Authors and Editors

Author: George Schiffman, MD, FCCP

Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

Previous contributing authors and editors:

Author: Irina Petrache, MD, Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University.

Coauthor(s): Amy Bremers, Medical Writer, eMedicine.com, Inc.

Editors: Ryland P Byrd Jr, MD, Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy, Quillen VA Medical Center; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, James H Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Zab Mosenifar, MD, Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine.

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