May require a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and 2-4 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease which cannot be cured. Young children suffering from asthma can outgrow it but some children might outgrow the disease and may have it appearing again sometime during their adulthood.
Pulmonologists who treat patients with asthma are in a position to prevent a great number of unnecessary deaths. According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, an estimated 250,000 people die prematurely from asthma each year; and nearly all of these deaths were avoidable.