AABIP MEMBERSHIP
Membership in the AABIP is open to physicians and non-physicians interested in the science, techniques, and clinical applications of pulmonary and pleural procedures. A major goal of our association is to share information with practicing health care providers and physicians-in-training through our journal and yearly educational programs held in conjunction with national and international meetings.
The role of the Membership committee is to oversee membership rosters, organize membership drives, ascertain the timeliness of the renewal process, and report membership concerns (educational, scientific, and financial) to the executive committee. The Membership committee chair is responsible for developing strategies to promote the AABIP’s scientific and educational missions in order to meet the concerns, needs, and desires of the general membership.
Founded in 1993 the American Association for Bronchology is an interdisciplinary society dedicated to bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology. Members are devoted to the advancement of education, research, and the development of procedural standards in the discipline of Interventional Pulmonology.
Affiliate Membership in the AABIP provides nonphysician health care professionals (RN, LPN, CRTT, RRT) numerous opportunities to learn, teach and help develop a vast number of procedural techniques in order to determine their appropriate applications in chest medicine. These include, but are not limited to bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, diagnostic and therapeutic laser therapy, stent insertion, cryotherapy, electrocoagulation, brachytherapy, angioscopy, tracheostomy, transtracheal oxygen, and endoscopic ultrasonography. Affiliate membership is offered.
The Mission of the Affiliates Forum is to provide nurses, respiratory therapists, and other health professionals involved with Interventional Pulmonary Procedures a forum for professional support, education, and scientific exchange. Membership gives you access to other health care practitioners and resources related to Interventional Pulmonology. Common areas of interest are:
- Diagnostic and therapeutic pulmonary techniques
- Bronchoscopy and Operating Room Policies and Procedures
- Patient education
- Equipment and Technology issues
- Research
- Team building for successful patient outcomes
- International developments
- Medical ethics
The forum allows you to interact with a national and international network of peers with whom you can exchange ideas, as well as share specific issues and problems in a collaborative relationship that will benefit patients with lung cancer, tracheobronchial disease, and pleural processes.
Membership in the Affiliate’s Forum allows you to interact with other professionals on the "cutting-edge" of this exciting discipline. Other advantages of membership include:
- Participation in the American Association for Bronchology Annual Meeting, held yearly in conjunction with the Annual American College of Chest Physicians annual meeting.
- Subscription to the Journal of Bronchology (quarterly medical journal and official publication of the AABIP).
- Subscription to BronchologyNews, the AABIP newsletter containing items of interest for bronchology association members from around the world.
- An invitation to submit abstracts, original research and other articles for consideration for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and for presentation at national and international meetings.
- Participation in the World Association for Bronchology biennial meeting (discounted rate).
- Access to the member’s area on the AABIP web site (aabronchology.org).
- A certificate of Membership in the Affiliates Forum of the American Association of Bronchology.
Become an AABIP member, or renew your membership today! Just use our online form with payments processed by PayPal here. Or download, fill out and print the form here. Questions? Please call (216) 444-0233, or email us here.
