Do you have COPD or know someone who is living with COPD? If so, you’ll want to attend a talk on Living Well with COPD by Dr. Heidi O’Connor, New England Sinai Hospital’s Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy.
Dr. O’Connor will talk about the latest medications and therapies to help people with COPD improve lung function and enjoy a good quality of life. This event will be held in the hospital’s Brenner Conference Center. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is one in a series of monthly evening lectures all about promoting good health — the 2nd Tuesday Lecture Series.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is a term used to describe two diseases that affect the lungs—chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD causes progressive damage to the lungs. An estimated 30 million Americans have COPD. However, only 16 million adult Americans have been diagnosed with disease