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Carolyn L. Rochester, MD

Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine

  • Offers Telehealth
Affiliated With: Yale Medicine

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Biography - Carolyn L. Rochester, MD

Carolyn Rochester, MD, is a pulmonary disease specialist who treats patients with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, and pneumonia, among other conditions. She is the medical director of the Yale COPD Program and the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program for the VA Connecticut Healthcare System.

In addition to her wide-reaching clinical and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Rochester researches pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and COPD. She’s interested in the role of muscle training techniques in PR for patients with COPD, the impact of medical comorbidities on PR, the benefits of PR for patients with disorders other than COPD, the effect of PR on home-based patient activity, and the varying clinical types of COPD.

Dr. Rochester serves as the chair of the Yale New Haven Health System COPD Consensus Group, which works to improve care for patients with COPD and champion efforts to reduce hospital readmissions due to COPD.

Dr. Rochester is a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.

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Overview

Gender

Female

Specialty

Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine

Conditions & Treatments

Asthma, Bronchitis, Chronic Obstruct Pulmonary Dis COPD, Emphysema, Pneumonia, Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Language(s)

English

Education & Training

Education

Columbia University College of Physician & Surgeons

Residency

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Fellowship

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center of NY;Yale School of Medicine

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  • AETNA
  • ANTHEM BC/BS
  • CIGNA GATEKEEPER PRO
  • CIGNA HEALTHCARE
  • COMMUNITY CARE NETWORK
  • COMPWORKS
  • CONNECTICARE
  • CONSUMER HEALTH NETWORK
  • CORVEL
  • FIRST HEALTH NETWORK
  • FOCUS HEALTHCARE
  • GREAT WEST
  • HEALTHCARE VALUE MANAGEMENT
  • HUMANA
  • HUSKY
  • MANAGED COMP
  • MEDICAID
  • MEDICARE
  • MULTIPLAN
  • OXFORD HEALTH PLANS
  • PREFERRED HEALTH WORKS
  • PRIME HEALTH SERVICES
  • PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (PHCS)
  • TRICARE - HEALTH NET FEDERAL
  • TRICARE/CHAMPUS
  • UNITED HEALTHCARE
  • WELLCARE

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Winchester Center for Lung Disease

789 Howard Ave
Fitkin Building 209
New Haven, CT 06519

Main (203) 495-2410
Fax (203) 239-8290

Yale Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

20 York Street
New Haven, CT 06510

Main (203) 785-4162
Fax (203) 737-5453

Winchester Center for Lung Disease

6 Devine Street
3rd Floor
North Haven, CT 06473

Main (203) 495-2410
Fax (203) 239-8290

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