Dr. Catherine Oberg is the Director of Interventional Pulmonology, South Bay, at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the UCLA Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship Program Director, and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine.
She is interested in advancing the field of Interventional Pulmonology through research and education. She routinely gives national and international lectures on robotic/navigational bronchoscopy, complex airway disease, pleural disease, and esophageal procedures. She has also published multiple peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on various topics related to IP. She has helped pioneer robotic-assisted bronchoscopiccryobiopsy for peripheral pulmonary lesion. She is a reviewer for multiple medical journals and has been voted a Top Reviewer for the Annals of Internal Medicine three years in a row. She was also voted as a Super Doctor, Rising Star, for 2022, 2023, and 2024.
She is an avid traveler and has visited over 30 countries. She enjoys medical volunteer work which she has done in Tanzania, India, and Haiti as well as in her local communities in Memphis, New York, and Los Angeles. She is honored to be a part of Pulmonology on Air!