Michael falvo | va new jersey health care | veterans affairs

Dr. Falvo, PhD, is the Co-Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs AHBPCE Center of Excellence at the NJ War Related Illness and Injury Study Center. He is an also an Associate

Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in the Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience as well as Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Dr. Falvo is an American

College of Sports Medicine Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist and completed his training in exercise science and kinesiology from The College of New Jersey (BS), University of Memphis

(MS), and Washington University in Saint Louis (PhD). In 2012, he completed a VA Advanced Fellowship Program in post-deployment health at the WRIISC. Dr. Falvo leads a program of funded

research that investigates mechanisms of dyspnea and exercise intolerance in the context of environmental and occupational exposures, and this work is supported by VA, Department of Defense

and non-profit organizations. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles (h index: 21) and has been the lead or site principal investigator on nine separate multi-year projects

since 2012.  Click this link to view his publications. Within the New Jersey WRIISC, Dr. Falvo and his laboratory expanded diagnostic testing offerings to include advanced cardiopulmonary

services for Veterans referred through our national program presenting with dyspnea (shortness of breath). These efforts, along with research, laid the foundation for what has been

recognized by Congress and the President in Public Law 115-929 as a VA Center of Excellence (May 2019). As Co-Director of the AHBPCE, Dr. Falvo oversees and contributes to the center’s

efforts across research, clinical care, and education to improve the health and well-being of deployed Veterans with airborne hazards concerns.