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5 unusual facts about Grace Anne Dorney Koppel


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Koppel was born in New York City, the daughter of Ted Koppel, a television journalist, and Grace Anne Dorney Koppel, an attorney and spokesperson for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Grace Anne Dorney Koppel

to try to capture physician and public interest for NHLBI’s "Learn More Breathe Better" campaign.

A graduate of Fordham University (B.A.), Stanford University (M.A.), and Georgetown Law (J.D.), Grace Anne Dorney works as a practicing attorney, senior Vice President for Koppel Communications, (an independent production company) and business manager for her husband, Ted Koppel, in Potomac, Maryland.

Since January 2006, Dorney has also been active as a national spokeswoman and patient advocate for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health in the hopes of raising awareness of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which affects some 24 million Americans, 12 million of whom are undiagnosed and untreated.

The Retirement Living website featured a link to the "Learn More Breathe Better" campaign website and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website.



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