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Speaker Spotlight: Curtis N. Sessler
CHEST 2019 speaker and Past President Curtis N. Sessler, MD, FCCP, shares how he plans to take the CHEST 2019 ‘BIG Easy’ theme back home to his patients.
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Effective education is paramount for medical learners
Delivery of effective education is a challenge not just in medicine, but in other industries as well. Viren Kaul, MD, shares how lessons learned from these other industries might provide valuable insights for medical education.
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CHEST 2019 Attendee Profile
Find out how Kathy Ramos, MD, MS, first got her start in the pulmonology field … and a few other fun facts about her in this attendee profile.
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Check out CHEST’s 2020 live learning schedule
Registration for CHEST’s 2020 live learning courses is now open, and this year’s lineup promises interactive, hands-on learning.
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A day in the life of Mauricio Danckers, MD, FCCP
Mauricio Danckers, MD, FCCP, starting his sixth year in practice, is the ICU medical director at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center. As his responsibilities evolve the longer he practices, the stronger the passion for his job grows.
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Experts optimistic about potential for treatments of Group 5 PH
Andrew D. Mihalek, MD, will chair a session titled “Opening the Black Box and Discovering Gray: Diseases Associated With Group 5 Pulmonary Hypertension” on Monday.
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Advanced practice providers can help meet increased demand for pulmonology care
The session “Optimizing Your Practice With an Advanced Practice Provider,” Monday afternoon aims to help pulmonology practices get the most benefit from the addition of an advanced practice provider. Read more from session chair Corinne Young, FNPC, MSN, FCCP.
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FISH Bowl competition makes its debut
Don’t miss CHEST’s new FISH Bowl (Furthering Innovation and Science for Health) competition—a “kinder, gentler, yet still competitive and cutting-edge”—version of Shark Tank™.
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Panelists will debate how to manage sepsis in the first 3 hours
Angel Coz Yataco, MD, FCCP, and his co-presenters will argue for and against some of the controversies in Monday’s session “Managing Sepsis: Controversies in the First 3 Hours,” which will debate fluid resuscitation levels and when to administer broad spectrum antibiotics.
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IPF session to answer common treatment questions, make sense of conflicting data
In this session preview, chair Nina Patel, MD, shares the topics four experts will review about the latest in antifibrotic therapy during Monday’s session “Update in IPF Treatment.”
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This is My Town: Looking for live New Orleans music? Here’s where to go
Local New Orleanian Matthew Lammi MD, MSCR, shares his favorite places for live music in the Big Easy.
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CHEST keynote speaker will address implicit bias and discrimination in health care
CHEST Annual Meeting’s keynote speaker, Quinn Capers, IV, MD, will address implicit bias—the unconscious attribution of particular qualities to a member of a certain social group—on Sunday during the Opening Session.