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Respiratory Diseases and the Fire Service - IAFF

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EDITORS:<br />

<strong>Respiratory</strong> <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Service</strong><br />

The <strong>IAFF</strong> would also like to thank <strong>the</strong> following editors <strong>and</strong> authors for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

contributions in addressing fire fighter respiratory diseases <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> editors for<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir tireless efforts in developing <strong>and</strong> editing this manual so it is consistent,<br />

readable <strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>able to this Nation’s fire service.<br />

Richard Duffy, MSc<br />

Assistant to <strong>the</strong> General President<br />

Occupational Health, Safety <strong>and</strong> Medicine<br />

International Association of <strong>Fire</strong> Fighters<br />

Washington, DC<br />

Andrew Berman, MD<br />

Program Director, Combined Training Program<br />

in Pulmonary <strong>and</strong> Critical Care Medicine<br />

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br />

Pulmonary Division<br />

Montefiore Medical Center<br />

Bronx, NY<br />

David Prezant, MD<br />

Professor of Medicine<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br />

Pulmonary Division<br />

Montefiore Medical Center<br />

Bronx, NY<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

Chief Medical Officer, Office of Medical Affairs<br />

Co-Director of WTC Medical Programs<br />

<strong>Fire</strong> Department City of New York<br />

Brooklyn, NY<br />

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS:<br />

Amgad Abdu, MD<br />

Pulmonary Fellow<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br />

Montefiore Medical Center<br />

Bronx, NY<br />

Thomas K. Aldrich, MD<br />

Professor of Medicine<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br />

Pulmonary Division<br />

Montefiore Medical Center<br />

Bronx, NY<br />

David W. Appel, MD<br />

Associate Professor of Medicine<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br />

Director of <strong>the</strong> Pulmonary Sleep Laboratory<br />

Pulmonary Division<br />

Montefiore Medical Center<br />

Bronx, NY<br />

Mat<strong>the</strong>w P. Bars, MS, CTTS<br />

Director- FDNY Tobacco Cessation Program<br />

Director, IQuit Smoking Centers of Excellence<br />

Program Director-Palisades Medical Center<br />

Montvale, NJ<br />

Andrew Berman, MD<br />

Program Director, Combined Training Program<br />

in Pulmonary <strong>and</strong> Critical Care Medicine<br />

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br />

Pulmonary Division<br />

Montefiore Medical Center<br />

Bronx, NY<br />

Alpana Ch<strong>and</strong>ra, MD<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br />

Pulmonary Division<br />

Jacobi Medical Center<br />

Bronx, NY<br />

Naricha Chirakalwasan, MD<br />

Pulmonary Fellow<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br />

Montefiore Medical Center<br />

Bronx, NY<br />

Asha Devereaux, MD, MPH<br />

President-California Thoracic Society<br />

Pulmonary <strong>and</strong> Critical Care Medicine<br />

Coronado, CA

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