Director
Catherine Kier, MD, FAAP, FCCP, DABSM
Brief Description of My Real Job: Associate Professor of Pediatrics in SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine; Division Chief of Pediatric Pulmonary, Allergy and Immunology; Director of Cystic Fibrosis Center and Director of Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Stony Brook University Medical Center. Clinical care, clinical research, medical education/teaching and administration.
Research and Practice Interests: actively involved in asthma education projects including the Partnership with Community Health Care Centers: Making a Difference in Asthma Care; Commitment to Asthma and Community Health: Asthma in Community Primary Care Sites; Childhood Asthma in a Pediatric Obesity Group: Effect of Weight Loss, Exercise and Healthy Lifestyle; and the Community Empowerment Project; developed an electronic asthma registry which is a good tracking tool for quality improvement measures.
My AAE Role/Projects: Chair of the Abstract Review Committee; Chair of the Awards Committee; Member, Multimedia Committee; Newsletter contributor; Faculty, AAE National Asthma Educator Certification and Recertification Review Course
Personal Comments: Partnership with the primary providers and the community towards quality improvement of asthma care is my great interest. Continued networking and collaboration is a great step in improving quality of asthma care which is the main reason I joined the AAE Board of Directors. I believe that partnerships should be created across disciplines. Asthma projects should be supported with one common goal: identify gaps in asthma education and provide means of linkages.
E-mail address: catherine.kier@stonybrook.edu