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CURRICULUM VITAE Date of preparation 6/15/15 PERSONAL DATA: Byron Martin Thomashow D.O.B. -4/19/1949 Birthplace -New York Citizenship –U.S.A. Office Address -161 Fort Washington Ave. New York, N.Y. 10032 ACADEMIC TRAINING: Columbia College B.A. 6/70 Columbia P&S M.D. 6/74 Licensure: New York State, 1974 #124229 TRAINEESHIP: Roosevelt Hospital -Medical Intern 7/74-6/75 Roosevelt Hospital –Medical Resident PGY2 7/75-6/76 Roosevelt Hospital -Medical Resident PGY3 7/76-6/77 Roosevelt Hospital -Medical Chief Resident/Pulmonary Fellow PGY4 7/77-6/78 Harlem Hospital -Senior Pulmonary Fellow 7/78-6/79 BOARD CERTIFICATIONS : National Board of Medical Examiners 7/1/75 American Board of Internal Medicine 6/22/77 Subspecialty Boards in Pulmonary Medicine 6/80 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: American College of Physicians American College of Chest Physicians American Thoracic Society New York Trudeau Society (New York Thoracic Society) Member Executive Committee New York Thoracic Society 1992-94 Chairman Membership Committee New York Thoracic Society 1992-94 Leadership Council- American Institute Emphysema/COPD Program American Institute of Life-Threatening Illness & Loss- A Division of the Foundation of Thanatology- Columbia University 1999-2007 Member Board of Directors National Emphysema COPD Association (NECA) the COPD Resource Network 2002-2005 Co-chairman NECA Medical Advisory Council 2002-2005 Member NECA Medical Advisory Council 2002-2008 Member Board of Directors COPD Foundation 2004-present Chairman of Board of Directors COPD Foundation 2008- PAGE TWO Byron Thomashow ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Columbia University 7/79-12/31/1990 Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine Columbia University 1/1/1991 to 7/1999 Clinical Professor of Medicine Columbia University 7/1/99 to 6/30/2013 Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center 7/1/13FELLOWSHIP GRANT: Recipient of Stony Wold -Herbert Fund Fellowship Grant 7/78-6/79 HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: Assistant Attending Physician Presbyterian Hospital CPMC 7/79 to 12/90 Associate Attending Physician Presbyterian Hospital CPMC 1/91 to 7/1999 Attending Physician Columbia Presbyterian Campus- New York Presbyterian Hospital 7/1999-present Physician in charge Tbc Clinic Presbyterian Hospital 1983-1990 Attending Physician Chest Clinic Presbyterian Hospital 1979-present Member New York Presbyterian Hospital Medical Board 1995-2004 Medical Director Jo-Ann LeBuhn Center for Chest Disease CPMC 1995-present Chairman Respiratory Council New York Presbyterian Healthcare System-2004present Medical Co-director Lung reduction program in Emphysema CPMC 1995-present Co-chairman New York-Presbyterian Hospital Smoking Cessation Task Force 2006— Member Primary care task force 2012DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY RESPONSIBITIES: Physician representative Medical Center Steering Committee Departmental advisor on Atchley Pavilion 1985-1995 Member Committee on Attending Physician responsibilities Member Doctors Private Office Finance Committee Member Medical Department Committee on the Practice of Medicine Member Doctors Private Office Space Committee Member Negotiating Committee Contract Physicians Dept. of Medicine Member Society of Practitioners Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Member Executive Committee Society of Practitioners CPMC 1994-2007 Member Quality of Care Committee Society of Practitioners CPMC 1993-2007 Chairman Quality of Care Committee Society of Practitioners CPMC 1994-2007 Member Doctors Private Office Task Force Committee 1995 Member Nomination Committee Society of Practitioners CPMC 1994-2000-2003 Member Length of stay Committee 1995 Member CPMC Patient Satisfaction Committee 1997 Member Medical Department Clinical Leadership Committee 1997-present Member Space Committee Faculty Practice Organization CPMC 2001-2004 Member Mentoring Committee Society of Practitioners CPMC 2001-present Member Liaison Committee Department of Medicine Chairman search 2002 Member Search Committee Physical Therapy Department Columbia University 2002 Member Search Committee Dean for Clinical Affairs Columbia University 2002 Chairman Medical Practice Committee Dept of Medicine 2003 Member Columbia University Clinical Practice Committee 2003-2004 Member Search Committee for Chief Division Internal Medicine-2006 Member Search Committee for Chairman Rehabilitation Medicine-2007 Member Search Committee for Chief Thoracic Radiology- 2009-2010 Member Future of primary care committee 1012-1013 PAGE THREE Byron Thomashow TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITIES Attending rounds ward and ICU: 1979 to present Chest subspecialty rounds: 1979 to present Harkness report pulmonary subspecialty rounds 1983-2000 Chief of Service rounds Dept. of Medicine Preceptor 3rd year medical clerkship 1983, 1986, 1990 Preceptor Abnormal Human Biology 1984 to 1998 Co- Director Annual Conference-Advances in Pulmonary Medicine CPMC 1999-2008 Co-Director Columbia Pulmonary Disease Symposium December 2013 HONORS: Fellow American College of Physicians Fellow American College of Chest Physicians Best Doctors in New York -New York Magazine 1991-2015 The Best New York Metro Area Doctors-Castle,Connolly Guide 1997-2015 Best Doctors in America- Castle, Connolly Guide 2001-2015 Who's Who in the East -Marquis Publications 1995-2013 Who's Who in the World -Marquis Publications 1998-2011 Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare – Marquis Publications 1998-2012 Who's Who in America -Marquis Publications 1998-2016 Who's Who in Science and Engineering – Marquis Publications 1998-2011 New York Super Doctors 2008-2015 Alfred Markowitz Service Award Society of Practitioners CPMC 2002 Member Program Committee NIH National COPD Conference 11/03 Columbia University Medical Center Medical Housestaff Teaching Award-2004 “2005 Man of Good Conscience Award” National Society of Women Psychiatrists Co-Chair COPD Foundation National Conference-COPD and Primary Care 11/2006 Establishment of Byron M Thomashow Clinical Professorship of Medicine Columbia University 2006 Co-Chair COPD Foundation National Conference- COPD 2007- 11/07 Co-Chair COPD Foundation National Conference- COPD 2008- 11/08 cosponsored by 1199 Continuing Education Institute Co-Chair COPD Foundation Lung Health 2010 Conference-5/10 cosponsored by 1199 On-line expert New York Times: COPD- One of Six Great Killers Series 12/07 Columbia University Ewig Clinical Scholar 2008-2009 Co-Chairman COPD Foundation Fund Raiser-2008, 2009-2013 Co-Chairman NewYork Presbtyerian Annual Gala 2010 Co-Chairman NY COPD Coalition-NY COPD Summit 2009-2012 Member Planning Committee U.S. COPD Coalition National Meeting 2011 Co-Chairman COPD7USA Conference Washington December 2011, COPD 8 USA Chicago June 2013 Honoree Alpha-1 Foundation 2011 Member Steering Committee COPDFoundation Biomarkers Consortium 2011Member Steering Committee Drive4COPD 2012Co-Chairman COPD8USA Conference June 2013 Chicago Co-Chairman COPD Foundation COPD Readmission Summit November 2013 Washington DC Consultant to the National Institute of Medicine 2013Master Consultant to the National Institute of Medicine 2015Recipient 2013 ATS Public Advisory Roundtable (PAR) Excellence Award Recipient 2014 Vitals Patients'Choice Award Co-Chairman COPD Foundation COPD Readmissions Summit March 2015 Washington DC Co-Chairman COPD9USA Conference June 2015 Chicago Page FOUR Byron Thomashow RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: Co-Investigator NIH National Emphysema Treatment trial 1996-2008 Co-Primary Investigator Columbia site National Emphysema Treatment trial 20022008 Co-Investigator NIH Feasibility of Retinoid Therapy for Emphysema 1999-2004 Co-Investigator Interferon Gamma Trial in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis-2002-4 Primary Investigator Columbia site Combivent Respimat Study 1012.46 Boehringer Ingelheim 2002-2004 Primary Investigator Columbia site muticenter study Effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on healthcare utilization 2002Co-Investigator Genetics of COPD in NETT 2002Co-Investigator Sildenefil in COPD Trial-2004-2008 Principal Investigator LVRS Registry Protocol-NY Presbyterian Hospital 2004Principal Investigator Columbia Site- Needs Assessment for COPD Survey-2004 Sub-Investigator VENT Trial-2004 Member Governing Board CPMC Center for Vascular and Lung Pathobiology-1998 Member NHLBI workshop on Oxygen and COPD- 2004 Member NHLBI Education Strategy Development Workshop on COPD 9/04 Primary Investigator COPD National Needs Assessment Survey 2003-2004 Primary Investigator COPD Co-morbidity Survey 2005-2006 Co-investigator Pilot study of Spiration TBV system-endobronchial valve in emphysema Columbia site 2006Co-primary investigator Improving outcomes in COPD United Hospital Fund 2005Co-investigator Improving outcomes in COPD Clinic Study NYPH 2005Co-investigator Bronchiectasis-Emphysema Action Program 2006Co-primary investigator UHF NYP Healthcare System Urban Hospital COPD Study 2006Co-primary investigator NYP Healthcare System Community Hospital COPD Study 2008Co-investigator EASE study Columbia site Effectiveness of stent placement in diffuse emphysema 2006Participant NHLBI workshop on cardiovascular comorbidities and COPD 10/06 Participant NHLBI workshop (ATS/ERS) International Guidelines in COPD 6/07 Participant COPD Foundation Multi-stakeholder collaborative workshop with a focus on improving the quality of COPD care. 12/07 Co- Investigator Columbia site- COPDGene 2007Member Data Safety Monitoring Board-LOTT NHLBI Study 2007- Page FIVE Byron Thomashow RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: Primary Investigator Columbia site - National Bronchiectasis consortium/registry 2008-2013 Investigator Columbia site Bronchiectasis consortium/registry 2013Primary Investigator COPD Foundation COPD Case Finding Study 2008Co-investigator Columbia site Giliad- inhaled antibiotic in bronchiectasis 2008Co-investigator Columbia Optical Electronic Plethysmography Research Project 2008Co-investigator study of Spiration TBV system-endobronchial valve in emphysema Columbia site 2009-2012 Co-investigator mini ECMO in hypercarbic respiratory failure 2011Co-investigator Columbia site Spiromics Trial 2011Co-investigator Columbia. Symbicort in COPD with OEP 2012-2013 Co-investigator Columbia. Lung Cancer Screening Study 2012-present Member executive committee COPD Discharge study Boehringer Ingelheim 205.477 and 205.478 2011-2014 Primary investigator Columbia site: NHLBI: R01 HL 114055, Design & Testing of practical tools to identify indivduals at high risk for COPD Co-investigator: IRB-AAAN4911: Assessment of Smoking Prevalence and Improving Smoking Cessation among the Latino Population in Washington Heights, New York COIs Advisory council: Boehringer Ingelheim 2009, 2010 Forrest 2010,2012 Intermune 2010, GSK 2011-2012,2015 Talecris 2011, Novartis 2012 Consultant: Boehringer Ingelheim 2011, 2012, 2013-2014 Manuscript Reviewer: THORAX, Annals American Thoracic Society, Respiratory Medicine, CHEST, JCOPDF Editorial board JCOPDF Editorial Board JCOPDF 2014- PAGE SIX Byron Thomashow PUBLICATIONS: Thomashow BM, Felton CP, Navarro C: Diffuse Intrapulmonary hemorrhage, renal failure and, vasculitis. AM J Med 80, 60: 299-304 Lazar HL, Thomashow BM, King TC: Complete Transection of the Intrathoracic Trachea Due to Blunt Trauma. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1984; 37: 505-507 S. Goldstein, B. Thomashow, J. Askanazi: Changes During Nutritional Repletion in patients with Lung Disease. Clinics in Chest Medicine Vol 7 No 1 March 1986:141-151 K Laffey, B Thomashow, A Jaretzki III, E C Martin Systemic Supply to a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation AJR 145: 720-722, Oct 1985 Goldstein S, Weissman C, Askanazi J, Thomashow B, Kinney JM: Functional Improvements in Malnourished COPD patients during refeeding. Presented 9th Congress Aspen, Miami, January 1985. JPEN 9-109, 1985 Goldstein S, Askanazi J, Weissman C, Thomashow B, Kinney JM: Energy Expenditure in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Chest 91: 222-224, 1987 Goldstein S, Thomashow B, Kvetan V, Askanazi I Kinney JM and Elwyn D: Nitrogen and Energy Relationships in Malnourished Patients with Emphysema. Am Rev Respiratory Disease 1988: 138: 636-644 Skeie B, Askanazi J, Rothkopf M, Rosenbaum S,Kvetan V, Thomashow B: Intravenous fat emulsions and lung function: A review. Critical Care Medicine 16: 183-194, 1988 Argenziano M., Moazam N, Thomashow B, Jellen P, Gorenstein L , Rose E, Neinberg A, Steinglass K, Ginsburg M: Extended Indications for Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Advanced Emphysema. Ann Thorac Surg 62:1588-97, 1996 Argenziano M, Thomashow B, Jellen P, Rose E, Steinglas K, Ginsburg M, Gorenstein L: A Functional Comparison of Unilateral vs Bilateral Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. Am Thorac Surg 1997:64:321-7 Miller RL, Das S, Anandaragam T, Leibowitz D, Thomashow B, Alderson PO, Homma S: Relation between Patent Foramen Ovale and Perfusion Abnormalities in Acute Pulmonary Emboli. Am J Cardiology 80:377-378, 1997 Miller RL, Das S, Anandarangam T, Leibowitz D, Alderson PO, Thomashow B, Homma S: Association between Right Ventricular Function and Perfusion Abnormalities in Hemodynamically Stable Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Chest 113:665-670, 1998 Becker, M.D., Berkman Y, Austin J, Munk, Romney B, Rozenshtein A, Jellen PA, Yip CK, Thomashow B, Ginsburg M: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery: Quantitative CT Analysis. AMJ Respiratory Critical Care Med 157: 1593-1599, 1998 PAGE SEVEN Byron Thomashow PUBLICATIONS De Rose J, Argenziano M, El-Amir N, Jellen P, Gorenstein L, Steinglass K, Thomashow B, Ginsburg M. Lung Reduction Operation and Resection of Pulmonary Nodules in Patient with Severe Emphysema: Ann Thoracic Surg. 1998: 65:314-8 National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Patients at High Risk of Death after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery NEJM 2001; 345: 1075-1083 Thomashow B: Selection of Candidates for Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. In Argenziano M and Ginsburg M. Eds. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Humana Press 2001 Thomashow B: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery and the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. In Hendrick H and Kutscher A Eds. The Quiet Killer Emphysema/Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Scarecrow Press Lanhan Maryland and London 2002 Austin J, Pearson G, Thomashow B. CT screening for “early” lung cancer. Letter to the Editor Chest 2002: 121: 5: 1725-1726 Scharf SM, Igbal M, Keller C, Criner G, Lee S, Fessler HE, for the NETT Research Group: Hemodynamic characterization of patients with severe emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med; 166: 314-322, 2002. Ramsey S, Sullivan S, Kaplan R, Wood D, Chiang Y, Wagner J, for the NETT Research Group: Economic Analysis of lung volume reduction surgery as part of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. Ann Thor Surg; 71: 995-1002, 2001. National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Rationale and design of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT): A prospective randomized trial of lung volume reduction surgery. Chest; 116; 1750-1761, 1999. National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: A Randomized Trial Comparing Lung-Volume-Reduction Surgery with Medical Therapy for Severe Emphysema. NEJM 2003;348:2059-73 National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Cost Effectiveness of LungVolume-Reduction Surgery for Patients with Severe Emphysema. NEJM 2003;348:2092-102 National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Rationale and design of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT): A prospective randomized trial of lung volume reduction surgery. J Cardiopulm Rehabil; 20:24-36, 2000. National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Rationale and design of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT): A prospective randomized trial of Lung volume reduction surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 118: 518-528, 1999. Sciurba F, Criner G, Mohsenifar Z, Shade D, Slivka W, Wise R, for the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Six- Minute Walk Distance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:1522-1527,2003 Mohsenifar Z, Lee S, Diaz P, Criner G, Sciurba F, Ginsburg M, Wise R, for the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Single-Breath Diffusing Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide. Chest 2003; 123:1394-1400 National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Safety and efficacy of median sternotomy versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung volume reduction surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004:127:1350-60 Lee SM, Wise R, Sternberg A, Tonascia J, Piantadosi S, for the National PAGE EIGHT Byron Thomashow PUBLICATIONS: Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Metodolologic issues in terminating enrollment of a subgroup of patients in a multicenter randomized trial. Clinical Trials 2004; 1:326-338 Kaplan RM, Ries AL, Reilly J, Mohsenifar Z,for the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. CHEST 2004; 126: 781-789. Ries AL, Make BJ, Lee SM, Krasna MJ, Barteles M, Crouch R, Fishman AP, for the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: The Effects of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. CHEST 2005; 128:37993809. Krachman SL, Chatila W, Martin UJ, Nugent T, Crocetti J, Gaughan J, Criner GJ for NETT Research Group: Effects of lung volume reducftion surgery on sleep quality and nocturnal gas exchange in patients with severe emphysema. Chest; 128:3221-3228, 2005. Barr RG, Celli BR, Martinez FJ, Ries AL, Rennard SI, Reilly JJ, Sciurba FC, Thomashow BM, Wise RA, for the COPD Resource Network: Physician and patient perceptions in COPD: The COPD Resource Network Needs Assessment Survey. Am J Med 2005; 118:12:1415.e9-1415.e17. Naunheim KS et al: Long-term follow-up of patients receiving lung volume reduction surgery versus medical therapy for severe emphysema by the NETT Rerearch Group. Ann Thorac Surg; 82:431-443, 2006. DeCamp MM, Blackstone EH, Naunheim KS, Krasna MJ, Wood DE, Meli YM, McKenna RJ for NETT Research Group: Patient and surgical factors influencing air leak after lung volume reduction surgery: Lessons learned from the Natyional Emphysema Treatment Trial> Ann Thorac Surg; 82:197-207, 2006. Chatilla WM, Hoffman EA, Gaughan J, Robinswood GB, Criner GJ for NETT Research Group: Advanced emphysema in African American and white patients:Do differences exist? Chest 130:108-118, 2006. Martinez FJ et al for NETT Research Group: Predictors of mortality in patients with emphysema and severe airflow obstruction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173: 1326-34, 2006. Herpel LB, Kanner RE, Lee SM, Fessler HE, Sciurba FC, Connett JE, Wise RA for Lung Health Study Research Group and NETT Research Group: Variability of spirometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Results from two clinical trials. Am J Respir Crit care Med; 173:1106-1113,2006. Naunheim KS et al for NETT Research Group: Predictors of operative mortality and cardiopulmonary morbidity in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 131: 43-53, 2006. Lederer DJ, Thomashow BM, Ginsburg ME, Austin JHM, Bartels MN, Yip CK, Jellen PA, Brogan FL, Kawut SM, Maxfield RA, DiMango AM, Simonelli PF, Gorenstin LA, Pearson GDN, Sonett JR. Lung volume reduction surgery for pulmonary emphysema: Improvement in the body mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity index after 1 year. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133(6): 1434-8. PAGE NINE Byron Thomashow PUBLICATIONS: Croxton TL, Bailey WC for the NHLBI Working Group on Long-term Oxygen Treatment in COPD. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;174:373-378. Fan, V, Ramsey S, Make B, Martinez F for the NETT Research Group. Physiologic Variables and Functional Status Independently Predict COPD Hospitalizations and Emergency Visits in Patients with Severe COPD. COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2007;4:29-39 Martinez F, Curtis J, Sciurba F, Mumford J, Giardino N, Weinman G, Kazerooni E, Murray S, Criner G, Sin D, Hogg J, Ries A, Han M, Fishman A, Make B, Hoffman E, Mohsenifar Z, Wise R for the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group. Sex differences in severe pulmonary emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007;176:243-252. Fan VS, Ramsey SD, Giardano ND, Make BJ et al for the NETT Research Group: Sex, depression and risk of hospitalization and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Arch Intern Med; 167(2): 2345-2353, 2007. FisherMR, Criner GJ, Fishman AP, Hassoun PM, Minai OA, Scharf SM Fessler HE for the NETT Research Group; Estimating pulmonary artery pressures by echocardiography in patients with emphysema. Eur Respir J; 30: 914-921, 2007. Criner GJ, Scharf SM, Falk JA, Gaughain JP, Sternberg AL, Patel NB, Fessler HE, MinaiOA, Fishman AP for NETT Research Group: Effect of lung volume reduction surgery on resting pulmonary hemodynamics in severe emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med; 176: 253-260, 2007. Martinez FJ, Curtis JL, Sciurba F, Mumford J, Giardano ND, Weinman G, Kazaeooni E, Murray S, Criner GJ, Sin DD, Hogg J, Ries AL, Han M, Fishman AP, Make B, Hoffman EA, Mohsenifar Z, Wise R for NETT Research Group: Sex differences in severe pulmonary emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med; 176: 243-252, 2007. Stoller JK, Gildea TR, ries AL, Meli YM, Karafa MT for NETT Research Group: Lung volume reduction surgery in patientys with emphysema and alpha one antitrypsin deficiency. An Thorac Surg; 83:241-251, 2007. DeCamp M, Lipson D, Krasna M, Minai O, McKenna R, Thomashow B The Evaluation and Preparation of the Patient for LVRS. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2008;5:427-431. Diaz P, Bruns A, Ezzie M, Marchetti N, Thomashow B. Optimizing Bronchodilator Therapy in Emphysema. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2008;5:501-505. Toyohara JP, Ward KM, Rabinowitz AD, Thomashow BM, Grossman ME. Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis with Skin and Pulmonary Involvement. Cutis 2007;80:313316. Chatila WM, Thomashow BM, Minai OA, Criner GJ, Make BJ. Comorbidities in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2008;5:549-555. PAGE TEN Byron Thomashow PUBLICATIONS: Snyder ML, Goss CH, Neraddilek B, PolissarNL, Mosenifar Z, wise RA et al for the National Emphysema Research Group: Changes in arterial oxygenation and self-reported oxygen use after lung volume reduction surgery. Am J Respir Crit Care Med; 178:339-345, 2008 Martinez FJ, Han Mk, Andrei AC, Wise R, Murray S, Curtis JL, et al for the National emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Longitudinal change in BODE index predicts mortality in severe emphysema. Am J Respir Crit care Med; 178:491-499, 2008. Drummond MB, Blackford AL, Benditt JO, Make BJ, Sciurba FC, McCormack MC, Martinez FJ, Fessler HE, Fishman AL Wise RA for NETT Investigators: Continuous oxygen in nonhypoxemic emphysema patients identifies a high-risk subset of patients. Chest; 134:497-506, 2008 Fan VS, Giardano ND, Blough DK, Kaplan RM, Ramsey SC and the NETT Research Group: Costs of pulmonary rehabilitation and predictors of adherence in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. COPD:Journal Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; 5:105-116, 2008. Wasko GR, Fan VS, Ramsey SD, Mohsenifar Z, Martinez F, Make BJ for the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: The effect of lung volume reduction surgery on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med; 177:164-169, 2008. Washko GR, Criner GJ, Mohsenifar Z, Sciurba FC, Sharafkhaneh A, Make BJ, Hoffman Ea, Reilly JJ for the NETT Research Group: Computed tomographic-based quantification of emphysema and correlation to pulmonary function and mechanics. COPD-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 5:177-186, 2008. Barr RG, Celli BR, Mannino DM, Petty T, Rennard SI, Sciurba FS, Stoller JK, Thomashow BM, Turino GW: Comorbidities in a National Sample of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. AM J Med; 122:348-355, 2009 Benzo R, Farrell MH, Chang CC, Martinez FJ, Kaplan R, reilly J, Criner G, Wise R, Make B, Luketich J, Fishman AP, Sciurba FC for NETT Research Group. Integrating Health Status and survival Data. The Palliative Effect Of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. Am J Respir Crit care Med 180:239-246, 2009. Criner GJ, Belt BS, Sternberg AL, Mosenifar Z, Make BJ, Utz JP, Sciurba FC for NETT Research Group. Effects of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery on Gas Exchange and Breathing pattern During Maximum exercise. CHEST 135:1268-1279, 2009. Toonkel R, Horn E, Pierson G, Borchuk A, Thomashow B: Sarcoidosis Associated Fibrosing Mediastinitis with Resultant Pulmonary Hypertension: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Respiration 79(4)341-345, 2010. Page ELEVEN Byron Thomashow PUBLICATIONS: Blough impact on the Health DK, Ramsey S, Sullivan SD, Yusen R, for the NETT Research Group: The of using different imputation methods for missing quality of life scores estimation of the cost-effectiveness of lung volume reduction surgery. Economics; 18:91-101, 2009. Yip NH, Yuen G, Lazar EL, Regan BK, Brinson M, Taylor B, George L, Karbowitz SR, Stumacher R, Schluger NW, Thomashow BM: Analysis of Hospitalizations for COPD Exacerbations: opportunities for Improving Care. COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; 7, No 2, 85-92, 2010. Kim WJ, Silverman EK, Hoffman E, Criner G, Mosenifar Z, Sciurba FC, Make BJ, Carey V, Estepar RS, Diaz A, Reilly JJ, Martinez FJ, Wasko GR and the NETT Reearch Group. CT Metrics of Airway Disease and Emphysema in severe COPD. CHEST 2009;136:396-404. Salinas G, Wlliamson J, Kalhan R, Thomashow B, Scheckermann J, Walsh Jm Abdolrasulnia M, Foster J. Barriers to Adherence to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease Guidelines by Primary Care Physicians. International Journal of COPD 2011:6 171-179. Layton A, Garber C, Thomashow B, Gerardo R, Emmert-Aronson B, Armstrong H, Basner R, Jellen P, Bartels M. Exercise ventilator kinematics in endurance trained and untrained men and women. Repiraory Physiology and Neurobiology 2011. Doi;10.1015/ jresp.2011.06.009. Yawn B, Thomashow B. Management of Patients During and After Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Role of Primary Care Physicians. International Journal of General Medicine 2011:4;665-676. Shenkman M, Thomashow B, Walsh j. Estate Planning Ideas for Clients with Pulmonary DiseaseCOPD. Journal of Estate Planning. 2011;38:12;22-29. Nelson SB, LaVange LM, Nie Y, Walsh JW, Enright PL, Martinez FJ, Mannino DM, Thomashow BM. Questionnaires and pocket spirometers provide an alternative approach for COPD screening in the general population. CHEST. 2012; 142(2): 358-66. Ginsberg M, Thomashow B, Yip C, DiMango A, Maxfield R, Bartels M, Jellen P, Bulman W, Lederer D, Brogan F. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Using the NETT Selection Criteria. Ann Thorac Surg 2011;91:1556-1561. Lederer D, Bartels M, Schluger N, Brogan F, Jellen P, Thomashow B, Kawut S. Sildenafil for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Crossover Trial COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2012; 9:268-275. Page TWELVE Byron Thomashow Publications: Weingarten, J.A., D.J. Lederer, E. Ozturk, F. Milite, A.M. Mooney, B. Thomashow, and R.C. Basner. A comparison of single breath and re-breathe diffusing capacity in emphysema patients and controls. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 183;15-19, 2012. Armstrong H, Gonzalez-Costello J, Ulrich P, Ginsburg M, Layton A, Thomashow B, Bartels M. The Effect of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery on Chronotropic Incompetence. Respiratory Medicine DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.06.011. Layton A, Moran S, garber C, Armstrong H, Basner R, Thomashow B, Bartels M. Optoelectronic plethysmography compared to spirometry during maximal exercise. Respiratory Physiology Neurobiology 2012 in press Thirapatatarapomg W, Armstring HF, Thomashow BM, Bartels MN. Differences in gas exchange between severities of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 2013; 186:81-86. Rennard S, Thomashow B, Crapo J, Yawn B, McIvior A, Cerreta S, Walsh J, Mannino D. Introducing the COPD Foundation Guide for Diagnosis and Management of COPD, Recommendations of the COPD Foundation. JCOPD June 2013, Vol. 10, No. 3 , Pages 378-389 (doi:10.3109/15412555.2013.801309) Abrams D, Brenner K, Burkart K, Agerstrand C, Thomashow B, Bacchetta M, Brodie D. Pilot study of extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal to facilitate extubation and ambulation in COPD exacerbations. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2013;10(4). Prieto-Centurion V, Markos MA, Ramey NI, Gussin HA, Nyenhuis S, Joo MJ, Prasad B, Bracken N, DiDomenico R, Godwin P, Jaffe HA, Kalhan R, Pickard AS, Pittendrigh B, Schatz B, Sullivan JL, Thomashow BM, Williams MV, Krishnan JA. Interventions to reduce rehospitalizations following COPD exacerbations: a systematic review. Annals Am Thorac Soc; 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201308-254OC Thomashow B, Walsh J, Malanga E. the COPD Foundation: Celebrating a Decade of Progress and Looking ahead to a Cure . J COPD F. 2014;1(1):4-16.doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.1.1.2014.0122. Thomashow B, Crapo J, Yawn B, McIvor A, Cerreta S, Walsh J, Mannino D, Rennard S. The COPD Foundation Pocket Consultant Guide. J COPD F. 2014; 1(1):83-87.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.1.1.2014.0124. Putcha N, Han MK, Martinez CH, Foreman MG, Anzueto AR, Casaburi R, Cho MH, Hanania NA, Hersh CP, Kinney GL, Make BJ, Steiner RM, Lutz SM, Thomashow BM, Willians AA, Bhatt SP, Beaty TH, Bowler RP, Ransdell HW, Curtis JL, Everett D, Hokanson JE, Lynch DA, Sutherland ER, Silverman EK, Crapo JD, Wise RA, Regan EA, Hansel NN, and the COPDGene Investigators Comorbidities of COPD have a major impact on clinical outcomes, particularly in AfricanAmericans. J COPD F. 2014 1(1):105-114.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.1.1.2014.0112. Armstrong HF, Dussault NE, Thirapatarapon W, Lemieux RS, Thomashow BM, Bartels, MN. Ventilatory efficiency before and after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. Respiratory Care. 2015; 60:1: 64-71 Page THIRTEEN Byron Thomashow PUBLICATIONS: Aimee M. Layton, James Whitworth, James Peacock, Matthew N. Bartels, Patricia A. Jellen, and Byron M. Thomashow. Feasibility and Acceptability of Utilizing a Smartphone Based Application to Monitor Outpatient Discharge Instruction Compliance in Cardiac Disease Patients around Discharge from Hospitalization. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications; Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 415868. Jerry A. Krishnan, MD, PhD; Helene A. Gussin, PhD; Valentin Prieto-Centurion, MD; Jamie L. Sullivan, MPH; FarhanZaidi, MD; Byron M.Thomashow, MD. National COPD Readmissions Summit: Integrating COPD into PatientCenteredHospital Readmissions Reduction Programs. JCOPDF 2015; 2 (1)70-80. Aimee M. Layton, PhD; Hilary F. Armstrong, MA; Sienna L. Moran, MD; Jordan A. Guenette, PhD; Byron M. Thomashow, MD; Patricia A. Jellen, RN; Matthew N. Bartels, MD; A. William Sheel, PhD; Robert C. Basner, MD Quantification of Improvements in Static and Dynamic Ventilatory Measures Following Lung Volume Reductiomn Surgery for Severe COPD. JCOPDF 2015;2(1) 61-69. Mannino, D, Thomashow B. Reducing COPD Readmissions: Great Promise but Big Problems. Editorial CHEST May 2015 Han MK, Steenrod AW, Bacci ED, et al for the High-Risk-COPD Screening Study Group. Identifying patients with undiagnosed COPD in primary care settings: Insight from screening tools and epidemiologic studies. J COPD F. 2015; 2(2): 103-121. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.2.2.2014.0152 Page FOURTEEN Byron Thomashow ABSTRACTS: PNEUMECTOMY FOR SEVERE PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA: QUANTITATIVE CT ASSESSMENT OF CHANGES IN LUNG VOLUMES AND SEVERITY OF EMPHYSEMA. MD Becker, YM Berkmen, IK Mun, A Rozenshtein, BM Romney, B Thomashow, C Yip, J. Edsall, JHM Austin, ME Ginsburg. Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY. 1996 EXTENT OF PERFUSION ABNORMALITY ON V/Q SCAN IN ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLI DETERMINES PRESENCE OF PATENT FORAMEN OVALE RL Miller, S Das, T Anandarangam, D Leibowitz, B Thomashow, MT Savoi, PO Alderson and S Homma, Depts. of Medicine and Radiology, Columbia University, NYC, NY. 1996 RIGHT VENTRICULAR ENLARGEMENT PERSISTS IN ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLI DESPITE CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT RL Miller, T Anandarangam, S Das, D Leibowitz, B Thomashow, MT Savoi, PO Alderson and S Homma, Depts. of Medicine and Radiology, Columbia University, NYC, NY. 1996 PRE-OPERATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED EMPHYSEMATOUS LUNG DISEASE WITH VENTILATION-PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY. S Das, B Thomashow, M Ginsburg, RA Fawwaz, RL Van Heertum and PO Alderson. Depts. of Radiology, Medicine and Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia University, New York City, NY. 1997 CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PATENT FORAMEN OVALE IN PATIENTS WITH SCINTIGRAPHICALLY EXTENSIVE ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLIC DISEASE. D Leibowitz, K Suga, B Thomashow, S Homma and PO Alderson. Depts. Of Radiology and Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia University, NY, NY. 1997 ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT IN VOLUME REDUCTION PNEUMECTOMY FOR SEVERE EMPHYSEMA. M Argenziano, N Moazami, AM DiMango, B Thomashow, J Edsall, C Yip, KM Prager, PA Jellen, LA Gorenstein, KM Steinglass, ME Ginsburg and ES Delphin. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Depts. of Medicine, Surgery and Anesthesiology, New York, NY 1997 SPIROMETRY AND EXERCISE TOLERANCE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED IN PATIENTS WHO UNDERGO VOLUME REDUCTION PNEUMECTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADVANCED EMPHYSEMA. AM DiMango, PF Simonelli, M Argenziano, LA Gorenstein, K Steinglass, ME Ginsburg, C Yip, KM Prager, B. Thomashow, J Edsall. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Depts. of Medicine & Surgery, NY, NY 1996 VOLUME REDUCTION Pneumectomy IS NOT CONTRAINDICATED IN EMPHYSEMA WITH SEVERE HYPERCAPNIA. M Argenziano, N Moazami, AM DiMango, JJ DeRose, B Thomashow, KM Prager, J Edsall, PA Jellen, L Gorenstein, KM Steinglass, ME Ginsburg. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Divisions of Medicine and Surgery, New York, NY 1997 VOLUME REDUCTION PNEUMECTOMY ALLOWS RESECTION of THORACIC TUMORS IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE EMPHYSEMA Rose,Jr. , M Argenziano, N EI-Amir, N Thomashow, J Edsall, C Yip, KM r, PA Gorenstein, KM Steinglass and ME Ginsburg. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Divisions of Medicine & Surgery, New York, NY 1997 Page FIFTEEN Byron Thomashow ABSTRACTS: EXTENDED INDICATIONS FOR VOLUME REDUCTION PNEUMECTOMY IN ADVANCED EMPHYSEMA. M Argenziano, N Moazami, AM DiMango, JJ DeRose, B Thomashow, C Yip, KM Prager, J Edsall, PA Jellen, L Gorenstein, KM Steinglass, ME Ginsburg. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Divisions of Medicine & Surgery, New York, NY 1996 LUNG SCINTIGRAPHIC PATTERNS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE AWAITING LUNG REDUCTION SURGERY P. Lang, B. Thomashow, J. Massler, M.E. Ginsburg, RA Fawwaz, R.L. Van Heertum, PO Alderson. Columbia University, New York, NY Society of Nuclear Medicine 44th Annual Meeting 1997 SERIAL FOLLOW UP IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY. SM Scharf, M. Ginsburg, B. Thomashow, P. Jellen. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Cardiothoracic Surgery Divisions, Long Island Jewish and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centers, New Hyde Park and New York, N.Y. Am J Resp Crit Med 155:4: A 607 LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION AND SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE RESECTIONAL SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED EMPHYSEMA: POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY MAY IMPROVE PATIENT SELECTION. PF Simonelli, B. Thomashow, C. Yip, A. Dimango, A Lignelli, N. Fawwaz, P. Van Heertum, P.A. Jellen, JJ DeRose, M. Argenziano and M.E. Ginsburg. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Depts. of Medicine, Radiology, Surgery, N.Y. , N.Y. Resp Crit Care Med 155:4:A 606 LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY FOR ADVANCED EMPHYSEMA: Effective Palliation of Dyspnea and Superior Survival when compared to Medical Management Argenziano M, Thomashow B, Jellen PA, Rose E, Gorenstein LA, Steinglass K, Ginsburg ME NY Society for Thoracic Surgery 11/1997 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 4/1998 Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Improves the BODE Index. Ledere DJ, Jellen PA, Sonett JS, Austin JH, Brogan FL, Ginsburg ME, Thomashow BM for New York Presbyterian Hospital LVRS Program. CHEST 2005; 128:4:177S-178S. Altered Cytokine Levels in the Lung Lavage of Patients with rapidly Progressice COPD. Foronjy RF, grunig G, ghio A, Barr RG, Turino G, Thomashow BM, Sharma S, connett JE, Schluger N, d'Armiento JM. columbia University Medical Center, New Yoek, NY. Environmental Protection Agency, Chapel Hill, NC; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2006;3:A132. Pre-operative exercise Capacity predicts Improved BODE index One year after Lung Volume reduction Surgery (LVRS). Ledere DJ, Snoett JR, JellenPA, Bartels MN, Yip CK, DiMango AM, Maxfield RA, Austin JHM, Brogan FL, Simonelli PF, Ginsburg ME, Thomashow BM. Columbia University, New York, NY. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2006;3:A851. Page SIXTEEN Byron Thomashow ABSTRACTS: Characteristics of Patients with Recurrent COPD Admissions: Missed Opportunities for Intervention. Yuen G, Lazaer E, Regan B, Brinson M, Lee I, George L, Karbowitz S, Stumacher R, Schluger N, Thomashow B. New YorkPresbyterian Healthcare System/ Columbia university, New York, NY.Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007; 175:A134. Management of Patients Hospitalized for COPD Exacerbation. Yuen G, Lazaer E, Regan B, Brinson M, Lee I, George L, Karbowitz S, Stumacher R, Schluger N, Thomashow B. New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System/ Columbia university, New York, NY.Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007; 175:A134. Presence and Impact of Comorbid Illness in Patients Hospitalized for COPD Exacerbation. Yuen G, Lazaer E, Regan B, Brinson M, Lee I, George L, Karbowitz S, Stumacher R, Schluger N, Thomashow B. New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System/ Columbia U University, New York, NY.Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007; 175:A136. Dobutamine-Radionuclide Stress Testing in Advanced Emphysema. Zoz DF, Fessler He, rittinger M, Minai OA, Thomashow BM, Diaz PT. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; Columbia University, New York, NY. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007; 175: A515. CT Angiography for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: Analysis of Outcomes as a Step to Improving Utilization. Bulman WA, Pearson G, Simonelli PF, Thomashow BM. Columbia University, New York, NY. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007; 175: A894. Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for COPD Exacerbation. Yuen G, Taylor B, Regan B, Lazar E, Brinson M, George l, Karbowitz S, Stumacher R, Schluger N, Thomashow B. NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System/ Columbia University, New York, NY. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2008; 177: A132. Attitudes of Primary Care Physicians Regarding COPD Guidelines. Salinas G, Williamson C, Kalhan R, Scheckerman J, Walsh J, Abdolrasulnia M, Foster J. AmJRespirCritCareMed 179;2009:A5196 Durability of Benefit of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery: 3 and 4 Year Follow-up after NETT. Bulman W, JellenP, Brogan F, Ginsburg M, Thomashow B. Columbia University New York. AmJRespirCritCareMed 179;2009:A4389 Comparison of the Management of Patients Hospitalized for COPD Exacerbations in Urban vs. Community Hospitals. Yip N, Taylor B, Brinson M, Lazar E, GeorgeL, Stumacher R, NelamudM, Hurewitz A, Sachs P, Schluger N, Thomashow B. New YorkPresbyterain Healthcare System. AmJRespirCritCareMed 179;2009:A2926 Racial Differences in Smoking Intensity in the Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene Study). Foreman M, Zhang L, Murphy J, DeMeoL, DransfieldM, WestneyG, Thomashow B, Make B. for the COPDGene Investigators. AmJRespirCritCareMed 179;2009:A3761 Page SEVENTEEN Byron Thomashow Abstracts: Association between Comorbidity on Readmission and Discharge to Skilled Nursing Facilities in Patients Hospitalized for COPD Exacerbation. Yip N, Taylor B, Brinson M, Lazar E, GeorgeL, Stumacher R, NelamudM, Hurewitz A, Sachs P, Schluger N, Thomashow B. New York-Presbyterain Healthcare System. AmJRespirCritCareMed 179;2009:A1458. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Using the NETT Selection Criteria. Ginsburg M, Gorenstein LA, Sonett JR, Yip C, DiMango A, Maxfield RA, Bulman WA, Lederer DL, Bartles M, Austin JH, Jellen PA, Brogan FL., Thomashow B. STS 2010. NewYork-Presbyterian Tobacco Cessation Initiative; Baseline Knowledge, Attitudes and Opinions Survey. Alber DA, Nierenberg H, Shelly D, Covey L, Brinson M, thomas F, Fleck E, Modell E, Wideles J, Thomashow B.SRNT 2010. The bronchiectasis research registry: Clinical, Microbiologic, and treatment Characteristics. O'Connell,ML, Prevots D, Olivier KN, LaVange L, Thomashow B, Knowles MR, Daley CL, Aksamit TR, O'Donell A, Bethesda Md, Chaspill Hill NC, New York, Rochester,NY, Denver Co, washington DCV AmJRespirCritCareMed; 181; 2010,A3172. The Bronchiectasis research Registry: A Resource for Collaborative Research in Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis. Stewart D, LaVange L, Thomashow B, olivier KN, Knowles MT, Daley CL, Barker A, Aksamit T, O'Donnell A, Chapel Hill NC, Bethesda Md, New York NY, Denver Co, Portland Or, Rochester Mn, Washington DC AmJRespirCritCareMed;181;2010 A3173. Adaptations in Chest wall Kinematics during Maximum exercise in elite Cyclists and Triathletes by Optoelectronic Plethysmography. Layton AM, Thomashow B, Jellen PA, Gerardo R, DeMeersman RE, Ozturk E, Emmert-Aronson B, Bartels M, New York NY, Boston Ma AmJRespirCritCareMed 181, 2010;1241. A Tiered, Economical Approach for COPD Case-Finding in The General Population/ Nelson SB, Thomashow BM, Enright P, Mannino D, Nemekoff EK, Irving TX, Kansas City MO, New York NY, Tucson AZ, Lexington KY. AmJRespirCritCareMed 181;2010;A5949. Improved Outcomes After Lung Volume Reduction After NETT/ Robbins HY, Bulman WA, Jellen PA, Brogan FL, Ginsburg ME, Sonett J, Thomashow B, New York NY, AmJRespirCritCareMed 181;2010:A5417. Improved inexpensive COPD case-finding using hierarchical approach reducing unnecessary testing Nelson SB, Thomashow BM, Enright PL, Mannino D. Irving TX, New York NY, Tucson AZ, Lexington KY. IPCRGS June 2010 Screening spirometry is too expensive and inaccurate for detecting COPD in the general public. nelson S, Thomashow B, Enright P, Mannino D. Ireving TX, New York, NY, Tucson AZ, Lexington KY. ERS P2814. 2010. The Bronchiectasis Research Registry: Clinical, microbiologic, and treatment characteristics. O"Donnell A, Prevots DR, Olivier K, Lavange L, Thomashow B, Knowles M, Daley C, Aksamit T, Washington, Bethesda, Chapel Hill, New York, denver, Rochester, USA. ERS P4034. 2010. Page EIGHTEEN Byron Thomashow ABSTRACTS: Prevalence Of Individual And Multiple Antibiotic Resistance Among Persons With Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis And Pseudomonas AerugINOSa Infection C. A. Czaja, D Stewart, A Levin, B Thomashow, T Aksamit, L. LaVange, AE O’Donnell, MRKnowles, J R. Murphy, and CL Daley Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., May 2011; 183: A4872. Prevalence And Clinical Significance Of Mucoid Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection In Adults With Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis - Results From The Bronchiectasis Research Registry Christopher A. Czaja, Dawn Stewart, Adrah Levin, Timothy R. Aksamit, Lisa LaVange, Anne E. O'Donnell, Michael R. Knowles, Byron Thomashow, Charles L. Daley, and . Bronchiectasis Reseach Consortium Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., May 2011; 183: A4873. Does lung volume reduction surgery improve chronotropic incompetence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients? H. Armstrong, M. Bartels, B. Thomashow (New York, United States of America) ERS 2011 Sildenafil for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized crossover trial. D. Lederer, M. Bartels, N. Schluger, F. Brogan, P. Jellen, B. Thomashow, S. Kawut (New York, Philadelphia, United States of America) 4866 ERS 2011 Sex differences in ventilator mechanics of emphysema patients. A Layton, S Moran, B Thomashow, R Basner, C Garber, P Jellen, M Bartel ; COPD7 International Conference December 2011 Non-invasive assessment of ventilator mechanics before and after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery; a case study. S moran, A Layton, R Basner, B Thomashow, P Jellen, M Bartel. COPD7 International Conference December 2011. Implementation of a discharge buindle to lower COPD readmissions, Yip N, Brinson M, Taylr B, Regan B, Lazar E, Thomashow B; ATS International Conference May 2012 Emphysema And Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): A Comparison Of Abnormal Ventilatory Mechanics And Predictors A.M. Layton, MA, MPhil1, S.L. Moran, MD1, M.N. Bartels, MD2, P. Jellen, RN1, B.M. Thomashow, MD1, C.E. Garber, PhD1, J. Hupf, BA1, H. Mitsumoto, MD1, R.C. Basner, MD1 1 New York, NY/US, 2New York Am J Respir Crit Care Med, May 2013; A1951 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalizations In 2010: Barriers To Prescription Of Maintenance Medications At Discharge C.P. Aaron, MD, N.H. Yip, MD, M.D. Brinson, MPH, RD, E. Lazar, MD, B. Regan, Ph. D., L. George, MD, M.S. Melamed, MD, M. Daley, RN, MPH, B.M. Thomashow, MD New York, NY/US Am J Respir Crit Care Med, May 2013 A4385 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalizations In 2010: Factors Associated With Readmission C.P. Aaron, MD, N.H. Yip, MD, M.D. Brinson, MPH, RD, E. Lazar, MD, B. Regan, Ph. D., M. Daley, RN, MPH, B.M. Thomashow, MD New York, NY/US, Am J Respir Crit Care Med May 2013 A4384 Comorbid Diseases In COPD Impacts Exercise Capacity, Quality Of Life And Dyspnea N. Putcha, MD, MHS1, N. Hansel, MD, MPH1, C.H. Martinez, MD, MS, MPH2, M.K. Han, MD, MS2, A.E. Williams, PhD3, C.P. Hersh, MD, MPH4, R.A. Wise, MD1, B.M. Thomashow, MD5, N.A. Hanania, MD, MS6, R. Casaburi, PhD,MD7, G.L. Kinney, MPH, PhD8, Y.-I. Kim, MD9, G.R. Washko, MD4, R.M. Steiner, md10, A. Anzueto, MD11, M.H. Cho, MD, MPH12, B.J. Make, MD9, J. Crapo, MD9, E.K. Silverman, MD, PhD4, E.A. Regan, MD, PhD9 1Baltimore, MD/US, 2Ann Arbor, MI/US, 3London/UK, 4Boston, MA/US, 5New York City, NY/US, 6Houston, TX/US, 7Torrance, CA/US, 8Aurora/US, 9Denver, CO/US, 10Philadelphia, PA/US, 11San Antonio, TX/US, 12Boston/US COPDGene Investigators Am J Respir Crit Care Med May 2013 A5697 Page NINETEEN Byron Thomashow ABSTRACTS: A Systematic Review Of Interventions To Reduce Readmissions Following COPD ExacerbationsV. Prieto-Centurion, MD1, R. DiDomenico, PharmD2, P. Godwin, MD2, N. Grude-Bracken, MSN, ACNP-BC2, H. Gussin, PhD2, H.A. Jaffe, MD2, M.J. Joo, MD2, M.A. Markos, MD2, S.M. Nyenhuis, MD1, A.S. Pickard, PhD2, B. Pittendrigh, PhD3, N.I. Ramey, MD2, B. Schatz, PhD3, J. Sullivan, MPH4, B. Thomashow, MD5, M.V. Williams, MD2, J.A. Krishnan, MD, PhD1 1 Chicago, IL/US, 2Chicago/US, 3Urbana/US, 4Washington/US, 5New York/US, Am J Respir Crit care Med, May 2013 A2340. The Respiratory Microbiology Of Patients With Nontuberculous Mycobacteria From The United States Bronchiectasis Research RegistryK.L. Winthrop, MD, MPH1, T.R. Aksamit, MD2, K.N. Olivier, MD, MPH3, C. Czaja, MD4, M.L. Metersky, MD5, A.E. O'Donnell, MD6, B. Thomashow, MD7, M.R. Knowles, MD8, A.F. Barker, MD1, G. Tino, MD9, E. Eden, MD7, M. Salathe, MD10, D.E. Schraufnagel, MD11, M. Johnson, MD12, J. Leventhal, MD12, D.E. Griffith, MD13, A. Marquis, MS8, C.L. Daley, MD4 1Portland, OR/US, 2 Rochester, NY/US, 3Bethesda, MD/US, 4Denver, CO/US, 5Farmington, CT/US, 6Washington, Dc/US, 7New York, NY/US, 8Chapel Hill, NC/US, 9Philadelphia, PA/US, 10Miami, FL/US, 11Chicago, IL/US, 12Jacksonville, FL/US, 13Tyler/AF for the Bronchiectasis Research Registry Am J Respir Crit Care Med May 2013 A4541 Staphylococcus Aureus In Patients With Non-CF Bronchiectasis: Results From The Bronchiectasis Research Registry M.L. Metersky, MD1, A.E. O'Donnell, MD2, C.L. Daley, MD3, C. Czaja, MD4, T.R. Aksamit, MD5, B.Thomashow, MD6, M.R. Knowles, MD7, D.E. Griffith, MD8, K.N. Olivier, MD, MPH9, A.F. Barker, MD10, K.L. Winthrop, MD, MPH10, G. Tino, MD11, E. Eden, MD12, M. Salathe, MD13, D.E. Schraufnagel, MD14, M. Johnson, md15, J. Leventhal, md15 1Farmington, CT/US, 2Washington, DC/US, 3 Denver, CO/US, 4Denver/US, 5Rochester, NY/US, 6New York, NY/US, 7Chapel Hill, NC/US, 8Tyler, TX/US, 9 Bethesda, MD/US, 10Portland, OR/US, 11Philadelphia, PA/US, 12New York/US, 13Miami, FL/US, 14Chicago, IL/US, 15Jacksonville, FL/US United States Bronchiectasis Registry Investigators Am J Respir Crit Care Med May 2013 A3514 Aaron C Yip N, Brinson M, Lazar E , Regan B, Daley M and Thomashow B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalizations in 2010: Factors Associated with Readmission. COPD8USA June 2013 Aaron, C, Yip N, Brinson M, Lazar E, George L, Melamed M, Daley M and Thomashow B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalizations in 2010: barriers to Prescription of Maintenance Medications at Discharge. COPD8USA June 2013 McGrady T, Mannino D, Malanga E, Thomashow B, Walsh J. Characteristics of COPD patient report alpha1 antitrypsin decficiency in the lung health check database. Chest Oct 2013 Layton AM, Moran SL, Bartels MN, Thomashow BM, Jellen PA, Gibbs M, Glover S, Basner RC. Quantification of Improvements in static and dynamic Ventilatory Measures Following Lung volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS) for Severe COPD. ATS May 2014 A2435 Leidy NK, Murray L, Steenrod A, Kim K, Clifford S, Houfrk JF, Mannino DM, Thomashow B, Rennard SI, Make BJ, yawn B, Han MK, Martinez FJ. Can we find underdiagnosed high –risk patients with COPD in primary care? Qualitative results of a multi-method study to develop a new screening tool. ATS May 2014A2960. Page TWENTY Byron Thomashow ABSTRACTS: Leidy NK, Murray L, Steenrod A, Kim K, Clifford S, Houfrk JF, Mannino DM, Thomashow B, Rennard SI, Make BJ, yawn B, Han MK, Martinez FJ. Can we find underdiagnosed high –risk patients with COPD in primary care? Using random forests to identify best variable sets for COPD case identification. ATS May 2014. A2961. Rennard S, Thomashow B, Crapo J, Yawn B, McIvor A, CerretaS, walsh J, Mannino D. Introducing the COPD foundation Guide for Diagnosis and Management of COPD, recommendations of the COPD Foundation. COPD9 June 2014 Aaron C, Yip N, Brinson M, Regan B, George L, Melamed M, Sachs P, Daley M, Thomashow B. Comparting Quality Neasures During Hospitalizations for COPSD in 2005-6 and 2010. ERS. Sept 2014 Safety, Efficacy, and Durability of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery: A 10-Year Experience. Mark E. Ginsburg, MD, Byron M. Thomashow, MD, William M. Bulman, MD, Patricia A. Jellen, MSN, Beth A. Whippo, MSN, Cody Chiuzan, PhD, Dan Bai, MS, Joshua Sonett, MD. Presentation at the 95th AATS Annual Meeting. April 25-29, 2015. Seattle, WA, during the General Thoracic Surgery Simultaneous Scientific Session Martinez FJ, Mannino DM, Leidy NK, Bacci E, Barr RG, Bowler RP, Han MK, Houfek JF, Make BJ, Malley KG, Meldrum CA, Rennard SJ, Thomashow B, Walsh JW, Yawn B. A New Approach for Identifying Patients with Undiagnosed Clinically Significant COPD in Primary Care. ATS May 2015 A6311 Ginsburg M, Yang JA, Thomashow B, Bulman WA, Jellen P, Whippo B, Sonett JR. Surgical Risk and Functional Outcomes 6-Months Post Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. ATS May 2015 A1149 Bulman WA, Ginsburg ME, Sonnet J, Yip C, Maxfield R, Jellen P, Whippo B, Thomashow B. Effect of Prolonged Air Leak on Outcomes Following Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. ATS May 2015 A1150 DBardino DM, Ginsburg ME, Whippo B, Jellen PA, Thomashow B, Maxfield R, Bulman WA. Long Term Outcomes in the Post-National Emphysema Treatment Trial Era: Surgical vs Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction. ATS May 2015 A1151. Ferguson GT, Beck B, Clerisme-Beaty E, Liu D, Thomashow BM, Wise Ra, ZuWallack RL, Make BJ, Livonia MI. Difficulties of Enrolling Patients with an Acute Exacerbation of COPD into a Hospitalization Discharge Study. ATS May 2015 A2826 WA Quezada, MD, BA Whippo, MSN, PA Jellen, MSN, F Martinez, MD, NK Leidy, PhD, K Kim, MPH, D Mannino, MD, BM Thomashow, MD, Development of a New COPD Case-Finding Method for Use in Spanish-Speaking Patients: Challenges and Future Directions for the High-Risk-COPD Screening Study Group. COPD9 USA 2015 Martinez FJ, Mannino DM, Leidy NK, Bacci E, Barr RG, Bowler RP, Han MK, Houfek JF, Make BJ, Malley KG, Meldrum CA, Rennard SJ, Thomashow B, Walsh JW, Yawn B. A New Approach for Identifying Patients with Undiagnosed Clinically Significant COPD in Primary Care. COPD9USA 2015 WA Bulman, ME Ginsburg, J Sonett, C Yip, R Maxfield, PA Jellen, BA Whippo, BM Thomashow Effect of Prolonged Postoperative Air Leak on Outcomes Following Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. COPD9USA 2015 Page TWENTY-ONE Byron Thomashow Abstracts DBardino DM, Ginsburg ME, Whippo B, Jellen PA, Thomashow B, Maxfield R, Bulman WA. Long Term Outcomes in the Post-National Emphysema Treatment Trial Era: Surgical vs Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction. COPD9USA 2015 Lecturer: Medical Housestaff Emergency Medical Course CPMC: Pulmonary Emergencies – yearly 1981-1998 Medical Housestaff Pulmonary Board Review CPMC – yearly 1980-1990 Pulmonary Disease Review Course in Internal Medicine Dept of Medicine of College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University- 1980 to 1998 Interstitial Lung Disease -NY Trudeau Society Course Pulmonary Disease 1982 Columbia Presbyterian Dept. of Medicine Grand Rounds Pulmonary Burns -1980 Lymphangiomyomatosis- 1982 Interstitial Lung Disease -1983 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis -1985 Smoke inhalation -1986 Honeycomb Lung -1987 Perioperative Pulmonary Evaluation –1988 Pulmonary complications of Pregnancy -1990 Pulmonary Thromboembolic Disease -1992 Pulmonary Burns in Peace and war -1994 Emphysema 1995 -The surgical Option Emphysema 1999 -Lung Volume Reduction Surgery and The National Emphysema Treatment Trial Emphysema 2004-LVRS-“Back to the Future” COPD 2005-The National COPD Needs Assessment Survey Columbia Presbyterian Dept. of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds Invasive Pulmonary Evaluation in Immunocompromised Hosts- 1982 Preoperative Medical Evaluation 1984 Preoperative Medical Evaluation 1986 Roosevelt Hospital Dept. of Medicine Grand Rounds Gout 1978 Preoperative Medical Evaluation 1986 Pulmonary Complications in Pregnancy 1991 Roosevelt Hospital Pulmonary Rounds –Emphysema 1996 Roosevelt Hospital Dept. of Medicine Teaching Series: Operative Pulmonary Evaluation 1987, 1988 Harlem Hospital Medical Center -Dept. Medicine Grand Rounds Preoperative Medical Evaluation 1984 Page TWENTY-TWO Byron Thomashow Lecturer: Pulmonary Thromboembolic Disease 1993 LVRS and the NETT –1999 COPD 2004- The Future is Here 6/1/04 Johns Hopkins University Lecture Series American College of Physicians Board Review Course NYC- Pulmonary Disease1986-1992 American College of Physicians MKSAP course NYC- Pulmonary Disease 1990 Englewood Hospital Grand Rounds: Perioperative Pulmonary Evaluation 1988 Columbia Presbyterian Dept Pediatrics Pulmonary Rounds- Interstitial Disease 1994 Allen Pavilion Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Grand Rounds: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery and The National Emphysema Treatment Trial 1999 Turkish American Physicians National Meeting: Pulmonary Thromboembolic Disease1994 New York Lung Club -Lung Volume Reduction Surgery: Early experiences and long range hopes. 2/97 “NEW FRONTIERS IN THORACIC SURGERY” CPMC Medical Management of Patients with endstage lung disease 1997 Pulmonary Grand Rounds -St. Lukes-Roosevelt 1998 “Emphysema- the NETT Study” Pulmonary Grand Rounds -Beth Israel- Medical Center- Emphysema 1999- 12/98 Medical Grand Rounds -NYU Downtown- Emphysema 1999- 2/1999 Medical Grand Rounds -Horton Hospital- Emphysema 1999- 5/1999 Medical Grand Rounds -Brooklyn Hospital Medical CENTER- Emphysema 1999- 5/1999 New York State Thoracic Society 1999 Annual Scientific Assembly 1/1999-Emphysema 1999 Medical Society of Upstate New York Annual Scientific Assembly 3/1999 Emphysema Advances in Pulmonary Medicine CPMC lst Annual Conference Surgery 1999- Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Advances in Pulmonary Medicine CPMC 2nd Annual Conference 2000- COPD Advances in Pulmonary Medicine CPMC 3rd Annual Conference 2001- Progress in the Treatment of Advanced Lung Disease Advances in Pulmonary Medicine CPMC 4th Annual Conference 2002- Progress in the Treatment of Advanced Lung Disease Advances in Pulmonary Medicine CPMC 5th Annual Conference 2003- Progress in the Treatment of Advanced Lung Disease Advances in Pulmonary Medicine CPMC 6th Annual Conference 2004-Progress in the Treatment of Advanced Lung Disease Advances in Pulmonary Medicine CPMC 7th Annual Conference 2005-Progress in the Treatment of Advanced Lung Disease Page TWENTY-THREE Byron Thomashow LecturerAdvances in Pulmonary Medicine CPMC 8th Annual Conference 2006-Progress in the Treatment of Advanced Lung Disease Montefiore Medical Center Grand Rounds 2001- Progress in the Treatment of Advanced Lung Disease American Institute Emphysema/COPD Program-Lung Volume Reduction Surgery and the NETT. Fall 1999 NYC American Institute Emphysema/COPD Program- COPD: A Worldwide Problem. Fall 2000 NYC American Institute Emphysema/COPD Program- Grass Routes Oriented Physician Pulmonology. Norwalk Conn. 5/01 American Institute Emphysema/COPD Proqram- Progress in the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Scheduled 10/01 American Institute Emphysema/COPD Program-Rehabilitation in COPD 10/02 American Institute Emphysema/COPD Program-Meeting the Challenges of Educating Medical and other Healthcare Professionals 5/03 American Institute Emphysema/COPD Program-COPD and Intercurrent Diseases Critical Care Medicine CPMC Grand Rounds: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery-2000, 2002, 2003 New York State Association For Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Annual Meeting- Emphysema 2003-Lung Volume Reduction Surgery and the NETT 5/2003 American Institute Emphysema/COPD Program- Meeting the Challenges of Educating Medical and Healthcare Professionals –Symposium Chair- 5/03 American Institute Emphysema/COPD Program- Meeting the Challenges of Educating Medical and Healthcare Professionals- Clinical Research and COPD- the NETT Study Results 5/03 Pulmonary Grand Rounds-Winthrop Medical Center 8/03-The National Emphysema Treatment Trial Medical Grand Rounds-Westchester Medical Center 9/03-Emphysema 2004-LVRS“Back to the Future” Co-chair-Roundtable-New Approaches to COPD managementNational COPD Conference 11/03 Medical Grand Rounds-Bronx VA Hospital 1/04- Emphysema 2004 CoChairman ATS Forum- The National COPD Needs Assessment Survey 5/04 Medical and Surgical Management of End Stage Lung Disease-New York Presbyterian Outreach Roundtable 6/1/04 Medical Grand Rounds-St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital-COPD 2004-12/04 Page TWENTY-FOUR Byron Thomashow Lecturer: Pulmonary Grand Rounds-Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital-COPD 2004-12/04 American Association For Respiratory Care-National Meeting-Forum-The National COPD Needs Assessment Survey-New Orleans 12/04 Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: An OverviewNYC 5/05 2005 Update in Lung Medicine Recent Developments In Evaluation and Treatment of Asthma- 2005 Update in Lung Medicine NYC 5/05 Course Director 2005 Update in Lung Medicine NYC 5/05 COPD Needs Assessment Survey-The 1st World Congress Leadership Summit on Advances in Treating and Managing the Cost of Respiratory Disease-Las Vegas 6/05 Critical Care Rounds New York Presbyterian Hospital COPD 2006 1/06 Medical Grand Rounds St Lukes Roosevelt Hospital COPD 2006 2/06 Medical Grand Rounds Holy Name Hospital- COPD 2006 3/06 Medical Grand Rounds Harlem Hospital- COPD 2006 3/06 Medical Grand Rounds Lincoln Hospital- COPD 2006 3/06 Medical Grand Rounds Mt Vernon Hospital- COPD 2006 4/06 Pulmonary Grand Rounds Bronx lebanon Hospital -COPD 2006 5/06 Presenter COPD and Co-morbidities-the COPD Foundation Survey-American Thoracic Society Annual Conference 5/06 Frontline Care in COPD-American Lung Association Chicago 10/06 COPD and Primary Care- Conference Co-chairman and lecturer Washington DC 11/06 Medical Grand Rounds Sound Shore Hospital- Smoking Cessation 9/06 Pulmonary Grand Rounds Bronx Lebanon Hospital- Smoking Cessation 11/06 Medical Grand Rounds Lincoln Hospital- Smoking Cessation 12/06 Medical Grand Rounds St Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital 2/07-Smoking Cessation Medical Grand Rounds New York Downtown Hospital 2/07-COPD 2007 Medical Grand Rounds Metropolitan Hospital 3/07-COPD 2007 Page TWENTY-FIVE Byron Thomashow Lecturer: Medical Grand Rounds Bronx Lebanon Hospital 5/07 COPD 2007 Pri-Med New York Conference- COPD 2007- 8/07 Pulmonary Rounds World Trade Center Clinic Mt Sinai Medical Center-COPD, Smoking, Co-morbidities 10/07 COPD 2007 COPD Foundation Annual Meeting COPD and Co-morbidities 10/07 Pumonary Grand Rounds St Vincents Medical Center -Smoking 2007-11/07 COPD Foundation Multi-Stakeholder workshop-COPD and Co-morbidities 12/07 Medical Grand Rounds Harlem Hospital- COPD 2008 9/08 Medical Grand Rounds Montefiore Medical Center- COPD 2008 9/08 COPD Foundation/1199 National Conference- COPD and Co-morbidities 11/08 2009 Northeast Regional COPD Conference May 2009-Impact of Co-morbidities in the COPD Patient. Pri-Med New York Conference- Smoking Cessation 2009- 8/09. Dyspnea in COPD. Symposium Faces of Dyspnea The Valley Hospital 9/09 CDC/Clinician's Outreach Teleconference 12/09 COPD-Overview, Therapy, H1N1 Moderator: Medscape Ten Steps to Improved COPD Care. Launch 1/10 Medical Grand Rounds Harlem Hospital. Smoking Cessation 2010 -3/10 COPD 2010 -Webinar Conference-COPD Coalition April 2010 COPD 2010 -COPD Foundation Lung Health Conference co-sponsored by 1199 Continuing Education Fund May 2010 Smoking Cessation - COPD Foundation Lung Health Conference co-sponsored by 1199 Continuing Education Fund May 2010 COPD 2010 Columbia University Medical Center Chief Residents Reunion Oct 2010 COPD 2011 Valley Hospital Medical Grand Rounds January 2011 COPD 2011: Overcoming Misperceptions ; AARC International Conference November 2011 Case Finding in COPD; COPD7 Conference December 2011 Page TWENTY-SIX Byron Thomashow Lecturer: Transitions in COPD Care; COPD7 Conference December 2011 Medical Grand Rounds Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center . COPD 2012 Feb 2012 Smoking Cessation 2012 Columbia Presbyterian Lung Cancer Symposium June 2012 Faculty COPD 8 International Conference Birmingham England June 2012 Exacerbations and COPD; Mt Sinai Pulmonary Grand Rounds December 2012 COPD 2012: Exacerbations, Hospitalizations, Rehospitalizations; AARC International Conference November 2012 COPD 2012: Overcoming Misperceptions; New York Downtown Hospital Medical Grand Rounds November 2012 COPD 2013: Medical Grand Rounds Phelps Memorial Hospital March 2013 COPD 2013: Pulmonary Grand Rounds Norwalk Hospital April 2013 COPD 2013: Division General Medicine Columbia University May 2013 ATS Patient Advisory Roundtable (PAR) Meet the Professor ATS International Conference May 2013 COPD Foundation Guide to COPD Diagnosis and Treatment; COPDGene Meeting ATS International Conference May 2013 COPD Foundation Guide to COPD Diagnosis and Treatment COPD8 USA June 2013 COPD Hospitalizations and Re Hospitalizations COPD8 USA June 2013 COPD Exacerbations, Hospitalizations, Re-hospitalizations: Division of General Medicine Columbia University June 2013 Co-chair COPD Readmissions Summit Washington DC October 2013 COPD; Transitions of Care COPD: Exacerbations: NYP Medical/Surgical Symposium November 2013 Columbia Update in Pulmonary and Critical Care Dec 2013 Transitions of Care -Medical Grand Rounds Stamford Hospital May 2014 COPD 2014- Columbia Primary Care Conference May 2014 Transitions of Care - Pulmonary Grand Rounds Winthrop Hospital May 2014 COPD 2014- Columbia CME Course June 2014 Page TWENTY-SEVEN Byron Thomashow Lecturer: COPD Guidelines 2014- AARC Professor Rounds June 2014 Models of Care Delivery-COPD9 Birmingham England June 2014 Professor Rounds AARC 2014 -COPD Guidelines Core Measures and Transitions of Care- Medical Grand Rounds Columbia University Medical Center Sept 2014 COPD- A Guide for practitioners - ALA Lung Force Expo March 2015 COPD- A Patient Guide -ALA Lung Force Expo -March 2015 COPD Readmissions- Looking Beyond the COPD-- COPD Foundation COPD Readmission Summit March 2015 Washington DC CHEST Podcast May 2015- COPD Readmissions ATS 2015 International Conference Cochair Poster Section-Not a Second Time: Solutions to COPD Readmissions and Care Management ATS 2015 International Conference -Meet the Professor seminar- Update In COPD COPD Foundation Guide-- COPD9USA 2015 Readmissions- COPD9USA 2015 COPD 2015- 21st Annual Internal Medicine CME Conference Columbia University COMMUNITY SERVICE Youth Baseball Coach-Dobbs Ferry Youth Baseball- 1992-2002 Member Executive Committee-Dobbs Ferry Youth Baseball-1998-2003 Supervisor Summer/Fall Traveling Teams-Dobbs Ferry Youth Baseball 1998-2003