Robert L. Cowie, MB ChB, FCP(SA), MD, MSc, MFOM - Respiratory Medicine

Dr. Robert L. Cowie reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Cowie, a specialist in respiratory medicine, is a professor at the University of Calgary in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences. He is a member of the Division of Respiratory Medicine of the University of Calgary and the Calgary Health Region. In addition, Dr. Cowie is director of Tuberculosis Services of the Calgary Health Region and director of the Calgary COPD and Asthma Program. He has also been a staff physician with the Department of Medicine at Foothills Hospital in Calgary since 1990.

His career as a teacher, writer, and researcher makes him a sought-after speaker addressing clinical and research groups throughout North America, South Africa, and Europe.

Dr. Cowie has written numerous scientific research studies and textbooks focusing on asthma, tuberculosis, and occupational lung epidemiology. In 2002, he received the Alberta Lung Association Award of Excellence, a Lorraine Award.

Tuberculosis

Respiratory Problems, Age 12 and Older

Pleurisy

Lung Cancer

Asthma in Children

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Pneumonia

Acute Bronchitis

MB ChB: University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1962

FCP (SA): College of Medicine of South Africa, 1968

MSc: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, 1987

MD: University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1988

MFOM: Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, London, England, 1988

Professor of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, 1995–present.

Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 1995–present.

Head, Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, 1997–2003.

Foothills Hospital, Calgary, AB

American Thoracic Society

British Thoracic Society

Canadian Thoracic Society

College of Medicine of South Africa, Fellow of the Faculty of Medicine and Fellow of the Faculty of Community Health

European Respiratory Society

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Royal College of Physicians, Member of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine

1. Cowie RL, Sharpe JW (1998). Tuberculosis in immigrants: Interval from arrival in Canada to diagnosis: A five year study in southern Alberta. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 158(5): 599–602.
2. Cowie RL, Underwood MF, Little CB, Mitchell I, Spier S, Fort GT (2002). Asthma in adolescents: A randomised controlled trial of an asthma program for adolescents and young adults with severe asthma. Canadian Respiratory Journal, 9(4): 253–259.
3. Cowie RL, Underwood MF, Field SK (2004). Inhaled corticosteroid therapy does not control asthma. Canadian Respiratory Journal, 11(8): 555–558.
4. Cowie RL, Underwood MF, Field SK (2007). Asthma symptoms do not predict spirometry. Canadian Respiratory Journal, 14(6): 339–342.
5. Cowie RL, Field SK, Fanning EA (2007). Nontuberculous mycobacteria. In R Long, E Ellis, eds., Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 6th ed., pp. 221–236.

Dr. Cowie has served on advisory boards and/or received fees for presentations from GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Merck Frosst (Canada), Nycomed, Novartis, and Boehringer Ingelheim.

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