The seven CHEST Networks will highlight the accomplishments of early career members during CHEST 2024 by handing out the inaugural Network Rising Star Awards. These awards recognize individual contributions in the areas of clinical care, education, research, and/or other scholarly activity and someone who has shown growth and potential within a particular Network and CHEST.
Each Network will celebrate its respective awardee during the concurrent Network Open Forums, Tuesday, October 8, from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm ET in the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.
Hear from one of the Rising Stars their own words, below, and click here to read Q&As with the six other recipients.
2024 Critical Care Network Rising Star
Casey Cable, MD, MSc, FCCP
Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
VCU Health System
What have been your main focuses in the field? Which contributions or accomplishments are you most proud of?
My main role revolves around providing high quality and evidence-based critical care. I am actively involved with the Rapid Response Team where I am proud of the patient care and clinical outcomes that we have significantly improved. Being an educator and mentor has also been very rewarding. I helped to create an airways simulation course and a Blakemore insertion course for our Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Fellows.
What sparked your interest in the field? What excites you most about the future of this area and your involvement in it?
The strong medical critical care physicians that I had during residency without a doubt lead me into this field. I specifically remember a few confident and insanely knowledgeable women physicians in the ICU, and I knew my career path was set. I enjoy the ability to take care of the entire patient and all organ systems.
The future of critical care medicine is really exciting! Better understanding the importance of sepsis phenotypes, utilizing AI with predictive modeling, and novel biomarkers will undoubtedly play important roles. The enthusiasm, innovation and creativity, plus brilliance of trainees also gives me great hope for the future of critical care medicine.
What have the Networks and CHEST meant to you?
The CHEST community was so warm and welcoming while I was a trainee, and that relationship has only strengthened as a junior faculty. CHEST has connected me to some truly amazing people not only across the country but across the world. I have formed such great friendships and CHEST has opened doors that I couldn’t have imagined. The Critical Care Network provides the perfect niche to work with others with similar interests. It also has given me the opportunity to mentor trainees as well as be on the forefront and help guide the future of critical care medicine.
Get involved in CHEST Networks
Critical Care Network Open Forum
Tuesday, October 8
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Room 210A