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In February 1966, it was again renamed the American Association for Inhalation Therapy (still, AAIT).

March 16, 1954: The ITA is renamed the American Association of Inhalation Therapists (AAIT). The new Association boasts 59 members, 17 of whom are from various religious orders.ġ947: Albert Andrews, MD, outlines the structure and purpose of a hospital-based inhalation therapy department in his book, Manual of Oxygen Therapy Techniques.ġ950: The New York Academy of Medicine publishes a report, “Standard of Effective Administration of Inhalation Therapy,” setting the stage for formal education for people in the field. Levine’s students and other interested doctors, nurses, and oxygen orderlies meet at the University of Chicago Hospital to form the Inhalation Therapy Association (ITA).Īpril 15, 1947: The ITA is formally chartered as a not-for-profit entity in the state of Illinois.