Warren J. Warwick was an American

pediatrician Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many of their youth ...

known for co-inventing a

chest wall oscillation Chest wall oscillation is when devices are used in airway clearance therapy to clear excess mucus from lung airways (bronchi and bronchioles). It is principally used in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, but is gaining use in the treatment of oth ...

device called the Vest Airway Clearance System, or "The Vest", a mechanical vest for clearing the lungs of children with

cystic fibrosis Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive manner that impairs the normal clearance of Sputum, mucus from the lungs, which facilitates the colonization and infection of the lungs by bacteria, notably ''Staphy ...

. He was a professor of pediatric pulmonology at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

, where he was a faculty member for over 50 years. He was the director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center at the University of Minnesota from 1962 to 1999.PERSONAL HEALTH
By Jane E. Brody, Published: December 18, 1985, NYTimes.com

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Tribute to Dr. Warwick by the President and CEO of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Year of birth missing 2016 deaths American pediatricians University of Minnesota faculty Cystic fibrosis American pulmonologists {{US-physician-stub