RichardMartinSchwartzsteinMD

Summary

• Dr. Richard Schwartzstein is a pulmonologist based in Boston, MA, with subspecialties in asthma and COPD, critical care medicine, and pleural disease. He completed his internal medicine residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center from 1979 to 1982 and pursued fellowships in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at both Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital. A Harvard Medical School graduate, Class of 1979, Dr. Schwartzstein has expertise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dyspnea and respiratory failure. His recent publications in prominent journals such as JAMA, Cureus, and CHEST Critical Care address topics from medical education and mechanical ventilation to the physiology of dyspnea. As Director of the Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dr. Schwartzstein is a leading educator with a particular focus on developing critical thinking skills.