Notable Lung Doctor Answers Questions On-Line
For Immediate Release
IRVING, TX (October 13, 2004) — The debut of “Ask Dr. Tom” will coincide with the celebration of Respiratory Care Week, beginning Oct. 25. In the online column, a world-renowned physician will be available to answer your questions about lung disease and care on the website with the most comprehensive information on lungs, called YourLungHealth.org.
YourLungHealth.org is a website developed by the American Association for Respiratory Care to serve as a repository for information on lung conditions. Thomas Petty, MD a foremost expert on lung health, will be available to answer questions in a new feature on that website called “Ask Dr. Tom.”
You can submit questions online, which may then be answered through regular postings on the website. You will be submitting your questions directly to world-renown physician Tom Petty, MD, FAARC, founder of the National Lung Health Education Program. Dr. Petty has been a pioneer in the area of home oxygen therapy, devoting his career to helping patients who have emphysema and other forms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Asthma, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, allergies, sleep disordered breathing, Alpha 1, and other lung problems are among the conditions for which information is available and will be addressed on "Ask Dr. Tom."
“Patients have a growing need to learn more about the importance of maintaining lung health and preventing and treating both acute and common respiratory disorders,” said Dr. Petty. He hopes to create an active dialog, answering questions in a short and clear manner on all forms of lung disease.
All the questions and answers will be placed in an archive, so newcomers to the site can scroll through previously asked and answered questions to see if their problem has already been addressed.
Ask Dr. Tom is located at: http://www.aarc.org/headlines/lung_health_day_04/dr_tom.asp on the YourLungHealth website.
Other areas of YourLungHealth.org provide resource materials on lung disease and the medications used to treat lung problems.
The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) is a not-for-profit professional organization, consisting of 35,000 respiratory therapists, physicians, and other health care professionals. AARC is dedicated to helping persons with respiratory diseases receive safe and effective respiratory care. The AARC also publishes RESPIRATORY CARE, a peer-reviewed science journal listed in Index Medicus.
Respiratory Therapists (RTs) are licensed health care professionals specially educated in respiratory health care. RTs assist physicians by providing diagnostic, treatment and management services to persons with respiratory diseases. RTs provide these services in hospitals, outpatient centers, physicians’ offices, skilled nursing facilities and patients' homes.
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Contact:
Sherry Milligan
Associate Executive Director
(972) 406-4656, Milligan@aarc.org
(817) 939-3996 – Cell Phone
