Top Specialists in the World in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Nov. 20, 2013 - PRLog -- As part of its ongoing program to highlight excellence in healthcare and in conjunction with World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Day, Expertscape.com is pleased to announce its ranking of the top institutions and individual specialists for COPD research and treatment. On a worldwide basis, the prevalence of COPD is increasing and is expected to become the third most common cause of death, according to the World Health Organization. Thus, the importance of continued research and the possibility of better therapies are highly worthwhile pursuits.

As part of COPD Awareness Month, Expertscape.com honors these five individual experts and institutions (http://www.expertscape.com/leaders/copd) for demonstrating the greatest expertise and knowledge in the field of COPD research and treatment:

     Leading Experts, Worldwide – COPD
     1.     Peter Barnes - Imperial College
     2.     Donald Sin - University of British Columbia
     3.     Peter Calverly - University of Liverpool
     4.     David Mannino - University of Kentucky
     5.     Mario Cazzola - University of Rome Tor Vergata

     Leading Institutions, Worldwide - COPD
     1.     Imperial College - London
     2.     University of British Columbia - Canada
     3.     Brigham and Women's Hospital - Boston
     4.     UCLA - Los Angeles
     5.     University of Groningen - Netherlands

To view Expertscape’s comprehensive results for COPD, covering hundreds of institutions and thousands of specialists worldwide, visit http://expertscape.com/ex/copd

The Expertscape medical search and ranking solution uses objective algorithms to identify the most knowledgeable and experienced physicians, clinicians and researchers across over 26,000 specific topics, stratified by geography. With Expertscape, healthcare consumers can quickly and easily find the top experts within their travel area, and then learn more about their expertise and knowledge. Expertscape defines an expert as someone who has published peer-reviewed research in the science, therapies, and complications a specific medical topic. To search on any medical topic, visit www.expertscape.com.