Each year, CHEST honors physicians and others who are making significant or meritorious contributions to chest medicine. All honorees are recognized for advancing work in specific areas of chest medicine, mentorship, training, furthering the work of CHEST, and more. The individuals who are selected for these lectureships have been nominated and selected by their peers.
The 2020 Honor and Memorial Lectures and Annual Awards cover the areas of educators, critical care, cardiopulmonary physiology, interventional medicine, mechanical ventilation, COPD, and more. These sessions will be held live during the annual meeting.
Sunday, October 18 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CT
Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture in Cardiopulmonary Physiology
Denis O’Donnell, MD, FCCP
This lecture, established in 1973, is awarded to a well-respected and published original investigator in pulmonary clinical physiology.
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Sunday, October 18 | 1:45 pm – 2:45 pm CT
Darcy Marciniuk, MD, Master FCCP
This award honors an outstanding CHEST faculty member. The current CHEST President selects the recipient based upon their exceptional expertise in a given field.
Monday, October 19 | 8:45 am – 9:45 am CT
Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture
Joseph Lynch, III, MD, FCCP
This endowment recognizes Dr. Edward C. Rosenow, who has promoted the development and training of hundreds of chest physicians during his 3 decades at the Mayo Clinic. It acknowledges his role of mentoring pulmonary and critical care physicians into CHEST leadership roles, where he has fostered the development of physicians-in-training to improve patient care.
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Monday, October 19 | 1:45 pm – 2:45 pm CT
Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture
Mary Hart, RRT, MS, FCCP
This award honors Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP, who trained hundreds of physicians in COPD, oxygen therapy, and spirometry. This award is conferred to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) known for their work in advancing the understanding of COPD pathogenesis and/or treatment and for exceptional mentoring and clinical instruction skills.
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Tuesday, October 20 | 7:30 am – 8:30 am CT
Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine
Lonny Yarmus, DO, MBA, FCCP
This award honors a CHEST member well known for their work in interventional medicine, such as clinical state-of-art innovations, economic impact, invention, interventional critical care, research opportunities, and/or a host of other interesting facets of interventional medicine.
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Tuesday, October 20 | 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm CT
Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Lecture
Marcos Restrepo, MD, PhD, FCCP
This lecture was established in 1974 in memory of Murray Kornfeld, founder of the Federation of American Sanatoria, which later became CHEST. This award is conferred to a leader in pulmonary and critical care medicine, particularly in infection and inflammation, who is developing therapies expected to guide medicine into the future.
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Wednesday, October 21 | 7:30 am – 8:30 am CT
Margaret Pfrommer Endowed Memorial Lecture in Home-based Mechanical Ventilation
Peter Gay, MD, MS, FCCP
This award, established in 1999 by Dr. Eveline Faure and Dr. Allen I. Goldberg, honors their lifelong colleague and friend, Margaret Pfrommer, a polio survivor and patient advocate. It is awarded to a clinician or ventilator-dependent professional or advocate who has advanced mechanical ventilation and fostered partnerships between physicians and patients.
The Margaret Pfrommer Endowed Memorial Lecture in Home-based Mechanical Ventilation is generously supported by International Ventilator Users Network of Post-Polio Health International and the CHEST Foundation.
Wednesday, October 21 | 8:45 am – 9:45 am CT
Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture in Critical Care
Emanuel Rivers, MD, MPH, FCCP
Established in 1997 to honor Roger C. Bone, MD, Master FCCP, a leader in critical care, sepsis, and sepsis research. Dr. Bone empowered physicians to communicate with patients and families about end-of-life issues and had significant achievements with CHEST.
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Join your colleagues for top-tier education through Wednesday, October 21, with dozens of live sessions and 50 credit hours of CME—all from the safety of your home. All CHEST Annual Meeting registrants will have access to the virtual platform until January 18, 2021.