Anita Oh

Anita Oh, MD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, focusing on pulmonary and critical care research. Her work centers on investigating resilience to smoking-related lung disease, particularly through the NIH-funded project "Investigating the Resilient Smoker" (NIH F32HL149329, Principal Investigator).

• Education: BA from University of Pennsylvania, MD from Jefferson Medical College, and MAS in Clinical Research from UCSF
• Postgraduate training: Residency and Chief Resident role in Internal Medicine at UC San Diego, followed by a Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at UCSF

Her research has contributed to understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) through a modified Delphi approach, published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2021). Collaborators include Stephanie Christenson (UCSF), Prescott Woodruff (UCSF), Igor Barjaktarevic (UCLA), and Christopher Cooper (UCLA).

• Key Concepts: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Smoking, Spirometry, Forced Expiratory Volume, Lung