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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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Review CHEST's latest guideline on OSA

Minimal guidance is available on how best to screen, diagnose, treat, and reevaluate for sleep-disordered breathing in pregnant patients. A new guideline from CHEST offers nine evidence-based recommendations for treating pregnant patients with OSA.

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CHEST Critical Care Receives First-Ever Impact Factor

CHEST® Critical Care has received its first-ever Journal Impact Factor of 2.7, marking a significant milestone in the journal's continued growth and influence. "Receiving our first Impact Factor is an exciting milestone that reflects the dedication of our authors, reviewers, editorial board members, and readers," said Hayley Gershengorn, MD, FCCP, Editor in Chief of CHEST Critical Care.

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Explore the new CHEST Advocates issue

Read the latest issue of CHEST Advocates for articles that explore lung cancer disparities. Stories touch on the risk-benefit ratio of CT scans, reducing patient exposure to radon, and more.

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The evaluation and management of OSA in medically hospitalized patients

A new CHEST Physician® article delves into a recent systematic review and clinical practice guidelines from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Task Force on the Evaluation and Management of OSA in Medically Hospitalized Patients.

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Impossible choices: Goal-concordant care in the ICU

Clinicians should approach discussions about goal-concordant care with curiosity, humility, and responsibility, for the benefit of both the patient and their family. In a new CHEST Physician article, members of the Palliative and End-of-Life Care Section highlight a patient case to explore factors that threaten goal-concordant care.

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Recognizing OSA in women: The peri-operative opportunity

OSA in women continues to be underrecognized because it often presents differently than the classic OSA phenotype that has shaped clinical recognition for decades. A new article from the Women in Chest Medicine Interest Group outlines why physiologic attributes may contribute to delayed recognition and reinforce the need to interpret peri-operative screening tools within the larger clinical context.

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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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