Neil R MacIntyre Jr, MD, is Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services, the Pulmonary Function Laboratory, and the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at Duke University Medical Center, as well as Professor of Medicine and former Chief of Clinical Services within the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. He earned his BS from the University of San Francisco, CA, and his MD from Cornell University Medical College in New York, NY. He also completed both his internship and residencies in medicine at New York Hospital at Cornell University Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in pulmonary diseases at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association for Respiratory Care, and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. In addition, he is a member of the editorial boards for Respiratory Care, Critical Care Medicine, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, and Chest. He has authored an extensive list of journal manuscripts, book chapters, and books.