Established in 1971, the National Emphysema Foundation is a non-profit organization with a Board of Directors comprised of five members who are physicians, lawyers, business people and prominent community leaders. The foundation’s president is Sreedhar Nair, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine (ret.)at Yale University. In addition, Dr. Nair was head of the Beulah Hinds Center for Lung Studies and Health Informatics at Norwalk Hospital. Thomas Petty, M.D., Professor of Medicine at University of Colorado, a pioneer in the study and control of emphysema, served on our medical advisory board, as does Claude L’Enfant, M.D., Director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (ret.) at the National Institutes of Health. NEF works with academic institutions and public agencies worldwide to study emphysema and heighten awareness of disease internationally.

Board of Directors

Sreedhar Nair, M.D.
President

Laurence G. Nair, M.D.
Vice President

Ronald A. Nair J.D.
Secretary and Treasurer

Andrew Bhak

Gregory Imbruce

Past Trustees

Walter Baum
Rihcard Imbruce, Ph.D.
William Anthony
Lloyd W Anthony (1971 – 2000)
Charles Lipton
Nicholas Nardi (1971 – 2009)
John C. Carter (1971 – 2004)

Honorary Trustees

Joanne Woodward
Paul Newman (1971 - 2008)
Robert Stack (1971 – 2001)
Eileen Heckart (1971 – 2002)

Medical Advisory Council

Sreedhar Nair, M.D.
Clinicial Professor
Yale University School of Medicine (ret.)
Chairman and Medical Director

Claude I'Enfant, M.D.
Director, National Heart
Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health (ret.)

Richard P. Imbruce, PhD
Lung Physiologist

Thomas L. Petty, M.D. (1976 - 2009)
Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado

Richard Matthay, M.D.
Boehringer Ingellheim
Professor of Medicine
Yale University

Laurence G. Nair, M.D.
Associate Medical Director
Pulmonologist and Chief Critical Care Medicine
MidState Hospital
Meriden, CT

Administrator