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Brian Keller, MD, PhD

Brian Keller, MD, PhD

Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interests

Dr. Keller is the Medical Director of the MGH Lung Transplant Program. His clinical and research interests focus on improving outcomes following lung transplantation, novel diagnostics and therapeutics in the transplant space, and the role of the virome in transplant outcomes. He is working to establish and grow a lung transplant biorepository at MGH.

Awards and Recognition

  • Chair, Pulmonology Professional Community, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)

  • Leadership Advisory Forum, ISHLT

  • Associate Director for Adult Lung/Heart-Lung Transplantation, International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry, ISHLT

  • Region 1 representative, Lung Transplantation Committee, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)

  • MGH ELEVATE Physician Leadership program

  • Faculty Leadership Institute, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

A full list of Dr. Keller’s published work can be found on My Bibliography.

More information can be found on Dr. Keller’s Harvard Catalyst Profile.

+Current Projects

  • Targeting inflammation and alloimmunity in lung transplant recipients with tocilizumab (ALL IN LUNG) - site PI
  • Plasma and radiologic biomarkers of response to ECP in lung transplant recipients with CLAD - PI
  • MGH Lung Transplant clinical data and biospecimen repository
  • Telomeres in lung transplantation (TILT)
  • Global infection control practices in lung transplantation
  • The lung microbiome in lung transplantation