Neil S. Freedman, MD, FCCP, to Become the 88th President of the American College of Chest Physicians
The organization also announces Dr. Lisa Moores as President-Elect, Dr. Alexander Niven as President-Designate, and Dr. John Howington as Immediate Past President
December 19, 2025
Glenview, IL – Effective January 1, 2026, Neil S. Freedman, MD, FCCP, is the new President of the American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST). Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP, steps into the role of President-Elect; Alexander S. Niven, MD, FCCP, is the new President-Designate; and John Howington, MD, MBA, FCCP, completes his term as President to become Immediate Past President of CHEST.
Neil S. Freedman, MD, FCCP, is a pulmonary, critical care, and sleep physician with a background in clinical care, health care leadership, hospital quality, financial oversight, education, and advocacy. He currently is President of the Endeavor Health Medical Group, Specialty Care, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
Dr. Freedman received his undergraduate degree at Washington & Jefferson College and medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Over the past two decades, Dr. Freedman’s clinical and leadership experiences have spanned the spectrum of private practice, system-employed physician, and leadership roles, including Division Head for Pulmonary and Critical Care for more than eight years, President of two separate professional staffs, and system oversight of acute care medicine. He has overseen credentialing, hospital quality, professional staff development, physician compensation, and the acute care provider care models and strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, Dr. Freedman served as President of NorthShore Medical Group, where he led more than 1,200 physicians in a multispecialty physician practice. He played an integral role in the strategic planning and development of what is now the Endeavor Health Medical Group.
Dr. Freedman has had the honor of participating as faculty or Chair for more than 300 presentations at national and international meetings on the topics of sleep medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and the business of medicine and has been recognized for his educational efforts with the Distinguished CHEST Educator designation since 2017. He has been extremely active within the leadership of CHEST and has held CHEST leadership positions across the organization since 2006, most notably including the following: member of the Education Committee, Chair of the Sleep Medicine Network, Chair of the CHEST Annual Meeting 2016, member of the CHEST Foundation Board of Trustees, Deputy Editor of CHEST SEEK® Sleep Medicine (2014), member of the Joint Finance Oversight Committee (2008–2017) member, member and Chair of the CHEST Sleep Medicine Board Review course (2009–2016), Chair of the Health Policy and Advocacy Committee (2020–2021), Chair of the Oxygen Access and Education Work Group (2021–2023), and Chair of the Finance Committee (2022–2024). He has served as a Regent-at-Large on the CHEST Board of Regents and currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee.
CHEST President-Elect, Lisa K. Moores, MD, FCCP, is Associate Dean for Assessment and Professional Development and Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. She received her medical degree in 1989 from the Uniformed Services University and then completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Upon graduation from her fellowship, she was awarded the Outstanding Graduating Fellow Award and the Baily K. Ashford Award for Outstanding Clinical Research. Prior to her current role, Dr. Moores had several educational leadership roles at the Uniformed Services University that include Associate Clerkship Director for the Internal Medicine Clerkship, Assistant Dean for Clinical Sciences, and Associate Dean for Student Affairs. Dr. Moores served 30 years in the Army Medical Corps, retiring from Active Duty in 2019, at which time she assumed her current role at the Uniformed Services University.
Dr. Moores began her CHEST career on the Affiliate Committee, cofounding CHEST Challenge with Drs. Tom Fitzpatrick and William Kelly. During her leadership tenure over the past three decades, Dr. Moores has served on the Scientific Program Committee, including as the Scientific Program Committee Chair for the 2009 meeting in San Diego; chaired the Education Committee and Council of Networks; served on the CHEST SEEK® Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine Editorial Board; chaired CHEST Pulmonary Medicine Board Review; and served as CHEST Foundation President from 2017 to 2018. Dr. Moores is current Chair of the Guidelines Oversight Committee and also chairs the CHEST Antithrombotic Guidelines. She is an author on the Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Treatment and VTE in COVID-19 Guidelines. Dr. Moores has more than 100 invited presentations and more than 70 published journal articles and book chapters, which reflect her interests in VTE, medical education, and adult learning. Dr. Moores will serve as the 89th CHEST President in 2027.
CHEST President-Designate, Alexander S. Niven, MD, FCCP, is a Consultant in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and Professor of Medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He is the Education Chair for his Division and the Critical Care Independent Multispecialty Practice, and the Enterprise Co-Director of the Mayo Clinic Academy for Educational Excellence. He also serves as Medical Co-Director for the Pulmonary Function Laboratory in Rochester. A practicing general pulmonary/critical care physician with 25 years of clinical experience, Dr. Niven has served as a co-director for the CERTAIN international critical care program since 2016.
Dr. Niven received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston and completed his Internal Medicine Residency and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Niven retired in 2016 from the United States Army Medical Department after 21 years of active duty service, during which time he held numerous leadership positions and earned multiple awards including the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, and membership in the Order of Military Medical Merit. Dr. Niven will serve as the 90th CHEST President in 2028.
CHEST Immediate Past President, John Howington, MD, MBA, FCCP, is a practicing thoracic surgeon currently at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, St. Michael Medical Center, in Silverdale, Washington.
Dr. Howington began his CHEST leadership journey with the Networks, as a member of the Interventional Chest Medicine Steering Committee and then as Thoracic Oncology Network Chair (2008–2010). Other leadership positions include serving as President of the CHEST Foundation (2014–2016), as members of both the Scientific Program Committee and Membership Committee and, most recently, as the Chair of the Finance Committee (2018–2021). Since 2017, he has served on the Board of Regents as Member-at-Large.
To learn more about CHEST leadership, visit the CHEST website.
About the American College of Chest Physicians
The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) is the global leader in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chest diseases. Its mission is to champion the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chest diseases through education, communication, and research. It serves as an essential connection to clinical knowledge and resources for its 18,000+ members from around the world who provide patient care in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. For information about CHEST and its family of journals, including the flagship journal CHEST®, visit chestnet.org.