Dr. Anand S. Iyer, MD, MSPH, is a pulmonologist, intensivist and health outcomes researcher. When not caring for patients in the clinic and ICU, he is conducting patient centered outcomes research in COPD, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. He is the founder of @pallipulm and works to bridge the fields of pulmonary medicine, geriatrics, and palliative care.
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