
George R Washko MD
Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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55 Fruit StBul 148 Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-3734
Fax+1 857-307-0899
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/BIDMC/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2002 - 2006
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2002
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2004 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Clinical Trials
- Long-term Oxygen Treatment Trial Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 01
- Simvastatin Therapy for Moderate and Severe COPD Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
- Functional Applications of Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Airway Mucus Plugs in Asthma and COPD: Pathobiology, Imaging, and Implications for Clinical Trials.Christopher B Bosma, Shawn D Aaron, Bartolome R Celli, Grace Parraga, Sally Seymour
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2026-06-22 - Integrative Phenogroups Based on Lung Imaging and Spirometry from Young Adulthood to Midlife and Associations With Subclinical Cardiac Structure and Function.Deepika Laddu, Lucia Petito, Xiaoning Jack Huang, Kavitha Selvan, Carlos Iribarren
Chest. 2026-06-16 - Characterization of CT Imaging-Derived Pulmonary Vascular Abnormalities Associated With Pulmonary Hypertension in Chronic Lung Disease.Agustín R Garcia, Iván Vollmer, Isabel Blanco, Rubén San José Estepar, Diego A Rodriguez-Chiaradía
Chest. 2026-05-27
Journal Articles
- COPD Biomarkers and Phenotypes: Opportunities for Better Outcomes with Precision ImagingGeorge Washko, MD, The European Respiratory Journal
Press Mentions
Renewed NIH Grant Aims to Reveal How Smoking Causes Distinct Lung DiseasesSeptember 8th, 2021
NIH Grant Aims to Reveal How Smoking Causes DiseaseSeptember 8th, 2021
Awards, Honors, and GrantsFebruary 25th, 2021
Grant Support
- Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Parenchymal Lung Disease: Clinical and Molecular PhenotypesBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2022–2027
- Deep Functional Phenotyping of the ALA Lung Health CohortUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE2022–2027
- Integrated Training in Respiratory ResearchBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL1985–2026
- The American Lung Association (ALA) Lung Health CohortNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO2019–2025
- Computed Tomographic Characterization Of Subjects Enrolled In The Statcope InvestNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2011–2012
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