Multi-Year Membership Savings

Renewing your membership will save you more than $1,000 on ATS products and services, including as much as $375 on registration for the International Conference. Now, you can also save as much as $95 when you join or renew for two or three-year periods. It pays to be a member, renew today! For promotion codes based on your membership category and length of renewal, visit our website.

ATS 2018 Proposals Due Now

The International Conference Committee is seeking proposals for ATS 2018, and the deadline is today. Don’t miss the opportunity to share your insights and expertise May 18–23, in San Diego, California. See the complete submission guidelines. Deadline: TODAY 5 p.m. ET

Help ATS Win Best of Show – Trade Show News Network

The ATS 2017 International Conference has been selected as one of the top five finalists for the 8th Annual TSNN Awards: Celebrating Trade Show Excellence, Aug. 21 – 23, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Visit the voting site and vote ATS 2017 for Best of Show! The ballot will be open until July 21. Read more about our story and submission.

Countdown to South American Critical Care Conference

The Critical Care Conference, “Special Topics in Multidisciplinary Critical Care: Acute Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation,” is less than a month away! View  the video, and join us July 13‒15, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This event is co-organized by the American Thoracic Society, Brazilian Thoracic Society, and Latin American Thoracic Association.

Get Involved! Advocacy Opportunity

Congress may soon vote on legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act. Read about the main impacts of the new bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Letters to the editor are needed, and sample LTEs are available. Email us to contribute.

Have You Submitted Your Bid?

The auction for autographed centenary copies of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine closes this Friday! Own a piece of history, while supporting respiratory research. View details.

Summer Listening: ATS Podcast Highlights

Looking for listening material for your summer travels or road trips? Check out the following episodes, from the ATS Podcasts on iTunes.

Critical Care Issues

• Clinical ethics in Critical Care: Is it ethically acceptable to honor previous wishes to withhold life-sustaining treatments in the setting of suspected suicide? (June)
• Dehumanization in Medicine (June)
• Critical Thinking in Critical Care (May)
• Women in Critical Care Medicine Episode 1(April)
• Tools for Studying Long Term Outcomes in Critically Ill (April)
• The Growing Field of Pediatric Palliative Care(February)

Professional Development and Career

• Fellow Chat: How to Develop Your Clinical Research Career with Dr. Michelle Ng Gong(June)
• Fellow Chat: Developing your Academic Career(May)
• Interview with Elizabeth Matsui, MD: a Career Focused on Pediatric Asthma and the Inner-City Environment (March)
• The Art of Mentoring (February)