Dr. Steven Weinberger is a very esteemed pulmonologist and is Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus of the American College of Physicians as well as Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and formerly Senior Lecturer at Harvard Medical School. He's recently retired from full-time teaching but remains very actively involved in the field. As on prior editions Dr. Weinberger will have primary responsibility for reviewing and editing all chapters and will share chapter updating with Drs. Cockrill and Mandel, both of whom are also well respected and active speakers in the subspeciality of pulmonology.

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• 1. Pulmonary Anatomy and Physiology: The Basics2. Presentation of the Patient With Pulmonary Disease3. Evaluation of the Patient With Pulmonary Disease4. Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of Airways5. Asthma6. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease7. Miscellaneous Airway Diseases8. Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of the Pulmonary Parenchyma9. Overview of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases10. Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases Associated With Known Etiologic Agents11. Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases of Unknown Etiology12. Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of the Pulmonary Vasculature13. Pulmonary Embolism14. Pulmonary Hypertension15. Pleural Disease16. Mediastinal Disease17. Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of Neural, Muscular, and Chest Wall Interactions With the Lungs18. Disorders of Ventilatory Control19. Disorders of the Respiratory Pump20. Lung Cancer: Etiologic and Pathologic Aspects21. Lung Cancer: Clinical Aspects22. Lung Defense Mechanisms23. Pneumonia24. Bacterial and Viral Organisms Causing Pneumonia25. Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria26. Miscellaneous Infections Caused by Fungi, Including Pneumocystis27. Pulmonary Complications in the Immunocompromised Host28. Classification and Pathophysiologic Aspects of Respiratory Failure29. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome30. Management of Respiratory Failure