Ronald J. Oudiz MD, FACP, FACC, FCCP

Dr. Oudiz is a Professor of Medicine and Faculty Cardiologist at the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He has been the Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center at Harbor for over 20 years and is a past holder of scientific research awards from the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Oudiz received the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) Award of Excellence in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Care in 2011, and the PHA Legacy Award in 2015 for his contributions to the pulmonary hypertension field. He has authored papers in the field of pulmonary hypertension and has presented his research at national and international seminars.

Dr. Oudiz has been on task forces for the past four World Symposia on Pulmonary Hypertension, covering clinical endpoints, diagnostic testing, and right ventricular function & physiology. He is a past Chair of the CHEST Pulmonary Vascular NetWork, past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension, and past Chair of the PHA's Scientific Leadership Council (SLC).

Dr. Oudiz has participated in several trials of innovative medical treatments for pulmonary hypertension, many of which are still ongoing. His research focus has been to describe the physiologic abnormalities that are caused by PH using measurements of lung gas exchange during exercise and to study exercise rehabilitation as a treatment modality for patients with pulmonary hypertension.