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Difficulty Breathing?

Walk In Spirometry Clinic now available:
In 2010, a walk in spirometry clinic was established to improve access to breathing tests. The clinic is run by the pulmonary function lab at St. Paul's Hospital (8D Providence Wing) and runs every weekday afternoon from 1:00pm to 3:30pm. A referral from your family physician is required. See the information provided under speciality clinics.

For more information: http://bc.lung.ca/association_and_services/education_services.html

Dr. James Hogg, 2010 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame inductee
In 2010, Dr. James Hogg, one of Canada's leading pulmonary pathologists and the co-founder of the iCAPTURE Centre, joined 76 other Hall of Fame laureates in the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame is the world's only national Hall of Fame dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of medical heroes.

#1 COPD Research Centre in Canada:
In 2009, Sciencewatch.com placed UBC/St. Paul's Hospital the #1 COPD research center in Canada and #3 in the world only behind the Imperial College of London and Harvard University in Boston. (http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/copd/institution/)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Reactive Past, Preventive Future Conference 2009
Providence Health care held a major international conference on COPD in Feb 2009 where 20 of the leading COPD experts and academics from around the world attended our center for a 2 day conference. The proceedings of the conference have been published in the Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society (http://pats.atsjournals.org/content/vol6/issue6/).

Providence Health Care researchers awarded CIHR grant:
Providence Health Care/iCAPTURE was awarded a 2.1 million dollar Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team Grant in Clinical Imaging of COPD lungs in 2009. The Principal Investigators are Dr. Harvey Coxson and Dr. Nestor Muller. Our application was ranked #1.

Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD):
Providence Health Care and the iCAPTURE Centre, along with the Montreal Chest Institute in Montreal, Quebec are the co-lead centers for the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease which will study the natural history of COPD from a population perspective. Principal Investigators include Dr. Wan Tan, respirologist in the Pacific Lung Health Centre COPD clinic and Dr. Jean Bourbeau from Montreal. CanCOLD aims to be the first study to characterize COPD among a random sample of Canadians using spirometry as one of the main outcome measures.