeable and makes me feel like I am being well cared for.

  • Reviewed on 12/14/2025

    Dr Kress is by far the best PCP I have ever had. She listens carefully, offers thoughtful advice, and takes all the time we need. [redacted]

  • Reviewed on 12/11/2025

    Im so happy I found dr. Kress. She truly is so kind and present. I never feel rushed. She is fully engaged and truly understands. I feel really cared for. She is so thorough.

  • Reviewed on 11/26/2025

    She is excellent and listened to all my concerns and made a plan we will follow.

  • Reviewed on 11/12/2025

    The provider and nurse were caring, patient and provided excellent care.

  • Reviewed on 11/4/2025

    Dr. Kress is a great listener and respects what I know about my body. She really thinks through my concerns and includes me in the decision making process

  • Reviewed on 10/31/2025

    She's easy to confid in, through, knowledgeable, and accepts the natural approach to healing.

  • Reviewed on 10/27/2025

    I am always very impressed with the level of care the I receive from all medical personnel and staff.

  • Reviewed on 10/23/2025

    Dr. Kress listens. She tries to provide helpful solutions. I find her to be thorough.

  • Reviewed on 10/19/2025

    Dr Kress is an outstanding primary care physician.

  • Reviewed on 10/17/2025

    I enjoyed meeting with this provider and I felt very comfortable and heard.

  • Reviewed on 10/15/2025

    Dr. Kress is outstanding - a good listener, authentic and knowledgeable.

  • Reviewed on 10/9/2025

    Dr. Kress has been excellent as a primary care. [redacted] I would recommend Dr. Kress very highly. She's very empathetic and listens carefully. She's also very knowledgeable and very proactive in exploring what else might be an issue on my mind or possible

  • Reviewed on 10/7/2025

    I felt listened to

  • Reviewed on 10/5/2025

    I appreciate the care and time dr kress spent with me addressing my concerns

  • Reviewed on 9/26/2025

    It was nice to do a video visit as I could do this in the middle of the day and did not have to take time away from work. It was very convenient.

  • Reviewed on 9/24/2025

    She was appropriately concerned and evaluated a new symptom that has come up.

  • Reviewed on 9/22/2025

    Dr Kress is kind, professional, knowledgeable and attentive.

  • Reviewed on 9/30/2025

    Dr Kress is excellent! Smart, thorough , personable, caring.

  • Reviewed on 9/17/2025

    She was great, listened to me and addressed my questions. Explained the risks and benefits in an easy to understand manner. Came up with the game plan and next steps

  • Reviewed on 9/17/2025

    Dr Kress seems to understand me and my needs. She is very easy to communicate with and provides very helpful comments.

  • Reviewed on 9/17/2025

    Dr Kress was very helpful and professional in diagnosing the issue that had brought me into the office and in developing a plan to determine the best next steps.

  • Reviewed on 9/11/2025

    Dr. Kress is someone who you can have a conversation; she listens to your feedback and prescribes care based on it. I really like her approach and professionalism.

  • Reviewed on 9/11/2025

    Good afternoon. I would just like to say that I am very impressed with Dr. Kress. She is a true professional and gives you the reasons for why she believes in certain medical standings and backs it up with good information. She listens very well. She responds very well, clearly and concisely. She truly cares about her profession and it shows. I feel like whenever I see her, I'm the only one on her mind and that is by far one of the biggest compliments that you can give is when a provider just seems to be interested in just you at the moment and giving you the best advice that she has. She's always steered me in the right direction.

  • Reviewed on 8/13/2025

    Kind thoughtful person who asked good questions and provided great care

  • Reviewed on 8/16/2025

    Dr. Kress is always thorough, an exceptional listener, and very knowledgeable. She addresses every medical issue with recommendations or a plan and makes well thought-out referrals to specialists as needed. She always follows-up on my medical issues and, in line with following-up, is available to communicate with between appointments. Her diagnostic skills are exceptional as well. And she includes me like a member of the care team. I consider myself very fortunate to have her as my doctor.

  • Reviewed on 8/5/2025

    Dr Kress is one of the best Primary Care physicians I have ever had. I never feel rushed and any health issues I've had are thoroughly explored and always to my satisfaction. If I could rate higher than "10" I would do so.

  • Reviewed on 7/30/2025

    Excellent

  • Reviewed on 7/30/2025

    The first person I saw, whose name I forget, was very good - personable and professional. Dr. Kress is as good a pcp as I could hope for. She's genuinely interested in my concerns and has useful suggestions to deal with those concerns, and she pro-actively addresses issues I hadn't raised.

  • Reviewed on 7/25/2025

    Dr. Kress is very attentive to my needs. I don't like change, but once I got to know her, she really understands my needs and I just love her and I would recommend her to anybody.

  • Reviewed on 7/23/2025

    Feel very lucky to have her as my doctot

  • Reviewed on 7/25/2025

    Dr. Kress has been my primary care doctor for several years now, and she is really good. She listens very carefully to what I say, and she takes the time to answer my questions. And I'm really very, very pleased with her. I've been very fortunate to have some good doctors affiliated with Newton Wellesley, and she's one of them. I would recommend her to any of my family or friends who needed a primary care doctor. She's great. [redacted] Thank you.

  • Reviewed on 7/20/2025

    Dr. Kress has always listened to my concerns and addresses them appropriately.

  • Reviewed on 7/11/2025

    I always have a good visit with Dr. Kress and Cara and the P.A. staff she works with.

  • Reviewed on 7/9/2025

    Dr. Kress is the best!

  • Reviewed on 7/7/2025

    Awesome!

  • Reviewed on 6/25/2025

    She has been wonderful

  • Reviewed on 6/18/2025

    I had a very good visit. Suggestions were made to improve my daily workout.

  • Reviewed on 6/16/2025

    Very happy with the service, no complaints.

  • Reviewed on 6/18/2025

    This is a fantastically good primary care physician. I have recommended her to others already.

  • Reviewed on 5/24/2025

    Attentive and thoughtful.

  • Reviewed on 5/16/2025

    Dr. Kress was prompt for my appointment, was familiar with my medical background, seemed genuinely interested in how I was, made suggestions on what to do to continue good health. She listened to me and I did not feel rushed during the visit.

  • Reviewed on 5/11/2025

    Dr. Kress is very thorough. I feel comfortable having her coordinate the different medical providers that I see.

  • Reviewed on 5/8/2025

    Dr. Kress is a very patient, competent person.

  • Reviewed on 5/2/2025

    She's an excellent doctor, listens well, and explains well what needs to be done and follow up as well. Highly recommend.