GaryREplerMD

Pulmonology • Boston, MA

Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Pleural Disease

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Office
15 Francis St
Brigham And Womens Hospital Center For Chest Diseases
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-7420
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Education & Training

Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1976 - 1978
Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1976
Harlem Hospital CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1971 - 1972
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 1971

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1978 - 2021
LA State Medical License 1971 - 1983

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Excellence in Tutorial Facilitation Harvard Medical School, 2009
Listed in Top Doctors in Boston Boston Magazine, 2007
Award of Appreciation New York Thoracic Society, 2005
Faculty of 1000 Medicine Respiratory Disorders Faculty, 2005
Listed in The Best Doctors in America 2002
Listed in Who's Who in the World Marquis, 2001
Listed in Who's Who in America Marquis, 2000
Listed in Who's Who in the East Marquis, 25th Edition, 1995
Listed in The Best Doctors in America Naifeh and Smith, Woodward White publishers, 1994, 1996, 2006, 2014
Outstanding Contribution to the Internal Medicine, Training Program Boston VA Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 1993
Listed in Outstanding Medical Specialists in the United States Town & Country Magazine, 1989
Outstanding Contribution to the Internal Medicine, Training Program Boston VA Medical Center, BU and Tufts Schools of Medicine, 1986
Distinguished Service Award American Society of Law and Medicine, 1985
Certificate of Appreciation American Lung Association of Massachusetts, 1981
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

298 citations
Normal chest roentgenograms in chronic diffuse infiltrative lung disease.
Gary R. Epler, Theresa C. McLoud, Edward A. Gaensler, J. Paul Mikus, Charles B. Carrington
The New England Journal of Medicine. 1978-04-27
186 citations
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
Gary R. Epler
Archives of Internal Medicine. 2001-01-22
112 citations
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia: definition and clinical features.
Gary R. Epler
Chest. 1992-07-01

Journal Articles

Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP)
Epler GR, British Medical Journal Best Practice Point of Care, 1/1/2014
Bronquiolitis Constrictive Que conocemos acerca de esta enfermedad fibrosante de las vias aereas?
Epler GR, Revista Colombiana Neumologia, 1/1/2009
Constrictive Bronchiolitis Obliterans: What Do We Know about This Fibrotic Airway Disease?
Epler GR, ACCP Pulmonary and Critical Care Update, 1/1/2008
Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine
Epler GR, 1/1/2006
Drug-induced Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP)
Epler GR, Clin Chest Med, 1/1/2004
The E-health Perspective for the Pulmonary Clinicians: Using E-mail for Patient Care
Epler GR, Zack C, ACCP Pulmonary and Critical Care Update, 1/1/2002
How to Differentiate between Acute Fulminant BOOP and AIP
McKee CM, Epler GR, J Crit Illness, 1/1/2002
How to Differentiate between Acute Fulminant BOOP and AIP
McKee CM, Epler GR, J Respir Dis, 1/1/2002
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
Epler GR, Arch Int Med, 1/1/2001
Individualized Health Care and the Pharmaceutical Industry
Epler GR, Laskaris LL, Am J Health-Syst Pharm, 1/1/2001
Clinical Conference on Management Dilemmas Progressive Infiltrates and Respiratory Failure
Janz TG, Madan R, Marini JJ, Summer WR, Meduri GU, Smith RM, Epler GR, Schnader J, Chest, 1/1/2000
Atlas of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Epler GR, Colby TC, 1/1/1999
A 35 Year-old Woman with Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cystic Changes on CT Scans of the Chest
Epler GR, Mark EJ, New Eng J Med, 1/1/1998
Heterogeneity of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
Epler GR, Current Opinion Pulm Med, 1/1/1998
Chest Films: Underused Tool in Interstitial Disease
Epler GR, Journal of Respiratory Diseases, 1/1/1997
The Bronchiolar Disorders and BOOP
Epler, GR, ACCP Pulmonary and Critical Care Update, 1/1/1997
Bronchiolar Disorders with Airflow Obstruction
Epler GR, Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 1/1/1996
Bronchiolitis with Airflow Obstruction
Epler GR, Current Opinion Pulm Med, 1/1/1995
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP)
Epler GR, Seminars in Respiratory Infections, 1/1/1995
Bone Marrow Transplantation - Related Pulmonary Complications
Breuer R, Lossos IS, Epler GR, ACCP Pul Crit Care Update, 1/1/1992
The Diseases That Occur in the Bronchioles
Epler GR, Resident & Staff Physician, 1/1/1992
Clinical Overview of Occupational Lung Disease
Epler GR, Radiol Clin North Amer, 1/1/1992
What Can Gallium Scanning Contribute to the Work-up of Diffuse Lung Disease?
Epler GR, J Resp Dis, 1/1/1992
Screening for Lung Cancer, Is It Worthwhile?
Epler GR, Postgrad Med, 1/1/1990
A 68 Year-old Man with Recurrent Hemoptysis and a Pulmonary Cavity Containing a Mass
Epler GR, Mark EJ, New Eng J Med, 1/1/1990
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Books/Book Chapters

Drug-Induced and Iatrogenic Respiratory Disease
Chapter: Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP) Induced by Drugs and Radiotherapy
Page 268 - 279Epler GREditors: Hodder Arnold.England, London2010
Bone's Atlas of Pulmonary Care Medicine
Chapter: Bronchiolitis Obliterans and Other Bronchiolar Airway Disorders
Page 69 - 79Epler GR, Colby TCEditors: Crapo JD.Current Medicine, Philadelphia, PAEdition 3rd,2005
Baum's Textbook of Pulmonary Diseases
Chapter: Medical Legal Aspects of Environmental/occupational Disability Evaluation
Page 1041 - 1047Epler GREditors: Crapo JD, Glossroth J, Karlinsky JB, King TE.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 7th,2004
Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP) 12
Page 1 - 98Editors: Epler GR.American College of Physicians. Pulmonary Medicine Section2001
Critical Care Medicine
Chapter: Bronchiolitis Obliterans and Other Bronchiolar Airflow Disorders
Page 65 - 76Epler GR, Colby TCEditors: Campbell GD, Payne DK.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,2001
A Practical Approach to Pulmonary Medicine
Chapter: Disability Evaluation
Page 522 - 532Epler GREditors: Goldstein RH, O'Connell JJ, Karlinsky JB.Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia1997
Diseases of the Bronchioles
Epler GRRaven Press, New York1994
Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment
Chapter: The Respiratory System
Page 153 - 167Editors: Epler GR.American Medical AssociationEdition 4th,1994
Diseases of the Bronchioles
Chapter: Historic Perspective of the Bronchiolar Disorders
Epler GREditors: Epler GR.Raven Press, New York1994
Diseases of the Bronchioles
Chapter: The Clinician's Classification of the Diseases of the Bronchioles
Epler GREditors: Epler GR.Raven Press, New York1994
Diseases of the Bronchioles
Chapter: Drug-related Bronchiolitis Obliterans
Epler GREditors: Epler GR.Raven Press, New York1994
Diseases of the Bronchioles
Chapter: Miscellaneous Causes of Bronchiolitis Obliterans
Epler GREditors: Epler GR.Raven Press, New York1994
Diseases of the Bronchioles
Chapter: Miscellaneous Causes of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
Epler GREditors: Epler GR.Raven Press, New York1994
General Thoracic Surgery
Chapter: Screening for Lung Cancer
Epler GRWilliams & WilkinsEdition Four,1994
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Chapter: Bronchiolitis Obliterans and Other Bronchiolar Airflow Disorders
Epler GREditors: Bone RC.Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, MO1993
Clinics In Chest Medicine
Chapter: Occupational Lung Diseases
Editors: Epler, GR.WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia1992
Update: Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders
Chapter: Bone Marrow Trans-plantation Complications
Breuer R, Lossos IS, Epler GREditors: AP Fishman.McGraw-Hill, New York1992
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter: Invasive Diagnostic Procedures in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Goodenberger DM, Epler GREditors: NS Cherniack.WB Saunders1991
Immunologically Mediated Pulmonary Diseases
Chapter: Bronchiolitis Obliterans
Epler GREditors: JP Lynch, RA DeRemee.JB Lippincott, Philadelphia1991
Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders
Chapter: Disability Evaluation
Page 567 - 576Epler GREditors: Alfred P. Fishman, M.D..McGraw-Hill Book Company, New YorkEdition 2nd,1988
Textbook of General Medicine & Primary Care
Chapter: Interstitial Lung Disease
Page 955 - 963Epler GR, Woodford DMEditors: John Noble, M.D..Little, Brown & Co., Boston1987
Cityman Running Guide to Boston
Chapter: The Lungs and Running
Epler GREditors: Mick Pope Editor.1986
Current Topics in the Management of Respiratory Diseases
Chapter: Disability Evaluation
Epler GR, Woods BO'B1985
Clinical Assessment of Spirometric Data in Computers in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine
Page 119 - 124Epler GRPlenum Press, New York1983
Current Topics in the Management of Respiratory Diseases
Chapter: Perspective on Environmental Respiratory Carcinogens
Page 163 - 175Epler GREditors: JS Brody and GL Snider.Churchill Livingstone, New York1981
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Abstracts/Posters

Pulmonary Fibrosis in Aluminum Oxide Workers
Jerderlinic JL, Abraham JL, Churg A, Epler GR, Gaensler EA, Himmelstein JS, Am Rev Respir Dis, 1/1/1988
Idiopathic Bronchiolitis Obliterans with Organizing Pneumonia
Epler GR, Colby TV, McLoud TC, Carrington CB, Gaensler EA, Am Rev Resp Dis, 1/1/1983
Right Ventricular Performance during Exercise in Interstitial Lung Disease
Risk CG, Rothandler JA, Epler GR, Shick EC, Weiner DA, Bibly K, Birmingham MJ, Sweet S, Snider M, Am Rev Resp Dis, 1/1/1982
Exercise Alveolar-arterial Oxygen Pressure Difference in Interstitial Lung Disease
Risk CG, Epler GR, Sicilian L, Am Rev Resp Dis, 1/1/1982
Etiology of Diffuse Pleural Thickening in an Asbestos Exposed Population
Woods BO'B, McLoud TC, Epler GR, Carrington CB, Gaensler EA, Chest, 1/1/1982
Analysis of Environmental Causality in Lung Disease
Sicilian L, Epler GR, Gaensler EA, Chest, 1/1/1980
Comparison of Tans-bronchial and Open Biopsy in Chronic Diffuse Infiltrative Lung Disease
Wall CP, Epler GR, Gaensler EA, Carrington CB, Am Rev Resp Dis, 1/1/1979
A Proposed Diagnostic Classifi-cation for Asbestosis
Epler GR, Samet JM, Rosner B, Gaensler EA, Thorax, 1/1/1979
Evaluation of Impairment (Disability) In Interstitial Lung Disease
Epler GR, Gaensler EA, Am Rev Resp Dis, 1/1/1978
Diffusing Capacity in the Diagnosis of Asbestosis
Epler GR, Gaensler EA, Chest, 1/1/1978
Normal Chest Roentgenograms in Chronic Interstitial and Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Epler GR, Mikus JP, McLoud TC, Carrington CB, Gaensler EA, Am Rev Resp Dis, 1/1/1977
Asbestos Effusion
Epler GR, Gaensler EA, Chest, 1/1/1977
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Lectures

Interstitial Lung Disease
1/1/1989
Tuberculosis and Isoniazid in Steroid Treated Asthmatic Patients
1/1/1983

Other

Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP).
Epler GR, BMJ Monograph Update
http://onlne.epocrates.com
1/1/2014
The Brigham Pulmonary Medicine Board Review Course. DVD
Epler GR. BOOP, RB-ILD, BIP and EG
1/1/2011
"How E-hospitals Can save Your Life" by William Symonds
Epler GR, Business Week
1/11/2000
Ozone Smog
Epler GR, The Boston Globe
1/31/1989
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Press Mentions

Five Steps to Banish Disease from Your MindJune 12th, 2019
Love Is in the Air: Fall in Love AgainDecember 6th, 2016