Dr. Meehan (IMAGE) National Jewish Health Caption Richard Meehan, MD, is a Navy veteran and co-director of the Center for Deployment-Related Lung Disease, which was founded in 2018 in response to an influx of veterans experiencing debilitating respiratory issues after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Credit All multimedia is available for free and unrestricted media use with courtesy to National Jewish Health Usage Restrictions National Jewish Health License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.