## About

Katrina E. Traber, MD, PhD, is a board-certified pulmonologist and research scientist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, where she also co-directs the MD/PhD Program.

Dr. Traber received her medical degree from New York University ...  School of Medicine and also holds a doctorate (PhD) in microbiology from NYU. She completed her general internal medicine residency at BMC, where she subsequently completed a fellowship in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Traber’s research focuses on identifying and developing new strategies to treat severe neutrophil-based sequelae of pneumonia, such as ARDS and sepsis.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Pulmonology](/departments/pulmonology), [General Pulmonology](/departments/pulmonology/general-pulmonology)
- ### Specialties
    
    Critical care medicine; pulmonary disease; pulmonology
- ### Pronouns
    
    She/Her
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.638.7480](tel:617.638.7480)
- ### Primary Location
    
    BMC, Shapiro Center  
    [725 Albany St.  
    9th Floor, Suite 9B  
    Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=725+Albany+St.%2C+Boston%2C+MA+02118)
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine) and Co-Director, MD/PhD Program, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Residency
    
    Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2007–2011
- ### Fellowship
    
    Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2011–2014
- ### Education
    
     Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2003
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
    
    Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
    
    Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
- ### Research Interests
    
    Severe neutrophil-based sequelae of pneumonia
 
 

 

 ## Affiliations

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  ## Affiliations

  ###  ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) 

  [View profile](https://profiles.bu.edu/Katrina.Traber)

 

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