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American Thoracic Society (ATS)
Created in 1905, ATS is the oldest respiratory
society in the world. Its founding philosophy
“that disease and suffering can be eliminated
faster when discoveries and knowledge are
shared” has been expanded to encompass
all aspects of pulmonary, critical care and
sleep medicine. With its widening mission,
the Society’s membership has become
increasingly diverse, and nearly one-third of
the Society’s members are non-US based. The
mission is to improve health worldwide by
advancing research, clinical care and public
health in respiratory disease, critical illness
and sleep disorders.
ATS publishes three premier journals that
meet the needs of basic, translational and
clinical scientists, produces clinical care
guidelines, advocates for clean air and
tobacco control, works to defeat tuberculosis
in
developing
countries,
and
trains
physicians in Latin America, Africa and Asia
to become researchers through its Methods
in Epidemiologic, Operations and Clinical
Research (MECOR) programme. Each year,
the Society also convenes the world’s leading
experts in pulmonary, critical care and sleep
medicine to present and discuss the latest
research in these fi elds. These meetings have
more than 6,000 original abstracts and more
than 15,000 participants from most countries
in the world.
innovative educational techniques, CHEST is
a global leader in providing clinical education
in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.
CHEST’s premier publication, the journal
CHEST, features outstanding clinical research
and reviews through print, online and mobile
editions. CHEST also publishes CHEST
Physician (a monthly newspaper), CHEST
NewsBrief (a weekly e-newsletter) and CHEST
Today (a daily publication), which offer varied
resources for continuing education and practice
management. Clinicians also know CHEST
for its clinical guidelines in antithrombotics,
cough, lung cancer and more. In addition to its
annual meetings, CHEST provides prepar