Apply for CHEST Leadership

Openings: Up to 9
Vice-Chair Opening: 1
Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.

Applicants for this committee must be current in their dues, hold the FCCP designation, be willing to serve as a CHEST representative in their country, demonstrate accomplishments that advance the mission and vision of CHEST, be able and willing to communicate via email, present ideas to offer CHEST educational offerings and membership to qualified candidates in their country, participate on quarterly conference calls, and attend the Council of Global Governors business meeting at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Criteria

All applicants must be members of CHEST and current in their dues. You must have the following prepared before continuing with the nomination process:

• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of interest (no more than 500 characters)
• Conflict of interest disclosure (CHEST staff will reach out to obtain this information following your submission.)

Instructions

• You can apply for more than one committee at one time.
• If you choose to apply for more than one committee, please have all statements of interests prepared before continuing.
• You will not be able to save and return to complete your nomination.
• The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday, May 14.

Openings: 2

The Education Committee (EC) maintains oversight of all CHEST education initiatives with the exception of stand-alone patient education, which falls in the domain of the CHEST Foundation. The EC ensures the fulfillment of the CHEST medical education mission and vision, both directly and through reporting relationships with specific committees, subcommittees, work groups, and task forces that lead different components of the CHEST annual education curriculum, which includes both accredited and unaccredited education targeted at the diverse audience of CHEST members.

Eligibility Criteria

Generally, EC candidates are expected, at minimum, to have knowledge and experience in one or more of the following:

• Formal training or experience in medical education and adult learning principles.
• Experience identifying practice gaps, developing curriculum, and measuring the impact of educational programs on knowledge, behavior, clinical practice, and patient outcomes.
• Understanding of guidelines development and evidence-based medicine principles to ensure effective integration of guideline recommendations and best evidence into educational activities.
• Design and execution of medical education and/or faculty development programs.
• Participation in hospital or other health systems' medical education committees.
• Participation in hospital or other health systems’ continuing medical education (CME) committees.
• Understanding of ACCME and SSH accreditation criteria and/or
• Knowledge of American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award (AMA PRA) program, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) subspecialty blueprints, and the ABIM’s Maintenance of Certification (MOC) criteria and standards.

The EC achieves this mission through the following strategic initiatives:

• Conduct ongoing educational gap analyses in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep disorders, identifying new educational activities that should be initiated to fill gaps, meet member needs, and support the CHEST strategic plan.
• Provide training to medical educators, ensuring a clear pathway to involvement and engagement in the development and execution of CHEST programs.
• Oversee the development and execution of educational activities that provide practitioners with current best practices based on current published evidence and guidelines.
• Promote the application of adult learning principles to all education programming, ensuring CHEST programs meet or exceed current guidelines of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), fulfilling American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements.
• Assess the impact of CHEST educational interventions on clinical care delivery, using assessment instruments capable of evaluating short- and long-term changes in knowledge, skills, and performance.
• Collaborate with other organizations to develop, sponsor, and/or disseminate continuing medical education activities.

Attendance and Participation

EC members are expected to attend:

• Monthly conference calls, which will be provided as an annual calendar
• Two face-to-face meetings occurring at the CHEST Annual Meeting and during the spring leadership conference
• The calls of any subcommittees, work groups, or task forces with which they are individually involved

Members whose attendance falls below 50% may be terminated by the EC chair, or, in the case of subcommittee, work group, or task force membership, the corresponding group chair. It is the responsibility of the individual to alert the chair to an inability to attend a scheduled meeting.

The chair may also terminate individual members who do not follow through on their defined deliverables or committee work.

Special consideration will be given to candidates with:

• Experience serving as CHEST faculty and developing educational materials, particularly using online learning, social media, and innovative educational platforms
• Involvement developing online education
• Published material and research in educational design, implementation, and outcomes
• Experience in identifying practice gaps, developing curriculum, and measuring the impact of educational programs on knowledge, behavior, clinical practice, and patient outcomes
• Knowledge and experience in the development of assessment questions and learner evaluation mechanisms, designing curriculum, crafting learner assessment tools, and interpreting learner feedback

In the coming term, the EC aims to focus on the following:

• Extending CHEST education to nonphysician members of the health-care team
• Increasing the amount of available offerings using on-demand, online education
• Ensuring all CME activities are eligible for MOC points

Criteria

All applicants must be members of CHEST and current in their dues. You must have the following prepared before continuing with the nomination process:

• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of interest (no more than 500 characters)
• Conflict of interest disclosure (CHEST staff will reach out to obtain this information following your submission.)

Instructions

• You can apply for more than one committee at one time.
• If you choose to apply for more than one committee, please have all statements of interests prepared before continuing.
• You will not be able to save and return to complete your nomination.
• The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday, May 14.

Openings: 6

The Guidelines Oversight Committee (GOC) aims to optimize patient care by generating the highest quality evidence-based guidelines, consensus statements, and hybrid documents to support clinical practice in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chest disease.

Responsibilities

The GOC makes recommendations to the CHEST Board of Regents on issues related to health, science, and clinical policy in areas of cardiopulmonary medicine and surgery, critical care, sleep medicine, and related disciplines. The committee is responsible for overseeing the preparation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, consensus statements, and hybrid documents on behalf of CHEST.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants should be willing to spend at least 4 hours per month participating in committee work, with some months being more demanding, and attend two in-person meetings, at the CHEST Annual Meeting and during the Spring Leadership Meeting.

Applicants should have familiarity with CHEST’s evidence-based guidelines and their development, such as serving on a CHEST guideline panel or having demonstrated experience in the development of systematic reviews or evidence-based recommendations. 

Prior participation in coursework in areas of evidence-based medicine (e.g., CHEST Guideline Methodology courses, Cochrane courses, GRADE Workshops) is also valuable. Awareness of the various stakeholders related to CPGs such as the National Academy of Medicine, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) National Guidelines Clearinghouse, Guidelines-International-Network, and similar entities is expected.

Additional member responsibilities may include:

• Serving as a domain liaison to a guideline or consensus statement panel. The liaison serves as an advisory role and assists with the management of conflict of interest on guideline panels.
• Serving as methodology, review, or implementation/dissemination liaison.
• Participate in dissemination and implementation activities.
• Participate in discussions and decisions related to methodology.
• Approve panelist invitations for CHEST Guidelines, as well as CHEST nominate appointees to guideline panels of other organizations.

Special consideration will be given to candidates with clinical expertise in interstitial lung disease, critical care, sleep, and clinical pulmonary.

Criteria

All applicants must be members of CHEST and current in their dues. You must have the following prepared before continuing with the nomination process:

• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of interest (no more than 500 characters)
• Conflict of interest disclosure (CHEST staff will reach out to obtain this information following your submission.)

Instructions

• You can apply for more than one committee at one time.
• If you choose to apply for more than one committee, please have all statements of interests prepared before continuing.
• You will not be able to save and return to complete your nomination.
• The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday, May 14.

Openings: 1-2

The mission of the CHEST Membership Committee is to serve as consultants to the Board of Regents on membership issues.

Applicants for this committee must be an active CHEST member, as well as hold the FCCP designation, be willing to spend approximately 2 hours per month reviewing and/or approving FCCP applications, participate on quarterly conference calls, and attend two in-person committee meetings, including the business meeting at the CHEST Annual Meeting and committee meeting during spring at CHEST Headquarters.

Criteria

All applicants must be members of CHEST and current in their dues. You must have the following prepared before continuing with the nomination process:

• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of interest (no more than 500 characters)
• Conflict of interest disclosure (CHEST staff will reach out to obtain this information following your submission.)

Instructions

• You can apply for more than one committee at one time.
• If you choose to apply for more than one committee, please have all statements of interests prepared before continuing.
• You will not be able to save and return to complete your nomination.
• The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday, May 14.

Steering Committee Openings: 49
Fellow-in-Training Openings: 10
Vice-Chair Openings: 15
Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.

Applicants for this NetWork steering committees must be a member of the NetWork to which they are applying, participate on quarterly conference calls, and attend the NetWork Featured Lecture business meeting at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Fellows-in-training and nonphysician clinicians are highly encouraged to apply.

Key roles and responsibilities for serving on a NetWork steering committee include:

• Active involvement in developing and implementing engagement strategies for the larger NetWork membership.
• Serve as expert resources to groups internal and external to CHEST.
• Implement relevant projects that are consistent with the mission and strategic goals of CHEST.
• Provide expertise and personnel, as requested, to support evidence-based guideline and consensus statement review processes.
• Provide broad-based input to the Education Committee and/or other CHEST committees regarding potential issues of interest. Such input shall be communicated through the NetWork chair and/or a steering committee representative.
• Attendance at the NetWork Featured Lecture at the CHEST Annual Meeting.
• Development of NetWork Highlights for CHEST.
• Identifying replacement speakers for CHEST-related educational activities.

For more detailed information on responsibilities and participation required of steering committee members, please see the NetWorks Handbook online.

• Airways Disorders 
  • Steering Committee Openings: 3-4
  • Fellow-in-Training Opening: 1
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2-3
  • Fellow-in-Training Opening: 1
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Chest Infections
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2
  • Fellow-in-Training Opening: 1


• Clinical Pulmonary Medicine
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Clinical Research
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2-3
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Critical Care
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2


• Disaster Response
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2
  • Fellow-in-Training Opening: 1


• Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation and Neuromuscular Disease
  • Steering Committee Openings: 3


• Interprofessional Team
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2
  • Fellow-in-Training Opening: 1
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2-3
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Interventional Chest Diagnostic Procedures
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2


• Occupational and Environmental Health
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2
  • Fellow-in-Training Opening: 1
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Palliative and End-of-Life Care
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2-3
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Pediatric Chest Medicine
  • Steering Committee Openings: 3-4
  • Fellow-in-Training Opening: 1
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Practice Operations
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2-3
  • Fellow-in-Training Opening: 1
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Pulmonary Physiology, Function, and Rehabilitation
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2-3
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Pulmonary Vascular Disease
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2


• Respiratory Care
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2-3
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Sleep Medicine
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2-3
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Thoracic Oncology
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2-3
  • Fellow-in-Training Opening: 1
  • Vice-Chair Opening: 1
    Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Transplant
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2-3
• Vice-Chair Opening: 1
  Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.


• Women's Health
  • Steering Committee Openings: 2

Criteria

All applicants must be members of CHEST and current in their dues. You must have the following prepared before continuing with the nomination process:

• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of interest (no more than 500 characters)
• Conflict of interest disclosure (CHEST staff will reach out to obtain this information following your submission.)

Instructions

• You can apply for more than one committee at one time.
• If you choose to apply for more than one committee, please have all statements of interests prepared before continuing.
• You will not be able to save and return to complete your nomination.
• The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday, May 14.

Openings: 2-3
Vice-Chair Opening: 1
Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.

• Candidates for appointment must be CHEST members in good standing. It is recommended that a candidate not serve on another major committee during the term for which they are applying.
• Candidates should be willing to participate in monthly conference calls and other calls, as needed, up to two face-to-face meetings (one at the Spring committee meeting and at the CHEST Annual Meeting), and be able to devote 3-5 hours per month on committee activities.
• Candidates should have previously participated in various areas of CHEST, such as with guidelines, NetWorks, or other committees.
• Candidates should have working knowledge of the intricacies surrounding conflict of interest issues.

Criteria

All applicants must be members of CHEST and current in their dues. You must have the following prepared before continuing with the nomination process:

• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of interest (no more than 500 characters)
• Conflict of interest disclosure (CHEST staff will reach out to obtain this information following your submission.)

Instructions

• You can apply for more than one committee at one time.
• If you choose to apply for more than one committee, please have all statements of interests prepared before continuing.
• You will not be able to save and return to complete your nomination.
• The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday, May 14.

Openings: 4
Vice-Chair Opening: 1
Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.

Candidates must be members of CHEST and should be prepared to assist in the educational development of the scientific slide and poster sessions at the CHEST Annual Meeting. If appointed, a member will serve in the following capacity:

• Grade abstract submissions (online).
• Organize and “build” abstract sessions for CHEST (online).
• Serve as moderators for abstract sessions at CHEST and recruit other moderators for abstract sessions at CHEST.
• Meet twice a year: once in June at the CHEST Global Headquarters in Glenview and once during the CHEST Annual Meeting.
• Select finalists for available abstract awards at CHEST.

Average time commitment:

• January: 1 hour - Welcome call
• April: 6-8 hours - Grading
• May: 4-6 hours - Session planning
• June: 1.5 day - Meeting at CHEST Headquarters
• October: Serve as moderator at CHEST Annual Meeting and Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee meeting

Criteria

All applicants must be members of CHEST and current in their dues. You must have the following prepared before continuing with the nomination process:

• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of interest (no more than 500 characters)
• Conflict of interest disclosure (CHEST staff will reach out to obtain this information following your submission.)

Instructions

• You can apply for more than one committee at one time.
• If you choose to apply for more than one committee, please have all statement of interests prepared before continuing.
• You will not be able to save and return to complete your nomination.
• The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday, May 14.

Openings: 2
Vice-Chair Opening: 1
Only current committee members are eligible to apply for the Vice-Chair position.

Candidates must be members of CHEST and should represent one of the following groups:

• Current training program director or assistant training program director, representing the areas of sleep, critical care, and pulmonary medicine
• CHEST member with an interest in trainee education and leadership

Committee members must be available to attend monthly 1-hour conference calls as well as two to three in-person meetings, including the business meeting at the CHEST Annual Meeting and the CHEST Annual Meeting Case Report Session Meeting in April.

Criteria

All applicants must be members of CHEST and current in their dues. You must have the following prepared before continuing with the nomination process:

• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of interest (no more than 500 characters)
• Conflict of interest disclosure (CHEST staff will reach out to obtain this information following your submission.)

Instructions

• You can apply for more than one committee at one time.
• If you choose to apply for more than one committee, please have all statements of interests prepared before continuing.
• You will not be able to save and return to complete your nomination.
• The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday, May 14.

Openings: 4

The CHEST Trainee Work Group is an initiative of the Training and Transitions Committee (T&T) charged with a mission of enhancing the educational experience and professional development of trainees by providing them with structure and content, and affording them an opportunity to become future CHEST leaders by fostering their involvement in CHEST activities.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be a trainee member currently in their first or second year of training and able to serve a 2-year term on the work group.
• Applicants should be willing to spend about 5 to 10 hours each quarter participating in work group activities.
• Applicants may self-nominate; however, this will require written support from their Program Director (PD).
• PDs will need to allow selected fellows to attend the annual CHEST meetings and participate in quarterly 1-hour conference calls, during their 2-year terms (CHEST will not be able to provide financial support to travel to the annual meeting).
• Applications will be accepted and reviewed by the Training and Transitions Committee.

Work group members must be available to attend quarterly conference calls and the in-person business meeting at the annual meeting.

Criteria

All applicants must be members of CHEST and current in their dues.

• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of interest (no more than 500 characters)
  • Brief paragraph justifying their interest and qualifications for serving on the work group
• Letter of support from their PD
• Conflict of interest disclosure (CHEST staff will reach out to obtain this information following your submission.)

Instructions

• You can apply for more than one committee at one time.
• If you choose to apply for more than one committee, please have all statements of interests prepared before continuing.
• You will not be able to save and return to complete your nomination.
• The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday, May 14.
  
  

Masters of CHEST are national or international Fellows of CHEST who have distinguished themselves by attaining professional preeminence. Because of their personal character and leadership; extraordinary contributions to medical research, clinical practice, quality improvement, or medical education; and years of enduring and outstanding service to CHEST, they have advanced chest medicine. This service to our organization is not limited to leaders of CHEST; it may include exceptional achievements in advancing our mission through consistent contributions to its educational programs and/or to the journal CHEST; work on behalf of the CHEST Foundation; advocacy on behalf of our patients and the profession; and/or elevation of CHEST’s role in the international scientific and professional community.

Masters are authorized to use the designation Master FCCP (Master of the American College of Chest Physicians) in connection with their professional activities, provided they continue to be a Fellow. The Master FCCP recipient shall receive a certificate bearing his or her name, waived registration to CHEST 2018, and have their dues permanently waived.

Nomination Process

The following items are required, due Monday, May 14, for a nomination to be considered:

• A letter of recommendation from the nominator highlighting the nominee's most important contributions to CHEST and to the profession
• Up to two additional letters of support
• A letter of interest from the nominee
• The candidate’s curriculum vitae

Voting members of the Board of Regents are not eligible to be nominated for the honor of Master Fellow until they have been off the board for 3 years.

Nominations for candidates who are not selected in a given year will be carried over for up to 2 successive years, for a total of 3 years. The CHEST Honor Lecture and Awards Committee staff liaison will contact the nominators to determine if they wish to nominate a candidate again. While no new letters of support need to be submitted, additional letters are welcome. If a nomination is carried over for 2 years and the candidate is not selected, a new nomination must be submitted.

The CHEST Honor Lecture and Awards Committee will review the nominations and decide which nominee/s will be presented to the full Board of Regents for consideration. The honor of Master FCCP will be awarded by a majority confirmation vote of the Board of Regents at its summer meeting and conferred at the CHEST Annual Meeting. There is no requirement that a Master FCCP be selected in any particular year, and no more than two Master FCCPs may be selected each year, including posthumous awards.

Please review the Selection Characteristics for Master Fellowship in CHEST, which will be used by the Honor Lecture and Awards Committee as a guide to better understand and compare applicant strengths when considering them for this prestigious honor.

Nomination Deadline: Monday, May 14, 2018
Applications received after that date will not be considered.

Submit all nomination materials to:
Emily Petraglia
epetraglia@chestnet.org