Dr. Karen Patterson

Dr. Edwin Kepner Silverman is chief of the Channing Division of Network Medicine and a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.He received his medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine. He then completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in pulmonary disease at BWH. He is board certified in critical care medicine and pulmonary medicine.Dr. Silverman’s clinical interests include alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He has served as a principal investigator of multiple COPD genetics studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, including the NETT Genetics Ancillary Study, the Transcontinental COPD Genetics Study, the Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Genetic Modifiers Study and the COPDGene Study. His research uses a variety of genetic analysis approaches to investigate the genetic influences of complex lung diseases, including integrative genomics, linkage analysis, familial aggregation analysis, rare variant analysis and epigenetic studies. He has authored over 320 peer-reviewed publications and is the recipient of the BWH Kenneth L. Baughman Faculty Mentoring Award. Dr. Silverman is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Emphysema, Bronchitis, Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Vulvectomy.

Victor Pinto is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Burlington, Massachusetts. Dr. Pinto is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Lung Metastases.

Erik Folch is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Folch is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Pleural Effusion, Lung Nodules, Tracheobronchomalacia, Advanced Bronchoscopy, and Endoscopy.