Richard V. Hodder
Following a brief career as an astrophysicist, Dr. Hodder qualified in Medicine from the University of Toronto in 1975. He trained in Internal Medicine and Critical Care in Toronto, Canada and New Zealand and completed his specialty training in Respiratory Medicine in 1982 in Toronto. Since 1982, he has been a staff Respirologist and Intensivist at the Ottawa Hospital, where he is former chief of the Department of Critical Care. He is currently Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr Hodder is former medical advisor to the Lung Association of Ottawa Carleton and past President of the Ontario Thoracic Society. He has recently been honoured to be appointed Canada's first Chief Examiner for Critical Care Medicine by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Dr Hodder is also editor-in-chief for the Canadian Resuscitation Institute, co-editor of Respiratum and associate editor for the Canadian Respiratory Journal.
Dr. Hodder has been honoured to serve on several guidelines committees in Canada for both COPD and asthma and for ventilator-associated pneumonia. He is a member of the current Canadian Thoracic Society COPD and Asthma Guidelines committees, and has been honoured to serve on the American College of Chest Physicians SEEK committees in Pulmonary Medicine and in Critical Care.
Dr. Hodder has published over 100 articles and abstracts in various aspects of pulmonary and critical care medicine, and has authored numerous book chapters. His recent book: "Every Breath I Take: A Guide to Living with COPD" has been quite well received by patients and practitioners alike and is used as a textbook in COPD Educator training programs, and is being adapted for use in other countries. He is currently writing another book: "Catching My Breath: A Guide to Gaining Control Over Asthma". He has been recognized as an effective communicator and educator and is regularly invited to speak on various aspects of lung health internationally.
Dr Hodder's remains active in clinical research where his interests include: early detection and diagnosis of COPD; assessment of the value of patient education in COPD; the validation of quality of life measurements in COPD; COPD exacerbation management; new inhaler devices for asthma and COPD; ventilator-associated pneumonia; new ventilating strategies for the management of ARDS; early recognition of sepsis; and critical event simulation as a teaching and learning tool.