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The Pulm PEEPs are extremely excited today to be launching our series on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in partnership with the ATS Clinical Problems Assembly. We are joined by Dr. Bob Wise and Dr. Wassim Labaki to discuss the classification and initial workup of COPD, and management strategies from inhalers to pulmonary rehabilitation. Make sure to listen today and in the coming weeks for the rest of our COPD discussion.

Meet Our Guests

Dr. Bob Wise is a Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has served as the Medical Director of the Pulmonary Function Lab at the Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center. Bob is a leader in the care of patients with obstructive lung disease and his research focus has been conducting multi-center clinical trials in airway disease and is also a master physiologist. Bob has been involved in various capacities with ATS throughout his tenure as well and received the ATS CP Assembly Sreedhar Nair Lifetime Achievement Award in COPD.

Dr. Wassim Labaki is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine as well as the Medical Director of the Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Program at the University of Michigan. Wassim was the recipient of the Early Career Investigator Award in COPD from ATS in 2019 and currently is on the Program Committee of the ATS Clinical Problems Assembly.

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