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, 2002
Publications
Tran TV, Kinney GL, Comellas A, Hoth KF, Baldomero AK, Mamary AJ, Curtis JL, Hanania N, Casaburi R, Young KA, Kim V, Make B, Wan ES, Diaz AA, Hokanson J, Crapo JD, Silverman EK, Bhatt SP, Regan E, Fortis S. Prevalence of abnormal spirometry in individuals with a smoking history and no known obstructive lung disease. Respir Med. 2023 Mar; 208:107126. PMID: 36717002.
Published on 1/1/2023Wan ES, Verma A, Minnier J, Luoh SW, Iyengar SK. Reply to: Sookaromdee and Wiwanitkit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Jan 01; 207(1):113-114. PMID: 36041210.
Published on 11/15/2022Verma A, Minnier J, Wan ES, Huffman JE, Gao L, Joseph J, Ho YL, Wu WC, Cho K, Gorman BR, Rajeevan N, Pyarajan S, Garcon H, Meigs JB, Sun YV, Reaven PD, McGeary JE, Suzuki A, Gelernter J, Lynch JA, Petersen JM, Zekavat SM, Natarajan P, Dalal S, Jhala DN, Arjomandi M, Gatsby E, Lynch KE, Bonomo RA, Freiberg M, Pathak GA, Zhou JJ, Donskey CJ, Madduri RK, Wells QS, Huang RDL, Polimanti R, Chang KM, Liao KP, Tsao PS, Wilson PWF, Hung AM, O'Donnell CJ, Gaziano JM, Hauger RL, Iyengar SK, Luoh SW. A MUC5B Gene Polymorphism, rs35705950-T, Confers Protective Effects Against COVID-19 Hospitalization but Not Severe Disease or Mortality. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Nov 15; 206(10):1220-1229. PMID: 35771531.
Published on 10/1/2022Wan ES, Polak M, Goldstein RL, Lazzari AA, Kantorowski A, Garshick E, Moy ML. Physical Activity, Exercise Capacity, and Body Composition in U.S. Veterans with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Oct; 19(10):1669-1676. PMID: 35536690.
Published on 9/1/2022Wan ES. The Clinical Spectrum of PRISm. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 09 01; 206(5):524-525. PMID: 35612910.
Published on 8/1/2022Verma A, Huffman JE, Gao L, Minnier J, Wu WC, Cho K, Ho YL, Gorman BR, Pyarajan S, Rajeevan N, Garcon H, Joseph J, McGeary JE, Suzuki A, Reaven PD, Wan ES, Lynch JA, Petersen JM, Meigs JB, Freiberg MS, Gatsby E, Lynch KE, Zekavat SM, Natarajan P, Dalal S, Jhala DN, Arjomandi M, Bonomo RA, Thompson TK, Pathak GA, Zhou JJ, Donskey CJ, Madduri RK, Wells QS, Gelernter J, Huang RDL, Polimanti R, Chang KM, Liao KP, Tsao PS, Sun YV, Wilson PWF, O'Donnell CJ, Hung AM, Gaziano JM, Hauger RL, Iyengar SK, Luoh SW. Association of Kidney Comorbidities and Acute Kidney Failure With Unfavorable Outcomes After COVID-19 in Individuals With the Sickle Cell Trait. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Aug 01; 182(8):796-804. PMID: 35759254.
Published on 6/1/2022Bamonti PM, Robinson SA, Wan ES, Moy ML. Improving Physiological, Physical, and Psychological Health Outcomes: A Narrative Review in US Veterans with COPD. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2022; 17:1269-1283. PMID: 35677347.
Published on 2/4/2022Cruz Rivera PN, Goldstein RL, Polak M, Lazzari AA, Moy ML, Wan ES. Performance of bioelectrical impedance analysis compared to dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in Veterans with COPD. Sci Rep. 2022 02 04; 12(1):1946. PMID: 35121763.
Published on 12/14/2021Wan ES, Balte P, Schwartz JE, Bhatt SP, Cassano PA, Couper D, Daviglus ML, Dransfield MT, Gharib SA, Jacobs DR, Kalhan R, London SJ, Navas-Acien A, O'Connor GT, Sanders JL, Smith BM, White W, Yende S, Oelsner EC. Association Between Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry and Clinical Outcomes in US Adults. JAMA. 2021 12 14; 326(22):2287-2298. PMID: 34905031.
Published on 11/29/2021Bamonti PM, Boyle JT, Goodwin CL, Wan ES, Silberbogen AK, Finer EB, Moy ML. Predictors of Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Uptake, Adherence, Completion, and Treatment Response Among Male U.S. Veterans With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 Jun; 103(6):1113-1121.e1. PMID: 34856155.