BREATHE LA's Fourth COPD Conference Video Summary
Video Links to Presentations and Panels
BREATHE LA's "Living Well with COPD" Fourth COPD Conference was held on November 14 (World COPD Awareness Day) at the USC Health Sciences Campus Aresty Auditorium in Los Angeles. The free conference featured presentations on new approaches to address the disease, promoting early diagnosis, treatment, and self-management. A focus of the conference was to examine improving patient treatment by emphasizing evidenced-based wellness approaches through a continuum of care.
Please feel free to review the conference presentations and panels at the video links below:
Introduction: Enrique Chiock, President & CEO, BREATHE LA
Opening Remarks: Hon. Mike Feuer, Assemblymember, 42nd District
COPD: A View Through the Looking Glass: Dr. Guy W. Soo Hoo
Long Term Management with COPD Via a Clinical Guidance System: Dr. Brian Tiep
Achieving Wellness with COPD: Dr. Chris Cooper
COPD and the Affordable Care Act: Herb Schultz, Regional Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
COPD Prevalence in Los Angeles County and California: Dr. Ying-Ying Meng
Panel Discussion - COPD and Wellness, Lessons from the Field: Dan Buck, Patient Advocate; Barbara Garrett, Patient Advocate; Matt Berenec and Renee Love, Fitness and Health; Claudia Medina, Lung Health Educator