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As a CHEST member, you’re part of a strong network of clinicians representing every profession and experience level in chest medicine. With us, you can develop personal and professional connections, cultivate your leadership skills, advocate for policies that improve access to health, and advance your career.

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CHEST Simulation Travel Scholarship applications open

Attend an in-person training course at CHEST with the help of a CHEST Simulation Travel Scholarship. This $500 scholarship helps offset travel-related expenses for those committed to advancing their clinical skills through immersive learning.

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The Respiratory Impact of Federal Funding Cuts

CHEST cosigned a letter to the US Senate Committee on Appropriations on the profound respiratory consequences of unprecedented funding freezes at the National Institutes of Health. The impact of these cost reductions includes delayed treatments, interrupted research pipelines, economic consequences, breakdowns in scientific collaboration, and more.

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Kevin M. O’Neil, MD, MHA, FCCP

Respiratory care: A glass half full?

Respiratory Care Interest Group Chair, Kevin O’Neil, MD, MHA, FCCP, sheds light on the shrinking workforce of and increasing demand for RTs, suggesting scholarships and educational consortiums as possible avenues to attract RTs.

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Incorporating climate-related events into clinical practice

A new CHEST Physician® article from the Occupational and Environmental Health Section calls attention to the adverse impacts of wildfire and flooding events, including impaired lung development in children, COPD, mold exposure, and more. The authors suggest six steps pulmonary clinicians can take prior to a climate-related event.

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Improving compliance in NIV for COPD

High-intensity noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is vital for patients with COPD with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure. A new CHEST Physician® article from the Respiratory-Related Sleep Disorders Section gives recommendations for improving patient outcomes.

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Reexamining treatment for RLS: What do the new AASM guidelines teach us?

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) has a significant impact on sleep quality and overall well-being. A recent CHEST Physician® article highlights the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's (AASM) updated clinical practice guidelines for the management of RLS.

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Advance your career. Become an FCCP.

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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