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CHEST Annual Meeting 2025

The evaluation system to claim credit for CHEST 2025 will open at 12 pm CT on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.

The deadline to claim credit for CHEST 2025 is April 8, 2026, at 11:59 pm CT.

Your certificate and transcript can be viewed at any time under Claimed Activities on the Manage CME page.

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CHEST 2025 CME Information

CHEST Annual Meeting 2025

The evaluation system to claim credit for CHEST 2025 will open at 12 pm CT on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.

The deadline to claim credit for CHEST 2025 is April 8, 2026, at 11:59 pm CT.

Your certificate and transcript can be viewed at any time under Claimed Activities on the Manage CME page.

Visit Manage CME page »

Accreditation and credit designation statements

Physicians
The American College of Chest Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) credit for physicians.

The American College of Chest Physicians designates this live event as eligible for a maximum of 27.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistants
The American College of Chest Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American College of Chest Physicians designates this live activity for a maximum of 27.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 

One AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is equal to one contact hour for the following professional certification organizations:

  • American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA)
  • The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

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Respiratory Therapists
This traditional program has been approved for 27.5 contact hour(s) of Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100, Irving, TX 75063.

Nurse Practitioners Credit
The American College of Chest Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American College of Chest Physicians designates this live activity for a maximum of 27.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 

One AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is equal to one contact hour for the following professional certification organizations:

  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB)

Nursing (RN) Credit
The American College of Chest Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American College of Chest Physicians designates this live activity for a maximum of 27.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

One AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is equal to one contact hour for the following professional certification organizations:

  • American Nurses Association (ANCC)
  • American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

For registered nurses, please check your state licensing board for CME equivalency.

Sleep CME/CE
Physicians attending CHEST 2025 can claim sleep credits. There is a maximum of 21 hours of sleep credits that can be earned, depending on sessions attended. These hours are NOT in addition to but are included in the 27.5 credits offered for this live meeting. A separate CME/CE certificate of credit is available.

Additionally, a list of each sleep session offered at CHEST 2025 is also available. If this information is needed when reporting sleep credits, please mark which sleep sessions you attended and submit with your Sleep CME/CE certificate. If you have any questions, please contact CMEsupport@chestnet.org.

European Attendees
The European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) will recognize certificates obtained by European physicians who attend cardiovascular medicine activities offered by US providers accredited within the ACCME system. Those physicians would submit their CME certificate from CHEST directly to EBAC to have EBAC credit awarded. The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of CME credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Under the terms of this agreement, European physicians can earn ECMEC® by attending live events worldwide that have been certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

ABIM Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 27.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.

Upon successful completion of this activity, CHEST will submit your completion data to ABIM via ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS) for MOC points. Please allow 3 to 5 business days for points to appear on your ABIM record.

To prevent delays in receiving MOC points, please make sure that your full name, date of birth, and ABIM number are correct in your CHEST account. (Your full name must match exactly as shown in your ABIM account).

Additionally, please make sure that ABIM account is current. This can be done by signing into your ABIM portal or contacting ABIM directly. If you are unsure of your account status or have questions regarding your account, please contact ABIM at +1 (800) 441-ABIM or request@abim.org.

CHEST CME/CE credit and certificate of attendance instructions

To complete the CME Activity Evaluation for CHEST 2025, claim CME/CE credits, and download CME/CE certificates and certificates of attendance (COA), please see the instructions below. You must complete your evaluation and download your certificate by April 8, 2026.

  1. Visit the CME/CE Evaluation web page, and sign in to your CHEST account.
  2. Complete the CHEST Annual Meeting 2025 Comprehensive Evaluation.
  3. Complete the claiming prompts. Finalize by clicking the Claim button.
  4. Your certificate and transcript can be viewed under Claimed Activities on the Manage CME page.

If you need to obtain a certificate of attendance for your participation in CHEST 2025, you will be able to obtain one online.

If you need help, contact CMEsupport@chestnet.org. For faster assistance, outline the specific problem you are having, and provide your CHEST ID and contact information.

You must complete your evaluation and download your certificate by April 8, 2026.

Disclosure of relevant financial relationships

The mission and vision of CHEST include our commitment to providing accurate, balanced, evidence-based information to health care professionals participating in this educational activity. To guarantee our accredited continuing education is fair and balanced and that any clinical content presented supports safe, effective patient care, we require all planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content to complete and submit financial disclosures of any relevant financial relationships with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education-defined ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. We value the contributions of those who are committed and passionate about pulmonary medicine and want to be a part of our educational activities; however, it is our commitment to our learners to have continuing education free of commercial bias and marketing.

Identified conflicts of interest are reviewed by the educational activity course director/chair, the Education Committee, and/or the Professional Standards Committee to ensure conflicts are properly mitigated. CHEST educational standards pertaining to conflict of interest are intended to ensure the delivery of balanced, evidence-based, scientific presentations. Disclosure of any or no relevant financial relationships will be made available online in course materials and on-site during all educational activities.

Disclosure of financial support

The American College of Chest Physicians would like to thank the following companies for their financial support of CHEST 2025:

Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
Chiesi USA, Inc.
Genentech, Inc,
United Therapeutics Corporation
Verona Pharma, Inc.

Disclaimer

The American College of Chest Physicians (“CHEST”) and its officers, regents, executive committee members, members, related entities, employees, representatives, and other agents (collectively, “CHEST Parties”) are not responsible in any capacity for, do not warrant, and expressly disclaim all liability for, any content whatsoever in any CHEST publication or other product (in any medium) and the use or reliance on any such content, all such responsibility being solely that of the authors or the advertisers, as the case may be. By way of example, without limiting the foregoing, this disclaimer of liability applies to the accuracy, completeness, effectiveness, quality, appearance, ideas, or products, as the case may be, of or resulting from any statements, references, articles, positions, claimed diagnosis, claimed possible treatments, services, or advertising, express or implied, contained in any CHEST publication or other product. Furthermore, the content should not be considered medical advice and is not intended to replace consultation with a qualified medical professional. Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall any of CHEST Parties be liable for any DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL or CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, or LOST PROFITS that result from any of the foregoing, regardless of legal theory and whether or not claimant was advised of the possibility of such damages.