Host: Meghan M. Cirulis, MD, MS, medical director, Intermountain Health Pulmonary Hypertension Center, assistant professor, pulmonary and critical care medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, adjunct assistant professor, University of Utah Pulmonary and Critical Care.

Guest: Roberto Bernardo, MD, MS, ATSF, clinical assistant professor, Adult Pulmonary Hypertension Service, Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine

On this episode, host Meghan Cirulis speaks with clinician and researcher Roberto Bernardo about his work exploring ethnicity and social determinants of health for those living with pulmonary arterial hypertension in the Hispanic community. Bernardo discusses underlying disparities and offers insight into ways to improve quality of life for patients with limited access to care. 

Bernardo also shares how PHA’s Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry provided the data needed for his study.