Daniel R. Ouellette, MD, MS, FCCP; Jonathon Truwit, MD; and Sangeeta Mehta, MD, reviewed and updated attendees on the use of several strategies that have been shown to facilitate ventilator liberation.
Vaishnavi Kundel, MD, Sara Pasha, MD, Meredith Greer, MD, and Ruckshanda Majid, MD, FCCP, presented clinical cases and shared perspectives on common challenges in the management of sleep apnea.
A pair of pulmonary specialists outlined the challenges in treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), including key management decisions at diagnosis and approaches to managing acute exacerbation.
A panel discussion examined persistent barriers to women in pulmonary and critical care medicine and offered strategies and advice for career advancement.
During the CHEST Foundation’s Women & Pulmonary Work Group workshop, Jennifer Hunt, MD, presented tools for bolstering self-assuredness and quashing imposter tendencies.
This new COPD VPT will help clinicians provide individualized, clinically supported, guideline-based patient care, said lead faculty Matthew Hegewald, MD, FCCP.
Submit scientific abstracts and/or case reports for CHEST 2022, and you may have the chance to share your research with thousands of chest medicine professionals. Submissions will be accepted until Thursday, March 31.
Sleep disorders can have as much, if not more, to do with social, cultural, and environmental factors as clinical factors, experts explained in a session during CHEST 2021.
“COVID-19 is more than a respiratory illness. It is a complex, multisystem disease, and it is a moving target,” said Bharat Bajantri, MD, who presented along with Damaris Pena Evertz, MD, and Alaa Abu Sayf, MD.
Christopher L. Carroll, MD, FCCP, Nancy Stewart, DO, Sherry H. Chou, MD, and Aarti Sarwal, MD, outlined how to effectively integrate social media into the professional activities of clinicians, educators, and researchers.
Education Spotlights—available exclusively to meeting registrants—are curated selections of CHEST 2021 sessions on a particular clinical topic, like asthma, COPD, and pneumonia.
Session panelists shared firsthand experiences and resources for incorporating quality improvement, communication, diversity and inclusion, and interpersonal skills training into fellowship programs.