Dr. David M. Systrom

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Hyperventilation, and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF).

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 73 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS).