Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD

Adjunct Professor, Medicine

Jeffrey Drazen
715 Albany St, Dob

Biography

Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., joined the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) as editor-in-chief in July of 2000. At NEJM, Dr. Drazen’s responsibilities include oversight of all editorial content and policies. His editorial background includes service as an associate editor or editorial board member for the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, and the American Journal of Medicine.

A specialist in pulmonology, Dr. Drazen maintains an active research program. Dr. Drazen has published hundreds of articles on topics such as lung physiology and the mechanisms involved in asthma. In 1999, he delivered the Amberson Lecture, the major research address at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society. In 2000, he received the Chadwick Medal from the Massachusetts Thoracic Society for his contributions to the study of lung disease.

Dr. Drazen is the Distinguished Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, professor of physiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, senior physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and adjunct professor of medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. In 2003, he was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Drazen has served on numerous committees for the National Institutes of Health, including the Respiratory and Applied Physiology Study Section; the Lung Biology and Pathology Study Section; the Pulmonary Disease Advisory Council; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Advisory Council; the Public Access Working Group; and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Division of Lung Disease Executive Planning Committee. He has also served on the Veterans’ Administration National Research Advisory Committee. He currently serves on the Global Initiative for Asthma Science Committee, the World Health Organization’s Scientific Advisory Group on Clinical Trials Registration, and co-chairs the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation.

Dr. Drazen earned his bachelor’s degree and graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed his internship and residency at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. Dr. Drazen has received honorary degrees from the University of Ferrara, Italy, and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

A native of Missouri, Dr. Drazen lives with his wife in Winchester, Massachusetts. They are the parents of two grown sons.

Education

  • Harvard Medical School, MD
  • Tufts University, BS

Publications

  • Published on 4/4/2024

    Drazen JM, Fredberg JJ. Epithelial cells crowded out in asthma. Science. 2024 Apr 05; 384(6691):30-31. PMID: 38574157.

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  • Published on 3/1/2024

    Goldberg CB, Adams L, Blumenthal D, Brennan PF, Brown N, Butte AJ, Cheatham M, deBronkart D, Dixon J, Drazen J, Evans BJ, Hoffman SM, Holmes C, Lee P, Manrai AK, Omenn GS, Perlin JB, Ramoni R, Sapiro G, Sarkar R, Sood H, Vayena E, Kohane IS. To do no harm - and the most good - with AI in health care. Nat Med. 2024 Mar; 30(3):623-627. PMID: 38388841.

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  • Published on 7/25/2023

    Fralick M, Sacks CA, Muller D, Vining T, Ling E, Drazen JM, Hardin CC. Large Language Models. NEJM Evid. 2023 Aug; 2(8):EVIDstat2300128. PMID: 38320147.

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  • Published on 7/19/2023

    Levy ML, Bateman ED, Allan K, Bacharier LB, Bonini M, Boulet LP, Bourdin A, Brightling C, Brusselle G, Buhl R, Chakaya MJ, Cruz AA, Drazen J, Ducharme FM, Duijts L, Fleming L, Inoue H, Ko FWS, Krishnan JA, Masekela R, Mortimer K, Pitrez P, Salvi S, Sheikh A, Reddel HK, Yorgancioglu A. Global access and patient safety in the transition to environmentally friendly respiratory inhalers: the Global Initiative for Asthma perspective. Lancet. 2023 Sep 16; 402(10406):1012-1016. PMID: 37480934.

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  • Published on 6/22/2023

    Haug CJ, Drazen JM. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Clinical Medicine. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jun 22; 388(25):2398-2399. PMID: 37342938.

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  • Published on 3/30/2023

    Beam AL, Drazen JM, Kohane IS, Leong TY, Manrai AK, Rubin EJ. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. N Engl J Med. 2023 Mar 30; 388(13):1220-1221. PMID: 36988598.

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  • Published on 3/30/2023

    Beam AL, Drazen JM, Kohane IS, Leong TY, Manrai AK, Rubin EJ. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. N Engl J Med. 2023 Mar 30; 388(13):1220-1221. PMID: 36988598.

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  • Published on 3/30/2023

    Haug CJ, Drazen JM. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Clinical Medicine, 2023. N Engl J Med. 2023 Mar 30; 388(13):1201-1208. PMID: 36988595.

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  • Published on 3/30/2023

    Haug CJ, Drazen JM. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Clinical Medicine, 2023. N Engl J Med. 2023 Mar 30; 388(13):1201-1208. PMID: 36988595.

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  • Published on 2/28/2023

    Drazen JM. Genes, Environment, and Loss of Lung Function in Premature Infants. NEJM Evid. 2023 Mar; 2(3):EVIDe2300021. PMID: 38320020.

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