Kevin C. Wilson MD
Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 638-4860kcwilson@bu.edu
kevin.wilson@bmc.org
Sections
Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Centers
Pulmonary Center
Biography
I have expertise in all aspects of evidence-based medicine. This includes the development and appraisal of performance measures, appraisal of the quality of evidence, formulating and grading recommendations, creating evidence summaries, developing clinical practice guidelines, and performing systematic reviews, pragmatic reviews, and meta-analyses.
Websites
Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Faculty
Education
MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
BS, University of Maryland
Publications
Zhang J, Bosch NA, Law AC, Choi SH, Wilson KC, Dupuis J, Washko GR, Cho MH, O'Connor GT. Intrathoracic Adipose Tissue and Airway Structure, Lung Function, and Respiratory Symptoms: The Framingham Heart Study. medRxiv. 2026 Sep 26. PMID: 42818452.
Published on 8/17/2026Younan J, Hieu T, Marshall E, Witjaksono LE, Jones AW, Green S, Jiao Y, Soon W, Saravanan K, Wettesinghe PV, Ryerson CJ, Wilson KC, Khor YH. Diversity representation in the development of respiratory society guidance documents. ERJ Open Res. 2026 Jul; 12(4). PMID: 42609776.
Published on 5/20/2026Wilson KC, Oren E. Methodology Misrepresented: Correcting the Record on the American Thoracic Society Community-acquired Pneumonia Guideline Process. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 May 20; 82(5):e1130-e1131. PMID: 41572910.
Published on 12/12/2025Shankar DA, Bosch NA, Jafarzadeh SR, Drainoni ML, Wiener RS, Wilson KC, Hawkins FJ, Alysandratos KD, Walkey AJ, Law AC. Association of Pulse Dose Corticosteroids With Outcomes Among Patients With Acute Exacerbations of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. CHEST Pulm. 2025 Dec; 3(4). PMID: 41503513.
Published on 11/22/2025Cuello-Garcia CA, Morgan RL, Santesso N, Alonso-Coello P, Brignardello-Petersen R, Schwingshackl L, Brozek JL, Katikireddi SV, Munn Z, Waddington HS, Wilson KC, Meerpohl J, Morales D, Neumann I, Tugwell P, Guyatt G, Schünemann HJ. GRADE Guidance 44: strategies to enhance the utilization of randomized and non-randomized studies in evidence syntheses of health interventions. J Clin Epidemiol. 2026 Feb; 190:112086. PMID: 41285282.
Published on 9/11/2025Shankar DA, Hawkins FJ, Alysandratos KD, Wilson KC, Bosch NA, Walkey AJ, Law AC. Practice Patterns of Pulse Dose Corticosteroid Use for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Exacerbations of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in the United States. CHEST Pulm. 2025 Sep; 3(3). PMID: 41306537.
Published on 9/11/2025Del Giacco S, Canonica GW, Agache I, Price D, Roche N, Schunemann H, Allan K, Ansotegui I, Barbaglia S, Bernstein JA, Bonini M, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Bousquet J, Braido F, Carter V, Chong-Neto HJ, Di Bona D, Fletton K, Gonzalez Diaz S, Ayyar Gupta V, Hubbard R, Iaccarino J, Eguiluz-Gracia I, Jacomelli C, Kocks J, Krishnan J, Mahler V, Morais-Almeida M, Moreles D, Muti P, Palkonen S, Papadopoulos NG, Pawankar R, Reeb C, Reddel H, Rojo I, Ryan D, Sodhi L, Torres M, Winders T, Wilson KC. Expert Perspectives on Next Generation Health Guidelines: How to Integrate RWE in EBM. Pragmat Obs Res. 2025; 16:169-177. PMID: 40964518.
Published on 9/1/2025Ryerson CJ, Jennerich AL, Nici L, Raghu G, Ghazipura M, Aaron SD, Cristea AI, Dela Cruz C, Drummond MB, Ehsan Z, Evans SE, Feller-Kopman D, Hayes D, Iyer NP, Jenkins AR, Holland AE, Jacobs SS, Krishnan JA, Macrea M, Oren E, Owens RL, Rochwerg B, Strange C, Wilson KC. Clinical Practice Guidelines: Quality, Breadth, and Currency. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Sep; 22(9):1287-1291. PMID: 40523263.
Published on 7/23/2025Wu A, Nguyen T, Do H, Chen F, Marquez H, Zolla J, Cohen R, Mattie K, Digesu C, Merritt J, Nuccio N, Wilson KC, Ieong M, Kearney LE. Transitioning From Race-Specific to Race-Neutral Reference Equations for Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation at a Large Safety Net Hospital System. Chest. 2026 Jan; 169(1):194-204. PMID: 40712949.
Published on 7/1/2025Kheir F, Hunninghake GM, Khor YH, Pang B, Podolanczuk A, Ryerson CJ, Schwartz DA, Wilson KC. Prevalence of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities in Adult Smokers. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Jul; 22(7):1097-1100. PMID: 40388261.
Media Mentions
Published on 4/5/2023
ATS: Take Race Out of Spirometry
Published on 7/22/2020
Elective Services in Pulmonary, Sleep Medicine to Resume During COVID
Published on 7/19/2020
Latest Guidelines On Diagnosing Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis By ATS
Published on 7/17/2020
ATS Releases New Guidelines for Elective Pulmonary and Sleep Procedures
Published on 7/16/2020
ATS releases guidance development on restoring elective in-person pulmonary and sleep services
Published on 5/5/2020
Top Pulmonology News in April: COVID-19 Research and Guidance; FDA Updates
Published on 4/15/2020
Doctors Think Ventilators Might Harm Some COVID-19 Patients
Published on 4/9/2020
Q&A: Insight into ATS guidance for COVID-19
Published on 4/6/2020
American Thoracic Society Releases Temporary COVID-19 Guidance
Published on 2/19/2019
Suboptimal Evidence Behind Most ATS Recommendations; ATS Responds o Kevin C. Wilson, MD, medicine
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