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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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Disabled and Whole

A CHEST Advocates article highlights CHEST's response to a health care institution whose mission statement included the goal of “reducing disability.” “The belief in medicine that disabilities should be ‘cured’ stems from a narrow view of health that sees disability as a flaw to be fixed,” said Stephanie M. Levine, MD, FCCP, a member of the CHEST® Journal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work Group.

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Top reads from the CHEST journal portfolio

Check out some of the top reads from this month’s CHEST® journal portfolio, with commentary from CHEST Physician® Editorial Board members. Article topics cover the healthy adherer effect in positive airway pressure adherence, triage variability to pediatric vs adult ICUs, and more.

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CHEST is committed to improving patient outcomes through better education, research, and team-based care. Complete a survey to help guide CHEST in shaping future initiatives focused on the equitable prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chest conditions. Everyone who completes the survey will be entered to win a $250 gift card.

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Mechanical power: A missing piece in lung-protective ventilation?

In a CHEST Physician® article, Mechanical Ventilation and Airways Management Section Member-at-Large, Zhenmei Zhang, MD, discusses the concept of mechanical power (MP) and suggests that the use of MP may be a feasible addition to the continuous monitoring outputs on a ventilator.

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Revival of the aspiration vs chest tube debate for PSP

In a CHEST Physician® article, members of the Pleural Disease Section consider the best way to manage primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) by dissecting a 2023 study on the matter. Find out what the study determined.

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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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