Russell Glen Buhr MD PhD, FACP, ATSF (He/Him)

Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Policy & Management at UCLA

Education & Training

Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los AngelesPhD, Health Policy & Management, 2015 - 2019
UCLA David Geffen School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2015 - 2019
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2014 - 2017
MedStar Health Georgetown University/Georgetown HospitalChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2013 - 2014
MedStar Health Georgetown University/Georgetown HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2013
MedStar Health Georgetown University/Georgetown HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2011
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 2010, MD
Azusa Pacific UniversityBA, Molecular Biology, With Distinguished Honors, 2002 - 2006

Fellow American Thoracic Society, 2024
Solovy Award for Advancement in COPD Respiratory Health Association, 2024
Rising Star Los Angeles SuperDoctors, 2020-2023
Health Policy Article of the Year AcademyHealth/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2021
Fellow American College of Physicians, 2020
Top Peer Reviewer Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2020
Outstanding Research Abstract - Junior Faculty (3rd place, clinical/health services research) UCLA Department of Medicine, 2017
Outstanding Research Abstract California Thoracic Society, 2017
Fellow Teaching Award UCLA Health, 2015
Ambulatory Care Award Georgetown University Hospital, 2013
Outstanding Clinical Vignette - Runner Up Department of Medicine - Georgetown University, 2013
String of Pearls Teaching Award Nominee Georgetown University Medical School, 2012
James L. Slayton Award for National Leadership Excellence American Medical Student Association, 2010
Order of Areté Graduate Honor Society Keck School of Medicine of USC, 2010
Distinguished Honors Scholar Azusa Pacific University, 2006
Outstanding Senior Scholar - Department of Biology & Chemistry Azusa Pacific University, 2006
Board of Trustees Finalist Scholar Azusa Pacific University, 2002
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PubMed

Outcomes of Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Oxygen-Dependent COPD Patients.
Hector Filizola, Anirudh Kumar, Russell G Buhr, Kristin Schwab Jensen
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases. 2025-03-27
Reply to Currow: Geographic Variation in Prevalence of Breathlessness: Latitude.
Rajat Suri, Donald P Tashkin, Russell G Buhr, Igor Barjaktarevic
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2025-03-24
Longitudinal Outcomes in Pi*MZ Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficient Individuals with Tobacco Smoking History from the SPIROMICS Cohort.
Igor Barjaktarevic, Roxana Hixson, Zian Zhuang, Russell G Buhr, Vickram Tejwani
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2025-03-11

Hospital Readmission Penalties Fail to Improve Care Quality for Patients with COPDFebruary 7th, 2023
The United States Is Ready to Break the Record for Covid-19 HospitalizationMarch 28th, 2022
Did Dismissals of Safe Outpatient Drugs Cause Needless Covid Deaths? Dissenting Doctors Say YesDecember 21st, 2021
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Understanding uptake of and adherence to clinical practice guidelines for airway disease among patients cared for in the Veterans Health AdministrationVA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM2024–2028
Social support and health care utilization outcomes in the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Study (SPIROMICS) cohortNIH/NCATS2020–2023
UC-COVID Study: Understanding Community Considerations, Opinions, Values, Impacts, and Decisions for COVID-19.UCOP2020–2021

Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee 2011 - 2012
Interim Alumni/Resident Trustee, Board of Trustees - American Medical Student Association 2010 - 2011
National Vice President for Programming, Board of Trustees - American Medical Student Association 2009 - 2010
National Chair, Student Life Committee, Executive Board of Action Committees - American Medical Student Association 2008 - 2009