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        Mark Pilipski, an educator and respiratory physiologist (Curriculum Vitae, photo and full press kit at http://www.spiritcrow.com/quitsmoking/presskit.htm/) has been teaching people how to quit smoking for over thirty years. He has developed this experience into the SMOKING CESSATION CLINIC a handbook and course to teach anyone how to quit smoking. The self-study course, usually accomplished in six weeks, provides incentives and information as well as step-by-step practical tips and advice to guide anyone from being a smoker to becoming smoke free.

        The complete text of the SMOKING CESSATION CLINIC is available free online at http://www.spiritcrow.com/quitsmoking/clinic.htm/. This book is made available free as a download to help anyone quit their smoking habit. It is also available on a CD for $4.95 for your PC from Markov Press, Box 561, Clifton, NJ 07012 and will soon be available as a paperback.

        From the introduction to the Smoking Cessation Clinic, by Mark Pilipski:

        "Having spent most of the last thirty years working in hospitals, initially, as a respiratory therapist and, presently, in pulmonary research, as one may imagine, I have seen many patients with lung problems.

        A quick figuring with my pencil provides a number of over one hundred thousand (100,000) patients with whom I've worked directly, treated, taught, or reviewed and analyzed their pulmonary function. This number represents an impressive amount of people. But more impressive than this and at the heart of the matter is the fact that of all these sick and ailing people very few were nonsmokers.

        The vast majority of people with lung problems are smokers. This is what strikes me most as I review my career. This simple observation drives me to write this book and construct these sessions and make them available in hope that some will heed the message and avoid the diseases that await smokers in their later years."

For more information Contact: Mark Pilipski
Box 588
Westbrookville, NY 12785
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A brief biography of Mark Pilipski,
author of the SMOKING CESSATION HANDBOOK:

      Mark Pilipski is a resident of Westbrookville, NY.

      While active at his clinical duties, he was supervisor of the Pulmonary Research and Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratory of Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York and a Neonatal Research Associate at The Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Previous to these he served at St. Michael's Medical Center in Newark as manager of the Pulmonary Laboratory and Respiratory Care Department.

      He is a past member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the New Jersey Thoracic Society, past delegate for the National Society for Cardiopulmonary Technology, a Registered Hypnotherapist and many other professional and scientific associations.

      He presented his work with flow-volume loops (a then new diagnostic tool for evaluating lung dysfunction) at the First Pan-American Congress on Diseases of the Chest in Lima, Peru and has authored many scientific texts. He received the Special Award of Recognition from the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Technology for his clinical research.

      He also holds several patents for devices and chemical processes here and abroad. One lifesaving device he is particularly proud to have invented is a low pressure ventilator alarm, designed to alert ventilator patients and their attendants of any potentially dangerous machine malfunction.

      His undergraduate education was in the sciences and education from William Paterson University, New Jersey. His graduate work was in respiratory physiology at Rutgers the State University of New Jersey.

      As a teacher, biologist, author, and inventor he is in demand by audiences for his inspiring lectures.

      His current project is the publication and free availability on the web of his SMOKING CESSATION HANDBOOK to help people quit smoking.

A quote from the SMOKING CESSATION HANDBOOK:

      "Having spent most of the last thirty years working in hospitals initially as a respiratory therapist and, presently, in pulmonary research, as one may imagine, I have seen many patients with lung problems.

      A quick figuring with my pencil provides a number of about one hundred thousand (100,000) patients with whom I've worked directly, treated, taught, or reviewed and analyzed their pulmonary function. This number represents an impressive amount of people. But more impressive than this and at the heart of the matter is the fact that of all these sick and ailing people very few were nonsmokers.

      The vast majority of people with lung problems are smokers. This is what strikes me most as I review my career. This simple observation drives me to write this book and construct these sessions in hope that some will heed its message and avoid the diseases that await smokers in their later years." ---Mark Pilipski

A FREE copy of the SMOKING CESSATION HANDBOOK may be found on the web at http://www.spiritcrow.com/quitsmoking/clinic.htm/

If you would like to contact Mark Pilipski, you may reach him through his office at Box 588, Westbrookville, NY 12785, (973)-614-9101

CURRICULUM VITAE
Mark Pilipski
Box 588
Westbrookville, NY 12785
metro (973)-614-9101

Author of the SMOKING CESSATION HANDBOOK

Born: 12/16/47 Passaic, New Jersey, USA

1967-1969 Inhalation Therapy Technician (Full Time)
Barnert Memorial Hospital, Paterson NJ.

Certified Inhalation Therapy Technician (CITT)
National Certification by the American Association for Inhalation Therapy
Kansas City, MO.

1969-1971 Supervisor, Inhalation Therapy Department (Full Time)
Riverdell Hospital, Inc. Oradell, NJ.

1971-1981 Manager, Respiratory Care Department-Pulmonary Function Laboratory
(Full Time)
St. Michael's Medical Center, Newark, NJ.

1972-1976 Respiratory Therapy Technician (Full Time 1972-1973 then Part Time 24hrs/wk)
Christ Hospital, Jersey City, NJ

William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
BA, Biology

New Jersey Teacher Certification, Science

1976-1978 Respiratory Therapy Technician (Part Time 24hrs/wk)
Beth Israel Hospital, Passaic, NJ

1977-1978 Rutgers, the State University of NJ
New Brunswick, NJ. Physiology

1978-1984 Respiratory Technician (Part Time 24hrs/wk)
St. James Hospital, Newark, NJ

1981-1990 Manager, Pulmonary Research Laboratory (Full Time)
and the Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratories
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.

1984-1986 Respiratory Therapy Technician (Part Time 24hrs/wk)
Memorial General Hospital, Union, NJ

1984-1990 Respiratory Therapy Consultant, Roosevelt Hospital, Metuchen, NJ.
(Part Time 16hrs/wk)

1986-1988 Instructor, Smoking Cessation Clinic (Part Time 4hrs/week)
Department of Cardiology
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.

1988-1992 Respiratory Therapy Technician/Pulmonary Function Technician/
Statistical Analyst (Per Diem - 48hrs 3 times each yr)
Field Studies conducted by
U.S.Public Health Service
Division of Federal Employee Occupational Health
Federal Plaza, NYC

1990-1993 Program Analyst, Biometrics (Full Time)
Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, NJ.

1990-1998 Cardiopulmonary Technologist (Part Time 16hrs/wk)
Union Hospital, Union, NJ.

1991 NJ License, Respiratory Care Practitioner

1993-2000 Research Associate, Department of Neonatology (NICU) (Full Time)
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, NJ.

1995-1998 Respiratory Therapy Technician (Part Time 24hrs/wk)
Memorial General Hospital, Union, NJ.

2000-2001 Respiratory Therapy Technician (Per Diem 8hrs/wk)
Passaic General Hospital, Passaic, NJ.

APPOINTMENTS:

1970-1976 Board of Directors, Paravas Research, Inc. New Jersey

1971-1972 President; Paterson State Chapter of the US Chess Federation

1972-1974 Board of Directors, NJ Chapter of the American Association for Inhalation Therapy (NJAAIT)

1972-1974 Editor, SCOPE, Journal of the NJAAIT

1980-1982 NJ Chapter Delegate to the National Society for Cardiopulmonary Technology

1984-1986 President, Passaic Turners (NJ Gymnastic organization)

1992-2000 Co-Editor, The Double Helix, a quarterly journal of biotechnology for Biology, AP Biology, and Science and Technology Teachers, The Educational Instrument of the Helix Foundation, Inc.

1993-1997 Vice President, Artists for Mental Health

SOCIETIES:

New York Academy of Sciences
United States Chess Federation
New Jersey Thoracic Society (American Lung Association)
Society of American Inventors
New Jersey Canal Society
Council for Artistic Expression
Artists for Mental Health
International Association of Counselors and Therapists

PUBLICATIONS.

Pilipski M, A New Face Tent. JOURNAL OF NJAAIT,1969.

Hartwig, JE, Pilipski M, The IPPB Treatment (film) © 1970 John Edward Hartwig

Pilipski M, Zimmerman D, Construction of a Glass-Teflon Electrode to be Used as a Basic Component for a Device to Measure PaCO2 and PvCO2. J of NJAAIT, 1970.

Pilipski M, The Paravas Research, Simple Story of Dimensions: Inc. 1970. An Experimental An Experimental Text.

Pilipski M, The Paravas Research, Simple Story of Electrons: Inc. 1970. An Experimental An Experimental Text.

Pilipski An Investigation of Production of Tertiary Butyl a Semi-Synthetic Method for the Penicillin (Independent Study). William Paterson College, 1971.

Pilipski M, The Use of Extracellular ATP as a Supportive Measure to Augment Cellular Hypoxia and Metabolic Function in the Presence of Respiratory Acidema. J of NJAAIT, 1971.

Czerkas B, Pilipski M, Paravas Research, Inc. A Device for Ethylene Oxide Sterilization. 1971.

Pilipski, M, Inhalation of Perfluorocarbons to Replace Surfactant Losses (Technical Manual #735) Paravas Research, Inc. 1971.

Pilipski M, Anatomy of the Upper Airways. SCOPE, 1972

Pilipski M, Computer Determined Oxygen Concentrations for Cannula and Catheter.
RESPIRATORY CARE, December, 1974.

Pilipski M, Managing the Post-Cardiotomy Patient - Part I: Transportation of the Patient from the Operating Room and Stabilization in the Cardiac Recovery Room. J. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Technology (CVP). 3(1), 1975.

Pilipski M, Managing the Post-Cardiotomy Patient - Part II: Ambulatory Phase of Recovery and the Importance of Metabolic and The Blood Gas Analysis Studies. J.Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Technology (CVP). 3(2), 1975.

Pilipski M, Bronikowski J, A Device for Lavage, Suction, Biopsy and Administration of Medications During Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy. Scope, Spring, 1976.

Pilipski M, Improving the Visibility of MA-1 Spirometer Bellows. Respiratory Care, July, 1979.

Miller A, Pilipski M, Valciukas J, Pulmonary Function in Copper Smelter Employees and Miners, in Health Hazards Among Copper Smelter Workers. Report to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, November 30, 1982. The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York.

Schwartz J, Brown LK, Pilipski M, Miller A, Teirstein AS, Effect of Inertial Loading on the Respiratory Response to C02 Rebreathing in Normal Subjects. American Review of Respiratory Disease, 129:A272, 1984.

Raskin J, Rosen MJ, Pilipski M, Iberti T, Zaroulis C, Teirstein AS, Transfusion of Packed Red Blood Cells in Patients with ARDS.
Chest 88:1, July, 1985.

Rosen MJ, Pilipski M, Schulman B, Teirstein AS, Hemodynamic Effects of High-Frequency Chest Wall Percussion in the Dog. Chest 88:1, July, 1985.

Brown LK, Schwartz J, Rosen MJ, Pilipski M, Miller A, Teirstein AS, The Effect of High Frequency Chest Wall Vibration on Ventilatory Drive and Pattern During C02 Rebreathing in Man. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 131:a129, 1985.

Cohen JA, Gudesblatt M, Miller A, Pilipski M, Fagerstrom R, Weingarten Z, Mulvihill M, Parlman K, Caroscio JT, Predictive Value of Pulmonary Function Testing in ALS. Proceedings of the American Academy of Neurology, 1985. (Poster)

Pilipski M, Smoking Clinic Handbook: A Smoking Cessation Program, Roosevelt Hospital, Metuchen, NJ, 1986.

Pilipski M, Satellite Systems for Pulmonary Function Testing, in Pulmonary Function Tests in Clinical and Occupational Lung Disease. Albert Miller, Editor. Grune and Straton, mc, 1986.

Miller A, Teirstein AS, Pilipski M, Brown LK, The Spectrum of Airways Obstruction in Sarcoidosis. in the Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress on Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders. Grassi C, Rizzo G, Pozzi E, Editors. Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, 1988. Elsevier Science Publishers BV (Biomedical Division) pp. 351-354, 1988.

Brown LK, Miller A, Pilipski M, Forced Mid-Expiratory Time: Smoking Specific Predictive Equations. Chest 96:166s, 1989.

Brown LK, Miller A, Pilipski M, Forced Mid-Expiratory Time: Smoking Specific Predictive Equations. American Review of Respiratory Disease, 139:A600, 1989.

Miller A, Taub H, Spivak A, Pilipski M, Brown LK, Lung Function in Former Intravenous Drug Abusers: The Effect of Ubiquitous Cigarette Smoking. (Submitted, Ann. mt. Med.)

Brown LK, Schwartz J, Miller A, Pilipski M, Teirstein AS, Respiratory Drive and Pattern During Inertially-loaded C02 Rebreathing: Implications for Models of Respiratory Mechanics in Obesity. Respiration Physiology, 80: 231—244, 1990.

Pilipski M, Pilipski I, Phantom Chess: The Psychology of Computer Programs. (submitted, Perspectives in Artificial Intelligence)

Brown LK, Miller A, Pilipski M, Lau, TS, Forced Mid—Expiratory
Time: Smoking—Specific Reference Values. American Review of
Respiratory Disease, (in press)

Antonio E, Brown DR, Solecki L, Pilipski M, Cohen M, Myers MM.
Gastroesophageal Reflux, Apnea and Bradycardia in Response to Treatment with Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH 39:192a, 1996.

Cohen M, Myers MM, Brown DR, Solecki L, Pilipski M, Antonio E, Aveno M. Effects of Sleep/Wake States on Cardiovascular Responses to Feeding in Newborn Infants. Proceedings of the Society for Pediatric Research, Annual Meeting 1999.

Cohen M, Myers MM, Brown DR, Solecki L, Pilipski M, Aveno M, Antonio E. Cardiovascular Responses to Feeding in Newborns are Influenced by Pacifier Experience. Proceedings of the Society for Pediatric Research, Annual Meeting 1999.

Cohen M, Myers MM, Brown DR, Solecki L, Pilipski M, Becker J, Solecki S. Cardiovascular Responses to Feeding in Newborns are Influenced by Family History of Hypertension.
Proceedings of the Society for Pediatric Research, Annual Meeting 1999.

PRESENTATIONS:

Pilipski M, Hyperventilation and Cannabis Sativa, L. Inhalation Therapy, Proc. of the Annual Lecture Series, 1969.

Pilipski M, Computer Determined Oxygen Concentrations for Cannula and Catheter. Presented at the AART Annual Lecture Series, Dallas, TX, 1974.

Pilipski M, Crisis in the Environment: The Effect of Air Pollution on the Human Respiratory System (Guest Lecture Series) William Paterson College, Semi—annually, 1975—1984.

Pilipski M, Safirstein B, Dhakwa R, Garfield G, Flow-Volume Loop Analysis of Airways Obstruction. Presented at the First Pan-American Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Lima, Peru, 1976.

Pilipski M, Upper Airways Obstruction, Presented at the New Jersey Thoracic Society Chest Conference, Newark, NJ. 1976.

Pilipski M, A Technique for the Clinical Measurement of Airways Obstruction from Flow Volume Loops, Presented at the New Jersey Thoracic Society Fifth Annual Meeting, CMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, NJ. 1977.

Pilipski M, A Low Pressure Alarm. Presented at the New Jersey Thoracic Society Ninth Annual Meeting, New Brunswick, NJ. 1981.

Schwartz J, Brown LK, Pilipski M, Miller A, Teirstein AS, Effect of Inertial Loading on the Respiratory Responses to C02 Rebreathing in Normal Subjects. Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society, Miami Beach, FL, 1984.

Schwartz J, Brown LK, Pilipski M, Miller A, Teirstein AS, Effect of Inertial Loading on the Respiratory Response to C02 Rebreathing in Normal Subjects. Presented at the Annual Meeting, American Thoracic Society, Miami Beach, FL, May, 1984.

Brown LK, Schwartz J, Miller A, Pilipski M, Teirstein AS, Respiratory Pattern in Normal Subjects During Inertially-Loaded C02 Rebreathing. Presented at the American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. 1985.

Brown LK, Schwartz J, Rosen MJ, Pilipski M, Miller A, Teirstein AS, The Effect of High Frequency Chest Wall Vibration on Ventilatory Drive and Pattern During C02 Rebreathing in Man. Presented at the ATS (supra), 1985.

Rosen MJ, Pilipski M, Ghows MB, Raskin J, Teirstein AS, Ventilation with High-Frequency Percussion in the Dog. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, Dallas, TX. 1984.

Brown LK, Pilipski M, Miller A, Spirometric Analysis Using Moments: Inability to Detect Small Airways Disease in Sarcoidosis and Asbestosis. Presented at the Annual Meeting, American Thoracic Society, Kansas City, MO, May, 1986. (also presented at the New York Lung Club, January, 1986.)

Pilipski M, Rosen MJ, High Frequency Ventilation and the Fractal Dimension. Presented at the New Jersey Thoracic Society Sixteenth Annual Meeting, East Brunswick, NJ. 1988. (also presented at the American Thoracic Society, Eastern Section Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ. 1989.)

Pilipski M, Witek TJ jr, Schachter EN, A Dosimeter for Aerosol Challenge Testing. (accepted for presentation at the XVI World Congress on Diseases of the Chest, ACCP Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 1989 also presented at the ATS (supra), 1989).

Brown LK, Lacker HM, Pilipski M, Miller A, Analysis of the Forced Expiratory Spirogram by Computation of the Distribution Function of Expiratory Rate-Constants. Presented at the Eighth Annual Research Day, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY September 18, 1990 (accepted for presentation at the 56th Annual Scientific Assembly of the ACCP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1990).

Brown LK, Lacker HM, Pilipski M and Miller A, Unique Determination of the Distribution of the Vital Capacity as a Function of the Expiratory Time-Constants of the Lung. Presented at the New York Lung Club, New York, NY (1990).

Pilipski M, Computer Annotation of the Tops of Towers Produced by SAS PROC GCHART with a Block Statement from an Output Postscript File. Presented at the PharmaSUG (Pharmaceutical Industry SAS Users Group) Fall Meeting, San Diego, CA (1992).

MATERIAL IN PREPARATION:

The Smoking Cessation Clinic, An On-line interactive manual to help people quit smoking.

Perfluorocarbon liquids as a substitute for water in a water sealed spirometer: bacterial growth studies.

The problem with F102: an investigation of differences in results of various methods for measuring and calculating F102 in a respiring subject.

Fractal Logic: an essay about how machines can affect human thought.

A walking tour of the D & H canal.

High frequency ventilation and the fractal dimension:a ventilation model without tidal volume.

The effect of high-frequency chest wall vibration on single breath diffusion and total lung capacity.

The mortality/incidence ratio as an indicator of the efficacy of medical intervention in the treatment of various cancers. (submitted for publication, LANCET)

PATENTS:

Digital Computer, filed 1978 (pending), assigned to Mark-Comp-Co. NJ.

A Low Pressure Alarm, U.S.Patent # 4,176,617. December, 1979.

Saccharification of Cellulose, U.S.Patent # 4,235,968. September, 1979.

Saccharification of Cellulose, C—I—P, U.S.Patent # 4,260,685. Gaming Field, U.S.Patent # D268353.

Conversion of Cellulose Into Charcoal, C—I—P, U.S. Patent #4,318,710.
Saccharification of Cellulose, Spanish Patent #483,599.
November, 1980.

Saccharification of Cellulose, South African Patent # 79/4414. December, 1980.

Saccharification of Cellulose, European Patent Application
#79301732.8.

Conversion of Cellulose Into Activated Charcoal, U.S.Patent #4,425,256. January, 1984.

Phantom Assembly to Verify the Accuracy of DLco Measuring Device, SN 560,851 (pending) filed 1990.