Emily S. Wan MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
150 S Huntington Avenue | (857) 364-6735ewan@bu.edu
emily.wan@va.gov
Sections
Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care 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.
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Education
Medicine, MD, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Publications
Chiles JW, Rocco A, Srinivasasainagendra V, Rossiter HB, Casaburi R, Thalacker-Mercer A, Wells JM, Wan ES, Silverman EK, Cho MH, Hersh CP, Psaty BM, Gharib SA, Gao Y, O'Connor GT, Lange LA, Rich SS, Manichaikul AW, Barr RG, Ortega VE, Meyers DA, Smith AV, Tiwari HK, McDonald MN. Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of Weight Loss in 16?972 Participants With COPD Reveals Novel Risk Loci in DRAIC and RFX3. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2026 Jun; 17(3):e70293. PMID: 42026014.
Published on 4/24/2026Mohazzab-Hosseinian S, Redlich CA, Korpak AM, Timmons AKI, Smith NL, Nakayama KS, Kheradmand F, Fan VS, Jerrett M, Montgrain PR, Wendt CH, Kuschner WG, Wan ES, Garshick E, Blanc PD. Civilian Occupational Exposure to Vapors, Gas, Dust, or Fumes and Respiratory Health Among United States Military Veterans. Am J Ind Med. 2026 Jul; 69(7):503-511. PMID: 42028841.
Published on 2/19/2026Zhang C, Konigsberg IR, He Y, Zhang J, Chikowore T, Feldman WB, Hu X, Ding Y, Pasaniuc B, Chang D, Chen Q, Lasky-Su JA, Hecker J, Tobin MD, Chen J, Kalra S, Pratte KA, Im HK, Wan ES, Manichaikul A, Silverman EK, Bowler RP, Lange LA, Ortega VE, Martin AR, Cho MH, Moll MR. Multi-trait polygenic scores for COPD and COPD exacerbations implicate druggable proteins. JCI Insight. 2026 Apr 08; 11(7). PMID: 41712304.
Published on 2/1/2026Borgaonkar R, Iturrioz-Campo M, Nardelli P, Mettler SK, Manapragada PP, Abozeed M, Aziz MU, Zahid M, Nath HP, Grumley S, Yen A, Sonavane S, Wang W, Cho MH, Estépar RSJ, Ross JC, Wan ES, Diaz AA. Mucus plugs and exacerbations in tobacco-exposed people with normal and impaired spirometry. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 Feb 01; 23(2):318-321. PMID: 41759068.
Published on 1/22/2026Wan ES, Borgaonkar R, Mettler S, Nardelli P, Iturrioz-Campo M, Manapragada PP, Abozeed M, Aziz MU, Zahid M, Grumley S, Yen A, Sonavane S, Wang W, Cho MH, San José Estépar R, Diaz AA. Lower lobe mucus plug distribution and future respiratory exacerbations in tobacco-exposed individuals with and without COPD. Eur Respir J. 2026 Jan; 67(1). PMID: 41309271.
Published on 1/1/2026Wan ES, Cho MH, Diaz AA. Reply to Jie et al.: mucus plugs on chest CT as COPD risk factor: gaps in the evidence. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Jan 01; 212(1):184-185. PMID: 41135000.
Published on 12/20/2025Colucci RL, Garshick E, White J, Wan ES, O'Leary J, Blake LA, Hoyt SM, Johnston D, LaCerda K, Morreale-Karl M, Jati A, Wilder FG, Wiener DC, Rucci JM, Goldstein RH. Identification and management of incidental findings in a Veteran's lung cancer screening program. Respir Res. 2025 Dec 20; 27(1):24. PMID: 41421986.
Published on 8/30/2025Siddharthan T, Sethi S, Wan E, Lamprey C, Aggarwal K, Dixon A, Pan Y, Tejwani V. Progression from GOLD A/B to GOLD E: a claims analysis of patients with COPD newly initiating inhaled therapy. BMC Pulm Med. 2025 Aug 30; 25(1):412. PMID: 40885935.
Published on 8/26/2025Zhang C, Konigsberg IR, He Y, Zhang J, Chikowore T, Feldman WB, Hu X, Ding Y, Pasaniuc B, Chang D, Chen Q, Lasky-Su JA, Hecker J, Tobin MD, Chen J, Kalra S, Pratte KA, Im HK, Wan ES, Manichaikul A, Silverman EK, Bowler RP, Lange LA, Ortega VE, Martin AR, Cho MH, Moll MR. Multi-Trait Polygenic Scores for COPD and COPD Exacerbations Implicate Druggable Proteins. medRxiv. 2025 Aug 26. PMID: 40909810.
Published on 7/1/2025Hosseini R, Garshick E, Slade MD, 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, Redlich CA. Military Inhalational Exposures Outside the Theater of Conflict and Chronic Respiratory Symptoms. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jul 01; 8(7):e2522080. PMID: 40690216.