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Dr. Gerald Lawrence Weinhouse is the medical director of Respiratory Care Services and a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is also an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School .He received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now part of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences). He then completed a residency in internal medicine at Boston City Hospital (now Boston Medical Center), followed by fellowships in pulmonary disease at Boston University Medical Center (now Boston Medical Center) and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (now the Perelman School of Medicine ). He is board certified in general pulmonary medicine and lung cancer.Dr. Weinhouse’s clinical interests include lung cancer and general pulmonary medicine. A National Institutes of Health-funded investigator, he has authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications examining a variety of pulmonary and critical care-related issues. His research specifically studies the role of sleep in the recovery of intensive care unit patients. Dr. Weinhouse has been listed as one of the region’s top doctors by Castle Connolly. Dr. Weinhouse is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC). His top areas of expertise are Bronchiolitis Obliterans, Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGvHD), Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC).

Dr. Hisashi Tsukada is a thoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.  He is also an assistant professor in surgery at Harvard Medical School. He received his medical degree and a PhD in medicine from St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Kawasaki, Japan). He then completed a residency in surgery at Mitsui Memorial Hospital (Tokyo). His fellowships include thoracic surgery at St. Marianna University Hospital, thoracic surgery research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and interventional pulmonology at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center.   Dr. Tsukada specializes in Interventional Pulmonology and his clinical interests concentrate on aligning his research investigations to disease processes he has observed in patients as a practicing thoracic surgeon for more than ten years in Japan. Dr. Tsukada started his service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in October 2014. He has expanded the Interventional Pulmonology procedures up to 1,000 cases per year in 2023. Dr. Tsukada is research focuses on developing an artificial trachea for in vivo implantation and airway tissue regeneration. He has authored 30 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Tsukada is fluent in Japanese. Dr. Tsukada is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC). His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, Mesothelioma, Advanced Bronchoscopy, and Endoscopy.

Erik Folch is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Folch is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC). His top areas of expertise are Pleural Effusion, Lung Nodules, Tracheobronchomalacia, Advanced Bronchoscopy, and Endoscopy.