GeorgeT.O'ConnorMD

Pulmonology • Boston, MA

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Professor, Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

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Office
725 Albany St
Shapiro 9, Suite B
Boston, MA 02118
Phone+1 617-638-7480

Fax+1 617-638-7486

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1983 - 1987
Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1982
Boston University School of MedicineClass of 1979

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1981 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014

Clinical Trials

Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS) Data Coordinating Center Start of enrollment: 1994 Sep 01
Completed
Genetic Risk Factors for Severe Asthma Start of enrollment: 2004 Sep 01
Completed
Urban Environmental Factors and Childhood Asthma Start of enrollment: 2005 Feb 02
Active, not recruiting
Inner-City Anti-IgE Therapy for Asthma Start of enrollment: 2006 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 4
Biomarkers of Lung Injury With Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Compared With Airway Pressure Release Ventilation Start of enrollment: 2010 Jul 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Variable Ventilation During Acute Respiratory Failure Start of enrollment: 2012 Sep 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Assessing Respiratory Variability During Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Lung Injury (ALI) Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
Withdrawn
Mechanisms Underlying Asthma Exacerbations Prevented and Persistent With Immune-Based Therapy Start of enrollment: 2015 Oct 01
Completed
Registry for Asthma Characterization and Recruitment 2 Start of enrollment: 2015 Apr 14
Completed
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

126 citations
The Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART): Rationale, design, and methods of a randomized, controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy for...
Augusto A. Litonjua, Nancy E. Lange, Vincent J. Carey, Stacey Brown, Nancy Laranjo
Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2014-05-01
155 citations
Genome-wide association of sleep and circadian phenotypes
Daniel J. Gottlieb, George T. O'Connor, Jemma B. Wilk
BMC Medical Genetics. 2007-09-19
764 citations
The Sleep Heart Health Study: design, rationale, and methods.
Stuart F. Quan, Barbara V. Howard, Conrad Iber, James P. Kiley, F. Javier Nieto
Sleep. 1997-12-01

Press Mentions

How One Health Study, Inspired by FDR's Death, Changed Life in America ForeverSeptember 30th, 2023
Massachusetts-Based Framingham Heart Study Celebrates 75 Years of ResearchApril 9th, 2024

Grant Support

Vitamin D Supplementation In Pregnancy: Impact On Neonatal Immune PhenotypeNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2010–2012
Inner-City Anti-Ige Therapy For AsthmaNational Center For Research Resources2007
Asthma Control Evaluation (Ace): Weight StudyNational Center For Research Resources2007
Aiwary Resistance And AsthmaNational Center For Research Resources2007
Urban Environmental &Childhood AsthmaNational Center For Research Resources2006–2007
Study Of Genetic Risk Factors For Severe Asthma PatientsNational Center For Research Resources2006–2007
Asthma Control Evaluation (Ace): A Biomarker-Based Approach To Improving AsthmaNational Center For Research Resources2006–2007
Sleep Heart Health StudyNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1999–2007
Mass Spectrometric Analysis Of Eicosanoids And Proteins In Exhaled BreathNational Center For Research Resources2004–2006
Genetic Risk Factors For Severe AsthmaNational Center For Research Resources2005
A Biomarker-Based Approach To Improving Asthma ControlNational Center For Research Resources2005
Feasibility Of Retinoid Therapy For EmphysemaNational Center For Research Resources2004
Analysis Of Lipids, Inflammation, And Pulmonary FunctionNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2002–2003
Inner CITY Asthma StudyNational Center For Research Resources1999–2001
Trial Of Interventions To Reduce Asthma MorbidityNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1996–2001
Revision Of Ats-Dls Respiratory Disease QuestionnaireNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2000
Feasibility Studies On Retinoid Treatment In EmphysemaDivision Of Lung Diseases1999–2000
Demonstration And Education Project--Asthma CareNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1997–2000
Cardiovascular Risk In Sleep Apnea--The Framingham StudyNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1994–1998
Asthma Training For Inner CITY Primary Care ProvidersNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1994–1997
Longitudinal Study Of Cortisol And Pulmonary FunctionNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1993–1997
Asthma Training For Inner-City Primary Care ProvidersNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1993
Airways Responsiveness As A Risk Factor For COPDNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1985–1986