Brian W. Carlin MD, FCCP, FAARC, MAACVPR

Brian Carlin, MD, FCCP, MAACVPR, FAARC, is currently in the practice of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is the medical director of pulmonary rehabilitation for Lifeline Therapy for Pulmonary Rehabilitation. He is a former training program director of the pulmonary critical care medicine fellows.

Dr. Carlin has been active in multiple national and regional organizations being a past president of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation as well as the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors. He is the current chairperson of the National Lung Health Education Program and is a member of the board of the National Board for Respiratory Care.

He is actively involved in clinical research projects in the fields of rehabilitation and COPD readmission reduction programs. He has helped to create successful educational programs centered on the performance of spirometry and the use of inhaled medication delivery devices.