Biography:
Dr. Quinn received her BS from Fitchburg State College and her MS from Boston University, both in nursing in 1976 and 1983, respectively. In 1981 she joined the Department of Anesthesia of Massachusetts General Hospital as a research nurse clinician at the Specialized Center of Research in Adult Respiratory Failure. In 1984 she became a member of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit where she worked as a clinical coordinator of the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis (PIOPED) study. She then returned to school and received her MD from the University of Massachusetts in 1993. She completed her medical residency and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since 1998 she has been part of the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Quinn is the Supervisor of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Research Laboratories and Director of Clinical Research in the Medical Intensive Care Unit.

Board Certification:
Pulmonary Medicine
Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine

Honors:
1977 - Fitchburg State College, Dean's List
1977 - Epsilon Pi Tau, National Nursing Honor Society
1977 - Fitchburg State College, BS, Cum Laude
1990 - American Heart Association Student Research Fellowship
1992 - American Heart Association Student Scholarship in Kidney Disease
1993 - Senior Scholars Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School
1993 - American Medical Woman's Association, Inc., Janet Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation, University of Massachusetts Medical School
1993 - Hewlett Packard Company Top Medical Graduate Award University of Massachusetts Medical School
1996 - Whitaker Fellowship Program in Biomedical Engineering
1996 - Individual National Research Service Award
1996 -1997 - Research Fellow, Whitaker Fellowship Program, Shriners Burn Institute, Poster of Distinction, MGH Scientific Advisory Committee Research Symposium
2000 - Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
2003 - Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Clinical Interests:
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Emboli
Asthma

Research Interests:
Pulmonary Emboli
Pulmonary Hypertension
Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury

Hobbies:
Gardening, Skiing

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