The role of imaging in early COPD management

On the Medical Insider COPD Podcast this week, Dr Richard Russell is joined by Professor MeiLan Han from the University of Michigan in the United States. She will be discussing early COPD and how imaging can play a role in the diagnosis and management of COPD. 1-3 Listen as she explores the benefits of identifying COPD earlier in the course of the disease as well as in younger patients, 1,2 delving into her experience working on large long-term cohort studies. 4 Dr Russell will then present a new publication on the use of beta-blockers in patients with COPD following a myocardial infarction. 5 Stay to the end to hear Dr Russell’s thoughts on the ‘invisible epidemic’ of COPD and how we can increase awareness of the disease across the globe!

1 Labaki WW & Han MK. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2018;15:S243-S248; 2 Han MK, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020;203:414-423; 3 Ash SY, et al. Radiology 2021;299:222-231; 4 Lowe KE, et al. Chronic Obstrust Pulmon Dis 2019;6:384-399; 5 Rasmussen DB, et al. Thorax 2020;75:928-933.

Disclosures MeiLan Han reports personal fees from Aerogen, Altesa Biopharma, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Cipla, DevPro, GlaxoSmithKline, Integrity, Medscape, Merck, Mylan, Novartis, Polarian, Pulmonx, Regeneron, Sanofi, Teva, United Therapeutics, UpToDate and Verona. She has received either in kind research support or funds paid to the institution from AstraZeneca, Biodesix, Boehringer Ingelheim, Gala Therapeutics, NIH, Novartis, Nuvaira, Sanofi, Sunovion, the COPD Foundation and the American Lung Association. She has participated in Data Safety Monitoring Boards for Novartis and Medtronic with funds paid to the institution. She has received stock options from Meissa Vaccines and Altesa Biopharma

Bio:

Professor MeiLan Han MeiLan Han is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System. She belongs to numerous professional societies including the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society. She is also a Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and serves as a member of the Global Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) scientific committee. She is also author of a book for the lay public, Breathing Lessons, a Doctor’s Guide to Lung Health.

 

This series of podcasts are intended for healthcare professionals only. The Medical Insider COPD podcast series discusses hot topics in the world of COPD with those who know it best, aiming to spread information, debunk myths and improve the lives of patients. The Editorial Board of the Medical Insider COPD podcast is comprised of Professor James Chalmers, the British Lung Foundation Chair of Respiratory Research at the University of Dundee (UK), Professor Michael Dreher, the Head of the Department of Pneumology and Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital Aachen (Germany), and the host and moderator, Dr Richard Russell, a Consultant Chest Physician at Lymington New Forest Hospital (UK), a Senior Clinical Researcher at the University of Oxford (UK) and the founding editor of the International Journal of COPD. These series of podcasts have not been peer-reviewed, but have been vetted by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief. Copyright © 2021, Boehringer Ingelheim Group of Companies. All rights reserved.