Dr. Michael M. Givertz

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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Interstitial Lung Disease, Lung Transplant, and Thrombectomy.

Indranee Rajapreyar is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Rajapreyar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Rajapreyar is currently accepting new patients.

Akshay Desai is a Cardiologist and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Desai is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Failure, Low Blood Pressure, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Desai is currently accepting new patients.