Brigham and Women's Hospital, Lung Center
15 Francis Street
2nd Floor
Boston, MA  02115
About Bruce David Levy, MD
Gender
Male
Leadership Title
Chair, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Specialties
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Clinical Interests
acute respiratory distress syndrome
asthma
bronchiectasis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Bio

Dr. Bruce David Levy is the division chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division and chair of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is also the Francis B. Parker Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (now the Perelman School of Medicine). He then completed a chief medical residency at the Brockton Campus of the VA Boston Healthcare System , followed by a residency in internal medicine, a chief medical residency, and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at BWH. He is board certified in critical care medicine and pulmonary disease.

Dr. Levy’s clinical interests include acute respiratory distress syndrome, asthma, bronchiectasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His laboratory aims to identify new pathways to resolve pulmonary inflammation or injury through the roles of endogenous counter-regulatory mediators in the lung, and his work has helped lead to over 10 patents awarded or pending. He has written more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, and currently serves as associate editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and The New England Journal of Medicine's clinical problem-solving interactive case series.

Education

Medical School
University of Pennsylvania, 1988
Fellowship
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1991 - 1993

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Awards

Boston Magazine Top Doctor, 2022
Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors, 2022
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