• American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
• ALA -  The American Lung Association.
• ALA- The American Lung Association of Colorado
• The Australian Lung Foundation
• The Canadian COPD Alliance

• The Alpha-1 Foundation
        Learn more about Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.
• American Thoracic Society

• American Association for Respiratory Care. 

• PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES INDIGENT PATIENT PROGRAMS  

• The LAM Foundation  Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)

• Long Term Oxygen Therapy Network 

• Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute  
• Missouri Society for Respiratory Care 

• National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT)  

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

• No Air To Go!  Also contains Compilation of Pulmonary Definitions and much, much more.  Pulmonary acronyms and abbreviations for disease, diagnostic and test procedures.  Many entries linked to glossary section.   T

• Clinical Trials.com  offers comprehensive information for current clinical trials being conducted
• Lungenemphysem-copd.de  German website for Emphysema (In German Language
• National Emphysema Foundation  The National Emphysema Foundation was founded in 1971; its mission is to improve the quality of life of patients with emphysema, asthma or related lung diseases with information and education for families.

• PulmonologyChannel  is developed and monitored by leading pulmonologists. You can be assured of always finding the most up-to-date, medically accurate information available.

• The Pulmonary Paper is a non-profit corporation supported by a modest schedule of individual tax-deductible gifts. It distributes a newsletter "Dedicated to Respiratory Health Care" eight times per year by mail to its subscribers – professionals, caregivers, and patients.  It is most informative. Bulletin:  It  is also the official newsletter for EFFORTS  since 10/27/99.

• PERF The Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation
• Portable Oxygen, A users perspective by Pete Wilson, Ph.d-Excellent Site

• PulmonologyLinks is part of MDLinx, which is a network of nearly 40 specialty Web sites. MDLinx was started by clinical physicians frustrated by the complexity and disorganization of professional-quality medical information on the Web.

• Second Wind Lung Transplant Association, Inc.  To improve the quality of life for lung transplant recipients, lung surgery candidates.
• The Young Person's Cyber-Library of Information on Tobacco and Tobacco-Caused Disease This is a site set up by Frederic W. Grannis Jr. MD and Head, Section of Thoracic Surgery at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CA

• What is Emphysema? Some good places to go for more information on chronic bronchitis and emphysema. This also is a site set up by Frederic W. Grannis Jr. MD and Head, Section of Thoracic Surgery at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CA   

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