The American Thoracic Society (ATS) was founded in 1905 as the American Sanatorium Association to prevent, control and treat tuberculosis. In 1938 is was renamed the American Trudeau Society, and finally ATS in 1960. Originally the medical section of the American Lung Association, the Society became independently incorporated in 2000 as a 501 (c) (3) organization.
AMERICAN SANATORIUM ASSOCIATION
| 1905-1919 |
V.Y. Bowditch, MD |
| 1919-1923 |
Lawrason Brown, MD |
| 1924-1925 |
J.W. Pettit, MD |
| 1925-1926 |
F.M. Pottenger, MD |
| 1926-1927 |
David R. Lyman, MD |
| 1927-1928 |
Robinson Bosworth, MD |
| 1928-1929 |
Henry Boswell, MD |
| 1929-1930 |
W. L. Rathbun, MD |
| 1930-1931 |
Ralph C. Matson, MD |
| 1931-1932 |
Henry D. Chadwick, MD |
| 1932-1933 |
Harry L. Barnes, MD |
| 1933-1934 |
Fred H. Heise, MD |
| 1934-1935 |
Leroy S. Peters, MD |
| 1935-1936 |
E.S. McSweeny, MD |
| 1936-1937 |
William H. Ordway, MD |
| 1937-1938 |
Munford Smith, MD |
| 1938-1939 |
Ezra R. Bridge, MD |
| 1939-1939 |
Bruce H. Douglas, MD |
AMERICAN TRUDEAU SOCIETY
| 1939-1940 |
J. Burns Amberson, MD |
| 1940-1941 |
Lewis L. Moorman, MD |
| 1941-1942 |
Harold G. Trimble, MD |
| 1942-1943 |
Henry C. Sweany, MD |
| 1943-1944 |
John B. Barnwell, MD |
| 1944-1945 |
Julius L. Wilson, MD |
| 1945-1946 |
Ezra R. Bridge, MD |
| 1946-1947 |
H. McLeod Riggins, MD |
| 1947-1948 |
Howard W. Bosworth, MD |
| 1948-1949 |
H. Corwin Hinshaw, MD |
| 1949-1950 |
Kirby S. Howlett, Jr., MD |
| 1950-1951 |
Grover C. Bellinger, MD |
| 1951-1952 |
John H. Skavlem, MD |
| 1952-1953 |
David A. Cooper, MD |
| 1953-1954 |
Donald S. King, MD |
| 1954-1955 |
John D. Steele, MD |
| 1955-1956 |
Stuart Willis, MD |
| 1956-1957 |
Paul C. Samson, MD |
| 1957-1958 |
Theodore L. Badger, MD |
| 1958-1959 |
Daniel E. Jenkins, MD |
| 1959-1960 |
Roger S. Mitchell, MD |
AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY
| 1960-1961 |
William B. Tucker, MD |
| 1961-1962 |
Robert H. Ebert, MD |
| 1962-1963 |
H. William Harris, MD |
| 1963-1964 |
William R. Barclay, MD |
| 1964-1965 |
William S. Schwartz, MD |
| 1965-1966 |
Winthrop N. Davey, MD |
| 1966-1967 |
John S. Chapman, MD |
| 1967-1968 |
Robert L. Yeager, MD |
| 1968-1969 |
Joseph B. Stocklen, MD |
| 1969-1970 |
James F. Hammarsten, MD |
| 1970-1971 |
Eugene D. Robin, MD |
| 1971-1972 |
James Kieran, MD |
| 1972-1973 |
Alan K. Pierce, MD |
| 1973-1974 |
Jay A. Nadel, MD |
| 1974-1975 |
Gareth M. Green, MD |
| 1975-1976 |
Attilio D. Renzetti, Jr., MD |
| 1976-1977 |
Hans Weill, MD |
| 1977-1978 |
Richard L. Riley, MD |
| 1978-1979 |
Donald F. Tierney, MD |
| 1979-1980 |
Marvin A. Sackner, MD |
| 1980-1981 |
Anne L. Davis, MD |
| 1981-1982 |
John F. Murray, MD |
| 1982-1983 |
Robert B. Mellins, MD |
| 1983-1984 |
Roland H. Ingram, Jr., MD |
| 1984-1985 |
Clarence A. Guenter, MD |
| 1985-1986 |
Kenneth M. Moser, MD |
| 1986-1987 |
Gordon L. Snider, MD |
| 1987-1988 |
Gerard M. Turino, MD |
| 1988-1989 |
Joseph H. Bates, MD |
| 1989-1990 |
Kenneth L. Brigham, MD |
| 1990-1991 |
A. Sonia Buist, MD |
| 1991-1992 |
Herbert Y. Reynolds, MD |
| 1992-1993 |
James D. Crapo, MD |
| 1993-1994 |
J.T. Sylvester, MD |
| 1994-1995 |
Gary W. Hunninghake, MD |
| 1995-1996 |
Leonard D. Hudson, MD |
| 1996-1997 |
Philip C. Hopewell, MD |
| 1997-1998 |
Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD |
| 1998-1999 |
Edward R. Block, MD |
| 1999-2000 |
Jeffrey L. Glassroth, MD |
| 2000-2001 |
William J. Martin, II, MD |
| 2001-2002 |
Adam Wanner, MD |
| 2002-2003 |
Thomas R. Martin, MD |
| 2003-2004 |
Homer A. Boushey, Jr., MD |
| 2004-2005 |
Sharon I.S. Rounds, MD |
| 2005-2006 |
Peter D. Wagner, MD |
| 2006-2007 |
John E. Heffner, MD |
| 2007-2008 |
David H. Ingbar, MD |
| 2008-2009 |
Jo Rae Wright, PhD |
| 2009-2010 |
J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH |
| 2010-2011 |
Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD |
| 2011-2012 |
Nicholas S. Hill, MD |
| 2012-2013 |
Monica Kraft, MD |