Dr. Michael Koehle, MD, PhD,Dip. Sport Med. (CASEM) is a Professor in both the School of Kinesiology and the Division of Sports Medicine in the Department of Family Practice at UBC.
Dr. Koehle graduated from the Sport & Exercise Medicine Fellowship program in 2003. He has specific expertise in endurance sports, high-altitude, scuba diving and non-musculoskeletal related issues associated with exercise. He specializes in exercise physiology, with expertise in areas such as overtraining, performance issues, altitude medicine, diving medicine and respiratory symptoms.
Dr. Koehle’s research program combines exercise and environmental physiology from basic mechanistic research to more clinical field studies in remote environments. He is the director of the Environmental Physiology Laboratory and has conducted research and practiced medicine in a variety of remote parts of the world.
Dr. Koehle’s research interests lie in the field of environmental and exercise physiology, encompassing areas such as altitude illness, exercise-induced asthma, the impact of air pollution on exercise, and high-performance sport science. His current research focuses on investigating the relationship between exercise and environmental pollution, as well as studying the impact of altered environments such as hypoxia, hyperbaria and hyperthermia. Additionally, he is actively involved in research related to the cardiorespiratory system, aiming to develop preventative measures and treatments for exercise-related illnesses and injuries.