Russell Buhr, MD

Project Title/Research Interests: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Thirty Day Rehospitalizations: An Analysis of the Nationwide Readmission Database

Background:
Dr. Buhr graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in molecular biology from Azusa Pacific University in 2006 and completed his Doctor of Medicine degree at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of California in 2010. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Georgetown University Hospital in 2013, serving as chief resident at the DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center the following year before starting a fellowship in pulmonary & critical care medicine in 2014 at UCLA, which he will complete in 2017. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease. Dr. Buhr began his PhD in health policy and management in 2015 researches the social, demographic, and administrative factors that affect hospitalization and readmission in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), both in the UCLA health system and using national claims data.