Helen Hollingsworth, M.D.

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Helen Hollingsworth, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Medical School: University of Rochester
Internship: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
Residency: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
Pulmonary Fellowship: Boston University
Training in Allergy & Immunology: Tufts-New England Medical Center
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy

Special Interests:
 RESEARCH:

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • Asthma
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

CLINICAL:

  • Asthma
  • Allergy/Immunology
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Dr. Hollingsworth’s research interest has been in clinical trials, studying the efficacy and role of novel and approved therapies in different lung diseases. The focus has been on therapies for asthma, COPD, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

In the clinical realm, she is active as a clinician and as a teacher in both the Allergy & Immunology fellowship program and in the Pulmonary Fellowship program. In 2004, she was awarded the Robert Dawson Evans Department of Medicine Teaching Award at Boston Medical Center. She is listed in Best Doctors and in Boston Consumers’ Checkbook.

Dr. Hollingsworth is also a Deputy Editor of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep at UpToDate®, an electronic, evidence-based clinical resource for physicians. As deputy editor, she writes and edits Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep topics, reviewing the medical literature daily and updating topics with the latest medical evidence.

Selected Publications:

  1. Hollingsworth HM, Pratter MR, Irvin RS. Extrapulmonary Causes of Respiratory Failure. In: Intensive Care Medicine, 5th ed. Irwin R, Rippe J, eds. Lippincott Wilkins & Williams 2008.
  2. Little FF, Hollingsworth HM. Anaphylaxis. In: Intensive Care Medicine, 5th ed. Irwin R, Rippe J, eds. Lippincott Wilkins & Williams 2008.
  3. Reardon CC, Hollingsworth HM. Acute Respiratory Failure in Pregnancy. In: Intensive Care Medicine, 5th ed. Irwin R, Rippe J, eds. Lippincott Wilkins & Williams 2008.
  4. Hollingsworth HM. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. (Case 32-2001). NEJM 2001(Oct 18);345:1193-1200.

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Clinics:
Dr Hollingsworth sees Pulmonary and Allergy patients in the Doctor’s Office Building, Ste. 402, 720 Harrison St., Boston, MA 02118. For an appointment call 617-638-7480. She also sees patients at the Commonwealth Medical Group, 930 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston 617-414-6800.

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of BU School of Medicine