Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Erik Folch, MD, MSC, is Chief, Complex Chest Disease Center at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School. The public record shows 238 publications with 6,407 citations (h-index 40), centered on Respiratory. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 14 companies.
- Top research focus: Respiratory
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 14 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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Total citations across indexed works.
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Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Federally funded research awards.
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Clinical Utility for Ion Endoluminal System
Sponsor: Intuitive Surgical
InvestigatorUnknownNCT03893539 - NAVIGATE: Clinical Evaluation of superDimension™ Navigation System for Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy™
Sponsor: Medtronic - MITG
InvestigatorCompletedNCT02410837
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
14 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.Program year2025121 payments$132,760openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Program year20257 payments$11,449openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Cook IncorporatedProgram year20255 payments
NIH funding
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Publications
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Contact
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Office address
55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- MD
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →advances.massgeneral.org ↗ - MSc in Clinical Research
Emory University
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Emory University School of Medicine
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →health.usnews.com ↗ - Fellowship
Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine and Interventional Pulmonology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →health.usnews.com ↗ - Board certified
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Chief
Complex Chest Disease Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Interventional Pulmonology, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →pulmonologyonair.com ↗
- Speaker
"Shape Sensing Robotic Bronchoscopy Guided Lung Biopsy," Pulmonology on Air Americas Chapter Launch Event
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"Diagnosis and Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions," Jefferson (Sidney Kimmel Medical College) Pulmonary/Critical Care Grand Rounds series
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →jdc.jefferson.edu ↗
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/erik-folch-md
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linkedin.com/in/erik-folch-117373204
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linkedin.com/in/erik-folch-20230a61
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Other
pulmonologyonair.com/members/erik-folch
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x.com/MGH_PCCM/status/1387389271997308931/photo/1
- X / Twitter
x.com/WCM_CTSurgery/status/1923360360683217028
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