Shahid Sheikh, MD, FCCP, and Anne Coates, MD, FCCP, will help outline the impact of bias on female physicians, physicians from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, and international medical graduates, as well as patients from those demographics.
Being happy is no accident. It’s an art. Like any art, the more you practice happiness, the better you get, author Neil Pasricha said during the keynote address at Sunday’s Opening Session.
At this year’s annual meeting, CHEST is making it easy for members to learn about its special interest groups and how joining can facilitate collaboration with fellow practitioners for the greater good.
During a session Tuesday afternoon, Drew Harris, MD, FCCP, and three other physicians will explain how passion projects can fit into busy clinical and personal schedules.
Vijay Balasubramanian, MD, FCCP, will chair a panel on Tuesday that will discuss the significance of race/ethnicity, rurality, and social determinants of health on clinical outcomes in patients with PAH.
Nancy Collop, MD, Master FCCP, and fellow panelists will discuss lessons learned from recent, ongoing recalls of certain ventilators, BiPAP, and CPAP machines.
Ariel L. Shiloh, MD, FCCP, will chair a case-based session aimed at improving clinicians’ skills in image interpretation and clinical applications of critical care ultrasonography.
In a session Sunday, October 16, Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP, helped review the challenges facing patients in marginalized communities and how empathetic medicine can help establish trust with providers.
Erin Flynn-Evans, PhD, MPH, joined three other experts in discussing fatigue in the workplace, including effects on shift workers and medical trainees, circadian alignment for travelers, and testing and management for patients.
Sean J. Callahan, MD, will chair an innovative session Monday afternoon that will focus on hands-on experience with different types of oxygen delivery devices, beyond the nasal cannula.
Steven Q. Simpson MD, FCCP, will chair a panel Monday on evidence-based updates in strategic areas of interest that impact the entire disease spectrum for COVID-19.
Christopher Carroll, MD, FCCP, will chair a Monday afternoon discussion on alleviating the burden to patients in the ICU by engaging families in shared decision-making and collaborative care.