Participating Faculty
Ronald C. Balkisoon, MD, MSc, DIH, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of
Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
Russell P. Bowler, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Director, COPD Clininc,
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
Barry Make, MD, Chair
Professor, Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, Director of the
Emphysema Program, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver,
Colorado
E. Rand Sutherland, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado
Barbara Yawn, MD, MSc
Director of Research, Olmsted Medical Center
Adjunct Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Rochester, Minnesota
Neil Sullivan, MD
Denver Family Medicine, Denver, Colorado
Clare Hawkins, MD, MSc
Director of the Methodist Hospital, Family Medicine Residency, Baytown, Texas
Faculty Disclosure
All faculty in a position to control the content of this activity
are expected to disclose any or no significant financial interest or
other relationship with any proprietary entity producing health care
goods or services, with the exemption of non-profit or governmental
organizations and non-health care related companies. Our goal is to
ensure that there is no compromise of the ethical relationship that
exists between those in a position to control the content of the
activity and those attending the activity and their respective
professional duties.
Significant financial interest is defined as receiving, or in the
past twelve months having received, a salary, royalty, intellectual
property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g.,
stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding
diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.
KEY
µ Research Grants
^ Consultant
~ Speaker's Bureau
> Other (eg. clinical study)
Ron Balkissoon, MD
~ AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis
^ AstraZeneca
Russell Bowler, MD
~ Boehringer Ingelheim
µ Emphasys
Clare Hawkins, MD
^~ Boehringer Ingelheim, Pfizer
Barry Make, MD
µ^~ AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bio Technology General, Boehringer Ingelheim, Centocor, Invesco, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, ResMed
Neil Sullivan, MD
No significant financial interest.
E. Rand Sutherland, MD, MPH
µ GlaxoSmithKline
^ GlaxoSmithKline, Schering-Plough, Pfizer, Dey Pharmaceuticals
> IVAX
Barbara P. Yawn, MD
µ Atlanta, Schering Plough
^ Atlanta, Boehringer Ingelheim, Schering Plough
Accreditation
National Jewish Medical and
Research Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
National Jewish Medical and Research Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 category 1 credit
toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Physicians should only
claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the
activity.
Goals and Objectives
- Recognize the tendency of patients to under report shortness of
breath and develop proper questioning techniques to elicit a more
accurate response.
- Recognize and implement the proper performance of spirometry.
- Identify why patients with COPD develop shortness of breath.
- Describe the types of lung damage caused by smoking.
Target Audience
Primary care physicians, physician assistants, registered nurses, and nurse practitioners interested in the treatment of COPD.
Commercial Support
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer, Inc.
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