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Connect With the Biggest Names in Chest Medicine

At CHEST 2026, you’ll interact with the experts who are furthering innovation, advancing patient care, and educating the next generation of chest medicine professionals. Our featured faculty will expand your mind and help you think differently about the common—and uncommon—challenges you face in clinical practice.

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Meeting Location
Phoenix Convention Center
100 N 3rd St
Phoenix, AZ 85004

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Meeting Location
Phoenix Convention Center
100 N 3rd St
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Registration Information »

Honor and memorial lectures

The Honor and Memorial Lectures at CHEST 2026 recognize individuals who advance work in chest medicine, mentorship, training, CHEST, and more. Ahead of CHEST 2026, the chest medicine community nominated and selected honorees to deliver lectures on topics including critical care, interventional medicine, mechanical ventilation, medical education, and COPD.

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All lectures will be held in the Phoenix Convention Center.

MARGARET PFROMMER ENDOWED MEMORIAL LECTURE IN HOME-BASED MECHANICAL VENTILATION

Bernardo Selim, MD, FCCP
Home Mechanical Ventilation: The Enduring Value of Respiratory Physiology in an Algorithmic Era
Sunday, October 18 | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm MST
West Building, Room 207

This award was established in 1999 by Dr. Eveline Faure and Dr. Allen I. Goldberg and honors their lifelong colleague and friend, Margaret Pfrommer, a polio survivor and patient advocate. It is awarded to a clinician, ventilator-dependent professional, or advocate who has advanced mechanical ventilation and fostered partnerships between physicians and patients.

This lecture is jointly supported by CHEST and the International Ventilator Users Network of Post-Polio Health International.

ROGER C. BONE MEMORIAL LECTURE IN CRITICAL CARE

Todd W. Rice, MD, FCCP
Leveraging a Learning Health Care System to Improve the Care of Critically Ill Patients
Sunday, October 18 | 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm MST
West Building, Room 207

Established in 1997 to honor Roger C. Bone, MD, Master FCCP, this lecture recognizes a leader in critical care and/or sepsis who promotes physician-patient communication and has had significant achievements with CHEST.

The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

MURRAY KORNFELD PRESIDENTIAL HONOR LECTURE

Lisa Wolfe, MD, FCCP
Sleep Medicine: A Stop on the Internet of Things
Sunday, October 18 | 4 pm - 5 pm MST
West Building, Room 207

This lecture was established in memory of Murray Kornfeld, founder of the Federation of American Sanatoria, which later became CHEST. This award is conferred by the CHEST President to a leader in chest medicine based upon their exceptional expertise.

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ALFRED SOFFER, MD, MASTER FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE

Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP
The Discretionary Reader: Alfred Soffer’s Blueprint for Medical Integrity and Bedside Autonomy
Monday, October 19 | 8:00 am - 9:00 am MST
North Building, Room 128

The Alfred Soffer, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture recognizes a CHEST educator who has made significant contributions to CHEST, research, and publications. This one-time lecture, given in his memory, honors his dedication to pulmonary and critical care medicine and to the CHEST^®journal. Dr. Soffer served as the Editor in Chief of the CHEST journal from 1968 to 1993 and as Executive Director of CHEST from 1969 to 1992.

PASQUALE CIAGLIA MEMORIAL LECTURE IN INTERVENTIONAL MEDICINE

Adnan Majid, MD, FCCP
The Golden Age of Interventional Pulmonology: Lessons From Three Decades of Clinical Innovation, Research, and Training
Monday, October 19 | 9:15 am - 10:15 am MST
North Building, Room 128

The lecture honors a CHEST member who is well known for their work in interventional medicine, such as clinical state-of-the art innovations, economic impact, invention, interventional critical care, research opportunities, and/or a host of other interesting facets of interventional medicine.

The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

EDWARD C. ROSENOW III, MD, MASTER FCCP/MASTER TEACHER MEMORIAL LECTURE

Carla R. Lamb, MD, FCCP
Teaching Beyond the Curriculum: Creating Lasting Impact Through Mentorship, Curiosity, and Connection
Monday, October 19 | 11 am - 12 pm MST
North Building, Room 225

This endowed lecture, established in 2004, gives special recognition to Dr. Edward C. Rosenow III, who has promoted the development and training of hundreds of chest physicians during his three decades at the Mayo Clinic. It acknowledges his role of mentoring pulmonary and critical care physicians into CHEST leadership roles, where he fostered the development of physicians-in-training to improve patient care.

The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

THOMAS L. PETTY, MD, MASTER FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE

Dawn De Meo, MD, FCCP
Waiting to Exhale: Half the Population, Half the Evidence in Women's Lung Health
Monday, October 19 | 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm MST
North Building, Room 128

This lecture honors Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP, who trained hundreds of physicians in COPD, oxygen therapy, and spirometry. This award is conferred to a CHEST Fellow who is known for their work in advancing the understanding of COPD pathogenesis and/or treatment and for exceptional mentoring and clinical instruction.

The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

MARK J. ROSEN, MD, MASTER FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE

Doreen Addrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP
2026 Bronchiectasis and NTM Lung Disease Management: Improving Care Delivery
Monday, October 19 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm MST
North Building, Room 128

The Mark J. Rosen, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture recognizes a CHEST educator who embodies the educational and leadership passion of Dr. Mark Rosen. This lecture, given in his memory, acknowledges his service as a clinician educator, faculty member, mentor, and leader in the pulmonary and critical care medicine community, nationally and internationally. Dr. Rosen’s distinguished career in pulmonary and critical care medicine spanned more than four decades, marked by his deep commitment to fostering leaders, medical education, medical training programs, and patient care, as well as promoting international education.

The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.

RICHARD S. IRWIN, MD, MASTER FCCP HONOR LECTURE

Susan J. Corbridge, PhD, ACNP, CCAPP, FCCP
The Impact of Presence: Building Trust, Credibility, and Influence Across the Health Care Ecosystem
Tuesday, October 20 | 4 pm - 5 pm MST
North Building, Room 124A

This lecture honors Richard S. Irwin, MD, Master FCCP, and his lifelong contributions in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Dr. Irwin’s work in research, in practice, and as Editor in Chief of the journal CHEST^® emphasized patient-focused care for more than 50 years, promoting tenets like shared decision-making and accounting for patient values and preferences in clinical care. It is awarded to a clinician, or health care provider, who has advanced patient-focused care within the chest medicine community.

The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.