The COPD News Staff
First and most important -- our primary goal and purpose is to provide support, understanding, information and encouragement for all our subscribers with COPD and other related lung conditions, their caregivers and family members.

Editorial Staff:
      Susie Bowers
      Chip Gatchell

Segment Editors
      Deb Hannigan (copd)
      Kitty Weary (caregivers)
      Collene Duhamel (nutrition)

Contributing Writers:
           Tony Hamel
          

Medical Advisor
      Andrew G. Villanueva, M.D., F.C.C.P.
      Senior Staff Physician
      Chair., Dept. of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
      Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA.

Our editorial staff as well as our contributing writers, unless otherwise stated, are not professionals in the medical field.   They have either been diagnosed with COPD (or related lung conditions), or are active in the care and support of individuals with COPD.

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