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725 Albany St
Shapiro 9, Suite B
Boston, MA 02118Phone+1 617-638-7480Fax+1 617-638-7486
Summary
- Dr. Avrum Spira, MD is a pulmonologist in Boston, Massachusetts. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts. He is a Professor at Boston University School of Medicine.
Education & Training
- McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
- MA State Medical License 1999 - 2025
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2011
Clinical Trials
- DECAMP-1: Diagnosis and Surveillance of Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 180 citationsAirway PI3K Pathway Activation Is an Early and Reversible Event in Lung Cancer DevelopmentAdam M. Gustafson, Raffaella Soldi, Christina Anderlind, Mary Beth Scholand, Jun Qian
Science Translational Medicine. 2010-04-07 - 27 citationsAlterations in gene expression in T1α null lung: a model of deficient alveolar sac developmentGuetchyn Millien, Avrum Spira, Anne Hinds, Junling Wang, Mary C. Williams
BMC Developmental Biology. 2006-07-25 - 1651 citationsSARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues.Carly G. K. Ziegler, Samuel J. Allon, Sarah K. Nyquist, Ian M. Mbano, Vincent N. Miao
Cell. 2020-05-28
Press Mentions
- Marc Lenburg, PhD, Receives $4.6M NIH Grant to Better Identify Lung CancerOctober 17th, 2022
- Experts Forecast Cancer Research and Treatment Advances in 2022January 5th, 2022
- MED’s Biology of the Lung Funded Through Its 50th—Yes, 50th—YearSeptember 23rd, 2021
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