Dec 16,2025 MGR "Advancing the Standard of Care in COPD" by Dr. Bryan Ross, Respiratory Division

**Please note at 02:38 video recording stopped due to technical difficulties. 10 slides are missing in the recording. Also note, Dr. Ross requested certain slides be blocked due to COI with unpublished research. Thank you for your understanding.** Title: Advancing the Standard of Care in COPD: Towards Disease Stability and the Elimination of Acute Exacerbations Speaker: Dr. Bryan Ross, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., M.Sc. (Epidemiology, Physiology), B.Sc.H., Clinician-Scientist (RI-MUHC), Respirologist (MUHC), Assistant Professor (McGill University) Educational objectives 1.Review the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and current landscape of COPD 2.Review the prevailing standard of ‘COPD’ and of ‘COPD Exacerbation’ care 3.Explore the central role of mechanistic, diagnostic, and monitoring clinical research in the advancementof the standard of care in COPD Biosketch of Dr. Bryan Ross, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., M.Sc. (Epidemiology, Physiology), B.Sc.H.: Dr. Bryan A. Ross is a Clinician-Scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), Respirologist at the MUHC, and Assistant Professor at McGill University in Montreal. He is Co-Director of the renowned COPD clinical program at the Montreal Chest Institute (MCI) of the MUHC and Director of the McGill Accredited COPD and PR Clinical Fellowship Training Program. He holds national and international leadership positions within the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) and American Thoracic Society (ATS). His clinical research program addresses the determinants and management of COPD, with a focus on exacerbations. His original research has been published in the Chest journal, the Thorax journal, the European Respiratory Journal Open Research, the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, and in eBioMedicine-Lancet.