Redento D. Ferranti

Redento D. Ferranti
Ferranti with wife Ida in Trevi, Italy
Born	March 4, 1923 (1923-03-04) Sulmona, Italy
Died	July 29, 2008(2008-07-29) (aged 85) New Haven, Connecticut
Resting place	Trevi, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Other names	Tino Ferranti
Citizenship	United States
Occupation	Pulmonologist
Spouse	Ida Ferranti
Children	6

Redento D. Ferranti (March 4, 1923 – July 29, 2008) was born in Sulmona, Italy, and was a pioneer in the United States in the field of care for chronic respiratory patients and pulmonary rehabilitation. Ferranti was one of the first to introduce long term oxygen therapy in the U.S. as an effective approach to rehabilitation for COPD 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 pulmonology 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 sleep study 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.

References

• "Redento Ferranti Obituary (2008) - New York Times". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
• "Redento Ferranti Obituary (2008) - Hartford Courant". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
• Chan, Charles K.; Mohsenin, Vahid; Loke, Jacob; Virgulto, Jim; Sipski, M. Leonide; Ferranti, Redento (1987). "Diaphragmatic Dysfunction in Siblings with Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease)". Chest. 91 (4): 567–570. doi:10.1378/chest.91.4.567. PMID 3829750.
• Niederman, Michael S.; Merrill, William W.; Ferranti, Redento D.; Pagano, Kristine M.; Palmer, Lucy B.; Reynolds, Herbert Y. (1984-06-01). "Nutritional Status and Bacterial Binding in the Lower Respiratory Tract in Patients with Chronic Tracheostomy". Annals of Internal Medicine. 100 (6): 795–800. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-100-6-795. ISSN 0003-4819. PMID 6426358.
• Niederman, Michael S.; Ferranti, Redento D.; Zeigler, Annemarie; Merrill, William W.; Reynolds, Herbert Y. (January 1984). "Respiratory Infection Complicating Long-term Tracheostomy". Chest. 85 (1): 39–44. doi:10.1378/chest.85.1.39. PMID 6690250.
• Nutrition and ventilatory function. Ferranti, R. D. (Redento D.), 1923-. London: Springer-Verlag. 1992. ISBN 0-387-19776-1. OCLC 25867312.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• Mohsenin, Vahid; Guffanti, Enrico E.; Hilbert, Janet; Ferranti, Redento (March 1994). "Daytime oxygen saturation does not predict nocturnal oxygen desaturation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease". Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 75 (3): 285–289. doi:10.1016/0003-9993(94)90030-2. PMID 8129580.
• Palmer LB, Merrill WW, Niederman MS, Ferranti RD, Reynolds HY (April 30, 1986). "Bacterial adherence to respiratory tract cells. Relationships between in vivo and in vitro pH and bacterial attachment". The American Review of Respiratory Disease. 133 (5): 784–788. PMID 3706886.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ferranti, R. D.; Roberto, M.; Brown, C.; Coelho, C. A. (1992), Ferranti, R. D.; Rampulla, C.; Fracchia, C.; Ambrosino, N. (eds.), "Oral Intake, O2, Dyspnea, Dysphagia and Other Considerations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients", Nutrition and Ventilatory Function, Current Topics in Rehabilitation, London: Springer, pp. 181–189, doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-3840-2_19, ISBN 978-1-4471-3840-2, retrieved 2020-11-24
• Ferranti, R. D.; Malfa, R. (1993), Rampulla, C.; Fracchia, C.; Ambrosino, N. (eds.), "Metabolism and Nutrition in Rehabilitation of the Patient with Respiratory Insufficiency", Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Current Topics in Rehabilitation, London: Springer London, pp. 105–121, doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-3779-5_11, ISBN 978-1-4471-3781-8, retrieved 2020-11-24
• I.V.U.N., Fall 1989, v. 3, No.2, Fall 1989
• ALDRICH, 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