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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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Chicago | CHEST 2025

Nominate your colleagues for CHEST 2025 honor lectures and annual awards

Recognize your peers for their contributions to the chest medicine profession. Submit a nomination for honor lectures and awards to celebrate a colleague or an exceptional mentor. Nominations are due Friday, February 7.

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Council of Networks Chair, Margaret Pisani, MD, MPH, FCCP

Council of Networks: Reflecting on the success of 2024

In a new CHEST Physician® article, Council of Networks Chair, Margaret Pisani, MD, MPH, FCCP, provides a short recap of what the Networks accomplished this past year.

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Chicago | CHEST 2025

Get your research noticed on a large scale

Share your research with thousands of chest medicine professionals at CHEST 2025. Submit abstracts and case reports by Wednesday, February 26, at 2 pm CT, to be considered.

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Conversation starters: Topics you want to discuss

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RBC transfusion guidelines in critical care: Making the case for a restrictive approach

In a CHEST Physician® article, Angel Coz, MD, FCCP, lead author of a new RBC transfusion guideline, breaks down the importance of a restrictive RBC transfusion approach in critically ill adults and highlights key recommendations.

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Mitigating risk of asthma emergencies during respiratory season

In the latest APP Intersection column from the CHEST Physician® publication, Emily Simmons, MSN, APN, CPNP-PC, and Alexandra Kacena, MSN, APN, CPNP-PC, discuss the risk of asthma emergencies during respiratory season. They encourage getting respiratory syncytial virus vaccinations, updating asthma action plans at schools, and more.

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Do you have a great idea?

If you’re as passionate about pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine as we are, you’re probably bursting with ideas on how we can advance those fields. Maybe you want to create a new practice tool or a different educational approach, or perhaps you want to create a patient resource. Let us know what you’re thinking, and we’ll see if we can get it off the ground together.

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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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