Faculty
The Pulmonary Center includes the faculty in the Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine as well as affiliates in other Sections of Medicine and throughout the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Pediatrics in the pursuit of collaborative research elucidating lung biology and pulmonary disease.
To learn more about our clinical faculty and program, visit the Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Current Faculty:
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Joseph P. Mizgerd, ScD
Jerome S. Brody Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Pulmonary Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology Member, Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology Member, Genome Science Institute Research Interests: Lung immunology; Pneumonia biology; Streptococcus pneumoniae |
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David M. Center, MD
Ruth and Gordon Snider Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Section Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Associate Provost of Translational Research, Clinical & Translational Science Institute Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Allergy; Asthma |
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Konstantinos D. Alysandratos, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Center for Regenerative Medicine Clinical Interests: Interstitial lung disease Research Interests: Pulmonary fibrosis; Induced pluripotent stem cells |
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Anna Belkina, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Flow Cytometry Core Facility Primary Affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
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Samuel H. Belok, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Point-of-Care Ultrasound Associate Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Pleural disease; Point-of-care ultrasonography; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation |
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Andrew Berical, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Center for Regenerative Medicine Research Interests: Cystic fibrosis; Induced pluripotent stem cells |
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John L. Berk, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Assistant Director, Amyloidosis Center, Boston Medical Center Director, Localized Amyloid Clinic, Boston Medical Center Director, Clinical Trials for Familial Amyloidosis Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Amyloidosis Research Interests: Amyloidosis |
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John Bernardo, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Medical Officer, Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Tuberculosis |
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Ehab Billatos, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Inpatient Consultation Service, Boston Medical Center Director, Bronchoscopy, Boston Medical Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Section of Computational Biomedicine Clinical Interests: Lung cancer; Pleural disease; Bronchoscopy Research Interests: Lung cancer biomarkers |
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Nicholas A. Bosch, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Co-Associate Director, Center for Implementation & Improvement Sciences Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Critical care medicine Research Interests: Critical care medicine; Comparative effectiveness; Implementation science |
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Markus Bosmann, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Member, Genome Science Institute Research Interests: Bacterial sepsis; Complement system; Lung immunology |
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Christine L. Campbell Reardon, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Program Director, Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Critical care medicine |
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Felicia Chen, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Special Care Unit Night Coverage Program, Boston Medical Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Critical care medicine Research Interests: Lung development biology; Retinoid biology; Lung microbiome |
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Ting-Hsu Chen, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Clinical Interests: Sleep Medicine; Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
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Robyn T. Cohen, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Pediatric Pulmonary and Allergy Clinic Primary Affiliation: Section of Pediatric Pulmonary & Allergy |
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Erin L. Crossey, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Research Interests: Lymphangiogenesis |
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L. Jack Faling, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine |
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Rachel Fearns, PhD
Ernest Barsamian Professor of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Chair, Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology Primary Affiliation: Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology Member, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Member, Genome Science Institute Research Interests: Respiratory syncytial virus; Parainfluenza virus; Polymerase inhibitors |
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Alan Fine, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Research Interests: Lung development biology; Lymphangiogenesis |
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Christine Fitzgibbons, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Clinical Interests: Sleep medicine; Obstructive sleep apnea |
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Alexis Gallardo Foreman, MSN, DNP
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Sleep medicine; Obstructive sleep apnea; Long COVID rehabilitation Research Interests: Health disparities; Tobacco cessation |
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Kari R. Gillmeyer, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Research Interests: Pulmonary hypertension; Health services research; Implementation Science |
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Ronald H. Goldstein, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Clinical Interests: Interstitial lung disease |
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Praveen Govender, MBBCh
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Sarcoidosis Center, Boston Medical Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Sarcoidosis; Interstitial lung disease |
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Mark W. Grinstaff, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering Director, Nanotechnology Innovation Center Primary Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center |
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Davidson H. Hamer, MD
Professor, Global Health and Medicine, Boston University School of Public Health and Chobanian & Avesidian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases Member, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory |
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Finn J. Hawkins, MBBCh
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic, Boston Medical Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Center for Regenerative Medicine Clinical Interests: Interstitial lung disease Research Interests: Cystic fibrosis; Induced pluripotent stem cells |
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Michael H. Ieong, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Boston Medical Center Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Boston Medical Center Co-Chair, Critical Care Executive Committee, Boston Medical Center Co-Chair, Ethics Committee, Boston Medical Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Critical care medicine |
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Yang Jin, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Research Interests: Bacterial sepsis; Macrophage biology |
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Matthew R. Jones, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Graduate Program in Molecular and Translational Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Genome Science Institute Research Interests: Pneumonia biology; Lymphangiogenesis |
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Martin F. Joyce-Brady, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine |
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Joseph E. Kaserman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Boston Medical Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Center for Regenerative Medicine Clinical Interests: Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; COPD Research Interests: Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; Induced pluripotent stem cells |
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Christopher M. Kearney, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Critical care medicine; Point-of-care ultrasonography; asthma Research Interests: Critical care medicine; asthma |
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Elizabeth S. Klings, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease, Boston Medical Center Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Boston Medical Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease Clinical Interests: Pulmonary hypertension; Sickle cell disease; Venous thromboembolism Research Interests: Pulmonary hypertension; Sickle cell disease |
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Darrell N. Kotton, MD
David C. Seldin Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine Co-Director, The Alpha-1 Center, Boston Medical Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Center for Regenerative Medicine Member, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Member, Genome Science Institute Clinical Interests: Alpha-1-anti-trypsin deficiency Research Interests: Gene therapy; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Lung development biology |
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Igor Kramnik, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology Member, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Member, Genome Science Institute Research Interests: Tuberculosis |
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Anica C. Law, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Associate Program Director, Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Critical care medicine Research Interests: Critical care medicine; Health services research; Causal inference; Health policy impacts |
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Marc E. Lenburg, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Co-director, Microarray and Sequencing Resource Primary Affiliation: Computational Biomedicine Member, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center |
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Giovanni Ligesti, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Rheumatology Research Interests: Pulmonary fibrosis; Lung repair; Pulmonary vascular biology |
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Frederic F. Little, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Program Director, Fellowship in Allergy and Immunology Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Allergy; Asthma |
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Justin K. Lui, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Pulmonary hypertension Research Interests: Pulmonary hypertension; Survival analysis; Data science |
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Paul J. Maglione, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Common variable immunodeficiency; Primary immunodeficiency disorders Research Interests: Common variable immunodeficiency; Human B cell biology |
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Hector A. Marquez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Outpatient Clinic, Boston Medical Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Pulmonary hypertension; Venous thromboembolism |
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Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Co-director, Center for Regenerative Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Gastroenterology Member, Center for Regenerative Medicine Member, Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology |
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Claire Murphy, MSN, FNP
Instructor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Allergy/Immunology/Tele Allergy, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Member, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Clinical Interests: Allergy |
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George J. Murphy, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology Member, Center for Regenerative Medicine Member, Genome Science Institute Member, Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease Research Interests: Stem cell biology; Developmental hematopoiesis; Aging |
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Hadi T. Nia, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering Primary Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering Core Member, Multicellular Design Program Member, Neurophotonics Center Member, Photonics Center Research Interests: Tumor microenvironment; Intravital imaging; Mechanobiology; Pulmonary physiology |
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George T. O’Connor, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Interim Section Chief, Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology Director, Clinical Research Resources Programs Clinical Research, Clinical & Translational Science Institute Interim Co-Director, Framingham Heart Study Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Section of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology Member, Genome Science Institute Clinical Interests: Asthma; COPD; Bronchiectasis Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology; Genome-wide association studies |
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Stephen I. Pelton, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Primary Affiliation: Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Member, Department of Epidemiology |
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Stephanie A. Robinson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Research Interests: Consumer health informatics; COPD; Health services research; Implementation science |
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Justin M. Rucci, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Research Interests: Health services research; Implementation science |
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Jussi J. Saukkonen, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Outpatient Clinic, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Research Interests: Tuberculosis |
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Renda Soylemez Wiener, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Associate Director, Center for Healthcare Organization & Implementation Research, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Research Interests: Lung cancer screening; Health services research; Implementation science; Goals of care |
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Avrum Spira, MD, MSc
Alexander Graham Bell Professor in Health Care Entrepreneurship, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Section Chief, Computational Biomedicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Section on Computational Biomedicine Member, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center Member, Genome Science Institute Research Interests: COPD; Lung cancer biomarkers |
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Katrina A. Steiling, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Lung Cancer Screening Program Director, Lung Nodule Clinic Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center Clinical Interests: Lung cancer; Lung nodule Research Interests: Lung cancer; Health disparities; Social determinants of health |
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Sohera N. Syeda, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Associate Program Director, Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System Clinical Interests: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Palliative care |
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Arthur C. Theodore, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Interstitial lung disease Research Interests: Systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease |
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Katrina E. Traber, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Tuberculosis Research Interests: Lung immunology; Pneumonia biology |
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Maria Trojanowska, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, Arthritis & Autoimmune Diseases Research Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Rheumatology Member, Arthritis & Autoimmune Diseases Research Center Member, Genome Science Institute Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center Research Interests: Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pulmonary fibrosis; Systemic sclerosis |
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Xaralabos (Bob) Varelas, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology Member, Center for Regenerative Medicine Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center Member, Genome Science Institute Research Interests: Mechanotransduction; Lung epithelial biology; Lung cancer; Lung regeneration and fibrosis |
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Cornelia B. Wakeman, MSN, FNP
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Tobacco cessation; Sleep medicine; Obstructive sleep apnea Research Interests: Tobacco cessation; Health disparities |
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Andrew A. Wilson, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, The Alpha-1 Center, Boston Medical Center Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Member, Center for Regenerative Medicine Clinical Interests: Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency Research Interests: Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; COPD; induced pluripotent stem cells |
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Kevin C. Wilson, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Primary Affiliation: Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Interstitial lung disease; Sarcoidosis Research Interests: Clinical guideline methodology; Systematic reviews; Meta-analysis |
