Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT)

What Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT) does

Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT), founded in 1996 and headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, is a private, non-profit professional medical association serving respiratory medicine specialists across Latin America. It coordinates 19 affiliated national societies spanning 18 countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador, Uruguay, and Venezuela) and operates through a bilingual (Spanish/Portuguese) web platform (alatorax.org) that handles membership, content, and event administration. Its core offerings include two peer-reviewed journals — Respirar (ALAT's open-access scientific journal since 2020, ISSN 2953-3414, indexed in SciELO, LILACS, Latindex, DOAJ, Dialnet, and Google Scholar) and Archivos de Bronconeumología (jointly published with SEPAR since 1964 via Elsevier) — an annual congress (19th edition in 2026), a flagship Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship with rotations across Harvard-Beth Israel Deaconess, Clínica Mayo Jacksonville, Hospital Muñiz, INER, and Fundación Jiménez Díaz, the MECOR epidemiology methods course, itinerant spirometry training, clinical guidelines, the PLATINO epidemiological study, the REDINLAT research network, certification/accreditation services, and digital resources including the Neumoteca video library and ALAT podcasts.

ALAT generates revenue primarily through annual individual membership dues ($100 USD) and national-society-affiliated memberships ($60 USD), congress registration and abstract submission fees, fellowship and training program administration, and journal/program access fees, with seniors 65+ (after 5 consecutive years) receiving free membership and residents receiving a 100% waiver for the first two years and 50% reduction thereafter. It maintains a sister-society relationship with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) enabling joint ALAT-ERS membership, is a founding member of FIRS (Forum of International Respiratory Societies), and distributes its services through a dual-channel model combining direct online self-serve enrollment with embedded national society affiliates acting as local recruitment, fee-collection, and credentialing channels.

Name

Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT)

Legal name

Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT)

Website

https://alatorax.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT) is a non-profit professional medical association founded in 1996 that serves respiratory medicine specialists across 18 Latin American countries via 19 national societies, delivering peer-reviewed journals, an annual congress, fellowships, clinical guidelines, and certification programs funded primarily through membership dues and event fees.

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Product category

Professional Medical Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

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General Pulmonology Practice

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine

Keywords

• Professional medical association
• Respiratory medicine
• Continuing medical education
• Scientific journals
• Clinical guidelines

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B2C

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Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Annual Membership Dues: ALAT generates revenue through annual membership fees: $100 USD for individual membership and $60 USD for members affiliated through national societies. Additional revenue comes from training and fellowship program administration.
2. Publication Access: Members receive access to Archivos de Bronconeumología (SEPAR-ALAT official journal founded 1964) and Respirar journal. Non-members pay for access or individual article purchases.
3. Congress and Event Registration: Revenue from the annual ALAT Congress including registration fees, abstract submission fees, and associated events such as pre-congress courses and hands-on workshops.

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Core offering

Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT) is a non-profit professional medical association dedicated to advancing respiratory medicine across Latin America. It delivers an integrated ecosystem of scientific publications (Respirar and Archivos de Bronconeumología), educational programs (MECOR, itinerant spirometry training, interventional pulmonology fellowships), annual congresses, clinical guidelines, and professional certification services to respiratory health professionals in 18 Latin American countries.

Product overview

Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT) operates as a professional medical association rather than a traditional product company, providing an integrated ecosystem of scientific publications, educational programs, and professional development services for respiratory health professionals across Latin America. The core offerings center on two peer-reviewed scientific journals (Respirar and Archivos de Bronconeumología), comprehensive educational programs including the MECOR methodology course, itinerant spirometry training, and an interventional pulmonology fellowship with rotations across multiple Latin American and Spanish institutions. Additional services include the annual ALAT Congress, clinical guidelines development, the PLATINO epidemiological research study, professional certification/accreditation programs, a research network (REDINLAT), scholarships for training, and digital resources including a video library (Neumoteca), podcasts, and a members-only journal archive. The association also offers a joint membership program with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) providing cross-continental access to respiratory medicine resources.

Differentiator

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Brands

• Respirar: Official scientific journal of ALAT, ISSN 2953-3414. Free and open access electronic scientific journal disseminating scientific work in respiratory pathology in Latin America.

Products and services

• Respirar Scientific Journal ALAT's official peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal (ISSN 2953-3414) published quarterly, disseminating respiratory pathology research from Latin America. Indexed in SciELO, LILACS, Latindex, DOAJ, Dialnet, and Google Scholar.
• Archivos de Bronconeumología Journal Peer-reviewed respiratory medicine journal founded in 1964, official SEPAR-ALAT publication, with exclusive access for ALAT active members and free archive access.
• Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship Program for Latin America 12-month subspecialty training program in interventional pulmonology for Latin American physicians, conducted across multiple international medical centers with three annual positions.
• 19th ALAT Congress 2026 Annual respiratory medicine congress featuring scientific sessions, free paper presentations, pre-congress courses, hands-on workshops, and networking for the Latin American thoracic community.
• MECOR Program (Methodology of Epidemiology Research Course) Training course providing methodology education in respiratory epidemiology research for Latin American professionals.
• Espirometría Itinerante ALAT Itinerant spirometry training program delivering hands-on respiratory function assessment training across Latin American countries.
• ALAT-ERS Joint Membership Joint membership program with the European Respiratory Society enabling Latin American professionals to access both ALAT and ERS resources with discounted rates through national societies.
• ALAT Clinical Guidelines Clinical practice guidelines and technical manuals developed by ALAT's scientific departments for respiratory disease management adapted to Latin American clinical contexts.
• PLATINO Epidemiological Study Multi-country epidemiological research study on respiratory health conducted across Latin American countries.
• ALAT Professional Certification Service Professional certification and accreditation services for respiratory health professionals and medical centers through ALAT's accreditation project.
• ALAT Scholarship Program (Becas) Scholarships for short-term training including ALAT-SEPAR, ALAT-INER, and ALAT-Fundación Neumológica Colombiana fellowships across Latin America and Spain.
• Neumoteca (Video Library) Digital video repository containing educational webinars, conference recordings, and presentations on respiratory health topics for ALAT members.
• ALAT Podcasts Audio content repository for respiratory medicine education and ALAT activities, available to members.
• REDINLAT Research Network Latin American Network of Research and Training in Respiratory Medicine providing research grants and funding opportunities for members conducting respiratory medicine research.

Quantifiable outcome

• Three fellowship positions offered annually for Interventional Pulmonology training

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• SEPAR (Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1964SEPAR and ALAT jointly publish Archivos de Bronconeumología, a peer-reviewed journal founded in 1964. This partnership provides members of both societies with access to this prestigious respiratory medicine publication.
• FIRS (Foro de Sociedades Respiratorias Internacionales)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerALAT is a founding member of FIRS, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies. This global alliance connects respiratory societies worldwide and coordinates international initiatives including World Asthma Day and World Tobacco Day awareness campaigns.
• ERS (European Respiratory Society)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerALAT maintains a sister-society relationship with ERS, offering joint ALAT-ERS membership. Members receive dual credentials and access to ERS resources. ALAT transmits membership data to ERS weekly for credential activation.
• Harvard Medical School - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerALAT's Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship program includes a 1-month rotation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. Dr. Adnan Majid serves as Co-Director of the fellowship program.
• Clínica Mayo (Jacksonville, Florida)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerClínica Mayo in Jacksonville, Florida serves as a rotation site for ALAT's Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship program. Dr. Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy is Co-Director of the fellowship.
• Hospital Muñiz (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerHospital Muñiz in Buenos Aires serves as a 3-month rotation site for the ALAT Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship program. Dr. Roberto Duré serves as Co-Director of the fellowship.
• INER (Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, UNAM, México)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerINER in Mexico City serves as a 3-month rotation site for the ALAT Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship program. Dr. Olivia Sánchez Cabral is Director of the fellowship.
• Fundación Jiménez Díaz (Madrid, España)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación Jiménez Díaz in Madrid serves as a 3-month rotation site for the ALAT Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship program. Dr. Javier Flandes serves as Co-Director of the fellowship.
• ALAT-SEPAR Fellowship GrantscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint fellowship grants between ALAT and SEPAR allow members to access short-stay training opportunities in Latin America and Spain. These are among the training grants available to active members.
• ALAT-INER Fellowship GrantscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFellowship grants providing short-stay training opportunities at INER (Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias) in Mexico.
• ALAT - Fundación Neumológica Colombiana Fellowship GrantscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFellowship grants providing short-stay training opportunities at Fundación Neumológica Colombiana in Bogotá, Colombia. Dr. Luis Fernando Giraldo serves as Co-Director of the fellowship program.
• REDINLAT (Red Latinoamericana de Investigación y Entrenamiento en Medicina Respiratoria)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerALAT members gain access to REDINLAT, a Latin American network for respiratory medicine research and training that provides fellowship and research funding opportunities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• British Thoracic Society (BTS): UK professional society for respiratory medicine. Comparable in offering peer-reviewed journals (Thorax), clinical guidelines, annual winter meeting, and education/fellowship programs for respiratory physicians and allied professionals.
• European Respiratory Society (ERS): Global respiratory medicine society and ALAT's official sister organization; offers joint ALAT-ERS membership. Directly comparable as a continent-spanning respiratory professional association serving pulmonologists and researchers with journals, congresses, and fellowships.
• Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR): Asia-Pacific regional respiratory society analogous to ALAT in scope and structure. Comparable as a multi-country society organizing congresses, publishing the Respirology journal, and coordinating research and training across a large geographic region.
• American Thoracic Society (ATS): Leading US-based professional society for pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Comparable to ALAT in mission, journal publications (ATS journals), annual international conference (ATS International Conference), and fellowship-style training programs.
• Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (SEPAR): Spanish respiratory and thoracic surgery society that co-publishes Archivos de Bronconeumología with ALAT and runs joint fellowship grants. Directly comparable as a national/regional respiratory association with journals, congresses, and member training programs.

Regional players

• Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS): Canadian national respiratory society providing clinical guidelines, the Canadian Respiratory Journal, and the Canadian Respiratory Conference. Comparable to ALAT as a country-spanning respiratory professional association serving pulmonologists and researchers.
• Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia (SBPT): Brazilian national respiratory medicine society affiliated with ALAT as one of its 19 national societies. Comparable in offering journals (Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia), congresses, and clinical guidelines for Brazilian pulmonologists, and serves the largest single-country constituency within ALAT.
• Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ): Australia/New Zealand regional respiratory society analogous in scope to ALAT. Comparable in publishing Respirology (alongside APSR), running the Annual Scientific Meeting, and supporting research, training, and clinical guidelines for respiratory physicians.

Broad incumbents

• American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST): Large US-based society covering chest medicine broadly (pulmonology, critical care, sleep, cardiology). Comparable in publishing CHEST journal, running the CHEST Annual Meeting, and offering simulation-based education and certification relevant to ALAT members.

Others

• Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD): International guideline body that issues the GOLD COPD strategy referenced by ALAT's EPOC department. Comparable as an international respiratory standards organization whose outputs ALAT members consume and adapt, though GOLD is not a membership society.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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