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Unless otherwise specified, the speakers listed here all have COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) or are caregivers for COPDers. They are living proof that being diagnosed with COPD is not a death sentence. Their stories will help others learn such subjects as "What is is like to have COPD", "How to adjust to living with COPD", "How to communicate with doctors, families and friends", "Caring for a COPDer", "Causes of COPD", etc. For additional information on a speaker. hold your curser over the speakers name
Please contact us at Speakers@COPDCouncil.org for additional information or for your initial contact with a speaker
| Speaker | Travel Area | Type or Size of Audience | Theme(s) or Subject Material(s) | |
| Anthony (Tony) Hamel | Dallas/Ft Worth, TX , possible OK | Any group - any size | Quit Smoking Lung Transplant Living with COPD |
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| Bonnie Chakravorty, Ph.D, MSW CHES | Local (Southeast), Regional, National, International | anywhere, but especially at major conferences, to medical students, others affected by COPD | Living with COPD Smoking cessation Sex and COPD Caregiving, pre and post transplant |
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| Charles Eller | Akron, Canton, Cleveland Ohio - 50 mile radius |
Any group, school or organization | Living with COPD What to ask your Doctor (making a llst of questions) |
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| Chip Gatchell | New England | Any group, school or organization |
"The
Fork in the Road"- a discussion of
the extra choices and decisions confronting the COPDer every day Coping with COPD "Keepin" on with Oxygen (Don't hide) COPD is Not a Death Sentence |
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| Danny Spurrier | Piedmont & Foothills of NC |
Any group, school or organization | Living With COPD Exercise With COPD Living With Supplemental Oxygen COPD Treatments |
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| Diana Patterson | Anywhere | Any group | Basics of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency | |
| Don W. Soderstrom | New Mexico, Regional and National |
Schools, clubs, major conferences, etc. | Smoking Prevention for our youth What Smoking and Secondhand Smoke does to the human body Learning how to live with COPD Uniting COPDers to action. |
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| Jackie Whitaker | Atlantic coast of Canada | small or large groups, and also the medical community, conferences | Life with COPD After Diagnosis Taking Control/Empowering Yourself A Dr's Need to Recognize Sooner When Patients Complain about For Dr's. "What's on the Minds of your COPD Patient" |
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| Jean M. Rommes | Iowa and surrounding states |
Any group | Effect of diet and exercise on living with
COPD Partnering with your doc Learn to control COPD instead of letting it control you |
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| Karen Erickson | Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, CA |
Any group | Alpha one antitrypsin deficiency | |
| Leanne Davis | Southwest - California, Arizona, and New Mexico |
Any group - large or small | Living with COPD Caregiving Oxygen therapy: A patients perspective on compressed air and liquid Types of tests administered, using medications, keeping a positive attitude |
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| Lee Vogel | Western Washington, Oregon |
Any group - large or small | Living with COPD, humor, spirit, attitude, cautions, resources, Oxygen and Therapy Life in the slow lane! Pulmonary Rehab, Huffin n Puffin toward a Healthy You LVRS (Lung Volume Reduction Surgery) Should I, Could I, Why do it? |
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| Liz Veronda | Illinois | Any group | Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency | |
| Lori Palermo | Northeastern Pennsylvania |
Schools, luncheon Groups, small clubs |
Smokefree Living (quit smoking) Caregiving for COPD patients COPD Awareness to the public How to live with COPD |
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| Pam DeNardo | Illinois and the Midwest | Any size - Any type | Living w/COPD Importance of patient and public education, support and exercise Importance of advocacy on every level |
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| Pete Wilson | National | any group of 4 or more | Motoring with Oxygen - a 30 minute CD
Presentation, followed by a 20-min. Q&A via telephone. |
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| Ray Price | Flathead County, MT | Any group | No Smoking How COPD has changed my life |
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| Robert Bolton | Within U.S. | 50 more or less | Quit Smoking Living with COPD Caregiving How to talk to your Doctor |
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| Robert Campbell | Florida | Any Group | Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency - Living with COPD | |
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Since the information is not verified by us, please do your own
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