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Connect With the Biggest Names in Chest Medicine

October 19 to 22
McCormick Place
Chicago, IL 60616

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At CHEST 2025, 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.

Overview of CHEST Annual Meeting crowd

October 19 to 22
McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois

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Keynote speaker announced: Sean Swarner

Sean Swarner was diagnosed with two forms of cancer at the ages of thirteen and sixteen, survived with only one functioning lung, and went on to be the first cancer survivor to climb Mount Everest. Sean continues to test his own endurance, climbing the highest peaks in several countries. Sean will speak about resiliency in his presentation. Don't miss this important lecture!

Opening Session: Sunday, October 19, at 8 am CT

Honor and memorial lectures

The Honor and Memorial Lectures at CHEST 2025 recognize individuals who advance work in chest medicine, mentorship, training, CHEST, and more.

Ahead of CHEST 2025, the chest medicine community nominated and selected honorees to deliver lectures on topics including critical care, interventional medicine, and mechanical ventilation.

MARGARET PFROMMER ENDOWED MEMORIAL LECTURE IN HOME-BASED MECHANICAL VENTILATION

Angela C. King, BS, RPFT, RRT-NPS
Looking Back on 40 Years in Home Care: a Respiratory Therapist’s Experience
Sunday, October 19 | 11 am – 12 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350

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

Marcos I. Restrepo, MD, PhD, FCCP
Lessons From Roger Bone: Shaping a Career at the Crossroads of Science, Education, and Service
Sunday, October 19 | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350

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.

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

Deborah Jo Levine, MD, MS, FCCP
Sunday, October 19 | 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm CT
Room: South Building 403AB

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.

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PASQUALE CIAGLIA MEMORIAL LECTURE IN INTERVENTIONAL MEDICINE

Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP
Blurring the Line Between Practice and Research: A Learning Health Care System for Bronchoscopy
Sunday, October 19 | 4 pm – 5 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350

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.

MURRAY KORNFELD PRESIDENTIAL HONOR LECTURE

Sudish C. Murthy, MD, PhD, FCCP
Monday, October 20 | 9:15 am – 10:15 am CT
Room: Lakeside 350

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.

PAUL A. KVALE, MD, MASTER FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE

Gerard A. Silvestri, MD, MS, Master FCCP
From Chest Radiograph to CT Scan Screening for Lung Cancer: How Far We Have Come and How Far We Have to Go
Monday, October 20 | 11 am – 12 pm CT
Room: South Building – 505B

The Paul A. Kvale, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture recognizes a CHEST educator in lung cancer. This one-time lecture, given in his memory, acknowledges his service as a teacher, clinician, and researcher in pulmonary and critical care. Dr. Kvale served as CHEST President from 2004 to 2005.

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

THOMAS L. PETTY, MD, MASTER FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE

MeiLan K. Han, MD, FCCP
The Lung Health Crisis: The Achilles' Heel We Didn't Know We Had
Monday, October 20 | 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350

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.

JAMES B. D. MARK, MD, FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE

Douglas E. Wood, MD, FCCP
Lung Cancer Screening: Saving Lives With Science and Policy
Monday, October 20 | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350

The James B. D. Mark, MD, FCCP Memorial Lecture recognizes a CHEST educator in cardiothoracic medicine. This one-time lecture, given in his memory, acknowledges his service as a physician, scholar, and mentor in the area of thoracic surgery. Dr. Mark served as CHEST President from 1994 to 1995.

MARK J. ROSEN, MD, MASTER FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE

Matthew C. Miles, MD, MEd, FCCP
Teaching Medicine in the Past, Present, and Future
Monday, October 20 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350

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.

OM P. SHARMA, MD, MASTER FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE

David J. Prezant, MD, FCCP
Sarcoidosis: Causes and Effects
Tuesday, October 21 | 9:15 am – 10:15 am CT
Room: Lakeside 350

This lecture honors the memory of Om P. Sharma, MD, Master FCCP, whose passionate work on the clinical aspects of sarcoidosis and other granulomatous disorders spanned 40 years. This award is conferred to a CHEST Fellow who is known for their work in sarcoidosis and other granulomatous disorders, including state-of-the art innovations, advancing understanding of the disorders, pathogenetic mechanisms, clinical evaluation, and treatment.

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

RICHARD S. IRWIN, MD, MASTER FCCP HONOR LECTURE

Thanh Huynh Neville, MD
Humanizing Dying in the ICU, One Wish at a Time: The 3 Wishes Program
Tuesday, October 21 | 4 pm – 5 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350

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.

CANADIAN THORACIC SOCIETY HONORARY LECTURE

Sharon Dell, MD
Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) 2025 Honorary Lecture: Progress in Noncystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis That Is Hard to Beat!
Monday, October 20 | 9:15 am – 10:15 am CT
Room: Lakeside 353A

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.