Carolyn L. Rochester, M.D.

Associate Professor

Education

1979 A.B., Smith College
1983 M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

1984-1986 Residency in Internal Medical
Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

1986-1988 Research Fellowship in Pulmonary Diseases
Department of Medicine
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
New York, NY

1988-1991 Fellow, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Department of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Outside Hospital Appointments

1991-Present
Attending Physician
West Haven VA Medical Center
West Haven, CT

2000-Present
Medical Director, Newington VAMC Pulmonary Clinics
Newington VA Medical Center
Newington, CT
Representative Publications

Bourjeily G and Rochester CL, Exercise training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Clin Chest Med 21 (4) 763-81, 2000.

Rochester CL, Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital, "A 47 year old woman with hypogammaglobulinemia, asthma, non-resolving pulmonary infiltrates, and progressive respiratory failure", New Engl J Med 343 (25) December 21, 2000.

Rochester CL, Mechanisms of improvement in exercise tolerance following pulmonary rehabilitation, Clin Pulm Med 7 (6) 287-94, 2000.

Rochester CL, Which pulmonary rehabilitation program is best for your patient?, J Respir Dis 21 (9) 539-46, 2000.

Chapters

Rochester CL, Eliass JA, Cytokines and cytokine networking in the pathogenesis of interstitital and fibrotic lung disorders, Seminars in Resp Med 14 (5) 389-416, 1993.

Einarsson O, Rochester CL, Rosenbaum S, Airway management in respiratory emergencies, Clin Chest Med 15 (1) 13-34, 1994.

Rochester CL, Chapter 74: The Eosinophilic Pneumonias, in Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, Alfred P. Fishman, Ed, Third Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, NY, p1133-50, 1997.

Research Activities and Interests

Coinvestigator: "Quality of Life and Survival of Patients Affected by Chronic Respiratory Failure", International Study (PW Jones, London, UK, and Mauro Carone, Veruno, Italy, Principal Investigators). This study aims to validate a newly developed questionnaire to assess health-related quality of life in patients with severe COPD or kyphyscoliosis who require supplemental oxygen and/or other non-invasive equipment to support ventilation.

The Effect of Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Exercise Performance in Patients with COPD, project begun Fall 1999, in collaboration with Drs Vahid Mohsenin and Ghada Bourjeily.

Collaborator, National Emphysema Treatment Trial, in conjunction with Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY. Established Gaylord Hospital-based pulmonary rehabilition program as official satellite rehabilitation center for the NET Trial.

Contact

Campus Address
Yale University School of Medicine
P.O. Box 208057
New Haven, CT 06520-8057

E-mail
carolyn.rochester@yale.edu

Phone
203-785-4162

Fax
203-785-3826