Press Releases

Press Releases

Healthy lungs – never more important: The Forum of International Respiratory Societies

November 17, 2021 - World COPD Day, November 17, 2021, is an annual global initiative run by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) and the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which the American College of Chest Physicians^® (CHEST) is a founding member.

CHEST announces presidential succession at annual meeting

November 15, 2021 - The American College of Chest Physicians^® (CHEST) announced at the CHEST 2021 Annual Meeting that David Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP, will serve as its new President beginning January 1, 2022.

Global efforts must be strengthened to end the preventable burden of pneumonia

November 12, 2021 - On World Pneumonia Day, November 12, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which the American College of Chest Physicians^® (CHEST) is a founding member, calls for urgent and expedited progress to end the preventable burden of pneumonia.

For My Lung Health campaign named APEX award winner

September 20, 2021 - For My Lung Health, a joint American College of Chest Physicians^® (CHEST) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) public service campaign, is the winner of this year’s Pharmaceutical Executive APEX Awards in the respiratory category.

CHEST transitions hybrid meeting to fully online

August 24, 2021 - The American College of Chest Physicians^® (CHEST) announced today that CHEST 2021, the annual meeting taking place October 17-20, will be fully online again this year.

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