Redento D. Ferranti
Redento D. Ferranti (March 4, 1923 – July 29, 2008) was born in Sulmona, Italy, and was a pioneer in the United States in the field of care for chronic respiratory patients and pulmonary rehabilitation. Ferranti was one of the first to introduce long term oxygen therapy in the U.S. as an effective approach to rehabilitation for COPD patients, and was one of the first physicians to introduce the use of liquid oxygen in small portable containers.