Emily S. Wan, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
Dr. Wan is a graduate of Yale University and the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center. She completed her internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital followed by fellowship training in the Harvard Combined Pulmonary and Critical Care Program. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and attends in the ICU and inpatient and outpatient pulmonary services at VA Boston and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research interests include the epidemiology, genetics, and genomics of COPD. She is a member of the Genetics Analysis Core of the COPDGene Study and is the principal investigator of research grants from the Alpha-1 Foundation and a Career Development Award 2 from the Veterans Administration.
Other Positions
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Education
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, MD
Publications
- Published on 2/13/2025
Fortis S, Strand M, Bhatt SP, Ten Eyck P, Wendt L, Parekh T, Han MK, Hokanson JE, Kinney G, Curtis JL, Bowler RP, Wan ES, Kunisaki KM, Wendt CH, Regan E, Dransfield M, Crapo JD, Silverman EK, Comellas AP. Respiratory Exacerbations and Lung Function Decline in People with Smoking History and Normal Spirometry. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Feb 13. PMID: 39946437.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/11/2025
Kalra S, Hobbs B, Hunninghake GM, Menon AA, Putman R, Cutting C, Hatabu H, Silverman EK, Wan E, Cho MH, Moll M. The Association of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities and Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry Findings With Mortality. Chest. 2025 Feb 11. PMID: 39947315.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/6/2025
Gold DR, Carey VJ, Hersh CP, Wan E, Camargo CA, Lee IM, Cook NR, Nassikas N, Buring JE, Manson JE, Luttmann-Gibson H. Vitamin D Supplementation, Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease and Asthma Exacerbations, and Lung Function Decline. J Nutr. 2025 Feb 06. PMID: 39922497.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/1/2025
Johnson SW, Wan ES, San Jose Estépar R, Nardelli P, Pistenmaa C, Piccari L, Nathan SD, Waxman AB, Washko GR, Rahaghi FN. Chest Computed Tomography to Improve Phenotyping in Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Feb; 22(2):175-180. PMID: 39556097.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/21/2024
Tong K, Moll M, Wan ES. Abnormal spirometry in individuals with a smoking history and no known obstructive lung disease: current understanding and clinical implications. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2025 Mar 01; 31(2):117-125. PMID: 39569648.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/31/2024
Maccarone J, Redlich CA, Timmons A, Korpak AM, Smith NL, Nakayama KS, Baird CP, Ciminera P, Kheradmand F, Fan VS, Hart JE, Koutrakis P, Kuschner WG, Ioachimescu OC, Jerrett M, Montgrain PR, Proctor SP, Wendt CH, Wongtrakool C, Wan ES, Blanc PD, Garshick E. Sinusitis and rhinitis among US veterans deployed to Southwest Asia and Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2025 Feb; 4(1):100367. PMID: 39659739.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/29/2024
Wan E, Yen A, Elalami R, Grumley S, Nath HP, Wang W, Brouha S, Manapragada PP, Abozeed M, Aziz MU, Zahid M, Ahmed AN, Terry NL, Nardelli P, Ross JC, Kim V, Sonavane S, Kligerman SJ, Vestbo J, Agusti A, Kim K, San José Estépar R, Silverman EK, Cho MH, Diaz AA. Airway Mucus Plugs on Chest Computed Tomography Are Associated with Exacerbations in COPD. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Oct 29. PMID: 39470402.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/30/2024
Maccarone JR, Sterns OR, Timmons A, Korpak AM, Smith NL, Nakayama KS, Baird CP, Ciminera P, Kheradmand F, Fan VS, Hart JE, Koutrakis P, Jerrett M, Kuschner WG, Ioachimescu OC, Montgrain PR, Proctor SP, Redlich CA, Wendt CH, Blanc PD, Garshick E, Wan ES. Deployment-related Cigarette Smoking Behaviors and Pulmonary Function Among U.S. Veterans. Mil Med. 2024 Aug 30; 189(9-10):2030-2038. PMID: 38536226.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/25/2024
Berube MN, Robinson SA, Wan ES, Mongiardo MA, Finer EB, Moy ML. Physical Activity and Systemic Biomarkers in Persons With COPD: Insights from a Web-Based Pedometer-Mediated Intervention. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2024 Jul 25; 11(4):369-381. PMID: 38809105.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/2/2024
Garshick E, Redlich CA, Korpak A, Timmons AK, Smith NL, Nakayama K, Baird CP, Ciminera P, Kheradmand F, Fan VS, Hart JE, Koutrakis P, Kuschner W, Ioachimescu O, Jerrett M, Montgrain PR, Proctor SP, Wan ES, Wendt CH, Wongtrakool C, Blanc PD. Chronic respiratory symptoms following deployment-related occupational and environmental exposures among US veterans. Occup Environ Med. 2024 Feb 02; 81(2):59-65. PMID: 37968126.
Read at: PubMed
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