Dr. George R. Washko

Dr. George R. Washko, Jr. is a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is also an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. He then completed a residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary disease at BWH. He is board certified in critical care medicine and pulmonary disease.Dr. Washko is a National Institutes of Health-funded investigator in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), specifically focusing his work in imaging and quantitative image analysis. As the regional principal investigator on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s COPD clinical research network, he is researching therapies for the prevention and treatment of COPD. He has written over 140 peer-reviewed publications, is the recipient of the Parker B. Francis fellowship and is a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation.

Dr. Washko is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebral Hypoxia. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Emphysema, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Interstitial Lung Disease.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 357 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Cerebral Hypoxia.