Overview
Dr. Benjamin Raby is the director of the Pulmonary Genetics Center and 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 McGill University Faculty of Medicine, and then completed a residency in internal medicine at Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital. He then undertook fellowship programs in pulmonary disease at McGill University Health Centre, Montreal Genome Centre at McGill University (now the McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre) and BWH. He is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary disease.Dr. Raby’s research focuses on identifying the genetic basis of lung diseases using genome-wide integrative approaches in human populations. He has worked on multiple asthma studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, including a study of structural genetic variation in childhood asthma and another that leveraged clinical, genomic and environmental data to investigate the molecular determinants of suboptimal asthma control. He is the author of more than 140 peer-reviewed publications, is a founding member of the EVE Asthma Consortium, and serves on the editorial boards of several allergy, asthma and genetics subspecialty journals.
Dr. Raby is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD). His top areas of expertise are Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Asthma, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Lung Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 164 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115
Clinical Research
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Dr. Perrella is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and a research scientist in Pediatric Newborn Medicine, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded investigator. Dr. Perrella is also committed to the training and career development of students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty. He is an Associate Director of an NIH-funded grant for training physician scientists in respiratory research. In regard to scientific investigation, the Perrella laboratory is interested in the regulation and biology of genes important for the modulation of inflammation in systemic disease processes, and the use of stem/progenitor cells for therapy of critical illnesses including sepsis, lung injury, and heart failure. The ultimate goal of his laboratory is to develop novel cell-based strategies for the treatment of cardiopulmonary and vascular diseases for patients of all ages, from premature infants to adults. Dr. Perrella is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD). His top areas of expertise are Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Acute Interstitial PneumoniaDr. Raby isDistinguished. Learn about Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.
- AsthmaDr. Raby isDistinguished. Learn about Asthma.
- Interstitial Lung DiseaseDr. Raby isDistinguished. Learn about Interstitial Lung Disease.
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- Asthma in ChildrenDr. Raby isAdvanced. Learn about Asthma in Children.
- Birt-Hogg-Dube SyndromeDr. Raby isAdvanced. Learn about Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome.
- Cerebral HypoxiaDr. Raby isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebral Hypoxia.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Ciliary Dyskinesia-Bronchiectasis
- Eosinophilic AsthmaDr. Raby isAdvanced. Learn about Eosinophilic Asthma.
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- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD)
- Branchiootorenal SyndromeDr. Raby isExperienced. Learn about Branchiootorenal Syndrome.
- BronchiectasisDr. Raby isExperienced. Learn about Bronchiectasis.
- Cystic FibrosisDr. Raby isExperienced. Learn about Cystic Fibrosis.