Forum of International Respiratory Societies

The Forum of International Respiratory Societies is a respiratory health advocacy organization which consists of the following organizations:

• The Asociacion Latinoamericana del Thorax
• The American College of Chest Physicians
• The American Thoracic Society
• The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
• The European Respiratory Society
• The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, and
• The Pan African Thoracic Society.

The Forum was established in 2002[1] and has more than 70,000 members worldwide.[2] It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.[3] In 2010, the Forum dubbed the year 2010 the "Year of the Lung".[4]