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Interventional pulmonology (IP, also called interventional pulmonary medicine) is a maturing medical sub-specialty from its parent specialty of pulmonary medicine.It deals specifically with minimally invasive endoscopic and percutaneous procedures for diagnosis and treatment of neoplastic as well as non-neoplastic diseases of the airways, lungs, and pleura.
This list of medicine awards is an index to articles about notable awards for contributions to medicine, the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. The list is organized by region and country of the organization giving the award, but the awards may be available to people from around ...
Cooper graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1964, completed his fellowship, and then obtained his first faculty appointment in 1972 at the University of Toronto.He performed the world's first successful lung transplant on pulmonary fibrosis patient Tom Hall on November 7, 1983 at Toronto General Hospital.
Dr. Bryant Lin, a Stanford University School of Medicine physician and professor, has never smoked, but in early May 2024, he received a life-altering diagnosis: stage IV lung cancer. Lung cancer ...
Argentine singer and actor. He died after complications of a heart–lung transplant. November 20, 2009 45 days [31] Ann Harrison (1944–2001) Recipient and long term survivor of the world's first human double-lung transplant November 26, 1986 15 years [90] Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick (1983–2019) American soprano. September 2009 10 years ...
Steven Eisenberg — known as "The Singing Cancer Doctor." Sextus Empiricus (2nd–3rd century C.E.) — philosopher; Ken Evoy; Roberto Horcades Figueira — former chairman of the Fluminense Football Club; Giovanni Fontana — Venetian physician, engineer, and encyclopedist; Luigi Galvani — physicist; Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655 ...
The 1933 cancer congress in Madrid was considered the first "International Cancer Congress" and the second was held in Brussels in 1936 under the auspices of UICC. The third took place in Atlantic City, US, in 1939 before the activities of UICC were suspended due to World Word II. The fourth and fifth congresses were held in 1947 and 1950 ...
Reforms included the introduction of scientific sections, the appointment of a congress president, the restructuring of the annual congress with plenary sessions, symposiums, hot-topic sessions and workshops and participation in anti-smoking PR campaigns of the Deutsche Lungenstiftung ("German Lung Foundation"), e.g. Be Smart Don’t Start. The ...