Kenneth Nugent graduated from Washington University in St. Louis Medical School. He completed Internal Medicine residency training and Pulmonary Fellowship training at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. He also completed a 2-year Research Associate training program at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He is currently a Professor of Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX, USA. He is chief of the pulmonary and critical care division and program director for the pulmonary and critical care fellowship, and medical director of the intensive care unit at University Medical Center in Lubbock Texas and is the medical director for the South Plains College Respiratory Therapy program. Dr. Nugent is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Nugent’s main research interests involve clinical pulmonary diseases, COPD, and sleep effects in obese patients.