Carolyn D’Ambrosio

Dr. Carolyn M. D’Ambrosio is the Program Director for the Harvard-Brigham and Women’s Hospital Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. D’Ambrosio received her MS and MD from The George Washington University School of Medicine in 1988 and 1991 respectively. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester NY and was selected and served as Chief Medical Resident there as well. Her Pulmonary and Critical Care training was done at Yale University School of Medicine and included subspecialty focus on Sleep Medicine. Following her fellowship, she became an Instructor and then Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. In 2001, Dr. D’Ambrosio, was recruited to New England Medical Center as Director, The Center for Sleep Medicine and was both Assistant and then Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. While at Tufts, she also served as Chair, Ethics Committee from 2007 until she went to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2015. She has been awarded Best Teacher from both medical students and residents during her years on Faculty and received a Distinguished Teaching Award from the Pulmonary Division at Tufts Medical Center prior to her departure from there. In addition to teaching and clinical work, Dr. D’Ambrosio has conducted research in the area of Sleep and Menopause, Sleep and Breathing in Infants, and participated as the sleep medicine expert in two systemic reviews on home sleep apnea testing and fixed versus autotitrating CPAP.