Connect With the Biggest Names in Chest Medicine

Barry J. Make, MD, FCCP
COPD: A New Diagnostic Paradigm
Sunday, October 8 | 7 am – 8 am HST
Room 323C

This award 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 (FCCP) known for their work in advancing the understanding of COPD pathogenesis and/or treatment and for exceptional mentoring and clinical instruction skills.

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

Margaret A. Pisani, MD, MPH, FCCP
Honoring Lessons From the ICU: Carrying Forward Patient, Caregiver, and Team Wisdom
Sunday, October 8 | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm HST
Room: 323C

Established in 1997, this award honors Roger C. Bone, MD, Master FCCP, a leader in critical care, sepsis, and sepsis research. Dr. Bone empowered physicians to communicate with patients and families about end-of-life issues and had significant achievements with CHEST. This award is conferred to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) and world-renowned visionary in pulmonary and critical care medicine, who is accomplished as an academician, clinician, and author.

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

David Berlowitz, PhD
Sleep-Disordered Breathing After Spinal Cord Injury
Monday, October 9 | 7:15 am – 8:15 am HST
Room: 313B

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

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

Sherri Katz, MD, FCCP
Helping Kids Live Their Best Lives Using Respiratory Technology
Monday, October 9 | 8:30 am – 9:30 am HST
Room: 324

The Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) Scientific Program is held in conjunction with the CHEST Annual Meeting. The program features lectures and debates delivered by leading Canadian experts in respiratory medicine and research, as well as highlights up-and-coming faculty. The program features the CTS Honorary Lecture, which is awarded to recognize exemplary leadership in respiratory research and education in Canada.

Marilyn K. Glassberg, MD, FCCP
Inflammation: Shared Highways Leading to a Similar Destination
Monday, October 9 | 10:30 am – 11:30 am HST
Room: 313B

This lecture was established in 1974 in memory of Murray Kornfeld, founder of the Federation of American Sanatoria, which later became CHEST. This award is conferred to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) who is a leader in pulmonary and critical care medicine, particularly in infection and inflammation, who is developing therapies expected to guide medicine into the future.

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

Septimiu D. Murgu, MD, FCCP
Stir It up and Make It Stick! A Decade of Experiential Learning at CHEST
Monday, October 9 | 1 pm – 2 pm HST
Room: 313B

This endowment, established in 2004, gives special recognition to Dr. Edward C. Rosenow, who has promoted the development and training of hundreds of chest physicians during his 3 decades at the Mayo Clinic. It acknowledges his role of mentoring pulmonary and critical care physicians into CHEST leadership roles, where he has fostered the development of physicians-in-training to improve patient care.

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

William F. Kelly, MD, FCCP
Gamification in Medical Education: Why and How?
Tuesday, October 10 | 8:30 am – 9:30 am HST
Room: 313B

The inaugural Mark J. Rosen, MD, Master FCCP Endowed 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, 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 4 decades, marked by his deep commitment to fostering leaders, medical education, medical training programs, patient care, and promoting international education.

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