Dr. Herbert Y. Lin, MD | Boston, MA | Nephrology

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Dr. Lin graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1995. He works in Boston, MA and 1 other location and specializes in Nephrology and Internal Medicine. Dr. Lin is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham And Womens Hospital, Brigham And Womens Faulkner Hospital, Boston Medical Center Brighton, Massachusetts Eye And Ear and Cha Cambridge Hospital.

accepting new patients
4.5

11 Ratings
31 years of experience
Harvard Medical School
6 written reviews
2 specialties
8 areas of expertise
2 board certifications
6 hospital affiliations
3 office locations
Male

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Very thorough doctor who takes much interest in his patients.

August 12th, 2020

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very thorough and concerned with patient's well-being.

November 3rd, 2017

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I've seen Dr. Lin on three occasions over the past several years when my primary care physician was unavailable. Dr. Lin is an associate in Dr. Fang's office. Not only is he highly competent, Dr. Lin is very understanding and gave me, on all three occasions, as much time as I needed to explain my medical issue and exceptional medical advice.

May 7th, 2017

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In addition to the comments about this excellent healer, I need to say that his staff is also outstanding. Having been a Boston Catholic priest for over 40 years, I have found myself visiting folks and seeing them with their physicians all over this well supplied with hospitals city. Dr. Lin's staff is A number 1,

April 2nd, 2017

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Dr. Lin was very friendly and a very good listener.

November 23rd, 2016

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I saw Dr. Lin at the MGH Walk In clinic on a Sunday morning. I'd been running a fever for a few days and wanted to get checked for an infection. Dr. Lin's bedside manner left a lot to be desired. He checked his phone multiple times while with me (which was only about 10 minutes). He did not ask me about any of my symptoms besides fever. I asked if it could be strep throat and he refused to do the quick test. When looking at my throat he gagged me and then complained that he couldn't get a very good look, but didn't bother to try again. He didn't look in my ears or nose. Finally, he went to listen to my lung sounds but didn't warn me and just started trying to take off my shirt. I have no physical impairments and would have very capable of taking off my own shirt had he asked. As a young woman alone in a room with a male doctor, this struck me as very inappropriate. After his perfunctory examination, Dr. Lin rudely lectured me about the importance of having a PCP (I recently moved to… the area and haven't set one up yet; I was under the impression that this is one of the main patient bases for the Walk In unit at MGH). He then tried to get me to set up an appointment with him at his clinic. After his marketing spiel he left. I am still ill and am crossing my fingers it is a virus that will resolve in a few days, though I haveno reassurances of that from Dr. Lin.

July 12th, 2015

Renal Associates Clinic

165 Cambridge St Ste 302Boston, MA 02114

Tel: (617) 726-5050

Mon9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tue9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Wed9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Thu9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fri9:00 am - 5:00 pm

SatClosed

SunClosed

Massachusetts General Hospital

55 Fruit StBoston, MA 02114

Tel: (617) 726-2000

Brigham And Womens Hospital

75 Francis StBoston, MA 02115

Tel: (617) 732-5500


Dr. Herbert Yihfuu Lin, MD	Dr. Robert C Colgrove, MD	Dr. Peter Marshall Barkin, MD	Dr. Aala Jaberi, MD
Nephrology	Infectious Disease	Critical Care Medicine	Nephrology
Accepts New Patients			Accepts New Patients
4.5 (11 Ratings)	5 (3 Ratings)	2.8 (13 Ratings)	0 (0 Ratings)
31 Years of Experience	36 Years of Experience	46 Years of Experience	21 Years of Experience
No Virtual Visit Option	No Virtual Visit Option	No Virtual Visit Option	No Virtual Visit Option
	Speaks English	Speaks English	Speaks English
Boston , MA	Cambridge , MA	Concord , MA	Boston , MA
Med School: Harvard Medical School	Med School: University Of California San Francisco School Of Medicine	Med School: Perelman School Of Medicine At University Of Pennsylvania	Med School: Royal College Of Surgeons In Ireland School Of Medicine
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Accepts Medicare
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Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Chronic Renal Disease
Dialysis
End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
Hemodialysis
Internal Medicine
Kidney Biopsy
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MEDICAL LICENSE

Medical Doctor, Massachusetts, 2025, Expired

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Medical School

Harvard Medical SchoolGraduated in 1995

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