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North Central Multi Agency Coordination Group

About North Central Multi Agency Coordination Group

Although pulmonary medicine only began to evolve as a medical specialty in the 1950s, William Welch and William Osler founded the ‘parent’ organization of the American Thoracic Society, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The care, treatment, and study of tuberculosis of the lung is recognised as a discipline in its own right, phthisiology. When the specialty did begin to evolve, several discoveries were being made linking the.

Outpatients

  • CF-related diabetes (monthly)
  • Gastrointestinal (monthly)
  • CF-related liver disease (monthly)
  • Sweat testing (three times per month)
  • Difficult cystic fibrosis diagnosis (alternate months)
  • Sweat testing (three times per month)

Although pulmonary medicine only began to evolve as a medical specialty in the 1950s, William Welch and William Osler founded the ‘parent’ organization of the American Thoracic Society

One of the first major discoveries relevant to the field of pulmonology was the discovery of pulmonary circulation. Originally, it was thought that blood reaching the right side of the heart passed through small ‘pores’ in the septum into the left side to be oxygenated, as theorized by Galen; however, the discovery of pulmonary circulation disproves this theory, which had previously been accepted since the 2nd century. Thirteenth century anatomist and physiologist Ibn Al-Nafis accurately theorized that there was no ‘direct’ passage between the two sides.

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Mon - Fri8:00am - 5:00pm
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Department Address

215 10th St.
Lewiston, ID 83501

208-799-3100