Mission creep in medicine

[George K]

https://donoharmmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DNH-Med-School-Mission-Creep.pdf

Derm and Ortho, LOL.

[jon-nyc]

ALA isn’t really a society for pulmonologists. That’s American Thoracic Society (which spun out of ALA decades ago) and The American College of Chest Physicians. ATS is more research focused and Chest more clinical.

ALA is more an umbrella disease org like the National Kidney Foundation or American Heart Association

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Mission creep in medicine:

ALA is more an umbrella disease org like the National Kidney Foundation or American Heart Association

I was not aware of that.

However, the AHA has a loud voice in medicine, doesn't it?

[jon-nyc]

I suppose but it does more advocacy. AHA isn’t the cardiologists association. That’s the American College of Cardiology. Same concept.