Richard Novitch MD, USA

Speaker

After completing pulmonary fellowship training I came to the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital 31 years ago. I trained in internal medicine and pulmonary medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, New Jersey. I was previously a faculty member in Pulmonary Disease, Department of Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and am currently an Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. I fell in love with the field of pulmonary rehabilitation and found that we were able to make a profound difference in the lives of individuals struggling with chronic lung disease as well as recovering from acute lung disease. We have inpatient and outpatient cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs of which I am the medical director. I am a member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). My research interest is developing behavior change interventions in patients with chronic lung disease in order to improve exercise adherence and outcomes in pulmonary rehabilitation.