Overview
Dr. Aaron B. Waxman is the director of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is also an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.After receiving his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine, Dr. Waxman completed a residency in internal medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. He then completed two fellowships: the first at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the second in pulmonary and critical care at Yale New Haven Hospital. He is board certified in critical care medicine, internal medicine and pulmonary disease.Dr. Waxman’s clinical interests include pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), right heart failure, thromboembolic disease and pulmonary vascular disease. His research focuses on the inflammatory mechanisms of pulmonary vascular remodeling that lead to right heart failure. His research into the regulation of cell death proteins by IL-6 cytokines in mice led to the discovery of a relationship between dyspnea and mitochondrial dysfunction, and resulted in additional clinical studies examining the abnormalities of inflammatory mediators and oxygen extraction in patients with PAH. He has authored over 110 peer-reviewed publications and has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Dr. Waxman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hyperventilation. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Interstitial Lung Disease, Lung Transplant, and Thrombectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 152 peer reviewed articles and participating in 19 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Hyperventilation.
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Locations
70 Francis Street, Carl J. And Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, Boston, MA 02115
15 Francis Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02115
2000 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02462
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Waxman has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
15 Clinical Trials
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center
Dr. David M. Systrom is a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.He received his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School (now known as Geisel School of Medicine). He then completed a residency in internal medicine at Emory University Hospital, followed by a fellowship in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary disease.An active investigator and director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cardiopulmonary laboratory, Dr. Systrom regularly publishes research examining pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary vascular disease, right heart failure and thromboembolic disease. He has authored over 130 peer-reviewed publications, has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association, and has been named to the annual list of the Best Doctors in America. Dr. Systrom is a member of the American Thoracic Society, the American Heart Association and the American Physiological Society. He has special expertise in the pathophysiology of exercise intolerance in ME/CFS and Long Covid and is conducting clinical trials investigating the same. Dr. Systrom is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hyperventilation. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Hyperventilation, and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF).
Mass Lung & Allergy PC
Payam Aghassi is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Leominster, Massachusetts. Dr. Aghassi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hyperventilation. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.
Mass Lung & Allergy PC
Plutarco Castellanos is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Leominster, Massachusetts. Dr. Castellanos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hyperventilation. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Pneumonia, Gastrostomy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Pulmonary HypertensionDr. Waxman isElite. Learn about Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Distinguished
- Acute Interstitial PneumoniaDr. Waxman isDistinguished. Learn about Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.
- Interstitial Lung DiseaseDr. Waxman isDistinguished. Learn about Interstitial Lung Disease.
- Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive DiseaseDr. Waxman isDistinguished. Learn about Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease.
- Advanced
- Cerebral HypoxiaDr. Waxman isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebral Hypoxia.
- EmphysemaDr. Waxman isAdvanced. Learn about Emphysema.
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
- Experienced
- Bronchiolitis ObliteransDr. Waxman isExperienced. Learn about Bronchiolitis Obliterans.
- BullaeDr. Waxman isExperienced. Learn about Bullae.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Hypersensitivity PneumonitisDr. Waxman isExperienced. Learn about Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
- HyperventilationDr. Waxman isExperienced. Learn about Hyperventilation.
- Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisDr. Waxman isExperienced. Learn about Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.