ATS Patient Voices is published by the American Thoracic Society Public Advisory Roundtable (ATS PAR). Since 2001, ATS PAR has been a core component of the Society and a mutually beneficial partnership wherein organizations that represent persons affected by respiratory diseases, illnesses requiring critical care, sleep-related disorders collaborate with the ATS to advance their shared educational, research, patient care, and advocacy goals.
The ATS strives to improve health worldwide by advancing research, clinical care, and public health in respiratory disease, critical illness, and sleep disorders. The roots of the ATS reach back to 1905, when a small group of physicians and researchers began sharing information about tuberculosis. Since then, it has grown into an international society with more than 15,000 members.
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Foreward
M. Patricia Rivera, MD, ATSF, ATS President and Karen Collishaw MPP, CAE, ATS Chief Executive Officer
Chair's Message
Donna Appell, RN, Chair, ATS PAR
Catherine Clark
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Bronchiolitis. Asthama
Joanna Conroy
Cystic Fibrosis
Phyliss DiLorenzo
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Garrie Farrow
Sarcoidosis
Amy Gietzen
Scleroderma
Katie O'Grady
Cystic Fibrosis
Marsha Henderson
Sarcoidosis
LaJoy Johnson-Law
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Kathy Page
Sleep Apnea
Niraj Patel
Cystic Fibrosis
John Torrence
Bronchiectasis
Epilogue
Courtney L. White PhD, CAE, Managing Director, Health Equity and Community Engagement
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Disclaimer
This publication includes stories of lung disease patients as told to the American Thoracic Society by the patients or their representatives. The views expressed in these stories do not reflect those of the ATS. The ATS makes no claim as to the efficacy of treatments, veracity of diagnoses, or competency of any physician or medical institution referenced herein.
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