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Pulmonary Rehabilitation Sets Up the Shot of a Lifetime

By |2024-11-20T15:20:38-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: Patient Stories|Tags: , , |

Tracy Vitulli of Freehold was running the bases during a softball game years ago when he suddenly couldn’t catch his breath – and then couldn’t get out of bed for several days. A longtime smoker, Tracy learned he had emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), two conditions that [...]

Breathing Easier with Pulmonary Rehabilitation

By |2024-11-20T15:22:40-05:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z, Patient Stories|Tags: , |

For about a year, Sandy Gordon of Colts Neck had labored breathing when performing tasks such as climbing stairs, and just thought it was part of the aging process. When her breathing didn’t improve, she visited Kenneth D. Barofsky, MD, board-certified internal medicine physician and on staff at CentraState and [...]

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