Investigator, Full Prof (M) Emergency Medicine Network, Mass General Research Institute

Physician (Non-Clinical) Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Professor of Emergency Medicine Harvard Medical School

Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School

Professor Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

MD UC San Francisco School of Medicine 1990

MPH UC Berkeley 1989

DrPH Harvard School of Public Health 1996

MD University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine 1990

BA Stanford University 1983

allergic reactions; anaphylaxis; asthma; bronchiolitis; emergency medicine; emergency service hospital; emergency services; etiology; food hypersensitivity; health services; health services research; infant asthma development; pulmonary disease chronic obstructive; respiratory emergencies; vitamin d; vitamin d deficiency

Dr. Carlos Arturo Camargo Jr., MD, DrPH, received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco; his Master of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley; and his Doctor of Public Health from Harvard University. Dr. Camargo completed his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, and research fellowship at Brigham & Women's Hospital.

Currently, Dr. Camargo is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is founder/director of the Emergency Medicine Network (EMNet), a multidisciplinary collaboration that aims to advance public health through diverse projects in emergency care, particularly multicenter clinical research. Dr. Camargo also focuses on research training and mentorship, for which he received the 2011 Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award at Harvard Medical School. In 2016, he was honored by the American College of Emergency Physician’s Outstanding Contribution in Research Award.

Dr. Camargo has an international reputation in respiratory/allergy emergencies, health effects of vitamin D, health services research in emergency care, and a variety of public health issues. He has served in such leadership roles as President of the American College of Epidemiology and has been appointed to several committees devoted to establishing national guidelines, including:

National Guidelines Committees

• 2003-2005 | 2005 US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee | Departments of Agriculture & Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
• 2004-2007 | National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, Science Base Committee, Third Expert Panel | NIH
• 2008-2010 | Food Allergy Clinical Guideline Expert Panel | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH