Division Faculty



Faculty Profile:

A. Sonia Buist, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Physiology & Pharmacology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, OHSU
E-mail: buists@ohsu.edu

Degrees:
  • M.D. - St. Andrews University, Scotland, 1964
  • M.D. (Ph.D. equivalent) - University of Dundee, Scotland, 1973


Residency:

  • Internal Medicine & General Practice- University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver , 1964 - 1966


Fellowship:

  • Pulmonary - University of Oregon Medical School, Portland, 1966 - 1969
  • Pulmonary Physiology - University of Oregon Medical School, Portland, 1969-1970


Research Interest:

  • COPD and Asthma: epidemiology, clinical research and outcomes research


Clinical Interest:

  • COPD and Asthma: epidemiology, management and health outcomes


Representative Publications:

  • Pauwels R, Calverley P, Buist AS, Rennard S, Fukuchi Y, Stahl E, Löfdahl. COPD exacerbations: the importance of a standard definition. Respiratory Medicine 2004;98:99-107.
  • Celli BR, MacNee W, Agusti A, Anzueto A, Berg B, Buist AS, Calverley PMA, Chavannes N, Dillard T, Fahy B, Fein A, Heffner J, Lareau S, Meek P, Martinez F, McNicholas W, Muris J, Austegard E, Pauwels R, Rennard S, Rossi A, Siafakas N, Tiep B, Vestbo J, Wouters E, ZuWallack R. Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD: A summary of the ATS/ERS position paper. Eur Resp J 2004 23:932-946.
  • Hardie JA, Vollmer WM, Buist AS, Ellingsen I, Mørkve O. Reference values for arterial blood gases in the elderly. Chest 2004;125(6):2053-2060.
  • Scanlon PD, Connett JE, Wise RA, Tashkin DP, Madhok T, Skeans M, Carpenter PC, Bailey WC, Buist AS, Eichenhorn M, Kanner RE, Weinmann G. Loss of Bone Density with Inhaled Triamcinolone in Lung Health Study II. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004;170(12):1302-09.
  • Buist AS, Bailey W, Hurd, SS. National COPD Conference Summary. COPD. 2004;1(2)293-302.
  • Harrold LR, Andrade SE, Go AS, Buist AS, Eisner M, Vollmer WM, Chan KA, Frazier EA, Weller PF, Wechsler ME, Yood RA, Davis KJ, Platt R. Incidence of Churg-Strauss Syndrome in Asthma Drug Users: A Population-Based Perspective. J Rheumatology. 2005;32:6.
  • Hoogendoorn M, Rutten-van Mölken M, Hoogenveen RT, Genugten MLL, Buist AS, Wouters EF, Feenstra TL. A dynamic population model of disease progression in COPD. Eur Resp J. 2005;26:223-233.
  • Cox LS, Patten CA, Niaura RS, Decker PA, Rigotti N, Sachs D, Buist AS, Hurt RD. Efficacy of Bupropion for Relapse Prevention in Smokers With and Without a Past History of Major Depression. J Gen Intern Med. 2004;19(8):828-34.
  • Buist AS, Vollmer WM, Sullivan SD, Weiss KB, Lee TA, Menezes AMB, Crapo RO, Jensen RL, Burney PGJ. The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease Initiative (BOLD): Rationale and Design. COPD. 2005;2(2):277-283.
  • Hardie JA, Vollmer WM, Buist AS, Bakke P, Mørkve O. Respiratory symptoms and obstructive pulmonary disease in a population aged over 70 years. Respir Med 2005;99:186-195.
  • Sin DD, Wu L, Anderson JA, Anthonisen NR, Buist AS, Burge PS, Calverley PM, Connett JE, Lindmark B, Pauwels RA, Postma DS, Soriano JB, Szafranski W, Vestbo J. Inhaled Corticosteroids and Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Thorax Accepted for Publication 2005.
  • Mannino DM, Doherty DE, Buist AS. Global initiative on Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classification of lung disease and mortality: findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Resp Med. Accepted for Publication 2005.
  • Renz-Polster H, David MR, Buist AS, Vollmer WM, O’Connor EA, Frazier EA, Wall MA. Caesarean Section Delivery and the Risk of Allergic Disorders in Childhood. Clin Experim Allergy. Accepted for Publication 2005.
  • Schirnhofer L, Lamprecht B, Vollmer WM, Allison MJ, Studnicka M, Jensen RL, Buist AS. COPD Prevalence in Salzburg, Austria: First Results from the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) Study. Submitted for Publication 2005.
  • Harrold LR, Patterson MK, Andrade SE, Dube T, Go AS, Buist AS, Chan KA, Weller PF, Wechsler ME, Yood RA, Davis KJ, Platt R, Walker AM. Brief Communication: The Relationship between Leukotriene Modifiers and the Development of Churg-Strauss Syndrome: A Case-Control Study. Submitted for Publication 2005.


Biosketch:

A. Sonia Buist, M.D. is currently Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Buist obtained her medical degree at St. Andrews University in Scotland, did her residency at the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver, and completed fellowships in pulmonary medicine and pulmonary physiology at the University of Oregon Medical School. Her primary areas of research are the epidemiology and management of asthma and COPD and, in particular, the overlap between asthma and COPD in the older adult. She has been the Principal Investigator of the Portland Center of the U.S. Lung Health Studies I, II, and III. She is also presently engaged in health services and outcomes research as an investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland.

Dr. Buist has been a member of numerous federal advisory groups, including NIH Study Sections, FDA Pulmonary and Allergy Advisory Committee, NHLBI Pulmonary Disease Advisory Committee, NHLBI Advisory Council, NIH Task Force on Research and Education of Prevention and Lung Disease, and the National Asthma Education and Prevention Coordinating Committee. She is a past member of the New England Journal of Medicine Editorial Board and a current member of the editorial committee. She has held numerous positions within the American Thoracic Society, and was President in 1990-1991. She is presently Chair of the Executive Committee of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease.

 

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