Although pulmonary medicine only began to evolve as a medical specialty in the 1950s.
One of the first major discoveries relevant to the field of pulmonology was the discovery of pulmonary circulation. Originally, it was thought that blood reaching the right side of the heart passed through small ‘pores’ in the septum into the left side to be oxygenated, as theorized by Galen; however, the discovery of pulmonary circulation disproves this theory.
Historically, drugs were discovered through identifying the active ingredient from traditional remedies or by serendipitous discovery. Later chemical libraries of synthetic small molecules.
Community Memorial Hospital is the ONLY hospital in the state of New York to achieve One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement in 2016.