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Associate Professor Claudia Dobler

Associate Professor Claudia Dobler

Conjoint Associate Professor

MB BS, MD (Basel), PhD (USyd), FRACP, FMH

Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

Dr Claudia Dobler is a respiratory physician who works at Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, and is interested in evidence-based medicine, clinical, health services and epidemiological research with the aim to improve health care for patients with pulmonary diseases. Dr Dobler is currently a visiting research scholar at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA (NHMRC Neil Hamilton Fairley Overseas Fellowship). From 2015 to 2016 she was medical chair of the respiratory network at the New South Wales Agency for Clinical Innovation, which works with clinicians, patients and managers to design and promote better healthcare. Dr Dobler was also an NHMRC TRIP (translating research into practice) fellow 2015-16, based at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney.

Society Memberships & Professional Activities:

Member: International Society for Evidence-Based Health Care, Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Asia-Pacific Society for Respirology, European Respiratory Society, American Thoracic Society, Tuberculosis Network European Trialsgroup (TB-NET), International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease,

Collaborations:

  • Evidence-Based Practice Research Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA (Prof M. Hassan Murad). Collaboration on projects to improve the evidence-base for the care of patients with pulmonary diseases.

  • Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University (Prof Paul Glasziou)

Specific Research Keywords:
evidence-based medicine, medical decision making, tuberculosis, pneumonia, COPD, respiratory diseases, health services and policies
E-mail
c.dobler@unsw.edu.au
Location
Liverpool Hospital
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Dobler CC; Codecasa LR, 2021, 'Tuberculosis and Migration', in Essential Tuberculosis, Springer International Publishing, pp. 203 - 211,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Dobler CC, 2017, 'Biologic agents and tuberculosis', in Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections, pp. 623 - 635,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Martinez L; Seddon JA; Horsburgh CR; Lange C; Mandalakas AM; Liu Q; Acuna Villaorduna C; Bonnet M; Carvalho ACC; Chan PC; Hill PC; Lopez-Varela E; Donkor S; Graham SM; Villalba JA; Grandjean L; Zellweger JP; Wang JY; Verhagen LM; van Schalkwykn C; van der Loeff MFS; Sloot R; Trieu L; Ahuja SD; Yoshiyama T; Mazahir R; Martinsonn NA; Jones-López EC; Altet N; Kato S; Fang CT; Geis S; Hauri A; Long R; Dobler CC; Cayla JA; Chakhaia T; Chen C; García-Basteiro AL; Triasih R; Huang LM; Sharma S; Hannoun D; Malone LSL; Ling DL; Kritski A; Stein CM; Malik AA; Augusto O; Vashishtha R; Boulahbal F; Boom WH; Shen Y; Hesseling AC, 2024, 'Effectiveness of preventive treatment among different age groups and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection status: a systematic review and individual-participant data meta-analysis of contact tracing studies', The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 12, pp. 633 - 641,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Schultz A; Balaguruswamy S; Dentice R; Dobler CC; Geake J; Gibson P; Goulter P; Jayaram L; Laird PJ; Middleton PG; Seale H, 2024, 'Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand position statement: The safe clinical use of sputum induction for bio-sampling of the lower airways in children and adults', Respirology, 29, pp. 372 - 378,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Sultana A; Migliori GB; D'Ambrosio L; García-García JM; Silva DR; Rendon LA; Codecasa LR; Blanc FX; Tiberi S; Ong CWM; Heffernan C; Sotgiu G; Centis R; Dobler CC, 2024, 'Expert views on screening for tuberculosis infection in patients commencing treatment with a biologic agent', Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia, 50, pp. e20240082,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Thakkar D; Garden F; Nguyen J; Ta B; Hussaini S; Dobler CC, 2024, 'Practice Variations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism.', Pulm Med, 2024, pp. 6633148,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Cardona M; Sav A; Michaleff ZA; Thomas ST; Dobler CC, 2023, 'Alignment of Doctors’ Understanding of Treatment Burden Priorities and Chronic Heart Failure Patients’ Experiences: A Nominal Group Technique Consultation', Patient Preference and Adherence, 17, pp. 153 - 165,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Dobler CC, 2023, 'In tobacco smokers with respiratory symptoms, a dual bronchodilator did not reduce symptoms at 12 wk', Annals of Internal Medicine, 176, pp. JC6,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Sav A; Thomas ST; Cardona M; Michaleff ZA; Dobler CC, 2022, 'Treatment Burden Discussion in Clinical Encounters: Priorities of COPD Patients, Carers and Physicians', International Journal of COPD, 17, pp. 1929 - 1942,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Thomas ST; Sav A; Thomas R; Cardona M; Michaleff Z; Titus TT; Dobler CC, 2022, 'Patient and physician perspectives on treatment burden in end-stage kidney disease: a nominal group technique study', BMJ Open, 12, pp. e064447,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Thomas ST; Sav A; Thomas R; Cardona M; Michaleff ZA; Titus TT; Dobler CC, 2022, 'Patient and Physician Perspectives on Treatment Burden in ESKD: a Nominal Group Technique Study', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 33, pp. 560 - 560,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Byambasuren O; Dobler CC; Bell K; Rojas DP; Clark J; McLaws ML; Glasziou P, 2021, 'Comparison of seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections with cumulative and imputed COVID-19 cases: Systematic review', PLoS ONE, 16,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cardona M; Dobler CC; Koreshe E; Heyland DK; Nguyen RH; Sim JPY; Clark J; Psirides A; Nguyen R, 2021, 'A catalogue of tools and variables from crisis and routine care to support decision-making about allocation of intensive care beds and ventilator treatment during pandemics: Scoping review', Journal of Critical Care, 66, pp. 33 - 43,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Chou MSH; Ting NCH; El-Turk N; Harrington Z; Dobler CC, 2021, 'Treatment burden experienced by patients with obstructive sleep apnoea using continuous positive airway pressure therapy', PLoS ONE, 16,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Dobler CC; Guyatt GH; Wang Z; Murad MH, 2021, 'Users’ Guide to Medical Decision Analysis', Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 96, pp. 2205 - 2217,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Dobler CC, 2021, 'Adherence to treatment', Breathe, 17,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Dobler CC, 2021, 'Disease definitions in respiratory and sleep medicine: Changes in diagnostic criteria and categories over time and clinical implications', Breathe, 17,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Dobler CC, 2021, 'Treatment burden is important to patients but often overlooked by clinicians', Breathe, 17, pp. 1 - 2,
    Journal articles | 2021
    D’ambrosio L; Centis R; Dobler CC; Tiberi S; Matteelli A; Denholm J; Zenner D; Al-Abri S; Alyaquobi F; Arbex MA; Belilovskiy E; Blanc FX; Borisov S; Carvalho ACC; Chakaya JM; Cocco N; Codecasa LR; Dalcolmo MP; Dheda K; Dinh-Xuan AT; Esposito SR; García-García JM; Li Y; Manga S; Marchese V; Torrico MM; Pontali E; Rendon A; Silva DR; Singla R; Solovic I; Sotgiu G; van den Boom M; Nhung NV; Zellweger JP; Migliori GB, 2021, 'Screening for tuberculosis in migrants: A survey by the global tuberculosis network', Antibiotics, 10,
    Journal articles | 2021
    El-Turk N; Chou MSH; Ting NCH; Girgis A; Vinod SK; Bray V; Dobler CC, 2021, 'Treatment burden experienced by patients with lung cancer', PLoS ONE, 16, pp. e0245492,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Martin A; Hancox RJ; Chang CL; Beasley R; Wrobel J; McDonald V; Dobler CC; Yang IA; Farah CS; Cochrane B; Hillis GS; Scowcroft CP; Aggarwal A; Di Tanna GL; Balicki G; Galgey S; Jenkins C, 2021, 'Preventing adverse cardiac events (PACE) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Study protocol for a double-blind, placebo controlled, randomised controlled trial of bisoprolol in COPD', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e053446,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Steele SJ; Ennis SL; Dobler CC, 2021, 'Treatment burden associated with the intake of thickened fluids', Breathe, 17,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Walker LE; Bellolio MF; Dobler CC; Hargraves IG; Pignolo RJ; Shaw K; Strand JJ; Thorsteinsdottir B; Wilson ME; Hess EP, 2021, 'Paths of Emergency Department Care: Development of a Decision Aid to Facilitate Shared Decision Making in Goals of Care Discussions in the Acute Setting', MDM Policy and Practice, 6,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Zaw A; Nguyen R; Lam L; Kaplan A; Dobler CC, 2021, 'The effect of limiting the scan range of computed tomography pulmonary angiography (To reduce radiation exposure) on the detection of pulmonary embolism: A systematic review', Diagnostics, 11, pp. 2179 - 2179,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Byambasuren O; Dobler C; Bell K; Rojas DP; Clark J; McLaws M-L; Glasziou P, 2020, 'Comparison of seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections with cumulative and imputed COVID-19 cases: systematic review', ,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Cardona M; Dobler C; Koreshe E; Heyland D; Nguyen R; Nguyen R; Sim JPY; Clark J; Psirides A, 2020, 'Supporting decision-making on allocation of ICU beds and ventilators in pandemics', ,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dobler CC; Hakim M; Singh S; Jennings M; Waterer G; Garden FL, 2020, 'Ability of the lace index to predict 30-day hospital readmissions in patients with community-acquired pneumonia', ERJ Open Research, 6, pp. 1 - 8,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dobler CC; Morrow AS; Beuschel B; Farah MH; Majzoub AM; Wilson ME; Hasan B; Seisa MO; Daraz L; Prokop LJ; Murad MH; Wang Z, 2020, 'Pharmacologic therapies in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review with meta-analysis', Annals of Internal Medicine, 172, pp. 413 - 422,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dobler CC; Morrow AS; Farah MH; Beuschel B; Majzoub AM; Wilson ME; Hasan B; Seisa MO; Daraz L; Prokop LJ; Murad MH; Wang Z, 2020, 'Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Patients With Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis', Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 95, pp. 1169 - 1183,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dobler CC; Murad MH; Wilson ME, 2020, 'Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Patients With COVID-19', Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 95, pp. 2594 - 2601,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dobler CC, 2020, 'Models of healthcare in respiratory diseases', Breathe, 16, pp. 1 - 2,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dobler CC, 2020, 'Poor quality research and clinical practice during COVID-19', Breathe, 16, pp. 1 - 3,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dobler CC, 2020, 'Screening and surveillance in respiratory medicine', Breathe, 16, pp. 200038,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dobler CC, 2020, 'Systemic diseases involving the lung', Breathe, 16, pp. 1 - 2,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dummer J; Dobler CC; Holmes M; Chambers D; Yang IA; Parkin L; Smith S; Wark P; Dev A; Hodge S; Dabscheck E; Gooi J; Samuel S; Knowles S; Holland AE, 2020, 'Diagnosis and treatment of lung disease associated with alpha one-antitrypsin deficiency: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand*', Respirology, 25, pp. 321 - 335,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Ennis SL; Dobler CC, 2020, 'Conservative versus interventional treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax', Breathe, 16, pp. 1 - 3,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Gupta RK; Calderwood CJ; Yavlinsky A; Krutikov M; Quartagno M; Aichelburg MC; Altet N; Diel R; Dobler CC; Dominguez J; Doyle JS; Erkens C; Geis S; Haldar P; Hauri AM; Hermansen T; Johnston JC; Lange C; Lange B; van Leth F; Muñoz L; Roder C; Romanowski K; Roth D; Sester M; Sloot R; Sotgiu G; Woltmann G; Yoshiyama T; Zellweger JP; Zenner D; Aldridge RW; Copas A; Rangaka MX; Lipman M; Noursadeghi M; Abubakar I, 2020, 'Discovery and validation of a personalized risk predictor for incident tuberculosis in low transmission settings', Nature Medicine, 26, pp. 1941 - 1949,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kamath CC; Dobler CC; McCoy RG; Lampman MA; Pajouhi A; Erwin PJ; Matulis J; Elrashidi M; Darcel J; Alsawas M; Wang Z; Shah ND; Murad MH; Thorsteinsdottir B, 2020, 'Improving Blood Pressure Management in Primary Care Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: a Systematic Review of Interventions and Implementation Strategies', Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35, pp. 849 - 869,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Martinez L; Cords O; Horsburgh CR; Andrews JR; Acuna-Villaorduna C; Desai Ahuja S; Altet N; Augusto O; Baliashvili D; Basu S; Becerra M; Bonnet M; Henry Boom W; Borgdorff M; Boulahbal F; Carvalho ACC; Cayla JA; Chakhaia T; Chan PC; Cohen T; Croda J; Datta S; del Corral H; Denholm JT; Dietze R; Dobler CC; Donkor S; Egere U; Ellner JJ; Espinal M; Evans CA; Fang CT; Fielding K; Fox GJ; García LF; García-Basteiro AL; Geis S; Graham SM; Grandjean L; Hannoun D; Hatherill M; Hauri AM; Hesseling AC; Hill PC; Huang LM; Huerga H; Hussain R; Jarlsberg L; Jones-López EC; Kato S; Kato-Maeda M; Kampmann B; Kirchner HL; Kritski A; Lange C; Lee CH; Lee LN; Lee MR; Lemos AC; Lienhardt C; Ling DL; Liu Q; Lo NC; Long R; Lopez-Varela E; Lu P; Magee M; Malone LSL; Mandalakas AM; Martinson NA; Mazahir R; Murray MB; Netto EM; Otero L; Parsonnet J; Reingold A; Schaaf HS; Seddon JA; Sharma S; Singh J; Singh S; Sloot R; Sotgiu G; Stein CM; Iqbal NT; Triasih R; Trieu L; van der Loeff MFS; Van der Stuyft P; van Schalkwyk C; Vashishtha R; Verhagen LM; Villalba JA; Wang JY; Whalen CC; Yoshiyama T; Zar HJ; Zellweger JP; Zhu L, 2020, 'The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis', The Lancet, 395, pp. 973 - 984,
    Journal articles | 2020
    McDonald CF; Jones S; Beckert L; Bonevski B; Buchanan T; Bozier J; Carson-Chahhoud KV; Chapman DG; Dobler CC; Foster JM; Hamor P; Hodge S; Holmes PW; Larcombe AN; Marshall HM; McCallum GB; Miller A; Pattemore P; Roseby R; See HV; Stone E; Thompson BR; Ween MP; Peters MJ, 2020, 'Electronic cigarettes: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand*', Respirology, 25, pp. 1082 - 1089,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Migliori GB; Tiberi S; Zumla A; Petersen E; Chakaya JM; Wejse C; Torrico MM; Duarte R; Alffenaar JW; Schaaf HS; Marais BJ; Cirillo DM; Alagna R; Rendon A; Pontali E; Piubello A; Figueroa J; Ferlazzo G; García-Basteiro A; Centis R; Visca D; D’Ambrosio L; Sotgiu G; Abu Arkub T; Akkerman OW; Aleksa A; Belilovski E; Bernal E; Blanc FX; Boeree M; Borisov S; Bruchfeld J; Cadiñanos Loidi J; Caminero JA; Carvalho AC; Cebrian Gallardo JJ; Charalampos M; Danila E; Davies Forsman L; Denholm J; Dheda K; Diel R; Diktanas S; Dobler C; Enwerem M; Esposito S; Escobar Salinas N; Filippov A; Formenti B; García García JM; Goletti D; Gomez Rosso R; Gualano G; Isaakidis P; Kaluzhenina A; Koirala S; Kuksa L; Kunst H; Li Y; Magis-Escurra C; Manfrin V; Manga S; Manika K; Marchese V; Martínez Robles E; Maryandyshev A; Matteelli A; Mariani A; Mazza-Stalder J; Mello F; Mendoza L; Mesi A; Miliauskas S; Mustafa Hamdan H; Ndjeka N; Nieto Marcos M; Ottenhoff THM; Palmero DJ; Palmieri F; Papavasileiou A; Payen MC; Pontarelli A; Pretti Dalcolmo M; Quirós Fernandez S; Romero R; Rossato Silva D; Santos AP; Seaworth B; Sinitsyn M; Skrahina A; Solovic I; Spanevello A; Tadolini M; Torres C; Udwadia Z; van den Boom M; Volchenkov GV; Yedilbayev A; Zaleskis R; Zellweger JP, 2020, 'MDR/XDR-TB management of patients and contacts: Challenges facing the new decade. The 2020 clinical update by the Global Tuberculosis Network', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 92, pp. S15 - S25,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Natali D; Cloatre G; Brosset C; Verdalle P; Fauvy A; Massart JP; Van QV; Gerard N; Dobler CC; Hovette P, 2020, 'What pulmonologists need to know about extrapulmonary tuberculosis', Breathe, 16, pp. 1 - 18,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Scandurra G; Degeling C; Douglas P; Dobler CC; Marais B, 2020, 'Tuberculosis in migrants – screening, surveillance and ethics', Pneumonia, 12, pp. 9,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Sotgiu G; Dobler CC, 2020, 'Social stigma in the time of coronavirus disease 2019', European Respiratory Journal, 56,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Ting NCH; El-Turk N; Chou MSH; Dobler CC, 2020, 'Patient-perceived treatment burden of tuberculosis treatment', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0241124,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wilson ME; Dobler CC; Morrow AS; Beuschel B; Alsawas M; Benkhadra R; Seisa M; Mittal A; Sanchez M; Daraz L; Holets S; Murad MH; Wang Z, 2020, 'Association of Home Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation with Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 323, pp. 455 - 465,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wilson ME; Mittal A; Dobler CC; Curtis JR; Majzoub AM; Soleimani J; Gajic O; Erwin PJ; Montori VM; Murad MH, 2020, 'High-flow nasal cannula oxygen in patients with acute respiratory failure and do-not-intubate or do-not-resuscitate orders: A systematic review', Journal of Hospital Medicine, 15, pp. 101 - 106,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wilson ME; Mittal A; Karki B; Dobler CC; Wahab A; Curtis JR; Erwin PJ; Majzoub AM; Montori VM; Gajic O; Murad MH, 2020, 'Do-not-intubate orders in patients with acute respiratory failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Intensive Care Medicine, 46, pp. 36 - 45,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Boehmer KR; Dobler CC; Thota A; Branda M; Giblon R; Behnken E; Organick P; Allen SV; Shaw K; Montori VM, 2019, 'Changing conversations in primary care for patients living with chronic conditions: Pilot and feasibility study of the ICAN Discussion Aid', BMJ Open, 9,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dobler CC; Farah MH; Morrow AS; Alsawas M; Benkhadra R; Hasan B; Prokop LJ; Wang Z; Murad MH, 2019, 'Treatment of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Protocol for a systematic review and evidence map', BMJ Open, 9,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dobler CC; Glasziou PP, 2019, 'Overdiagnosis in respiratory medicine', Respirology, 24, pp. 939 - 941,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dobler CC; Morrow AS; Kamath CC, 2019, 'Clinicians' cognitive biases: A potential barrier to implementation of evidence-based clinical practice', BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 24, pp. 137 - 140,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dobler CC; Sanchez M; Gionfriddo MR; Alvarez-Villalobos NA; Singh Ospina N; Spencer-Bonilla G; Thorsteinsdottir B; Benkhadra R; Erwin PJ; West CP; Brito JP; Murad MH; Montori VM, 2019, 'Impact of decision aids used during clinical encounters on clinician outcomes and consultation length: A systematic review', BMJ Quality and Safety, 28, pp. 499 - 510,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dobler CC, 2019, 'Biomarkers in respiratory diseases', Breathe, 15, pp. 265 - 266,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dobler CC, 2019, 'Living well with a chronic respiratory disease', Breathe, 15, pp. 93 - 94,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dobler CC, 2019, 'Overdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism: Definition, causes and implications', Breathe, 15, pp. 46 - 53,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dobler CC, 2019, 'Oxygen', Breathe, 15, pp. 161 - 162,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dobler CC, 2019, 'Shared Decision Making Rarely Happens for Lung Cancer Screening', JAMA Internal Medicine, 179, pp. 122,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dobler CC, 2019, 'Too much or too little medicine? Overdiagnosis, underdiagnosis, overtreatment and undertreatment in respiratory diseases', Breathe, 15, pp. 2 - 3,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kamath CC; Dobler CC; Lampman MA; Erwin PJ; Matulis J; Elrashidi M; McCoy RG; Alsawaz M; Pajouhi A; Vasdev A; Shah ND; Murad MH; Thorsteinsdottir B, 2019, 'Implementation strategies for interventions to improve the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) by primary care clinicians: Protocol for a systematic review', BMJ Open, 9,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Savitz ST; Dobler CC; Shah ND; Bennett AV; Bailey SC; Dusetzina SB; Jones WS; Stearns SC; Montori VM, 2019, 'Patient-Clinician Decision Making for Stable Angina: The Role of Health Literacy.', EGEMS (Wash DC), 7, pp. 42,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Thomas ET; Glasziou P; Dobler CC, 2019, 'Use of the terms “overdiagnosis” and “misdiagnosis” in the copd literature: A rapid review', Breathe, 15, pp. e8 - e19,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wilson ME; Dobler CC; Zubek L; Gajic O; Talmor D; Curtis JR; Hinds RF; Banner-Goodspeed VM; Mueller A; Rickett DM; Elo G; Filipe M; Szucs O; Novotny PJ; Piers RD; Benoit DD, 2019, 'Prevalence of Disagreement About Appropriateness of Treatment Between ICU Patients/Surrogates and Clinicians', Chest, 155, pp. 1140 - 1147,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Abu Dabrh AM; Hill AT; Dobler CC; Asi N; Farah WH; Haydour Q; Wang Z; Benkhadra K; Prokop LJ; Murad MH, 2018, 'Prevention of exacerbations in patients with stable non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies', BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 23, pp. 96 - 103,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dobler CC; Anticevich SB; Armour CL, 2018, 'Physicians’ perspectives on communication and decision making in clinical encounters for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection', ERJ Open Research, 4,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dobler CC; Farah WH; Alsawas M; Mohammed K; Breeher LE; Hassan Murad M; Molella RG, 2018, 'Tuberculin skin test conversions and occupational exposure risk in US healthcare workers', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66, pp. 706 - 711,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dobler CC; Fox GJ; Douglas P; Viney KA; Khan FA; Temesgen Z; Marais BJ, 2018, 'Screening for tuberculosis in migrants and visitors from high-incidence settings: Present and future perspectives', European Respiratory Journal, 52,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dobler CC; Harb N; Maguire CA; Armour CL; Coleman C; Murad MH, 2018, 'Treatment burden should be included in clinical practice guidelines', BMJ (Online), 363,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dobler CC; Morgan RL; Falck-Ytter Y; Montori VM; Murad MH, 2018, 'Assessing the validity of surrogate endpoints in the context of a controversy about the measurement of effectiveness of hepatitis C virus treatment', Evidence-Based Medicine, 23, pp. 50 - 53,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dobler CC; Wilson ME; Murad MH, 2018, 'A pulmonologist's guide to understanding network meta-analysis', European Respiratory Journal, 52,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dobler CC, 2018, 'Breathe: Surgical interventions in pulmonary diseases', Breathe, 14, pp. 262 - 263,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dobler CC, 2018, 'The IMPACT of triple versus dual single-inhaler therapy on exacerbations of COPD', Breathe, 14, pp. 333 - 335,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dobler CC, 2018, 'The IMPACT of triple versus dual single-inhaler therapy on exacerbations of COPD.', Breathe (Sheff), 14, pp. 333 - 335,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Hakim MA; Garden FL; Jennings MD; Dobler CC, 2018, 'Performance of the LACE index to predict 30-day hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease', Clinical Epidemiology, 10, pp. 51 - 59,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Kaushik N; Lowbridge C; Scandurra G; Dobler CC, 2018, 'Post-migration follow-up programme for migrants at increased risk of developing tuberculosis: A cohort study', ERJ Open Research, 4,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Wilson ME; Majzoub AM; Dobler CC; Curtis JR; Nayfeh T; Thorsteinsdottir B; Barwise AK; Tilburt JC; Gajic O; Montori VM; Murad MH, 2018, 'Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Do-Not-Intubate and Comfort-Measures-Only Orders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.', Crit Care Med, 46, pp. 1209 - 1216,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Wilson ME; Majzoub AM; Dobler CC; Curtis JR; Nayfeh T; Thorsteinsdottir B; Barwise AK; Tilburt JC; Gajic O; Montori VM; Murad MH, 2018, 'Noninvasive ventilation in patients with do-not-intubate and comfort-measures-only orders: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Critical Care Medicine, 46, pp. 1209 - 1216,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Chan IHY; Kaushik N; Dobler CC, 2017, 'Post-migration follow-up of migrants identified to be at increased risk of developing tuberculosis at pre-migration screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis', LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 17, pp. 576 - 576,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Chan IHY; Kaushik N; Dobler CC, 2017, 'Post-migration follow-up of migrants identified to be at increased risk of developing tuberculosis at pre-migration screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 770 - 779,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Dobler CC; Cheung K; Nguyen J; Martin A, 2017, 'Risk of tuberculosis in patients with solid cancers and haematological malignancies: A systematic review and meta-analysis', European Respiratory Journal, 50,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Dobler CC; Midthun DE; Montori VM, 2017, 'Quality of Shared Decision Making in Lung Cancer Screening: The Right Process, With the Right Partners, at the Right Time and Place', Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 92, pp. 1612 - 1616,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Dobler CC; Murad MH, 2017, 'Interpreting diagnostic tests with continuous results and no gold standard: A common scenario explained using the tuberculin skin test', Evidence-Based Medicine, 22, pp. 199 - 201,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Dobler CC; Spencer-Bonilla G; Gionfriddo MR; Brito JP, 2017, 'Shared Decision Making in Immigrant Patients', CUREUS, 9,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Dobler CC; West CP; Montori VM, 2017, 'Can Shared Decision Making Improve Physician Well-Being and Reduce Burnout?', Cureus, 9, pp. e1615,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Dobler CC, 2017, 'Cumulative incidence and incidence rate ratio for estimation of risk of tuberculosis in patients with cancer', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 65, pp. 1423,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Dobler CC, 2017, 'Unwarranted prescription variations for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 134,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Fox GJ; Dobler CC; Marais BJ; Denholm JT, 2017, 'Preventive therapy for latent tuberculosis infection—the promise and the challenges', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 56, pp. 68 - 76,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Fox GJ; Dobler CC; Marais BJ; Denholm JT, 2017, 'Response to: Socio-political prescriptions for latent tuberculosis infection are required to prevent reactivation of tuberculosis', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 58, pp. 117 - 118,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Harb N; Foster JM; Dobler CC, 2017, 'Patient-perceived treatment burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease', International Journal of COPD, 12, pp. 1641 - 1652,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Rendell NL; Bekhbat S; Ganbaatar G; Dorjravdan M; Pai M; Dobler CC, 2017, 'Implementation of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for tuberculosis in Mongolia: A qualitative exploration of barriers and enablers', PeerJ, 2017, pp. e3567,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Dobler CC; Chidiac R; Williamson JP; Jelfs PJ, 2016, 'Repeat exposure to active tuberculosis and risk of re-infection', MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 204, pp. 77 - +,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Dobler CC; Chidiac R; Williamson JP; Jelfs PJ, 2016, 'Repeat exposure to active tuberculosis and risk of re-infection', Medical Journal of Australia, 204, pp. 77 - 78.e1,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Dobler CC; Martin A; Marks GB, 2016, 'Benefit of treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in individual patients', The European respiratory journal, 47, pp. 1594 - 1595,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Dobler CC, 2016, 'Biologic agents and tuberculosis', Microbiology Spectrum, 4,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Dobler CC, 2016, 'Defragmenting health care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease', Australasian Medical Journal, 9, pp. 185 - 188,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Dobler CC, 2016, 'Screening strategies for active tuberculosis: Focus on cost-effectiveness', ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 8, pp. 335 - 347,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Pathak V; Harrington Z; Dobler CC, 2016, 'Attitudes towards preventive tuberculosis treatment among hospital staff', PeerJ, 2016, pp. e1738,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Rendell NL; Batjargal N; Jadambaa N; Dobler CC, 2016, 'Risk of tuberculosis during pregnancy in Mongolia, a high incidence setting with low HIV prevalence', International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 20, pp. 1615 - 1620,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Dobler CC; Korver S; Batbayar O; Nyamdulam B; Oyuntsetseg S; Tsolmon B; Surmaajav B; Bayarjargal B; Marais BJ, 2015, 'Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in patients for whom first-line treatment failed, Mongolia, 2010–2011', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 1451 - 1454,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Dobler CC; Korver S; Batbayar O; Oyuntsetseg S; Tsolmon B; Wright C; Solongo B; Marais BJ, 2015, 'Success of community-based directly observed anti-tuberculosis treatment in Mongolia', International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 19, pp. 657 - 662,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Dobler CC; Martin A; Marks GB, 2015, 'Benefit of treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in individual patients', EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, 46, pp. 1397 - 1406,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Dobler CC; Martin A; Marks GB, 2015, 'Benefit of treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in individual patients', European Respiratory Journal, 46, pp. 1397 - 1406,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Dobler CC, 2015, 'Biological agents and tuberculosis: Risk estimates and screening strategies', International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 18, pp. 264 - 267,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Khandkar C; Harrington Z; Jelfs PJ; Sintchenko V; Dobler CC, 2015, 'Epidemiology of peripheral lymph node tuberculosis and genotyping of M. tuberculosis strains: A case-control study', PLoS ONE, 10,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Wright CM; Westerkamp L; Korver S; Dobler CC, 2015, 'Community-based directly observed therapy (DOT) versus clinic DOT for tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative effectiveness', BMC Infectious Diseases, 15, pp. 210,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Dobler C; Marks GB, 2013, 'Risk of tuberculosis among contacts in a low-incidence setting', European Respiratory Journal, 41, pp. 1459 - 1461,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Dobler C; Waterer G, 2013, 'Healthcare-associated pneumonia: a US disease or relevant to the Asia Pacific too?', Respirology, publ May 29,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Dobler CC; Luu Q; Marks GB, 2013, 'What Patient Factors Predict Physicians' Decision Not to Treat Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Tuberculosis Contacts?', PLoS ONE, 8,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Dobler CC; Marks GB, 2013, 'Correction: Completion of Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection with Monthly Drug Dispensation Directly through the Tuberculosis Clinic.', PLoS One, 8,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Dobler CC, 2013, 'Challenges in the use of tests to diagnose tuberculosis infection', New South Wales public health bulletin, 24, pp. 93,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Dobler CC, 2013, 'What do we know about the outcomes of tuberculosis contact investigations in NSW?', New South Wales public health bulletin, 24, pp. 34 - 37,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Dobler C; Flack J; Marks GB, 2012, 'Risk of tuberculosis among people with diabetes mellitus: an Australian nationwide cohort study', BMJ Open, 2,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Dobler C; Marks GB, 2012, 'Completion of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection with monthly drug dispensation directly through the tuberculosis clinic', PLoS One, 7, pp. e48900,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Dobler C; McDonald S; Marks GB, 2011, 'Risk of tuberculosis in dialysis patients: a nationwide cohort study', PLoS One, 6, pp. e29563,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Fox GJ; Dobler CC; Marks GB, 2011, 'Active case finding in contacts of people with tuberculosis.', Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), 9
    Journal articles | 2010
    Dobler CC; Marks GB, 2010, 'Medical Decision Making at the Individual Patient Level', ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 170, pp. 1275 - 1275,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Dobler CC; Marks GB, 2010, 'Medical decision making at the individual patient level', Archives of Internal Medicine, 170, pp. 1275,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Dobler C; Crawford ABH; Jelfs J; Gilbert GL; Marks GB, 2009, 'Recurrence of tuberculosis in a low-incidence setting.', European Respiratory Journal, 33, pp. 160 - 167,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Dobler C; Crawford ABH, 2009, 'Bronchoscopic diagnosis of endoscopically visible lung malignancies: should cytological examinations be carried out routinely?', Internal Medicine Journal, 39, pp. 806 - 811,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Dobler C; Wong K; Marks GB, 2009, 'Associations between statins and COPD: A systematic review', BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 9, pp. 32
    Journal articles | 2009
    Dobler CC; Crawford ABH, 2009, 'Bronchoscopic diagnosis of endoscopically visible lung malignancies: should cytologic examinations be performed routinely?', Intern Med J,
    Journal articles | 2008
    Dobler CC; Marks GB; Simpson SE; Crawford ABH, 2008, 'Recurrence of tuberculosis at a Sydney chest clinic between 1994 and 2006: Reactivation or reinfection?', Medical Journal of Australia, 188, pp. 153 - 155,
    Journal articles | 2002
    Zimmerli L; Dobler C; Aschwanden M, 2002, 'Repetitive painful bluish discoloration of the fingers and palms: A 56-year-old housewife', Praxis, 91, pp. 1664 - 1666,
  • Conference Papers | 2024
    Thakkar D; Garden F; Nguyen J; Ta B; Hussaini S; Dobler CC, 2024, 'Practice Variations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism', in Pulmonary medicine, pp. 6633148,
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Gupta RK; Calderwood CJ; Yavlinksy A; Krutikov M; Quartagno M; Aichelburg MC; Altet N; Diel R; Dobler CC; Dominguez J; Doyle JS; Erkens C; Geis S; Haldar P; Hauri AM; Hermansen T; Johnston JC; Lange C; Lange B; van Leth F; Munoz L; Roder C; Romanowski K; Roth D; Sester M; Sloot R; Sotgiu G; Woltmann G; Yoshiyama T; Zellweger J-P; Zenner D; Aldridge RW; Copas A; Rangaka MX; Lipman M; Noursadeghi M; Abubakar I, 2021, 'S87 Discovery and validation of a personalised risk predictor for incident tuberculosis in settings aiming towards pre-elimination (PERISKOPE-TB)', in TB: still playing the long game, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society, presented at British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting, Wednesday 17 to Friday 19 February 2021, Programme and Abstracts,
    Reports | 2019
    Dobler CC; Morrow AS; Farah MH; Beuschel B; Majzoub AM; Wilson ME; Hasan B; Seisa MO; Daraz L; Prokop LJ; Murad MH; Wang Z, 2019, Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD: A Systematic Review, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), ,
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Mon KKY; Hasan N; Xie S; Khan S; Ferreira D; Cochrane B; Dobler C, 2019, 'INCIDENCE OF IATROGENIC OVER-OXYGENATION IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH AN ACUTE RESPIRATORY CONDITION', in RESPIROLOGY, WILEY, pp. 101 - 101,
    Conference Abstracts | 2017
    Harb N; Foster JM; Dobler CC, 2017, 'TREATMENT BURDEN IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE', in RESPIROLOGY, WILEY, Vol. 22, pp. 129 - 129,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Dobler CC; Korver S; Batbayar O; Nyamdulam B; Oyuntsetseg S; Tsolmon B; Surmaajav B; Bayarjargal B; Marais BJ, 2014, 'Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Among First-Line Treatment Failures In Mongolia', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, AMER THORACIC SOC,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Dobler CC; Korver S; Batbayar O; Oyuntsetseg S; Tsolmon B; Solongo B; Wright C; Marais BJ, 2014, 'Increased Tuberculosis Treatment Success With Community-Based Dot In Mongolia', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, AMER THORACIC SOC,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Dobler CC; Martin A; Marks GB, 2014, 'Benefit Of Treatment Of Latent Tuberculosis Infection In Individual Patients: A Decision Aid', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, AMER THORACIC SOC,
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Khandkar C; Harrington Z; Dobler C, 2014, 'RISK FACTORS FOR PERIPHERAL LYMPH NODE AND PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS: A COMPARATIVE CASE-CONTROL STUDY', Vol. 19, pp. 126 - 126,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Korver S; Batbayar O; Oyuntsetseg S; Tsolmon B; Solongo B; Wright C; Marais B; Dobler C, 2014, 'INCREASED TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT SUCCESS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED DOT IN MONGOLIA', in RESPIROLOGY, WILEY, pp. 126 - 126,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Pathak V; Harrington Z; Dobler C, 2014, 'ATTITUDES TOWARDS TREATMENT OF LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION AMONG HOSPITAL STAFF', in RESPIROLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 31 - 31,
    Conference Abstracts | 2013
    Dobler C; Luu Q; Marks GB, 2013, 'What patient factors predict physicians reluctance to treat latent tuberculosis infection in TB contacts?', in Respirology, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, pp. 18 33-33; 2 SI APR 2013, presented at Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science 2013 Annual Scientific Meetings, Darwin
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Dobler CC; Marks GB, 2012, 'Risk Of Tuberculosis Among Contacts In A Low Incidence Setting', in A104. TUBERCULOSIS IN VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, American Thoracic Society, presented at American Thoracic Society 2012 International Conference, May 18-23, 2012 • San Francisco, California,
    Conference Abstracts | 2012
    Dobler CC; Marks GB, 2012, 'TUBERCULOSIS CONTACT INVESTIGATIONS IN NSW', in RESPIROLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 17, pp. 17 - 17,
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Marks GB; Dobler CC; Flack JR, 2010, 'Risk Of Tuberculosis Among People With Diabetes: A National Cohort Study', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, AMER THORACIC SOC,
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Marks GB; Dobler CC; McDonald SP, 2010, 'Risk Of Tuberculosis Among People On Renal Replacement Therapy : A National Cohort Study.', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, AMER THORACIC SOC,

An integrated approach to improving patient-centred care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, NHMRC Neil Hamilton Fairley Overseas Clinical Fellowship, 2017-2020

NSW Early-Mid Career fellowship 2017-2019, Health services and system design. (relinquished in order to take up NHMRC fellowship), 1 of 19 successful applicants out of 277 eligible applications (success rate 6.9%)

Improving evidence-based treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in public-hospital based chest clinics, NHMRC TRIP (translating research into practice) fellowship, 2015-16

  • NHMRC Neil Hamilton Fairley Overseas Clinical Fellowship, 2017-20

  • NSW Early-Mid Career fellowship 2017-19 (relinquished in order to take up NHMRC fellowship)

  • South Western Sydney Local Health District Post-Doctoral Award, 2016-18

  • NHMRC TRIP (translating research into practice) fellowship, 2015-16

  • Evidence Based Medicine Prize, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2014

  • International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), Australian Government, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR), 2010-13

  • International Travel Award, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2007

  • Best Poster Prize, Sydney South West Area Health Service, 2007

Research Interests:
Evidence based medicine, clinical decision making, knowledge translation, improving care for patients with pulmonary diseases, tuberculosis, COPD