MTS
460 Totten Pond Road
Suite 400
Waltham, MA 02451

781-314-9003
781-890-4282 FAX

cflood@lungma.org

About the Massachusetts Thoracic Society

Established in 1945, the Massachusetts Thoracic Society is the medical section of the American Lung Association of Massachusetts. Membership in the Society includes physicians and surgeons, nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, researchers and others with a common interest of preventing and fighting lung disease. The Massachusetts Thoracic Society (MTS) strives to represent the pulmonary medicine community in Massachusetts.

Mission Statement

The goals of the Society shall be the promotion and improvement of the respiratory health of residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Society shall be dedicated to the highest professional and scientific standards. The Society shall have three major purposes:

• To act as a scientific organization for health care professionals interested in respiratory disease. The Society shall promote the study, prevention, understanding, and management of respiratory disease through education programs, support of scientific research and other appropriate activities.
• To act in a medical advisory capacity to the American Lung Association of Massachusetts.
• To constitute the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Thoracic Society (ATS).

The MTS Council is the governing body of the Society and conducts the business of the Society. It is composed of the officers and fifteen (15) MTS members elected by the membership. The MTS is operated according to a set of By-Laws, agreed upon by its members.

Current Officers

Massachusetts Thoracic Society
460 Totten Pond Road, Suite 400
Waltham, MA 02451
Telephone: 781-314-9003
FAX: 781-890-4280

MTS Chapter Administrator: Catherine Flood
Email: cflood@lungma.org