History
Founded in 1905 as the American Sanatorium Association to prevent, control and treat tuberculosis; renamed the American Trudeau Society in 1938 and the American Thoracic Society in 1960. Originally the medical section of the American Lung Association, the Society became independently incorporated in 2000 as a 501(c)(3) organization.
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