Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
George R. Washko, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School. The public record shows 618 publications with 31,231 citations (h-index 88), centered on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 8 companies, 8 NIH-funded awards (2007–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2024 · American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
- Top research focus: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 8 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)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 2 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 329.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- DECAMP 1 PLUS: Prediction of Lung Cancer Using Noninvasive Biomarkers
Sponsor: Boston University
InvestigatorActive, not recruitingNCT04165564 - Simvastatin Therapy for Moderate and Severe COPD
Sponsor: University of Minnesota
InvestigatorPhase 3TerminatedNCT01061671
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
8 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year202523 payments$25,314openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- AstraZeneca UK LimitedProgram year20256 payments
- Polarean, Inc.Program year20251 payment
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
8 NIH research awards on record, funded 2007–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Parenchymal Lung Disease: Clinical and Molecular Phenotypes
Brigham and Women'S Hospital
FY2026$596,610R01HL155522 - Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Parenchymal Lung Disease: Clinical and Molecular Phenotypes
Brigham and Women'S Hospital
FY2025$736,799R01HL155522
Congress activity
Updated 14 Jul 2026
1 congress contribution (2022) across AACR per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Abstract 6392: Predicting malignancy in indeterminate pulmonary nodules using quantitative CT imaging
AACR (meeting unresolved)
AACR2022Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Pulmonary Hypertension in Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia Is Associated with Small Vessel Pruning.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
2024 - Cigarette Smoke Exposure and Radiographic Pulmonary Vascular Morphology in the Framingham Heart Study.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
2019
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01
- 02Azithromycin for Prevention of Exacerbations of COPD1,210 citations2011
- 03Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Phenotypes: The Future of COPD1,040 citations2010
- 04
- 05
Contact
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Office address
15 Francis Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02115
Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
- 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 →physiciandirectory.brighamandwomens.org ↗
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- Board Certified
Internal Medicine
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Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Co-Director
Applied Chest Imaging Laboratory (ACIL), Brigham and Women's Hospital
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →acil.bwh.harvard.edu ↗ - Regional/National Principal Investigator
NHLBI COPD Clinical Research Network (1 of 10 national PIs)
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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- K23 Mentored Career Development Award (NIH)
image-based biomarkers in airway disease
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American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Faculty member
Laboratory of Mathematics in Imaging (LMI), Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Guest
Lungcast podcast (American College of Chest Physicians / respiratory health series), discussed the Lung Health Cohort Research Study alongside Ravi Kalhan MD and Amy Olson MD
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COPD Drug Development Summit, panel "Thinking Beyond Exacerbations & Lung Function to Define the Future of Clinical Endpoints"
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Owned accountspublic accounts run by this person
- ResearchGate
researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/George-R-Washko-39415004
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Other
copd-drug-development.com/speaker/george-washko
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