COPD-X Guidelines Committee

Current COPD-X Guidelines Committee

  • Professor Ian Yang, MBBS(Hons), PhD, FRACP, Grad Dip Clin Epid, FAPSR, FThorSoc, Thoracic Physician, The Prince Charles Hospital and The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (Co-Chair)
  • Associate Professor Eli Dabscheck, MBBS, M Clin Epi, FRACP, Respiratory and Sleep Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC (Co-Chair)
  • Associate Professor Rebecca Disler, PhD, MSc (Research), PDAN (Crit Care), BSc, BN, FThorSoc, ATSF, Respiratory Research, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
  • Associate Professor Johnson George, BPharm, MPharm, PhD, Grad Cert Higher Education, Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
  • Professor Christine F McDonald, AM, FAHMS, MBBS(Hons), PhD, FRACP, FThorSoc, Director, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, The Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC
  • Professor Brian Smith, MBBS, Dip Clin Ep & Biostats, PhD, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Bendigo Hospital, Bendigo, VIC
  • Professor Nick Zwar, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRACGP, Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD
  • Dr Renae McNamara, PhD, BAppSc(Phty), Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Prince of Wales Hospital and Clinical Research Fellow, The University of Sydney and Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW

Lung Foundation Australia Staff

  • Ms Robyn Ordman, MRes, BA(Psych), COPD-X Guidelines Manager, Lung Foundation Australia, Sydney
  • Ms Alicia Goodwin, BPH, Senior Program Manager – COPD, Lung Foundation Australia, Sydney

These guidelines have been developed and revised by Lung Foundation Australia as part of a national COPD program. The guidelines are endorsed by the Thoracic Society of Australia New Zealand (TSANZ). The TSANZ Clinical Care and Resources Sub-committee provides annual external review and considers key findings and updates, and the strength of recommendations. The reviewers provide written feedback that is addressed by the co-Chairs and expert members as applicable.

Literature search

Literature searches: Literature search strategy provided by Megan Neumann, Client Services Librarian at The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane undertaken by the Lung Foundation Australia Guidelines Coordinator. Search strategy reviewed in May 2023 by Jana Waldmann, Acting Manager, Library Services at The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane.

Past Chairpersons and Committee Members

  • Professor Michael Abramson, MBBS, BMedSc(Hons), PhD, FRACP, FAFPHM, Deputy Head, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC (Principal Author) (Chair: 2004-2014)
  • Professor Alan J Crockett, PSM, MPH, PhD, FANZSRS Professor of Clinical Respiratory Physiology, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia; Emeritus Fellow, Discipline of General Practice, School of Population Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA (Chair: 2003-2004)
  • Associate Professor David K McKenzie, PhD, FRACP, Director of Cardiac and Respiratory Services, South East Sydney Local Health District and Head of Department, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW (Principal author)
  • Professor Peter A Frith, MBBS, FRACP, Professor in Respiratory Medicine, Flinders University and Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, SA
  • Professor Norbert Berend, MD, FRACP, Director, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW
  • Ms Jenny Bergin, BPharm, MPS, Pharmacist Consultant, Pharmacy Guild of Australia
  • Dr Jonathan G W Burdon, MD, FRACP, Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC
  • Associate Professor Stephen Cala, PhD, FRACP, Respiratory Physician, and Head, Respiratory Investigation Unit, Gosford Hospital and University of Newcastle, NSW
  • Associate Professor Peter Gibson, MBBS, FRACP, Respiratory Specialist, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW
  • Professor Nicholas Glasgow, MBChB, MD, FRNZGP, FRACGP, FAChPM, Dean, Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, the Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
  • Dr Christine Jenkins, AM, MD, FRACP, Thoracic Physician, Concord Hospital, Sydney, NSW
  • Dr Sue Jenkins, OAM, GradDipPhys, PhD, Physiotherapy Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University; Institute for Respiratory Health, Perth, WA
  • Mr Ross Lisle, Consumer Representative, Toowoomba, QLD
  • Professor Guy Marks, Australian Centre for Asthma Management, Sydney, NSW
  • Professor Vanessa McDonald DipHlthScien (Nurs), BNurs, PhD, FThorSoc, Professor of Chronic Disease and Academic Clinical Nurse Consultant, The University of Newcastle and John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW
  • Ms Mearon O’Brien, BPubH, Former Guidelines Manager, Lung Foundation Australia, Brisbane; Adjunct Fellow, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
  • Dr Jitendra Parikh, MD, MPM, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
  • Professor Harold H Rea, MD, FRACP, Academic Head of Medicine, South Auckland Clinical School, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Mrs Marilyn Robinson, RN, Respiratory/Asthma Educator, Townsville Community Health Service, Townsville Health Services District, QLD
  • Professor Julian A Smith, MS, FRACS, Professor, and Head, Department of Surgery, Monash University, and Head, Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC
  • Associate Professor Greg. Snell, MBBS, FRACP, Respiratory and Lung Transplant Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC
  • Associate Professor Robin D Taylor, MD, FRCPC, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
  • Professor G Ian Town, DM, FRACP, Dean, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, New Zealand
  • Mr Marcus Weidinger, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
  • Dr Richard Wood-Baker, MBBS, DM, FRACGP, FRCP, MRCP[I], MEd,  Director of Cardiorespiratory Medicine, Royal Hobart Hospital; Honorary Fellow, Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, TAS