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Carolyn L. Rochester, MD, FCCP

Professor; Chair, COPD Consensus Working Group, YNHHS Care Signature Team, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine; Medical Director, Yale COPD Program; Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

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Carolyn L. Rochester, MD, FCCP

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  • Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

    PO Box 208057, 300 Cedar Street

    New Haven, CT 06520-8057

    United States

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Research Summary

Partial List of Past and Current Research Projects

Collaborator, National Emphysema Treatment Trial, in conjunction with Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY. Established Gaylord Hospital-based pulmonary rehabilitation program as official satellite rehabilitation center for the NET Trial.

Co-investigator: "Quality of Life and Survival of Patients Affected by Chronic Respiratory Failure", International Study (PW Jones, London, UK, and Mauro Carone, Veruno, Italy, Principal Investigators). This study aims to validate a newly developed questionnaire to assess health-related quality of life in patients with severe COPD or kyphyscoliosis who require supplemental oxygen and/or other non-invasive equipment to support ventilation.

The Effect of Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Exercise Performance in Patients with COPD

Impact of Medical Co-morbidities on outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation

Use of a pedometer as an outcome measure in pulmonary rehabilitation



Research Interests

Emphysema; Exercise Test; Quality of Life; Rehabilitation; Respiration; Pulmonary Medicine; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Selected Publications

  • Exercise training in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseRochester CL. Exercise training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease The Journal Of Rehabilitation Research And Development 2003, 40: 59. PMID: 15074454, DOI: 10.1682/jrrd.2003.10.0059.
  • Rochester CL, Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital, "A 47 year old woman with hypogammaglobulinemia, asthma, non-resolving pulmonary infiltrates, and progressive respiratory failure", New Engl J Med 343 (25) December 21, 2000.Rochester CL, Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital, "A 47 year old woman with hypogammaglobulinemia, asthma, non-resolving pulmonary infiltrates, and progressive respiratory failure", New Engl J Med 343 (25) December 21, 2000.
  • Rochester CL, Mechanisms of improvement in exercise tolerance following pulmonary rehabilitation, Clin Pulm Med 7 (6) 287-94, 2000. Rochester CL, Mechanisms of improvement in exercise tolerance following pulmonary rehabilitation, Clin Pulm Med 7 (6) 287-94, 2000.
  • Rochester CL, Which pulmonary rehabilitation program is best for your patient?, J Respir Dis 21 (9) 539-46, 2000. Rochester CL, Which pulmonary rehabilitation program is best for your patient?, J Respir Dis 21 (9) 539-46, 2000.
  • Rochester CL, Chapter 74: The Eosinophilic Pneumonias, in Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, Alfred P. Fishman, Ed, Third Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, NY, p1133-50, 1997. Rochester CL, Chapter 74: The Eosinophilic Pneumonias, in Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, Alfred P. Fishman, Ed, Third Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, NY, p1133-50, 1997.
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