George Washko, MD
Enriched profileAssociate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School · Brigham and Women's Hospital
George Washko is Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women's Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 618 publications with 31,231 citations (h-index 88); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Pulmonary Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 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 focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 2 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 329.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 27 Aug 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
- Simvastatin Therapy for Moderate and Severe COPD
Sponsor: University of Minnesota
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 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 27 Aug 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 27 Aug 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 27 Aug 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
Letter2024 - Cigarette Smoke Exposure and Radiographic Pulmonary Vascular Morphology in the Framingham Heart Study.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Article2019
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02Azithromycin for Prevention of Exacerbations of COPD1,210 citations2011
- 03Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Phenotypes: The Future of COPD1,040 citations2010
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Network
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- ResearchGate
researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/George-R-Washko-39415004
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Other
copd-drug-development.com/speaker/george-washko
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees 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 roles
journal 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 & honors
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- K23 Mentored Career Development Award (NIH)
image-based biomarkers in airway disease
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 →lmi.bwh.harvard.edu ↗ - Member
American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
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Secondary affiliations
appointments 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 & interviews
press, 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
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →hcplive.com ↗ - Speaker/panelist
COPD Drug Development Summit, panel "Thinking Beyond Exacerbations & Lung Function to Define the Future of Clinical Endpoints"
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