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 3/1/2026

    Shi Z, Bosch NA, Heckman EJ, Gershengorn HB, Shankar DA, Law AC. Validation of a charge-based algorithm for identifying days receiving invasive mechanical ventilation. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 Mar 01; 23(3):464-467. PMID: 41842742.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/13/2026

    Alhassan HA, Heckman E, Jha M, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF, Thomas RJ, Tsao CW. Association of Sleep Quality With Arterial Stiffness Measures in a Community-Based Sample. JACC Adv. 2026 Feb; 5(2):102535. PMID: 41534380.

    Read at: PubMed

  • 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 9/29/2023

    Quinn T, Thomas RJ, Heckman EJ. Enhanced expiratory rebreathing space for high loop gain sleep apnea treatment. Front Sleep. 2023; 2:1248371. PMID: 41426461.

    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.

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Other Positions

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

Websites

Education

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

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