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Membership & Community

As a CHEST member, you’re part of a strong network of clinicians representing every profession and experience level in chest medicine. With us, you can develop personal and professional connections, cultivate your leadership skills, advocate for policies that improve access to health, and advance your career.

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Top reads from the CHEST journal portfolio

Sift through a curated list of the top reads from the latest CHEST® journal portfolio with commentary from CHEST Physician® Editorial Board members. Selected articles highlight studies into the healthy adherer effect, plasma biomarkers, and air pollution's impact on asthma and COPD outcomes.

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Find your community in CHEST Networks

Become a CHEST member, and join a CHEST Network to have the space to explore areas of chest medicine that interest you. Plus, gain access to leadership opportunities and opportunities to collaborate with chest professionals.

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Help shape the CHEST 2025 curriculum

CHEST is now accepting topic ideas for CHEST 2025 in Chicago. Submit topic ideas from areas you're passionate about, topics affecting your practice, or new technologies you'd like to learn more about. Applications close December 4, at 2 pm CT.

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Conversation starters: Topics you want to discuss

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Sleep and athletic performance

In a CHEST Physician® article, the Respiratory-Related Sleep Disorders Section highlights the importance of sleep for optimal athletic performance. Read more about how insufficient sleep affects decision-making, recovery and injury prevention, and mental health.

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The gas stove: Friend or foe?

Recent discoveries have raised concerns about whether gas stoves might pose hidden health risks. The Occupational and Environmental Health Section spotlights studies suggesting that the increase in indoor NO2 may affect lung function loss.

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Do you have a great idea?

If you’re as passionate about pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine as we are, you’re probably bursting with ideas on how we can advance those fields. Maybe you want to create a new practice tool or a different educational approach, or perhaps you want to create a patient resource. Let us know what you’re thinking, and we’ll see if we can get it off the ground together.

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Advance your career. Become an FCCP.

When you become an FCCP (Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians), you play an active role in advancing the field of chest medicine while enjoying the prestige of being associated with a distinctive group of chest medicine professionals.


“I have found being an FCCP to be rewarding on a personal level, as well as a professional level. It has provided me with connections to colleagues nationally and internationally, and it has opened the door to leadership opportunities.”

– Thomas Van der Kloot, MD, FCCP


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