A list of organizations for the advancement of respiratory care.

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Alabama Society for Respiratory Care (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...

Alaska Society for Respiratory Care Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

* Associazione Scientifica Interdisciplinare per lo Studio delle Malattie Respiratorie (AIMAR) (

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

) * Associazione Italiana Pneumologi Ospedalieri (AIPO) (

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American Association for Respiratory Care The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) is a non profit organization and is the only professional organization supporting Respiratory Care in the United States. In addition to attempting to help lobby for beneficial legislation nati ...

(AARC) (

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

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American College of Chest Physicians The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) is a medical association in the United States consisting of physicians and non-physician specialists in the field of chest medicine, which includes pulmonology, critical care medicine, and sleep med ...

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American Thoracic Society The American Thoracic Society (ATS) is a nonprofit organization focused on improving care for pulmonary diseases, critical illnesses and sleep-related breathing disorders. It was established in 1905 as the American Sanatorium Association, and ch ...

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Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from As ...

(APSR) * Asociación Argentina de Medicina Respiratoria (

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

) * Associación Latin Americana del Tórax (ALAT) * Austrian Society of Pneumology (ASP) (

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

) * Association of Respiratory Care Practitioner in the Philippines Inc (ARCPP) (

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

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Association of Respiratory Therapists Singapore Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

(ARTS) (

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

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* Belgian Thoracic Society * Brazilian Thoracic Society *

British Thoracic Society The British Thoracic Society (BTS) was formed in 1982 by the amalgamation of the British Thoracic Association and the Thoracic Society. It is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. Function The society's main charitable objecti ...

Bulgarian Society of Respiratory Diseases Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

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Canadian Society for Respiratory Therapy The Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT) was founded in 1964 as the Canadian Society of Inhalation Therapy Technicians. Currently it is the Canadian national professional association for respiratory therapists. Publications * ''Cana ...

Canadian Thoracic Society Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) is a national not-for-profit medical association representing researchers and healthcare professionals in the field of respirology. It was established when the Canadian Tuberculosis Association, now The Lung Associat ...

Croatian Respiratory Society Croatian may refer to: *Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * Se ...

* Colorado Society for Respiratory Care

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* Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin e.V. (

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

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Dutch Thoracic Society Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

(NVALT)

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European Respiratory Society The European Respiratory Society, or ERS, is a non-profit organization with offices in Lausanne, Brussels and Sheffield. It was founded in 1990 in the field of respiratory medicine. The organization was formed with the merger of the Societas Euro ...

(ERS) * Egyptian Society of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis *

European Society of Thoracic Imaging European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...

(ESTI) * Estonian Respiratory Society *

European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) is a non-profit organisation for European clinicians, researchers and allied health professionals in the field of allergy and clinical immunology, covering asthma, rhinitis, eczema a ...

(EAACI) * European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations (EFA) * European Lung Foundation (ELF) ( World Spirometry Day (WSD) )

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* Global Smoke Free Partnership (GSP)

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* Hellenic Thoracic Society (

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

) * Hungarian Respiratory Society

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* Indian Association of Respiratory Care (IARC) (

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

) Official Website (External Link
Indian Association of Respiratory Care
* Indian Chest Society * International Society for Aerosolin Medicine (ISAM) * Irish Thoracic Society * International Council for Respiratory Care (ICRC) Official Website (External Link

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Kazakhstan National Respiratory Society The Kazakhstan National Respiratory Society founded in 1985 works with the Central-Asian Pulmonologists Association and the Euro-Asian Respiratory Society. The society is maintained by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan. See ...

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Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

) * Kyrgyz Thoracic Society

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* Latvian Society of Lung Physicians * Lebanese Pulmonary Society

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* Malayali Association of Respiratory Care (MARC) *

Médecins sans frontières (MSF; pronounced ), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is a humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation (NGO) or charity of French origin known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases. M ...

(MSF) (''Doctors Without Borders'') * Moroccan Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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* National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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National Board for Respiratory Care The National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC Inc. is a non-profit organization formed in 1960 with the purpose of awarding and maintaining credentialing for Respiratory Therapists in the United States. The NBRC is the only organization in the Un ...

(NBRC)

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* Pakistan Chest Society * Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) * PHILIPPINE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESPIRATORY THERAPY * Polish Respiratory Society * Primary Care Respiratory Journal (PCRJ)

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* Romanian Society of Pneumology * Russian Respiratory Society * Respiratory Therapists Society of Republic of China, RTSROC

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* Saudi Thoracic Society * Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Pneumologie (Switzerland) * Slovak Pneumological and Ftiseological Society * Slovenian Respiratory Society * Sociedad Chilena de Enfermedades Respiratorias (

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

) * Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

) * Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia (

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

) * Société Algérienne de Pneumophtisiologie (

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

) * Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française (SPLF) * Society of Albanian Pulmonologists * South African Thoracic Society

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* Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine * Taiwan Society for Respiratory Therapy, TSRT * Texas Society for Respiratory Care * The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) * The Finnish Respiratory Society * The Japanese Respiratory Society * Tunisian Society of Respiratory Disease and Allergology * Turkish Respiratory Society * Turkish Thoracic Society {{Respiratory care Respiratory therapy Pulmonology and respiratory therapy organizations