European Respiratory Society

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European Respiratory Society

Abbreviation	ERS
Formation	1990
Headquarters	Lausanne (Switzerland)
President	Monika Gappa
Website	www.ersnet.org

The European Respiratory Society, or ERS, is a non-profit organization with offices in Lausanne, Brussels and Sheffield. It was founded in 1990 in the field of respiratory medicine. The organization was formed with the merger of the Societas Europaea Physiologiae Clinicae Respoiratoriae (founded in 1966) and the European Society of Pneumology (founded 1981). The organization's membership is made up of medical professionals and scientists working in the area of respiratory medicine.^[1]

ERS founded the European Lung Foundation (ELF) in 2000.^[2] The foundation aims to bring together patients and the public with respiratory professionals to positively influence lung health.