Medical Section of the American Lung Association of the Southeast, Inc.

ADVOCACY – EDUCATION – RESEARCH

The American Lung Association of the Southeast, Inc. (ALASE) relies on its medical section, the Southeast Thoracic Association (SETA) to:

• Promote excellence in the management, prevention and control of lung disease;
• Provide educational opportunities for physicians and other lung patient healthcare providers;
• Assist the American Lung Association of the Southeast, Inc. in the review and recommendation for approval of funding of research grants;
• Help educate ALASE volunteers, staff and the general public about the prevention and treatment of lung disease;
• Represent the membership and interact with governmental and other regulatory agencies as an advocate for the mission of the American Lung Association of the Southeast, Inc.; and
• Support the ALASE’s fund raising efforts which benefit local communities.

The leadership of ALASE and SETA (formerly the Thoracic Societies of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina) recognize that this member-driven organization has an enormous opportunity to serve the pulmonary medicine community by delivering quality educational programs, partnering with ALASE in a manner beneficial to the communities in which we live and becoming an effective advocacy group, both for the healthcare community and the general public.

SETA leadership will encourage a diverse membership so the organization reflects the communities we serve to effectively respond to its needs.  Representation will include not only physicians and surgeons but also nurses, respiratory therapists and all other individuals involved in the care of patients with lung diseases. 

Two annual conferences provide health professionals an opportunity to learn the latest developments in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine and to earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits:

Tri-State Consecutive Case Conferences on Lung Disease

Debating the controversies the textbooks don’t address

This conference, developed for pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons, is one of the country’s oldest and most highly regarded post-graduate education programs of thoracic medicine and surgery.

Pulmonary WinterCourse

Addressing controversies and hot topics in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

This program provides state of the art advances in pulmonary medicine for a wide variety of medical disciplines with a special interest in pulmonary disorders.