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The CHEST community gathers for just a few days at each annual meeting, but that short time together builds and strengthens bonds that sustain members throughout the entire year. Read about opportunities you can take to meet and mingle, collaborate on initiatives, and more.
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Access to care is a foundational element of health equity and a key pillar of the health care system. A new CHEST Advocates article details CHEST's advocacy efforts to improve access to lung cancer screening, supplemental oxygen, and noninvasive ventilation.
Get excited about visiting Chicago for CHEST 2025. Read a new blog all about the top restaurants, sightseeing, and other attractions you won't want to miss this October.
Accounting for a patient’s sex and, by extension, height when considering invasive mechanical ventilation can inform personalized medicine in two key ways: endotracheal tube selection and tidal volume selection. A new CHEST Physician® article from the Women in Chest Medicine Interest Group details the importance of considering the sex of a patient when managing their care.
Prior authorization (PA) was designed to control costs and ensure appropriate care—but for many patients and clinicians, it causes treatment delays, denials, and administrative burdens. A recent CHEST Physician® article discusses the ways PA often creates a harmful hurdle to health care.
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) disrupted the field of bronchoscopy by offering a minimally invasive, real-time imaging approach to biopsy. In a new CHEST Physician® article, members of the Lung Cancer Section highlight recent data that show routine use of EBUS may warrant scrutiny.
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Improve your expertise of asthma diagnosis and management with access to CHEST SEEK® questions, Journal CHEST® articles, and more.
Provide valuable insight into emerging scientific and clinical advancements happening in the critical care and pulmonary fields. Submissions due August 27.
Gain key skills in point-of-care ultrasound as experts guide you through interactive training on high-quality ultrasound machines, September 18 to 19.
When you become an FCCP (Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians), you play an active role in advancing the field of chest medicine while enjoying the prestige of being associated with a distinctive group of chest medicine professionals.
“I have found being an FCCP to be rewarding on a personal level, as well as a professional level. It has provided me with connections to colleagues nationally and internationally, and it has opened the door to leadership opportunities.”
– Thomas Van der Kloot, MD, FCCP
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