2026 Warren M. Zapol: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	97	9241	8674	4769	4410	487	36728

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2012 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
2001 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Warren M. Zapol is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, endocrine systems, physiology, and genetics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including respiratory support and mechanisms, neonatal respiratory health research, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, neonatal health and biochemistry, mitochondrial function and pathology, metabolism and genetic disorders, and cardiac arrest and resuscitation.

Frequent publication venues for Warren M. Zapol include Nitric Oxide, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, Journal of Visualized Experiments, UNC Libraries, and Nature Biotechnology.

Selected recent papers demonstrate a focus on respiratory and biochemical mechanisms:

"An engineered enzyme that targets circulating lactate to alleviate intracellular NADH:NAD+ imbalance" (2020, Nature Biotechnology)
"High Concentrations of Nitric Oxide Inhalation Therapy in Pregnant Patients With Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)" (2020, Obstetrics and Gynecology)
"Airway stem cells sense hypoxia and differentiate into protective solitary neuroendocrine cells" (2020, Science)
"Inhaled high dose nitric oxide is a safe and effective respiratory treatment in spontaneous breathing hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia" (2021, Nitric Oxide)
"Antimicrobial effects of nitric oxide in murine models of Klebsiella pneumonia" (2020, Redox Biology)

Collaboration has been a notable component of their career, with frequent coauthors including Lorenzo Berra, Fumito Ichinose, Ryan W. Carroll, Donald B. Bloch, and Steffen B. Wiegand.

Warren M. Zapol has been recognized by several organizations, receiving the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2012, being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1985, elected as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2001, and named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2016.

Best Publications

Inhaled Nitric Oxide for the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Rolf Rossaint;Konrad J. Falke;Frank Lopez;Klaus Slama

2239
Citations
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe acute respiratory failure. A randomized prospective study.

W M Zapol;M T Snider;J D Hill;R J Fallat

1882
Citations
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Severe Acute Respiratory Failure. A Randomized Prospective Study

W. M. Zapol;M. T. Snider;J. D. Hill;R. J. Fallat

1825
Citations
Inhaled Nitric Oxide: A Selective Pulmonary Vasodilator Reversing Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction

C. Frostell;M. D. Fratacci;J. C. Wain;R. Jones

1379
Citations
Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn

Jesse D. Roberts;Jeffrey R. Fineman;Frederick C. Morin;Philip W. Shaul

1109
Citations
Inhaled nitric oxide in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

J D Roberts;D M Polaner;P Lang;W M Zapol

1024
Citations
Pulmonary Hypertension in Severe Acute Respiratory Failure

Warren M. Zapol;Michael T. Snider

910
Citations
Acute left ventricular dysfunction during unsuccessful weaning from mechanical ventilation.

Francois Lemaire;Jean-Louis Teboul;Luc Cinotti;Guillen Giotto

666
Citations
Inhaled nitric oxide selectively reverses human hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction without causing systemic vasodilation.

Claes G. Frostell;Hans Blomqvist;Göran Hedenstierna;Jan Lundberg

551
Citations
The pulmonary vascular lesions of the adult respiratory distress syndrome.

J. F. Tomashefski;P. Davies;C. Boggis;R. Greene

536
Citations
Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Congenital Heart Disease

Jesse D. Roberts;Peter Lang;Luca M. Bigatello;Gus J. Vlahakes

494
Citations
Inhaled nitric oxide: a selective pulmonary vasodilator: current uses and therapeutic potential

Fumito Ichinose;Jesse D. Roberts;Warren M. Zapol

492
Citations
Hypoxia as a therapy for mitochondrial disease

Isha H. Jain;Luca Zazzeron;Rahul Goli;Rahul Goli;Kristen Alexa

423
Citations
Bronchodilator Action of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Guinea Pigs

P. M. Dupuy;S. A. Shore;J. M. Drazen;C. Frostell

401
Citations
The rise of oxygen over the past 205 million years and the evolution of large placental mammals.

Paul G. Falkowski;Miriam E. Katz;Allen J. Milligan;Katja Fennel

398
Citations
Inhaled nitric oxide. A selective pulmonary vasodilator of heparin-protamine vasoconstriction in sheep.

Marie-Dominique Fratacci;Claes G. Frostell;Tong-Yen Chen;John C. Wain

377
Citations
Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Limits Left Ventricular Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction in Mice

Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie;Roman Ullrich;Kenneth D. Bloch;Hiroshi Nakajima

372
Citations
Prolonged inhalation of low concentrations of nitric oxide in patients with severe adult respiratory distress syndrome. Effects on pulmonary hemodynamics and oxygenation.

Luca M. Bigatello;William E. Hurford;Robert M. Kacmarek;Jesse D. Roberts

354
Citations
Regional blood flow during simulated diving in the conscious Weddell seal

W. M. Zapol;G. C. Liggins;R. C. Schneider;J. Qvist

338
Citations
Sustained pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy after chronic hypoxia in mice with congenital deficiency of nitric oxide synthase 3.

W Steudel;Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie;K D Bloch;J Weimann

336
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth D. Bloch Harvard University

Vamsi K. Mootha Harvard Medical School

Robert M. Kacmarek Harvard University

Peter W. Hochachka University of British Columbia

Michael H. Picard Harvard University

Lynne Reid Harvard University

Martin Feelisch University of Southampton

Anthony Rosenzweig Harvard University

John C. Wain Harvard University

Feng Zhang MIT

External Links

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