MISSION STATEMENT
We are healthcare professionals dedicated to helping people with neuromuscular disease and other causes of breathing muscle weakness live happier and healthier lives by promoting noninvasive ventilatory support strategies.
YOUR BreatheNVS TEAM
John R. Bach, MD
Founding Member, Medical Director
Dr. Bach is a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, professor of neurosciences, the director of the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Muscular Dystrophy Association clinic, and medical director of the Center for Ventilator Management Alternatives. He has over 400 peer reviewed scientific articles and book chapters and 7 medical textbooks on neuromuscular and pulmonary medicine and has lectured on these topics in over 60 countries.
See Dr. Bach's CV by clicking here.
Michael Chiou, MD
Founding Member, Operations Director
Dr. Chiou received his medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and completed residency training at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. He then completed a brain injury medicine fellowship at Rusk Rehabilitation and the NYU Grossman School of Medicine at New York University. He has research interests in brain injury medicine and pulmonary rehabilitation of unweanable ventilator-dependent patients.
Lou Saporito, BA, RRT
Founding Member, Technical Director
Lou is a registered respiratory therapist (RRT) with over 40 years of experience. He created many of the noninvasive respiratory management techniques that permit people to avoid respiratory failure, hospitalization, intubation, tracheostomy tubes, institutionalization, and lifelong nursing care. He has been the technical director for the New Jersey Center for Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Pulmonary Rehabilitation since 1992.
YOUR Translation TEAM
María Victoria Herrero
PROJECTS
the BreatheNVS app
BreatheNVS is a website that will explain to you and your physicians the noninvasive ventilatory techniques that can be used to assist breathing muscle function.
Coming Soon!
BreatheBB is a community forum where ask you can questions, discuss concerns, discover insightful advice, contribute to community discussion, and share experiences.