Lauren M. Bleich, MD, MPH - Acton, Massachusetts

Katie W

Dr. Bleich has been my GI doctor for several years. She is very thorough with explanations ands takes time to answer all of my questions. I have been to her center for two procedures and had a great experience each time. Both Dr. Bleich and her staff are very professional and excellent to have as providers

Vanessa Lund

I've been seeing Dr Bleich for a few years now, in office and for procedures. She and her staff are so warm and incredible! She is very thorough and truly cares for her patients! I have never had to wait long at my appointments; she is always on time. I would highly recommend not only this amazing practice but would 100% recommend Dr Bleich for your gastroenterologist!!

Holly Young

Dr Bleich isn’t in the business of helping people. Four years and I’m still have symptoms that are just getting more acute. Told GI I didn’t want to see a nutritionist, but it was forced on me. Nutritionist added no value. I was already doing the few things that were recommended. Staff asks where I want my scan, takes notes. Fails to send it to the system I requested and changed the scan procedure without talking to me. AND refuses to apologize and take responsibility for her mistake. If you go there, expect to treat the staff with kid gloves or you’ll be in big trouble—the practice won’t bother being courteous. Even office manager yelled at me and hung up on me.

Diana J

Dr. Bleich is absolutely the worst doctor I've been to in my entire life. I would avoid them at all costs.
TLDR Version:
1. Misdiagnosed me with Crohn's when it was a C. Diff infection.
2. Has Very Rude Staff
3. Not LGBTQ Friendly
4. Doesn't Care about patients nor do they follow up.
Long Version:
-First, they misdiagnosed me with Crohn's Disease when I had a C.Diff infection that could have easily been ruled out with a simple stool test. Dr. Bleich absolutely wasted my time, and I was sick months longer than I needed to be. The doctor kept pushing me to take Remicade, with no evidence that I even had Crohn's. Even my insurance denied the Remicade, because they couldn't see why I needed it. And I'm glad they did, because I could have died or been hospitalized had I taken Remicade, which lowers your immune system. Remicade is not something to take if you have an infection. This to me seems like a clear cash grab as Remicade costs thousands of dollars per dose.

*For anyone who was diagnosed with Crohn's at this clinic, I would get a stool test at your PCP or elsewhere, and make sure you don't have an infection. My PCP detected my C. Diff infection and prescribed antibiotics, and I've been fine ever since.*

-Second, the staff is very rude and unprofessional, especially the Medical Secretary. The medical secretary yells at people, is completely unsympathetic, doesn't listen, and doesn't care about the patients. She's yelled not only at me over the phone, but at another patient when I came into the clinic. She yelled "Are you kidding me, Get out!" to one of the patients while I was there. Now, I don't know what the patient did, but that's no way to talk to anyone, and is very unprofessional.

-Thirdly, and this is a big one for me, this clinic is not LGBTQ friendly at all. I can't tell you how many times the staff misgendered me, and would not say my preferred name even though I asked so many times...

-Fourthly, they clearly do not care about their patients, as I was due for a 3 month follow up, and no one called me to schedule. Not that I would go in anyways, but it proves my point that they don't care.

-Also, I assume that since my insurance denied Remicade, this clinic figured they couldn't make any money off of me so they didn't even call me to let me know. I ended up finding out about 2 weeks later when I got a letter from my insurance denying the Remicade. I figured a normal clinic would let patients know within a week, if their insurance denies a medication. Clearly this clinic doesn't care about anything except for money, and that's a shame.

-In the end, I'm glad I didn't need Remicade, just some antibiotics. If you stuck with me this far, I hope you heed my warning and avoid this Doctor and their clinic. And for any staff reading this... You outta be ashamed of yourselves... I would give you negative stars if I could since you completely wasted months of my time...

Rebecca Riley

Dr. Bleich is a fantastic specialist. She is empathic and does not make you feel rushed. She also sits with you to create a solid game plan to address the results of your tests. I definitely trust her.

Jay Kalina

Dr. Blake is friendly, knowledgeable, and patient to with questions. I will not hesitate to return for care at the Middlesex clinic.

Adham El-Fakih

Very Satisfied. The staff was very nice . They made the procedure so easy.

Hugh Janis