COPD Visual Toolkit: An expert-led discussion between a pulmonologist and a primary care physician on best practices in the management of patients with COPD

Faculty

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Fernando J. Martinez, MD, MS (Co-Chair)
Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Fernando Martinez, MD, MS, is Chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Martinez’s research interests include COPD, interstitial lung disease, lung transplantation, and lung volume reduction. Dr. Martinez is a member of American Thoracic Society, the European Respiratory Society, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Fleischner Society. Previously, he was a member of the American Thoracic Society Committees which generated guidelines for the management of COPD, respiratory infections, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Dr. Martinez is currently a member of the GOLD Science Committee and sits on several editorial boards, including the Journal of COPD and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

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Barbara P. Yawn, MD, MSc, FAAFP (Co-Chair)
Chief Science Officer
COPD Foundation

Barbara Yawn, MD, MSc, FAAFP is a family physician and clinical researcher with 14 years’ experience as a rural physician and 25 years as a clinical researcher. Dr. Yawn has authored over 350 peer reviewed publications and several books and chapters in a variety of topics from rural primary care to chronic respiratory diseases, primarily asthma and COPD. She was a member of the 2007 Expert Review Panel that developed the current asthma care guidelines and the WHO panel that developed the International Primary Care Respiratory guidelines for obstructive lung disease. She has served on 6 other national evidence-based guideline panels. Dr. Yawn has recently retired from the position as Director of Research at the Olmsted Medical Center but continues research around the US and education directed to primary care physicians and other clinicians.