Patient Organizations

Alpha-1 Foundation
http://www.alphaone.org

American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org

American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic
http://www.lunginfo.org

COPD-ALERT 
http://www.copd-alert.com/

COPD Foundation
http://www.copdfoundation.org/

Emphysema Foundation for our Right to Survive (EFFORTS)
http://www.emphysema.net/

James P. Mara Center for Lung Disease
http://www.wehealny.org/services/slr_pulmonary/maracenter.html

National Emphysema/COPD Association
http://www.necacommunity.org /

National Emphysema Foundation
http://www.emphysemafoundation.org/

NTM Info & Research, Inc.
http://www.ntminfo.org

Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation (PERF)
http://www.perf2ndwind.org/

Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago  http://www.lungchicago.org

Liaison Members

          Environmental Protection Agency
          http://www.epa.gov 

           National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute 
           National Institutes of Health, DHHS
           http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov
           http://www.nih.gov
    
           National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
           Center for Disease Control and Prevention, DHHS  
           http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
           http://www.cdc.gov

          Veterans Administration Medical System
          http://www.va.gov

Professional Health Organizations

American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.aafp.org

 American Association for Respiratory Care
 http://www.aarc.org/

 American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
 http://www.aacvpr.org/

 American College of Chest Physicians
 http://www.chestnet.org/

American College of Emergency Physicians
http://www.acep.org/

American College of Physicians
http://www.acponline.org/

American Physical Therapy Association
http://www.apta.org

 American Thoracic Society
 http://www.thoracic.org

 National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care
 http://www.namdrc.org/

 National Lung Health Education Program
 http://www.nlhep.org

 National Respiratory Training Centre ww.nrtc-usa.org
http://wwwnrtc.org