Elliot Israel, MD

Dr. Elliot Israel is the director of the Respiratory Therapy Department, the director of clinical research in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division and the Gloria M. and Anthony C. Simboli Distinguished Chair in Asthma Research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

He received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He then completed residency programs in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center at New York-Presbyterian Hospital (formerly New York Hospital). He also completed fellowships in pulmonary disease and allergy and immunology at BWH. He is board certified in allergy and immunology, critical care medicine, internal medicine and pulmonary medicine.

Dr. Israel’s research interests include therapeutic interventions to alter asthmatic airway hyperactivity and the role of arachidonic acid metabolites in airway narrowing. He has written over 120 peer-reviewed publications and currently leads a team researching novel asthma treatments funded by the National Institutes of Health. He is the recipient of the HMS Daniel D. Federman Outstanding Clinical Educator Award and was named one of “Boston’s best in Pulmonary Medicine” by Boston Magazine.

Education & Training

• Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Allergy & Immunology, 1989
• Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Pulmonary Disease (Internal Medicine), 1985
• Residency: New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1982
• Internship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1981
• Medical Education: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1979

Board Certifications

• Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Languages Spoken

• English

Age Group Treated

• Adults