Clinical Exercise Physiology, Second Edition Hardcover - 2008

Jonathan Ehrman, PhD, FACSM, is associate program director of preventive cardiology and exercise physiology and the director of the weight management program at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He has a 22-year background in clinical exercise physiology and is certified as an ACSM exercise specialist and program director. He served for three years as the chair of the exercise specialist credentialing committee for ACSM and is currently member at large of the credentialing board.

Dr. Ehrman has written over 100 manuscripts and abstracts and is senior editor of the next edition of ACSM's Resource Manual. He is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and a member of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, American Heart Association, and American Physiology Society. Dr. Ehrman earned his PhD in clinical exercise physiology from Ohio State University.

Paul Gordon, PhD, MPH, FACSM, is an ACSM-certified exercise specialist and director of the Laboratory for Physical Activity, Health, and Human Performance in the School of Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He has 15 years of teaching experience in clinical exercise physiology curricula and has directed several cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programs. Dr. Gordon has served as an examiner and coordinator for the ACSM exercise specialist certification and is a contributing author for the ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription.

Dr. Gordon is an American College of Sports Medicine fellow and a National Institutes for Health Study Section member. He earned his PhD in exercise physiology and an MPH in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh.

Paul Visich, PhD, MPH, has more than 10 years of experience in clinical exercise physiology and is the director of the Human Performance Laboratory and School of Health Sciences at Central Michigan University. He worked 8 years in a clinical setting that included cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation and primary disease prevention. His research interests involve lipid metabolism, cardiovascular disease risks in children, and the influence of resistance training on specific skeletal muscle genes.

Dr. Visich is chair of the Professional Education Committee of the American College of Sports Medicine. He earned a PhD in exercise physiology and an MPH in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh.

Steven Keteyian, PhD, FACSM, has more than 30 years of experience working as a clinical exercise physiologist. He is program director of preventive cardiology at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Over the course of his career, Dr. Keteyian has focused on exercise, physical activity, and health in both healthy individuals and those with chronic diseases. He is the author of more than 55 scientific articles and chapters in books and four textbooks.

Dr. Keteyian is a member of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the American Heart Association. He is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. He earned his PhD from Wayne State University.