Positions

Overview

  • Dr. Iyer is a pulmonary-critical physician and geriatrics-palliative care researcher in the UAB Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine. He is UAB's first recipient of the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76) and works to integrate geriatrics and palliative care for people living with serious respiratory illnesses and their care partners. He is the founder of @pallipulm and @geripulm and works to bridge the fields of pulmonary medicine, palliative care, and geriatrics.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

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    2022 Clinical Markers Associated with Risk of Suicide or Drug Overdose Among Heavy Smokers - A Longitudinal Follow-Up Study of the COPDGene Cohort..  Chest.  2022
    2022 Palliative Care Early in the Care Continuum among Patients with Serious Respiratory Illness An Official ATS/AAHPM/HPNA/SWHPN Policy Statement.  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.  206:E44-E69. 2022
    2022 The Role of Palliative Care in COPD.  Chest.  161:1250-1262. 2022
    2022 Comparative Impact of Depressive Symptoms and FEV1% on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.  Annals of the American Thoracic Society.  19:171-178. 2022
    2022 End-of-Life Preferences in Older US Adults - Bridging the "what Matters" Chasm.  JAMA Network Open.  5. 2022
    2022 Association Among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Severity, Exacerbation Risk, and Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in the SPIROMICS Cohort 2022
    2022 Clinically Significant and Comorbid Anxiety and Depression Symptoms Predict Severe Respiratory Exacerbations in Smokers: A Post Hoc Analysis of the COPDGene and SPIROMICS Cohorts.  Annals of the American Thoracic Society.  19:143-146. 2022
    2021 Emphysema Progression and Lung Function Decline Among Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin-Receptor Blockade Users in the COPDGene Cohort.  Chest.  160:1245-1254. 2021
    2021 In this Issue.  Journal of Palliative Medicine.  24:1419-1419. 2021
    2021 The Association Between Lung Hyperinflation and Coronary Artery Disease in Smokers.  Chest.  160:858-871. 2021
    2021 Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know about Prognostication in Oncology, Dementia, Frailty, and Pulmonary Diseases.  Journal of Palliative Medicine.  24:1391-1397. 2021
    2021 Annals on call - COPD: What clinicians need to know-part 2.  Annals of Internal Medicine.  174. 2021
    2021 Pulmonary Arterial Pruning and Longitudinal Change in Percent Emphysema and Lung Function: The Genetic Epidemiology of COPD Study.  Chest.  160:470-480. 2021
    2021 Annals on call - COPD: What clinicians need to know—Part 1.  Annals of Internal Medicine.  174. 2021
    2021 Urban–Rural Disparities in Deaths from Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease in the United States.  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.  203:769-772. 2021
    2021 Noninvasive Ventilation in Seriously Ill Older Adults at the End of Life - The Evidence Remains Elusive.  JAMA Internal Medicine.  181:102-103. 2021
    2020 The “Good” Home Death in Pulmonary Disease: Avoiding the “Bad” and the “Ugly”.  Chest.  158:449-450. 2020
    2020 End-of-Life Spending and Healthcare Utilization Among Older Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.  American Journal of Medicine.  133:817-824.e1. 2020
    2020 Proactive Integration of Geriatrics and Palliative Care Principles into Practice for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.  JAMA Internal Medicine.  180:815-816. 2020
    2020 A Qualitative Study of Pulmonary and Palliative Care Clinician Perspectives on Early Palliative Care in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.  Journal of Palliative Medicine.  23:513-526. 2020
    2020 Disease progression modeling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.  201:294-302. 2020
    2019 The St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire Definition of Chronic Bronchitis May Be a Better Predictor of COPD Exacerbations Compared With the Classic Definition.  Chest.  156:685-695. 2019
    2019 A formative evaluation of patient and family caregiver perspectives on early palliative care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease across disease severity.  Annals of the American Thoracic Society.  16:1024-1033. 2019
    2019 Symptoms of anxiety and depression and use of anxiolytic-hypnotics and antidepressants in current and former smokers with and without COPD - A cross sectional analysis of the COPDGene cohort.  Journal of Psychosomatic Research.  118:18-26. 2019
    2019 GWAS and systems biology analysis of depressive symptoms among smokers from the COPDGene cohort.  Journal of Affective Disorders.  243:16-22. 2019
    2018 Longitudinal phenotypes and mortality in preserved ratio impaired spirometry in the COPDGene study.  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.  198:1397-1405. 2018
    2018 Association of low income with pulmonary disease progression in smokers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  ERJ Open Research.  4. 2018
    2018 Blood eosinophil count thresholds and exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.  141:2037-2047.e10. 2018
    2018 The "Obesity paradox" in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Can it be resolved?.  Annals of the American Thoracic Society.  15:158-159. 2018
    2018 Easing the Tension Between Palliative Care and Intensive Care in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.  Journal of Palliative Care.  33:123-124. 2018
    2017 Implications of DRG Classification in a Bundled Payment Initiative for COPD. 2017
    2017 Early palliative care in advanced illness: Do right by mama.  JAMA Internal Medicine.  177:761-762. 2017
    2017 Results of a Medicare Bundled Payments for care Improvement initiative for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease readmissions.  Annals of the American Thoracic Society.  14:643-648. 2017
    2016 Depression is associated with readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  Annals of the American Thoracic Society.  13:197-203. 2016
    2015 Pulmonary artery enlargement is associated with right ventricular dysfunction and loss of blood volume in small pulmonary vessels in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.  8. 2015
    2014 CT scan-measured pulmonary artery to aorta ratio and echocardiography for detecting pulmonary hypertension in severe COPD.  Chest.  145:824-832. 2014
    2010 Assessment of risk tolerance for adverse events in emergency department chest pain patients: A pilot study.  Journal of Emergency Medicine.  39:247-252. 2010
    2010 Uncontrolled hypertension and increased risk for incident heart failure in older adults with hypertension: findings from a propensity-matched prospective population study.  Journal of the American Society of Hypertension.  4:22-31. 2010

    Teaching Overview

  • Dr. Iyer is a junior faculty in the UAB Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine. He is a 2019 recipient of the Department of Medicine Top 10 Teaching Award and lectures locally and nationally about COPD and the role of palliative care.

    • Education And Training

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Other
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Other
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program, Residency
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Health Services, Outcomes, and Effectiveness Research Training Program, Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2011
  • Bachelor of Science or Mathematics in Biology / Biological Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2007

    • Full Name

  • Anand Iyer