Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, but many Americans have never even heard of it. We learn who is most at risk for the disease, what are the symptoms, and how it is treated.

COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, but many Americans have never even heard of it. We learn who is most at risk for the disease, what are the symptoms, and how it is treated.

Guests

Grace Anne Dorney Koppel

patient advocate for COPD

James Kiley

Director, Division of Lung Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Robert Wise

Director of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and the Multidisciplinary Training Grant in Pumonary Medicine.

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