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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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Affirming Health Equity in Medicine in Support of Improving All Patient Outcomes

In accordance with our mission to champion the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chest diseases and advance the best patient outcomes, CHEST is firmly committed to the necessity of diversity, equity, and inclusion in health care research, education, and delivery.

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Apply for valuable medical education mentorship

Mentee applications are open for the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors and CHEST Medical Educator Diversity Scholar Fellowship. Applications are due Friday, November 1.

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Boston CHEST 2024 - DAILY NEWS

Address racism in clinical practice during sessions at CHEST 2024

A new CHEST Daily News article highlights the various sessions at CHEST 2024 that will discuss racial disparities in health care. All sessions that explore themes of social justice will be featured in a Health Equity track, making it easier for attendees to prioritize these issues.

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Atypical pulmonary cysts: Why to care

Read a new CHEST Physician® article from the Lung Cancer Section about the inclusion of atypical pulmonary cysts in the American College of Radiology's 2022 update of the Lung CT Screening Reporting & Data System.

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Bronchiectasis: A call to action

The noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis community has been trying to organize to provide better care for more than half a million adults with bronchiectasis in the United States. A new update from the Bronchiectasis Section highlights the importance of enrolling patients in clinicial trials on bronchiectasis.

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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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