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Carolyn L. Rochester is a Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, specializing in Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine. She serves as Medical Director of both the Yale COPD Program and the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at VA Connecticut Healthcare System.
- Undergraduate: Smith College (1979)
- Medical Degree: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (1983)
- Residency: Internal Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian (1984-1986)
- Fellowship: Pulmonary Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian (1986-1988) and Yale (1990-1991)
Her research focuses on Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) and COPD, including transcutaneous muscle stimulation techniques, PR outcomes, telehealth implementation, and COPD phenotyping. She contributes to multi-center clinical trials (ECLIPSE, IMPACT, UPLIFT, GALATHEA) and leads the Northeast Pulmonary Rehabilitation Consortium.
Recent publications address home-based PR models, telehealth standards, AI-driven readmission prediction, and environmental exposure analysis in COPD patients. Key collaborations include Charles Dela Cruz, F. Perry Wilson, and Krystal Pollitt.
- Scientific Awards:
- ATS Pulmonary Rehabilitation Lifetime Achievement Award (2024)
- Bohmfalk Teaching Award Nominee (2020-2021)
- ATS Postgraduate Fellows' Teaching Award (2021)
She chairs the Yale-New Haven Health System COPD Consensus Group, developing inpatient care pathways (2021) and collaborating with Quality & Safety teams to reduce COPD readmissions. As a COPD Clinical Resource Center leader for the Alpha-1 Foundation (2020), she advances specialized care for genetic respiratory disorders.