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Mercy Announces Addition of Noted Pulmonologists Drs. Ko-Pen Wang and Albert J. Polito

Ko-Pen Wang, M.D., nationally noted pulmonologist, has joined Mercy Medical Center as Director of Interventional Pulmonary Services at Mercy following 10 years as Director of Interventional Bronchoscopy at The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Wang, who also served as Director of the Chest Diagnostic Center at Harbor Hospital Center since 1989, brings more than 40 years of clinical experience to Mercy.

Dr. Wang is joined by Dr. Albert J. Polito, Assistant Professor of Medicine with the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine with The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Polito joins Mercy from The Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center.

Dr. Polito, who serves as Co-Chief of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at the downtown hospital, is also Director of The Lung Center at Mercy and is seeing patients in Suite 715 of Mercy’s Professional Office Building at 301 St. Paul Place.

Dr. Wang completed his Pulmonary Fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1974. His background includes serving as Assistant Professor of Medicine and of Otolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins. Author of clinical texts Basic Concept of Cytology (1976), Biopsy Techniques in Pulmonary Disorders (1989) and Flexible Bronchoscopy (1995), Dr. Wang has dozens of medical journal articles to his credit, as well as abstracts, and is a sought after speaker world-wide.

Dr. Wang has served as a medical consultant at hospitals throughout the region, including Harbor Hospital, St. Joseph’s, Good Samaritan, the University of Maryland Hospital and Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

Dr. Wang has served on the Board of Directors of the American Association for Bronchology and on the Board of Regents of the World Association of Bronchology, among many professional medical societies of which he is a member.

Dr. Polito earned his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine in 1989. Senior Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at the New York University Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Polito served as a Fellow in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has numerous clinical publications to his credit.