Erik Folch MD, MSc was born and raised in Mexico City. He received his medical degree from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, and Masters of Science in Clinical Research from Emory University. He trained in Internal Medicine at Emory University, and Pulmonary, Critical Care and Interventional Pulmonary at Cleveland Clinic. He is currently the Chief of the Complex Chest Diseases Center and Co-Director of Interventional Pulmonary at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He has authored over 120 peer-reviewed articles. He has experience in designing clinical trials, and has led multi-center clinical trials in navigation and robotic bronchoscopy.
He has mentored 40 dedicated Interventional Pulmonary fellows in the last 11 years.
