Associate Professor Term
Dr. Kurz is a member a member of the advanced airways disease program and the current director of the COPD clinic. He obtained his MD and PhD in Microbiology from Julius-Maximilians University Wuerzburg, Germany. He underwent residency training at CWRU Cleveland, where he also completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He has a focus on complex structural lung disease, inflammatory airways disease, and lung infections with clinical experience in mycobacterial lung disease, including tuberculosis and its sequelae, NTM and bronchiectasis, complex pleuropulmonary and airway infections. His research focuses on identification of novel antibiotic combinations to treat resistant mycobacteria. He is board certified in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP), member of the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society.