Emily S. Wan MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
150 S Huntington Avenue | (857) 364-6735emily.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
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.
Published on 11/22/2024Tong 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. 2024 Nov 22. PMID: 39569648.
Published on 10/31/2024Maccarone 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.
Published on 10/29/2024Wan 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.
Published on 8/30/2024Maccarone 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.
Published on 7/25/2024Berube 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.
Published on 2/2/2024Garshick 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.
Published on 1/4/2024Higbee DH, Lirio A, Hamilton F, Granell R, Wyss AB, London SJ, Bartz TM, Gharib SA, Cho MH, Wan E, Silverman E, Crapo JD, Lominchar JVT, Hansen T, Grarup N, Dantoft T, Kårhus L, Linneberg A, O'Connor GT, Dupuis J, Xu H, De Vries MM, Hu X, Rich SS, Barr RG, Manichaikul A, Wijnant SRA, Brusselle GG, Lahousse L, Li X, Hernández Cordero AI, Obeidat M, Sin DD, Harris SE, Redmond P, Taylor AM, Cox SR, Williams AT, Shrine N, John C, Guyatt AL, Hall IP, Davey Smith G, Tobin MD, Dodd JW. Genome-wide association study of preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm). Eur Respir J. 2024 Jan; 63(1). PMID: 38097206.
Published on 9/13/2023Bamonti PM, Perndorfer C, Robinson SA, Mongiardo MA, Wan ES, Moy ML. Depression Symptoms and Physical Activity in Veterans With COPD: Insights From a Web-Based, Pedometer-Mediated Physical Activity Intervention. Ann Behav Med. 2023 Sep 13; 57(10):855-865. PMID: 37260290.
Published on 9/1/2023Wan ES. Sharing More Than Space: The Heart and Lungs. Chest. 2023 Sep; 164(3):566-567. PMID: 37689465.