Medical

Postgraduate Training and Years of Training:

Current Academic Post and Year of Appointment to the University of Saskatchewan:

Clinical Interests/Expertise:
General Respirology, COPD, Exercise, Unexplained Dyspnea

Academic Interests/Expertise:
COPD, Exercise Physiology in Health and Disease, Knowledge Transfer

Role(s) in the Respirology Division:
Member, Division of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Member, University of Saskatchewan Airways Research Group

Recent Publications:

Butcher SJ, Pikaluk BJ, Chura RL, Walkner MJ, Farthing JP, Marciniuk DD.  Associations between isokinetic muscle strength, high-level functional performance, and physiological parameters in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2012; 7:537-542.

Hernandez P, Balter MS, Bourbeau J, Chan CK, Marciniuk DD, Walker SL.  Canadian practice assessment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Respiratory specialist physician perception versus patient reality.  Canadian Respiratory Journal 2012; In Press, July 19, 2012.

Chura RL, Marciniuk DD, Clemens R, Butcher SJ.  Test-Retest Reliability and Physiological Responses Associated with the Steep Ramp Anaerobic Test in Patients with COPD.  Pulmonary Medicine 2012; 653831.  Epub ahead of print June 6, 2012. 

Marciniuk DD, Hernandez P, Balter M, Bourbeau J, Chapman KR, Ford GT, Lauzon JL, Maltais F, O’Donnell DE, Goodridge D, Strange C, Cave AJ, Curren K, Muthuri S.  Alpha-1 Antitrypsin deficiency targeted testing and augmentation therapy: A Canadian Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline.  Canadian Respiratory Journal 2012; 19(2): 109-116.

Qiao R, Davidson BL, Marciniuk DD.  Special considerations in advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).  Chinese Journal of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease 2012; 35: 1-3. 

Reid WD, Yamabayashi C, Goodridge D, Chung F, Hunt M, Marciniuk DD, Brooks D, Chen Y, Camp P.  Exercise prescription for hospitalized people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and comorbidities: a synthesis of systematic reviews.  International Journal of COPD 2012; 7:297-320.

Bourbeau J, Tan WC, Benedetti A, Aaron SD, Chapman KR, Coxson H, Cowie R, Fitzgerald JM, Goldstein R, Hernandez P, Leipsic J, Maltais F, Marciniuk DD, O’Donnell D, Sin DD, for the CanCOLD Study Group.  Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD): fulfilling the need for longitudinal observational studies in COPD.  COPD 2012 Mar 20. [Epub ahead of print]

 
Tan WC, Bourbeau J, Hernandez P, Chapman K, Cowie R, FitzGerald M, Aaron S, Marciniuk DD, Maltais F, O'Donnell D, Goldstein R, Sin D, Chan-Yeung M, Manfreda J, Anthonisen N, Tate R, Sears M, Siersted H, Becklake M, Ernst P, Bowie D, Sweet L, Van Til L.  Canadian prediction equations of spirometric lung function for Caucasian adults 20 to 90 years of age: Results from the Canadian Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD) study and the Lung Health Canadian Environment (LHCE) study.  Canadian Respiratory Journal 2011; 18:321-326. 

Goodridge D, Lawson J, Marciniuk DD, Rennie D.  A population-based profile of adult Canadians living with participation and activity limitations.  Canadian Medical Association Journal 2011; 183:E1017-1024. 

Marciniuk DD, Goodridge D, Hernandez P, Rocker G, Balter M, Bailey P, Ford G, Bourbeau J, O'Donnell DE, Maltais F, Mularski RA, Cave AJ, Mayers I, Kennedy V, Oliver TK, Brown C.  Managing dyspnea in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A Canadian Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline.  Canadian Respiratory Journal 2011; 18:69-78.

Address and Contact Information:

Division of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
Room 547, Ellis Hall
Royal University Hospital
103 Hospital Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7N 0W8  CANADA

Office:      306.966.8274, extension 3
Facsimile: 306.966.8694
Email:      candace.leuschen@usask.ca