Redento D. Ferranti (March 4, 1923 – July 29, 2008) was born in

Sulmona Sulmona (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of L'Aquila, in the Italy, Italian region of Abruzzo. It is located in the Valle Peligna, a plain once occupied by a lake that disappeared in prehistoric times. In the ancient era, it was ...

, Italy, and was a pioneer in the United States in the field of care for chronic respiratory patients and

pulmonary rehabilitation Pulmonary rehabilitation, also known as respiratory rehabilitation, is an important part of the management and health maintenance of people with chronic respiratory disease who remain symptomatic or continue to have decreased function despite stan ...

. Ferranti was one of the first to introduce long term

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in the U.S. as an effective approach to rehabilitation for

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patients, and was one of the first physicians to introduce the use of liquid oxygen in small portable containers. His early work in the field of

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earned him the title "father of modern pulmonary rehabilitation." He was a staff physician, director of pulmonary medicine, and medical director at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford, Connecticut, from 1969 to 1997, and an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University. Ferranti was instrumental in developing Gaylord Hospital's treatment of pulmonary patients and was an early champion of sleep studies, leading the hospital's largest

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program in New England and one of the largest in the country. He received many awards including The American Lung Association and Connecticut Thoracic Society's Humanitarian Award and the Gaylord Medal.

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I.V.U.N., Fall 1989, v. 3, No.2, Fall 1989ALDRICH, THOMAS K. MD; KARPEL, JILL P. MD; UHRLASS, RAYMOND M. CRTT; SPARAPANI, MARK A. RRT; ERAMO, DONNA CRTT; FERRANTI, REDENTO MD, "Weaning from mechanical ventilation". ''Critical Care Medicine:'' February 1989 - Volume 17 - Issue 2 - p 143-147
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