Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Biography
Dr. Tashkin is Emeritus Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Tashkin became one of the first Fellows to complete trainiing in pulmonary medicine and physiology at UCLA in 1969, after which he joined the division faculty. Dr. Tashkin's research interests include the pulmonary effects of smoked substance abuse and community air pollution, the pathophysiology, prevention and treatment of COPD, and the pathophysiology and clinical pharmacology of asthma.