Eric J. Heckman, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Heckman is an attending physician and director of sleep medicine in the division of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at Boston Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr Heckman’s clinical and research interests include sleep disordered breathing with a special focus on complex sleep apnea and chronic respiratory failure. He is interested in customizing sleep apnea therapy for the individual patient including utilizing newer implantable devices. He desires to incorporate new methods of sleep analysis into clinical practice. He has expertise in medical education and was a sleep fellowship program director for 5 years prior to joining BMC.

Publications

  • Published 4/1/2025

    Labarca G, Saleh D, Hiranrattana A, Heckman E. Novel Therapies for Sleep-disordered Breathing. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Apr; 211(4):637-639. PMID: 39836399.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 9/2/2023

    Quinn T, Thomas RJ, Heckman EJ. Frontiers in Sleep. Enchanced expiratory rebreathing space for high loop gain sleep apnea treatment. 2023.

    Read at: Custom

  • Published 12/13/2022

    Libman H, Zhou ES, Heckman E, Smetana GW. How Would You Manage This Patient With Chronic Insomnia? : Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Ann Intern Med. 2022 Dec; 175(12):1746-1753. PMID: 36508740.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/1/2022

    Edwards BA, Younes M, Heckman E, Pogach M, Thomas RT. Principles and practice of sleep medicine. Deep phenotyping of sleep apnea. Elsevier. 2022; 2.

  • Published 6/30/2021

    Thomas RJ, Kim H, Maillard P, DeCarli CS, Heckman EJ, Karjadi C, Ang TFA, Au R. Digital sleep measures and white matter health in the Framingham Heart Study. Explor Med. 2021; 2(3):253-267. PMID: 34927164.

    Read at: PubMed

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Other Positions

  • Physician (Previously Held), Internal Medicine
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Education

  • Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, MD
  • Boston University, BA

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