Pulmonology is a branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the lungs and respiratory tract. Doctors specialising in pulmonology are known as pulmonologists.

Pulmonology covers a wide range of conditions affecting the lungs, including asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia, lung cancer, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and many others.