The Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Association (PHA) (USA)

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association has derived into an international community of over 16,000 pulmonary hypertension patients, caregivers, family members and healthcare experts. For 13 consecutive years, PHA has received the highest rating — four stars — for fiscal accountability and pellucidity from Charity Navigator, placing it in the top half of 1 percent of all rated charities. PHA is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that relies on donations to fund its many programs, along with the nation’s largest PH patient and caregiver abutment group network, lifesaving early diagnosis awareness and education programs, specialty care resources, and exploration to find ways to prevent and cure PH. We are now the largest and oldest PH club in the world, and we are changing the history of an illness. In the 25 years since that first reunion, the number of FDA-approved PH treatments has mature from 0 to 14, PHA research programs have been supported by guarantee of more than $17 million, and more than 24 Pulmonary Hypertension Care Centers have completed PHA’s accreditation process. PHA's Research Program has committed more than $17 million for PH research by leveraging co-operation with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood convention and the American Thoracic Society (ATS).PHA's education programs are a valuable resource of culture in pulmonary hypertension for the entire PH community. Medical Education Fund contributes educational information on PAH by nationally identified and experienced medical leadership. PHA on the Road, PHA Hall, PHA Online University, the 30-City Program and the Preceptor ship Program are all part of the Medical Education Fund. Raise awareness. Touch another’s life by educating your center or by sharing your story with the media. Radial the word about pulmonary hypertension might just guidance someone you don’t even know achieve an early diagnosis. PHA’s Scientific Leadership Council’s Education Board has put together comprehensive fact sheets on all the treatments available for pulmonary hypertension.