Dr. Mason Freeman is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, chief of the lipid metabolism unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, and director of the translational medicine group at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Computational and Integrative Biology and the Massachusetts General Hospital clinical research program. He ...

Dr. Mason's research work has centered on the role of macrophages in atherosclerosis with particular interest in the trafficking of lipids through these cells. While at MIT, he and his colleagues cloned the first macrophage scavenger receptor.

The Freeman laboratory’s research centers on the role of lipid transport mechanisms, particularly into and out of macrophages, and the contribution those processes make to human disease. The emphasis has historically been on atherosclerosis.

Mason W. Freeman, M.D., Center Director & Founder Phone: 617-724-7704 Email: [email protected]. Dr. Freeman graduated from Harvard College and received his M.D. at the University of California, San Francisco.

Mason remains clinically active, teaching medical students, residents, and endocrine fellows rotating through Mass General clinical services and he continues to direct the Mass General Lipid Clinic that he founded in 1986. Practice Locations: Boston, MA. Specialties: Endocrinology.

When Mason Freeman, MD founded the Lipid and Metabolism Associates in 1985, it was one of the few treatment centers in New England devoted to the care of patients with lipid metabolism disorders. Since these disorders can cause heart attacks, strokes and other serious but common vascular diseases, the clinic quickly became a high referral center.

Mason’s research work has centered on the role of macrophages in atherosclerosis with particular interest in the trafficking of lipids through these cells. While at MIT, he and his colleagues cloned the first macrophage scavenger receptor.

r01hl045098 (freeman, mason w) jul 1, 1990 - jan 31, 2006 NIH MACROPHAGE SCAVENGER RECEPTOR IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Dr. Mason Freeman, MD is a diabetes & metabolism endocrinologist in Boston, MA and has over 45 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from University of California at Berkeley in 1979.