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Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD

(135 Ratings)

Specializes in: Allergy & Immunology and Internal Medicine (Adult Medicine)

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine (1999)

Professional interests include: anaphylaxis, cough, hay fever (allergic rhinitis), and more.

55 Fruit Street Yawkey 4b, Mass General Medicine: Allergy & Clinical Immunology Unit
Boston, MA 02114

(617) 726-3850

Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD is an allergist and immunologist in Boston, MA specializing in allergy & immunology and internal medicine (adult medicine). She graduated from Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in 1999 and has 25 years of experience. Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION INC.

Office Locations

Address:

100 Blossom Street Cox 201
Boston, MA 02114

Address:

55 Fruit Street Yawkey 4b, Mass General Medicine: Allergy & Clinical Immunology Unit
Boston, MA 02114

Some issues Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD can help you with:

Asthma

Asthma is a chronic lung disease where the tissue and airways of the lungs become extremely sensitive to certain substances. When these substances are breathed in, the lungs become inflamed. The muscles around the airways tighten and squeeze the lungs, and passages within the lungs swell and tighten. The airways themselves produce mucus, which further clogs the tightened, swollen airways. A person having an asthma attack finds it very difficult to breathe, and a severe attack can even be fatal.

Asthma affects people of all ages, but people with asthma are most often diagnosed as children. Symptoms can include wheezing, a tight feeling in the chest, shortness of breath, and coughing. Some people have mild symptoms all the time, and some people have no symptoms at all, but everyone with asthma is susceptible to occasional severe attacks or flare-ups of symptoms when they are exposed to triggers. Triggers vary widely but can include:

Allergens (dust mites, pet fur, mold, pollen, grass)
Irritants (smoke, pollution, dust, chemicals)
Viral infections
Physical activity, especially outdoors
Certain medications or chemicals in foods (aspirin, sulfites)

Treatment for most asthma patients involves three steps. Patients learn what their asthma triggers are and avoid them. They take a daily control medication, usually an inhaled corticosteroid, to reduce inflammation in the lungs. Also, they have rescue medication with them at all times to take in case of a severe attack. These quick-acting inhaled medications relax the muscles around the airways and allow the lungs to open up for air.

There is no cure for asthma, but with treatment it should not interfere with daily life and activities.

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“There are more allergens in the air than there were two decades ago and the regular summer allergy season is more than two weeks longer than it used to be, fueled largely by higher temperatures and...”—"It's not your imagination. The allergy season is longer and more intense nowadays.", Boston Globe, May 2023

“Despite the difference in rates, "I do not think we can say that people should try to get one specific vaccine at this time," Aleena Banerji, director of the drug allergy program at Massachusetts...”—"CDC finds one in 400,000 had anaphylaxis after receiving Moderna coronavirus vaccine", Mercury News, January 2021

“"Patients with severe allergies to foods, oral drugs, latex, or venom can safely receive the Covid-19 vaccines," Dr. Aleena Banerji, clinical director of the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit at...”—"December 31, 2020 coronavirus news", CNN, December 2020

allergy testing	1540
doctor visit	144
hospital care	27
immunotherapy	58
injections	58
inpatient care	27
minimally invasive procedures	787
skin testing	1540

**Gender**
Male	52
Female	116

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	146
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	94
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	42

Hypertension	55
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	32
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	23
Dementia	0
Cancer	10

allergy testing	1522
doctor visit	166
hospital care	23
immunotherapy	60
injections	60
inpatient care	23
minimally invasive procedures	540
skin testing	1522

**Gender**
Male	68
Female	117

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	158
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	104
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	46

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	50
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	31
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	22
Dementia	0
Cancer	18

allergy testing	1913
doctor visit	156
hospital care	18
immunotherapy	78
injections	78
inpatient care	18
minimally invasive procedures	708
skin testing	1913

**Gender**
Male	144
Female	282

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	366
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	196
From 75 to 84	108
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	37
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	25
Dementia	5
Cancer	16

allergy testing	1259
doctor visit	131
hospital care	14
immunotherapy	111
injections	111
inpatient care	14
minimally invasive procedures	337
skin testing	1259

**Gender**
Male	75
Female	146

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	188
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	121
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	56

Hypertension	56
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	42
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	25
Dementia	0
Cancer	17

allergy testing	1065
doctor visit	153
immunotherapy	159
injections	159
minimally invasive procedures	411
skin testing	1065

**Gender**
Male	73
Female	158

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	195
Black	0
Hispanic	12
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	122
From 75 to 84	53
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	59
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	39
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	26
Dementia	8
Cancer	14

allergy testing	1257
doctor visit	197
hospital care	11
immunotherapy	106
injections	106
inpatient care	11
minimally invasive procedures	495
skin testing	1257

**Gender**
Male	73
Female	170

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	211
Black	0
Hispanic	12
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	134
From 75 to 84	52
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	56
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	33
Osteoperosis	19
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	22
Dementia	8
Cancer	17

allergy testing	809
doctor visit	171
immunotherapy	140
injections	140
minimally invasive procedures	279
skin testing	809

**Gender**
Male	64
Female	143

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	170
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	13
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	97
From 75 to 84	54
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	52
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	30
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	21
Dementia	7
Cancer	16

allergy testing	578
doctor visit	143
immunotherapy	95
injections	95
minimally invasive procedures	310
skin testing	578

**Gender**
Male	72
Female	155

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	184
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	18
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	120
From 75 to 84	54
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	54
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	31
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	21
Dementia	9
Cancer	16

allergy testing	1078
doctor visit	342
immunotherapy	250
injections	250
minimally invasive procedures	556
skin testing	1078

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD treated as an allergist and immunologist in Boston, MA were skin testing, allergy testing, minimally invasive procedures and immunotherapy.

allergy testing	1002
doctor visit	179
hospital care	18
immunotherapy	118
injections	118
inpatient care	18
minimally invasive procedures	491
skin testing	1002

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD.

**Gender**
Male	56
Female	117

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	147
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	2
Other	2

**Age**
75 to 84	29
85 and over	0
Less than 65	13
65 to 74	89

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD From 2013 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, asthma and depression.

Hypertension	41
High Cholesterol	32
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Asthma	25
Osteoporosis	10
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	16
Atrial Fibrillation	8
Cancer	11
Dementia	3

Education & Training

Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD graduated from Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in 1999. She is certified by the Allergy and Immunology, American Board of Allergy and Immunology and has a state license in Massachusetts.

Medical School: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine (1999)

Board Certification: Allergy and Immunology, American Board of Allergy and Immunology

Licensed In: Massachusetts

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Massachusetts General Hospital

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION INC

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, MultiPlan, United Healthcare, Tufts Health Plan, Aetna, TRICARE, Medicare, Medicaid, Humana, Railroad Medicare, Coventry, Cigna, Blue California, Beech Street, WellPoint, Medicare ACO, WellSense, Senior Whole Health, Fallon Health, Commonwealth Care Alliance, Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare, Maine Community Health Options, Mass General Brigham Health Plan, MassHealth and WellSense NH.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD accepts the following insurance providers:

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

MultiPlan

United Healthcare

Tufts Health Plan

Aetna

TRICARE

Medicare

Medicaid

Humana

Railroad Medicare

Coventry

Cigna

Blue California

Beech Street

WellPoint

Medicare ACO

WellSense

Senior Whole Health

Fallon Health

Commonwealth Care Alliance

Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare

Maine Community Health Options

Mass General Brigham Health Plan

MassHealth

WellSense NH

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Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.93 out of 5 stars based on 135 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Boston, MA.

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Shire North American Group Inc	$95,091 TAKHZYRO $50,049	Cinryze $3,730	$41,313
CSL Behring	$25,083 Haegarda $10,189	CSL 830 $3,809	Berinert 500U $3,615	Berinert $54	$7,417
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$24,866 Orladeyo $3,300	$21,566
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$20,039 TAKHZYRO $15,529	$4,510
Dyax Corp	$12,589 DX2930 $8,844	DX-2930 $3,745
Other	$27,365 Ruconest $16,589	Orladeyo $7,875	$2,900

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$109,554
Travel and Lodging	$37,465
Honoraria	$31,145
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$22,468
Food and Beverage	$4,351
Other	$50

Research Payments

Dr. Aleena Banerji, MD has received 376 research payments totaling $978,705.

Biography

Dr. Aleena Banerji's area of specialization is allergy & immunology. Dr. Banerji attended Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine and then went on to complete her residency at a hospital affiliated with Case Western Reserve University. Her areas of expertise include anaphylaxis, hay fever (allergic rhinitis), and asthma. She can take Blue California, Coventry, Viant, and more. She is professionally affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital.

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General Payments

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