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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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Leadership begins before the title

In his latest President's Column, CHEST President Neil Freedman, MD, FCCP, discusses what makes a strong leader and how CHEST can help set clinicians on that path.

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CHEST and APCCMPD Announce Chosen Mentor for Diversity PCCM Fellowship

Anna Brady, MD, will serve as the mentor for the 2027 Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD) and CHEST Medical Educator Diversity Scholar Fellowship.

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The Questions We Don’t Ask

In a new blog from the LGBTQ+ at CHEST Interest Group, Andrew (Andy) C. Nutting, DO, reflects on caring for an LGBTQIA+ patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and why asking about chosen family matters in the ICU.

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Using gastric POCUS in the ICU for aspiration risk assessment

In an era of increasing glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use and frequent emergency airway interventions, gastric point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) provides clinically actionable information that fasting history alone cannot. In a new CHEST Physician® article, members of the Ultrasound and Chest Imaging Section discuss why gastric ultrasound has the potential to become an invaluable bedside tool for individualized aspiration risk assessment and procedural decision-making.

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Bronchiectasis: Bridging the gap between guidelines and real-world care

The measure of a guideline is not how comprehensively it describes ideal care but how consistently its recommendations reach the patients who need them. In a new CHEST Physician article, members of the Bronchiectasis Section discuss barriers to care that patients face, including fragmented referral pathways, insurance restrictions, work force limitations, and more.

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AI in home mechanical ventilation: Friend or foe?

Pulmonary medicine has not developed a shared language for home mechanical ventilation (HMV), which limits the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in patient care. In a new CHEST Physician article, members of the Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation and Neuromuscular Section highlight the current use of AI in HMV by both clinicians and insurance payers.

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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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