Rebecca Baron, MD
Enriched profileassistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School · Brigham and Women's Hospital
Rebecca Baron is assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women's Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 241 publications with 13,726 citations (h-index 56); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Pulmonary Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 22 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 23 Oct 2026
Rebecca Baron, MD, is assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women's Hospital. The public record shows 241 publications with 13,726 citations (h-index 56), centered on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Inflammation biomarkers and pathways. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 7 NIH-funded awards (2003–2022).
- Top research focus: Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 companies
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from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
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trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 6 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 126.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
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Updated 23 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Safety Study of Inhaled Carbon Monoxide to Treat Pneumonia and Sepsis-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Safety and Efficacy Study of Inhaled Carbon Monoxide to Treat Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Industry payments
Updated 23 Oct 2026
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2021. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Merck Sharp & Dohme CorporationProgram year20211 payment
NIH funding
Updated 23 Oct 2026
7 NIH research awards on record, funded 2003–2022 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- A Phase 1b Study of Inhaled CO for the Treatment of Sepsis-Induced ARDS
Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
FY2023$1,604,157R33HL153011 - A Phase 1b Study of Inhaled CO for the Treatment of Sepsis-Induced ARDS
Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
FY2022$1,645,161R33HL153011 - Therapeutic modulation of zinc for lung injury and mechanobiology
Brigham and Women'S Hospital
FY2022$689,461R01HL142093
Congress activity
Updated 23 Oct 2026
1 congress contribution (2020) across ASH per OpenAlex. The most recent:
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
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Microbial Exposure During Early Life Has Persistent Effects on Natural Killer T Cell FunctionArticle1,662 citations2012
- 02Factors Associated With Death in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the USArticle956 citations2020
- 03SARS-CoV-2 viral load is associated with increased disease severity and mortalityArticle907 citations2020
- 04Inflammasome-regulated Cytokines Are Critical Mediators of Acute Lung InjuryArticle564 citations2012
- 05An Integrated Clinico-Metabolomic Model Improves Prediction of Death in SepsisArticle508 citations2013
Network
Updated 23 Oct 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 23 Oct 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 →massgeneralbrigham.org ↗
- Board certification: Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
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 →massgeneralbrigham.org ↗ - Board certification: Pulmonary Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine
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 →massgeneralbrigham.org ↗ - Board certification: Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
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 →massgeneralbrigham.org ↗
Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- ATS Who's Who profile
"Rebecca Baron: Healing through Translational Research and the Cello" (year not stated in source)
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