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Editorial Advisory Board:
COPD Digest is published with the support of, and contributions from, organizations representing the entire COPD community.

• Sam Giordano, MBA, RRT, American Association for Respiratory Care
• Pam DeNardo, COPD Council
• Alan M. Fein, MD, American Thoracic Society
• Chip Gatchell, COPD International
• William Grimm, RRT, SmartVest
• Jane M. Martin, BA, CRT, Breathing Better, Living Well
• Susan Rappaport, MPH, American Lung Association
• Vlady Rozenbaum, PhD, COPD Alert
• Gerard Turino, MD, Columbia University, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
• Shirley Dennis, LPN

Managing Editor

• Ifdy Perez

Contributing Editor

• Katelyn Harding

Copy Editor

• Laura Fleming

Graphics

• Seth Wirshba

Webmaster

• Gabe Ruttner - Simply Logic Labs, LLC

Contributors:

• Simon Bishop
• Liz Boastfield
• Phil Bzdyk
• Katelyn Harding
• David Mannino, MD
• William Martin, MD
• Senofer Mendoza
• Miriam O’Day
• Porter Novelli
• Joana Roque de Pinho
• Jeff Shumaker
• Mary Theriault
• Byron Thomashow, MD
• John Walsh
• Jaime Whitlock

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