Peter V. Dicpinigaitis, MD, professor of clinical medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and founder and director of the Montefiore Cough Center at Montefiore Medical Center, both in the Bronx, New York. He was a coauthor of Diagnosis and Management of Cough: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines published in 2006 by the American College of Chest Physicians.
Coughing is so prevalent -- especially during the winter months -- that most people dismiss it as a minor ailment…
