Gary R. Epler

Epler entered Tulane University School of Medicine in 1967 where he was a class officer and president of the Student American Medical Association (SAMA).{{Cite web|title=Dr. Gary Epler, MD – Boston, MA {{!}} Pulmonology on Doximity|url=https://www.doximity.com/pub/gary-epler-md|access-date=2021-06-23|website=Doximity|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=You're The Boss: Manage Your Disease - Harvard Book Store|url=https://www.harvard.com/book/youre_the_boss_manage_your_disease/|access-date=2021-06-23|website=www.harvard.com}} During his second year, he established an evening clinic in New Orleans 9th Ward. He did his internal medicine internship at Harlem Hospital in New York City.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} From 1972 to 1974, he served in the United States Public Health Service in the Tuberculosis Branch as a Lieutenant Commander medical officer stationed in Hawaii; National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Epler was the Indian Health Service physician at Eagle Butte, South Dakota and the Area Project Director of a Nutritional Study in Upper Volta, Africa.{{Cite web|title=Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act of 1999|url=http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju62442.000/hju62442_0f.htm|access-date=2021-06-23|website=commdocs.house.gov}} He completed his internal medicine residency and pulmonary fellowship at the University Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978.{{Cite web|title=Dr. Gary Epler, MD -15 Francis St Boston, MA 02115- Hospital Search|url=https://hospitalsearch.info/physician/dr-gary-epler-2sfbx|access-date=2021-06-23|website=hospitalsearch.info}} He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine.{{Cite web|url=https://health.usnews.com/doctors/gary-epler-328345|title=Dr. Gary EplerMD}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.emedevents.com/speaker-profile/gary-r-epler-313370|title=Gary R. Epler - Associate Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America {{!}} eMedEvents|website=www.emedevents.com|access-date=2019-07-19}}

Epler was an Associate Clinical Professor at Boston University and has been an Associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medicinal School since 1998. He was Visiting Professor at Kyoto University School of Medicine in Kyoto, Japan. He was the team pulmonary physician for the Boston Celtics NBA basketball team.{{Cite web|date=2019-08-19|title=Gary Epler|url=https://projectegg.co/gary-epler/|access-date=2021-06-23|website=Project EGG|language=en-US}} He was the Course Director for a NIOSH Industrial Spirometry Program. He was a consultant for the Social Security Administration (SSA) Disability Panel in Baltimore, Maryland. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Update Program for the American College of Chest Physicians. He was an editorial review for the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), American Journal of Epidemiology, and the Annals of Internal Medicine. He was the President of the Massachusetts Thoracic Society and the President of the New England American College of Chest Physicians.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

He is the author of the “You’re the Boss” series and A Medical Doctor’s Guide to Live Your Best Life”.{{Cite book|last=Epler|first=Gary R.|title=Alive with Life: A Medical Doctor's Guide to Live Your Best Life|date=2019-01-10|publisher=Waterside Press |isbn=978-1939116581}}

He was Chairman, Department of Medicine at the New England Baptist Hospital from 1983 to 1998 where he was a Board Member, Medical Executive Committee member, credential committee member and Chairman of the Clinical Investigation Committee.

He lives in the Boston area with his wife, Joan.

Dr. Gary Epler did research on the Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia which is inflammatory bronchiolitis obliterans with patchy organizing pneumonia{{Cite journal|last1=Epler|first1=Gary R.|last2=Colby|first2=Thomas V.|last3=McLoud|first3=Theresa C.|last4=Carrington|first4=Charles B.|last5=Gaensler|first5=Edward A.|date=1985-01-17|title=Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=312|issue=3|pages=152–158|doi=10.1056/NEJM198501173120304|issn=0028-4793|pmid=3965933}} and may be referred to as Epler’s pneumonia.{{Cite web|url=https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/bronchiolitis-obliterans-organizing-pneumonia/|title=Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia|website=NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders)|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-31}}

• Diseases of the Bronchioles (1994).{{Cite journal|date=1995|title=Diseases of the bronchioles. Gary R. Epler, M.D., Editor. New York: 1994. 444 pp.|url=https://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1002%2Fppul.1950190410|language=en|volume=19|issue=4|doi=10.1002/ppul.1950190410|issn=1099-0496|last1=Ferkol|first1=Thomas|journal=Pediatric Pulmonology|page=249|url-access=subscription}}
• Clinics in Chest Medicine (1992).{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ICAHNK/|title=Occupational lung diseases,Vol. 13, No. 2|date=1992-06-01|publisher=W. B. Saunders|editor-last=Epler|editor-first=Gary R.}}
• You’re the Boss: Manage Your Disease{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/yourebossmanagey0000eple|title=You're The Boss: Manage Your Disease; Five Steps to Take Charge of Your Health Paperback – October 1, 2010|year=2010|isbn=978-0615376745|url-access=registration|last1=Gary r. Epler|first1=M. D.|publisher=Epler Health }}{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Gary Epler|url=https://www.amazon.in/BOOP-Youre-Gary-Epler-MD-ebook/dp/B00IJE6GYS|title=BOOP: You're the Boss|date=2014-02-18|publisher=Epler Health, Inc.|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2012-02-14|title=New Book About Asthma Released by Dr. Gary Epler|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120214006579/en/New-Book-Asthma-Released-Dr.-Gary-Epler|access-date=2019-07-19|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}}
• BOOP: You’re the Boss.{{Cite book|last=Epler|first=Gary R.|title=BOOP: You're the Boss|date=2011-10-01|publisher=Epler Health, Incorporated |isbn=978-0615547596}}
• Good Thoughts Podcast.{{Cite book|last1=Epler|first1=Gary|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VGXPZ7D|title=Good Thoughts Podcast: Season One|last2=Epler|first2=Joan|date=2021-01-29|publisher=Epler Health}}
• Asthma: You’re the Boss.{{Cite book|last=Epler|first=Gary R.|title=Asthma: You're the Boss|date=2011-10-01|publisher=Epler Health, Incorporated |isbn=978-0615515441}}
• Food: You’re the Boss.{{Cite book|last=Epler|first=Gary R.|title=FOOD: You're the Boss , Put It To Work For You|date=2012-06-01|publisher=Epler Health, Incorporated |isbn=978-0984933532}}
• Ignite Your Life.{{Cite book|last1=Esq|first1=Nick Nanton|title=Ignite Your Life|last2=Esq|first2=Jw Dicks|last3=Tracy|first3=Brian|last4=Warner|first4=Glenn|date=2016-03-14|publisher=Celebrity Press |isbn=978-0996688741}}
• Fuel For life Level-10 Energy{{Cite book|title=Fuel for Life: Level 10 Energy|id={{ASIN|0984933557|country=in}}}}
• Alive with Life {{Cite book|title=Alive with Life. A medical doctor's guide to live your best life|id={{ASIN|B07MWG3HKK|country=in}}}}

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