Dr. Lori Wilken has been practicing for the past 22 years and is currently the Clinical Pulmonary Pharmacist and Director of the Tobacco Treatment Center for the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy where she teaches pulmonary therapeutics. She is a certified asthma educator and participates regularly as a public speaker for the Chicago Asthma Consortium and the Respiratory Health Associates of Metropolitan Chicago. She has authored several articles and book chapters on COPD, asthma, pulmonary function testing, and tobacco dependence.