Why is Early COPD Diagnosis Important in Secondary Care?

Without diagnosis, COPD patients are at risk of a lower quality of life, with a later diagnosis often associated with more frequent exacerbations.¹

Protective systems are needed to avoid future cases of COPD. Therefore, it is paramount to understand the different risk factors involved, health inequalities, and to challenge the current methods used for diagnosis. This webinar focuses on the importance of getting COPD diagnosis right early, discusses the impact on patients’ disease management pathway and considers the consequences of this action on patients’ long-term disease progression.

Reference:

1. Larsson, L., Janson, C., Ställberg, B. et al. 2018. Impact of COPD diagnosis timing on clinical and economic outcomes: the ARCTIC observational cohort study. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

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• James Chalmers

  Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Scottish Senior Fellow and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician

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  James Chalmers

  Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Scottish Senior Fellow and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician GSK/Asthma and Lung UK, University of Dundee and Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

  Role and Location

  GSK/Asthma and Lung UK Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Scottish Senior Fellow, University of Dundee, UK, Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK

  Selected editorial roles: Current
  2022 –  Chief Editor, European Respiratory Journal
  Since 2017 –  Associate editor, European Respiratory Review
  Since 2021 – Associate editor, European Respiratory Journal Open
  Since 2020 – Editorial Board member- Am J Respir Crit Care Med
  Since 2016 – Editorial Board member- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
  Since 2015 – Editorial Board member- Pneumonia Journal
  Since 2015 – Editorial Board member- COPD
  Since 2014 – Editorial Board member – BMC Pulmonary Medicine

  Education

  MBChB (University of Glasgow), PhD (University of Edinburgh), Speciality Certificate in Respiratory Medicine, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh), Fellow of the European Respiratory Society

  Research

  Selected publications from 338 peer reviewed articles, reviews, and editorials. H-index 74 (Google Scholar) 60 (Scopus). New therapies for inflammatory lung disease and infection research.

  Memberships

  Chair of the Science and Research Committee of the British Thoracic Society (2021-present)
  Chair of the European Bronchiectasis Registry (2014-present)
  Chair of 3 International Clinical Guideline Panels

  • 2017 European Respiratory Society Bronchiectasis Guidelines,
  • 2020 European Respiratory Society ICS in COPD guidelines
  • 2021 European Respiratory Society COVID-19 management Living guidelines)

  Chair of the European Respiratory Society Respiratory Infection Group (2017-2020)
  Chair of the British Thoracic Society Speciality Advisory Group for Infection (2016-2019)
  Secretary for the European Board for Accreditation in Pneumology (2014-2018)
  Grant committees for the European Respiratory Society, British Lung Foundation and Chief Scientist Office (Scottish Government).
  Multiple other international society committee roles in guidelines, research and education.
  Invited lectures at ERS, ATS, BTS, ECCMID and multiple other national and international conferences each year.