Authors and contributors to the original guidelines - 2003

Writing Group and Editorial Committee

Associate Professor David K McKenzie, PhD, FRACP, Head of Department, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW (Principal author)

Dr Peter A Frith, MB BS, FRACP, Professor and Head of Southern Respiratory Services, Flinders Medical Centre and Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, SA

Dr Jonathan G W Burdon, MD, FRACP, Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC

Professor G Ian Town, DM, FRACP, Dean, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, New Zealand

Original COPD Guidelines Steering Committee

Professor Michael Abramson, PhD, FRACP, Deputy Head, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC

Professor Norbert Berend, MD, FRACP, Director, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Ms Jenny Bergin, BPharm, MPS, Pharmacist Consultant, Pharmacy Guild of Australia

Associate Professor Stephen Cala, PhD, FRACP, Respiratory Physician, and Head, Respiratory Investigation Unit, Gosford Hospital and University of Newcastle, NSW

Associate Professor Alan J Crockett, MPH, Chief Medical Scientist, Respiratory Unit, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, Adelaide, SA

Dr Peter A Frith, MB BS, FRACP, Professor and Head of Southern Respiratory Services, Flinders Medical Centre and Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, SA

Associate Professor Peter Gibson, MB BS, FRACP, Respiratory Specialist, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW

Dr Christine Jenkins, AM, MD, FRACP, Thoracic Physician, Concord Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Associate Professor Sue Jenkins, PhD, GradDipPhys, School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, and Physiotherapy Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA

Mr Ross Lisle, Consumer Representative, Toowoomba, QLD

Dr Christine F McDonald, PhD, FRACP, Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC

Associate Professor David McKenzie, PhD, FRACP, Head of Department, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW

Dr Jitendra Parikh, MD, MPM, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Professor Harold H Rea, MD, FRACP, Academic Head of Medicine, South Auckland Clinical School, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Mrs Marilyn Robinson, RN, Respiratory/Asthma Educator, Townsville Community Health Service, Townsville Health Services District, QLD

Professor Julian A Smith, MS, FRACS, Professor, and Head, Department of Surgery, Monash University, and Head, Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC

Associate Professor Greg Snell, MB BS, FRACP, Respiratory and Lung Transplant Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC

Associate Professor Robin D Taylor, MD, FRCPC, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ

Mr Marcus Weidinger, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia