Membership

Membership of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology is available to appropriately qualified professionals presently working in research or health care related to the field of respirology.

The annual membership fee depends on your location and ranges between US$70 and US$120 (¥8,000 - ¥13,000). The application form includes a list of countries and their respective dues.

The APSR has a reciprocal arrangement with the American Thoracic Society (ATS), whereby members who join both the APSR and ATS can enjoy a 15% discount on the membership dues of both Societies.

There is a similar reciprocal arrangement with the European Respiratory Society (ERS), whereby members who join both the APSR and ERS can enjoy a 15% discount from the membership dues of both Societies.

Application form for APSR Membership

Membership can also occur by national societies joining en bloc on behalf of all its members. Currently, the following Societies have such en bloc membership:

• Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS)
• Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP)
• Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (TSPCCM)
• Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)

(If your thoracic society would like to learn more about joining the APSR en bloc, please contact the Secretariat KYU00671@nifty.com.)

As a member of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, you will receive the Society's official journal Respirology. This is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly journal containing Original Articles, Editorials, Reviews, Technical Notes, Case Reports and Letters to the Editor.

APSR members now receive FREE online access to Respirology on Blackwell Synergy. (Please email Customer Services: customerservice@asia.blackwellpublishing.com if you require assistance in setting up your username and password.)

This brings you some of the most important scientific research from around the world. Every month around 10,000 scientific publications are printed worldwide. Many contain a few papers on respiratory medicine and several others are devoted entirely to respiratory research. In short, keeping up is hard and requires significant devoted time to screening out what is irrelevant to your practice. In essence, this Review will save you time. Each month the ten most important published studies in respiratory medicine are identified and a summary provided, together with a commentary on why the studies are important and how then can affect practice.

Members will also receive the Society's Newsletter, which is published bi-annually and contains important news of the Society, reports from the Member Countries and information on upcoming events.

In addition to these publications, Members enjoy a network of contacts and information throughout the Asia Pacific region, and benefit from the APSR's association with respiratory and thoracic societies worldwide.