Gonzalo Labarca, MD, MS, FACP, FCCP, is a clinical fellow in Sleep Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (former instructor in Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School). Dr. Labarca is a physician-scientist investigating pathways that modulate the relationship between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and worse health outcomes.
Dr. Labarca received his MD from the University of Desarrollo and trained in Internal Medicine at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Dr. Labarca is certified in Internal Medicine / Pulmonary Medicine (Chile). He completed a postdoctoral T-32 Research training program in Sleep, Circadian, and Respiratory Neurobiology in the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Master’s in Sleep Medicine through the European University, Spain.
He serves as Associate Editor for ARS Medical, Chilean Journal of Respiratory Diseases, Guest Editor for Frontiers in Medicine/ Respiratory Medicine, review Editor for Frontiers in Sleep, and peer reviewer in several Q1 journals. He is also an active member of the Chilean Society of respiratory diseases, the American College of Physicians, the American Thoracic Society, The American College of Chest Physicians, and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. To facilitate professional development, he advocates for Latino/Hispanic representation in sleep medicine.
Dr. Labarca has received numerous awards, including Best Medical Student in 2010, the Chilean Society of Respiratory Medicine (SER Chile) award, the Latin American Association of Thorax (ALAT) research scholar award, the Medical Society of Santiago (SMS) Research Award, the Best publication in Chile during 2020 award, Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (SRN), American Thoracic Society scholarship award.
Dr. Labarca has mentored over 20 trainees and has over 100 publications, including the author of original investigations, reviews, Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses, international consensus, editorials, and chapters in high-impact journals such as The Lancet of Respiratory Medicine, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine Reviews, Sleep, Chest, and European Respiratory Journal. He is involved in media relations to increase awareness of sleep disorders, has appeared on numerous national news broadcasts, and has been an invited lecturer on a national and international level.