David Systrom, MD

My research has focused on the exercise limit in chronic heart and lung disease, with particular attention paid to interactions between the skeletal muscle mitochondrion and an abnormal pulmonary vasculature using a unique and innovative approach that includes phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy of limb skeletal muscle and a variety of biomarkers from invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing. I was the first MGH scientist in a decade to receive the NIH General Clinical Research Center CA