Bruce Levy

Dr. Bruce David Levy is the division chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division and interim chair of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is also the Francis B. Parker Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

He 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.

Specialties

• Pulmonary and Critical Care

Clinical Interests

• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Education

Medical School

• University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1988

Residencies

• Brockton Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1990 - 1990
• Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1988 - 1991
• Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1993 - 1994

Board Certifications

• Critical Care Medicine, 1995
• Pulmonary Disease, 2016

Fellowship

• Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1991 - 1993