Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Program
MGH-BIDMC Harvard

Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD

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Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD

Executive Director, Shapiro Institute for Education and Research

Professor of Medicine and Medical Education

Area of Expertise: Physiology, Dyspnea, Medical Education

Academic Interests

Dr. Schwartzstein is a nationally/internationally recognized expert on respiratory sensations and dyspnea and continues to do physiological research in this area. In addition, in his role as Executive Director of the Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, he pursues research on teaching critical thinking and the use of artificial intelligence in medical education.

Awards and Recognition

  • Outstanding Educator Award, American Thoracic Society

  • The Theodore E Woodward Award from the American Clinical and Climatological Association.

  • Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Harvard Medical School

  • Finalist, 4th Annual Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge for textbook Respiratory Physiology, A Clinical Approach, the National Science Foundation and the journal Science

  • The Grant V. Rodkey MD Award from the Massachusetts Medical Society Award

  • Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award from the American College of Physicians

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

+Current Projects

  • Assessing variations in dyspnea in patients receiving mechanical ventilation by instituting a series of changes in the ventilator parameters.
  • Working with international group of experts on review of dyspnea from mechanisms to treatment.
  • Limitations of competency based medical education as an approach to evaluating medical students.
  • Use of mechanism maps in the teaching and evaluation of students studying cardiopulmonary physiology.