Improving Outcomes in COPD Patients – A Paradigm Shift in the Management
Mohit Bhutani, MD, FRCPC, FCCP
Topics: COPD
- Up to 1.5 CFPC Mainpro+ Credits
- Up to 1.5 Royal College (section 1) Credits
Objectives
Faculty
Credit
- Review the current state of COPD outcomes
- Introduction to CardioPulmonary Risk in COPD
- Review of the 2023 CTS COPD Pharmacotherapy Guidelines
- Discussion on the future in COPD
Mohit Bhutani MD, FRCPC, FCCP
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Past President-Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS)
Mohit Bhutani is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta. His main clinical interests are in the fields of Asthma and COPD, and his work has led him to be involved in many local, provincial and national initiatives in these areas of specialty. He is currently the clinical director of the Asthma and COPD clinics at the University of Alberta. Provincially, he is the Co-chair of the Alberta Health Services (AHS) COPD Connect Care Pathway development program. From 2014-2020 he was co-chair of the Airways Working Group of the AHS Respiratory Health Strategic Clinical Network. Nationally, he is the past Co-chair of the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) COPD Clinical Assembly. He is one of the lead authors of the 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2023 CTS COPD Pharmacotherapy Guidelines. He was elected to the CTS Executive in 2020 , was President of the CTS from April 2023-2024. He was Co-chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Adult Respiratory Examination from 2017-2023. He has a number of research interests in both COPD and Asthma and has received research funding from many public and private granting agencies including CIHR and Alberta Innovates.