{"id":5896,"date":"2024-10-17T12:26:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T16:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/?post_type=idfive-person&#038;p=5896"},"modified":"2025-02-09T17:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T22:41:06","slug":"philip-wexler","status":"publish","type":"idfive-person","link":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/staff-directory\/philip-wexler\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Wexler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--person\">\n\t<div class=\"person-block idf-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"person-block-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"person-block-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_person_placeholder_480.jpg\" alt=\"A gray silhouette of a person on a light gray background, typically used as a placeholder for a profile picture.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person-block-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"article-h1\">Philip Wexler<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"person-block-info__title\">M.D.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Medical Director of Pulmonology and Respiratory Therapy<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"person-block-contact\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"address\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"41\" height=\"41\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#icon-ICON_Location\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<address>Shepherd Center Main Campus<\/address>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/treatment\/services-clinics\/respiratory-services\/\" class=\"wp-element-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Ventilator and Respiratory Services<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"idf-block text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Philip Wexler, M.D., has been with Shepherd Center since 2020 and provides highly specialized pulmonary services for Shepherd Center patients. He is also a faculty member for Shepherd\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/education\/gme\/brain-injury-fellowship\/\">Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Specialties<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pulmonary Disease<\/li>\n<li>Critical Care Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Allergy and ImmunologyProfessional Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Education and training<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Boston University Medical Center<\/strong><br \/>\nFellowship, Allergy &amp; Immunology, 2008-2010<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston University Medical Center<\/strong><br \/>\nFellowship, Pulmonary &amp; Critical Care Medicine, 2005-2008<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas University Hospital Internal Medicine<\/strong><br \/>\nResidency, 2003-2005<\/p>\n<p><strong>Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai<\/strong><br \/>\nMedical School, 2002<\/p>\n<h2>Certifications<\/h2>\n<p><strong>American Board of Allergy and Immunology<\/strong><br \/>\nCertified in Allergy &amp; Immunology<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Board of Internal Medicine<\/strong><br \/>\nCertified in Critical Care Medicine<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Board of Internal Medicine<\/strong><br \/>\nCertified in Internal Medicine<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Board of Internal Medicine<\/strong><br \/>\nCertified in Pulmonary Disease<\/p>\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Philip Wexler is the medical director of pulmonology and respiratory therapy services at Shepherd Center. 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