About the Authors

Beno W. Oppenheimer

beno.oppenheimer@nyumc.org

Affiliation André Cournand Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, Department of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital/New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Kenneth I. Berger

Affiliation André Cournand Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, Department of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital/New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Leopoldo N. Segal

Affiliation André Cournand Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, Department of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital/New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Alexandra Stabile

Affiliation André Cournand Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, Department of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital/New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Katherine D. Coles

Affiliation André Cournand Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, Department of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital/New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Manish Parikh

Affiliation Bellevue Hospital Bariatric Center, Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Roberta M. Goldring

Affiliation André Cournand Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, Department of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital/New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BWO KIB LNS MP RMG. Performed the experiments: AS KDC. Analyzed the data: BWO KIB LNS AS KDC RMG. Wrote the paper: BWO KIB RMG.