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 Thomas L. Petty, M.D., a pulmonologist, is a Professor Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver and at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago. He is also Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver. Dr. Petty, an international authority on respiratory disease, has published over 800 articles in journals.
He is the author or editor of 45 books or editions. The Aspen Lung Conference was named after Dr. Petty in 1991. Dr. Petty was organizer and founding President of the Association of Pulmonary Program Directors and has served as President of the American College of Chest Physicians.
He was the founding Chairman of the National Lung Health Education Program. Today, Dr. Petty remains active in teaching, patient care, and research. He was the founder of a quarterly newsletter, Lung Cancer Frontiers, and was the editor from its inception through 2007. Although this newsletter is now sponsored by National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Dr. Petty’s involvement and oversight continues.
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