John Bernardo, MD

John Bernardo, MD, is a pulmonologist at Boston Medical Center and a Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Bernardo is also the Tuberculosis Medical Officer at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Dr. Bernardo is a local and national leader in tuberculosis prevention, diagnostics, control, and treatment, and is a collaborator and instructor at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Northeast Tuberculosis Regional Training and Medical Consultation Center at Rutgers Medical School. He is also a pulmonary/tuberculosis physician for Boston’s Health Care for the Homeless, Inc. His research focuses on tuberculosis treatment, diagnostics, community-based prevention, education, and policy.