National Jewish Health Welcomes Tyler J. Couch, MD, to Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine


DENVER - National Jewish Health welcomes Tyler J. Couch, MD, to its faculty in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Couch’s clinical and research interests include pulmonary hypertension, advanced imaging and the early identification of pulmonary vascular disease.

Dr. Couch joins National Jewish Health from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, where he completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine. During his fellowship, he served as the program’s inaugural chief fellow, helping oversee clinical education, curriculum development and fellowship program initiatives.

Prior to Vanderbilt, Dr. Couch completed his internal medicine residency at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, where he also served as an assistant chief resident. He earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Dr. Couch earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he graduated summa cum laude. He is board-certified in internal medicine and is a member of the American Thoracic Society, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute.

Dr. Couch has extensive experience in medical education and has taught medical students, residents, fellows and advanced practice nursing students. His teaching has included critical care medicine, pulmonary medicine, point-of-care ultrasound, chest imaging and advanced cardiac life support simulation. He received the 2025 Bonnie Slovis Award for Excellence in Outpatient Pulmonary Clinical Care at Vanderbilt and previously received the Duke University Medical School Appleseed Teaching Award.

His scholarly work includes research and publications related to pulmonary arterial hypertension, acute respiratory distress syndrome and hospital readmissions. Most recently, he has studied the relationship between pulmonary artery measurements on chest CT, pulmonary artery pressures and outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
 

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