Bruce D. Levy
Expertise in
7
conditions
Expertise in
7
conditions

Overview

Dr. Bruce David Levy is the division chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division and chair of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is also the Hersey Professor of Theory and Practice of Physic at Harvard Medical SchoolHe received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (now the Perelman School of Medicine). He then completed a chief medical residency at the Brockton Campus of the VA Boston Healthcare System , followed by a residency in internal medicine, a chief medical residency, and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at BWH. He is board certified in critical care medicine and pulmonary disease.Dr. Levy’s clinical interests include acute respiratory distress syndrome, asthma, bronchiectasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His laboratory aims to identify new pathways to resolve pulmonary inflammation or injury through the roles of endogenous counter-regulatory mediators in the lung, and his work has helped lead to over 10 patents awarded or pending. He has written more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, and currently serves as associate editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and The New England Journal of Medicine's clinical problem-solving interactive case series.

Dr. Levy is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Asthma, Pneumonia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Endoscopy, and Gastric Bypass.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 242 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
University Of Pennsylvania, 1984 - 1988
Residency
Brockton Veterans Administration Medical Center*, 1990 - 1990
Specialties
Intensive Care Medicine
Licenses
Internal Medicine in MA
Fellowships
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1991 - 1993
Hospital Affiliations
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male
Awards
Boston Magazine Top Doctor
2022
Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors
2022

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Medicaid
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  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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Locations

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Lung Center
15 Francis Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02115

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Levy 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.

Asthma

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.


3 Clinical Trials

Severe Asthma Research Program
Pro-Resolving Mediators in Acute Inflammation in Humans
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231 Total Publications

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