CHEST 2024 Awards and Recognition

CHEST Annual Meeting 2024 | Boston | October 6 to 9

October 6 to 9
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Each year, CHEST recognizes members who are making an impact—through their dedication to the organization, by their contributions to medical research and clinical practice, through their commitment to educating the next generation, and so much more.

Award recipients

CHEST Annual Meeting 2024 | Boston | October 6 to 9

October 6 to 9
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Boston, Massachusetts


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Award winners

Join us in recognizing the 2024 award recipients at the Opening Session on Sunday, October 6, at 8 am ET.

Neil R. MacIntyre, MD, FCCP
MASTER FCCP

Neil R. MacIntyre, MD, FCCP
Masters of CHEST are national or international Fellows of CHEST (FCCP) who have distinguished themselves by attaining professional preeminence. Because of their personal character and leadership; extraordinary contributions to medical research, clinical practice, quality improvement, or medical education; and years of enduring and outstanding service to CHEST, they have advanced chest medicine.

Carolyn M. D'Ambrosio, MD, FCCP
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Carolyn M. D'Ambrosio, MD, FCCP
This award is conferred to a Fellow of CHEST who has held a CHEST leadership position; has led significant society achievements; and/or has donated time, leadership, and service to CHEST.

Raymond L. Benza, MD, FCCP
COLLEGE MEDALIST AWARD

Raymond L. Benza, MD, FCCP
The College Medalist Award is a long-standing CHEST tradition. This award is given for meritorious service in furthering progress in the field of diseases of the chest.

Abdullah Alismail, RRT-NPS, PhD, FCCP
EARLY CAREER CLINICIAN EDUCATOR

Abdullah Alismail, RRT-NPS, PhD, FCCP
The Early Career Clinician Educator Award recognizes the achievements of a clinician educator who has already made significant contributions to CHEST educational activities and is committed to continuing to grow as CHEST faculty.

Abdullah Alismail, RRT-NPS, PhD, FCCP
Lauren A. Tobias, MD, FCCP
EARLY CAREER CLINICIAN EDUCATOR

Lauren A. Tobias, MD, FCCP
The Early Career Clinician Educator Award recognizes the achievements of a clinician educator who has already made significant contributions to CHEST educational activities and is committed to continuing to grow as CHEST faculty.

Lauren A. Tobias, MD, FCCP
Gregory A. Schmidt, MD, FCCP
MASTER CLINICIAN EDUCATOR

Gregory A. Schmidt, MD, FCCP
The Master Clinician Educator Award recognizes long-term achievements of one clinician educator who has made significant contributions to CHEST activities and has demonstrated a strong commitment to medical education throughout their career.

Gregory A. Schmidt, MD, FCCP
Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP
ALFRED SOFFER AWARD FOR EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE

Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP
This award honors Alfred Soffer, Master FCCP, Editor in Chief of the journal CHEST® from 1968 to 1993, and Executive Director of CHEST from 1969 to 1992. Recipients have made significant contributions to CHEST and are often world experts in their fields, have written numerous papers and abstracts, have served as primary investigators, and/or have served as a department editor of the journal CHEST.

Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP

NETWORK RISING STAR AWARDS
The Network Rising Star Award, established in 2024, is to recognize the contributions of an early career clinician practicing in their respective area under CHEST’s Network structure. This award recognizes individual contributions in the areas of clinical care, education, research, and/or other scholarly activity and someone who has shown growth and potential within the Network and CHEST. Recipients will be recognized during their respective Network Open Forums on Tuesday, October 8, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm EST.

Megan Conroy, MD, MEd, FCCP

Airways Disorders Network Rising Star

Megan Conroy, MD, MEd, FCCP

Jamie Felzer, MD, MPH

Chest Infections and Disaster Response Network Rising Star

Jamie Felzer, MD, MPH

Casey A. Cable, MD, MSc, FCCP

Critical Care Network Rising Star

Casey A. Cable, MD, MSc, FCCP

Bathmapriya Balakrishnan, MD, FCCP

Diffuse Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Network Rising Star

Bathmapriya Balakrishnan, MD, FCCP

Gaurav Manek, MD

Pulmonary Vascular and Cardiovascular Network Rising Star

Gaurav Manek, MD

Kara L. Dupuy-McCauley, MD, FCCP

Sleep Medicine Network Rising Star

Kara L. Dupuy-McCauley, MD, FCCP

Jeffrey Thiboutot, MD

Thoracic Oncology and Chest Procedures Network Rising Star

Jeffrey Thiboutot, MD

Distinguished CHEST Educators

CHEST is pleased to announce the 2024 Distinguished CHEST Educators (DCEs). These individuals have shown great commitment, involvement, and leadership in CHEST education programs and activities.

DCE recipients represent the top 3% of CHEST’s international faculty and are recognized for their achievements and long-term contributions to the design and delivery of CHEST education. DCEs are selected on a yearly basis, based on the past 3 years of CHEST educational activities. It is a 1-year designation and can be received multiple times.

This year’s elite group of 205 recipients include 49 individuals who are receiving the designation for the first time.

Sandra Adams, MD, MS, FCCP

Doreen Addrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP

Ayodeji Adegunsoye, MD, FCCP

Muhammad Adrish, MD, MBA, FCCP

Cara Agerstrand, MD, BS

Abhinav Agrawal, MD, FCCP

Bindu Akkanti, MD, FCCP

Praveen Akuthota, MD

Raed Alalawi, MD, FCCP

Abdullah Alismail, PhD, FCCP

J. Shirine Allam, MD, FCCP

Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP

Humayun Anjum, MD, FCCP

A. Christine Argento, MD, FCCP

Bathmapriya Balakrishnan, MD, MS, FCCP

Vijay Balasubramanian, MD, FCCP

Gisela Banauch, MD, MS, FCCP

David Bell, MD, FCCP

Andrew Berman, MD, FCCP

Michel Boivin, MD, FCCP

Gabriel Bosslet, MD, FCCP

David Bowton, MD, FCCP

Andrea Braun, MD, FCCP

Shari Brosnahan, MD

John Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP

Casey Cable, MD, MSc, FCCP

Sean J. Callahan, MD, FCCP

Sean P. Callahan, MD

Michelle Cao, DO, FCCP

Megan Carreon, RRT, MHA

Christopher Carroll, MD, FCCP

Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, MD

Roberto Casal, MD, FCCP

Sonia Castillo, MD

Udit Chaddha, MD, MBBS

June Chae, MD

Kevin Chan, MD, FCCP

Subani Chandra, MD, FCCP

Colleen Channick, MD, FCCP

Nauman Chaudary, MBBS, FCCP

George Zhi Cheng, MD, PhD, FCCP

Sujith Cherian, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Neala Cline, RN, ACNP

Nancy Collop, MD, Master FCCP

Megan Conroy, MD, MEd, FCCP

Gustavo Cortes Puentes, MD

Başak Çoruh, MD, FCCP

Clayton Cowl, MD, MS, FCCP

Angel Coz Yataco, MD, FCCP

Bhavinkumar Dalal, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Carolyn D’Ambrosio, MD, MS, FCCP

Mauricio Danckers, MD, FCCP

Neha Dangayach, MD, FCCP

Aneesa Das, MD, FCCP

John Davies, RRT, MA, FCCP

Tom DeCato, MD, FCCP

Zachary DePew, MD, FCCP

Sunjay Devarajan, MD

Amanda Dexter, RRT, MSc

Kevin Doerschug, MD, MS, FCCP

Stephen Doyle, DO, MBA, FCCP

Kara Dupuy-McCauley, MD, FCCP

Jean Elwing, MD, FCCP

William Enfinger

Saadia Faiz, MD, FCCP

Mary Jo Farmer, MD, PhD, FCCP

Laura Kathleen Frye, MD

Thomas Fuhrman, MD, MS, FCCP

John Gaillard, MD, FCCP

Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP

DeDe Gardner, RRT, DrPh, FCCP

Yonatan Greenstein, MD, FCCP

Meredith Greer, MD, FCCP

Keith Guevarra, DO, FCCP

Ali Hafiz, MD

Joshua Hamilton, MD, FCCP

Nicola Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP

Antonio Harrison

Matthew Hegewald, MD

Van Holden, MD, FCCP

Steven Hollenberg, MD, FCCP

Aaron Holley, MD, FCCP

Nikhil Jagan, MD, FCCP

David Janz, MD, MSc

Kirk Jones, MD

Viren Kaul, MD, FCCP

William Kelly, MD, FCCP

Corey Kershaw, MD, FCCP

Holly Keyt, MD, FCCP

Sandhya Khurana, MD, FCCP

Andrew Klein, RRT, MS, FCCP

Seth Koenig, MD, FCCP

Karol Kremens, MD, FCCP

Tejaswini Kulkarni, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Sunita Kumar, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Jonathan Kurman, MD, MBA, FCCP

Sebastian Kurz, MD, FCCP

Chitra Lal, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Carla Lamb, MD, FCCP

Janna Landsperger, APRN-BC, FCCP

Mark Lavercombe, MBBS, FCCP

Hans Lee, MD, FCCP

Deborah Jo Levine, MD, MS, FCCP

Stephanie Levine, MD, FCCP

Mariam Louis, MD, FCCP

Bethany Lussier, MD, FCCP

Munish Luthra, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Kenneth Lyn-Kew, MD

Michael Machuzak, MD, FCCP

Neil MacIntyre, MD, FCCP

Kamran Mahmood, MD, MPH, FCCP

Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP

Darcy Marciniuk, MD, Master FCCP

Gregory Marler, DNP, ACNP, FCCP

Diego Maselli Caceres, MD, FCCP

Benji Mathews, MD

Ryan Maves, MD, FCCP

Paul Mayo, MD, FCCP

Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP

Danielle McCamey, DNP, APRN, FCCP

Sarah Medrek, MD

Hiren Mehta, MD, FCCP

Jonathan Mendelson, MD, FCCP

Matthew Miles, MD, MEd, FCCP

Taro Minami, MD, FCCP

Sara Mirza, MD

Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP

Amy Morris, MD, FCCP

John Mullon, MD, FCCP

Septimiu Murgu, MD, FCCP

Ali Musani, MBBS

Mangala Narasimhan, DO, FCCP

Dharani Kumari Narendra, MD, FCCP

Alexander Niven, MD, FCCP

Philip Ong, MD, FCCP

Erik Osborn, MD

Daniel Ouellette, MD, FCCP

Jasleen Pannu, MD

Nicholas Pastis, MD, FCCP

Sarang Patil, MD, FCCP

Paru Patrawalla, MD, FCCP

Amee Patrawalla, MD, FCCP

Cheryl Paulson, RRT, MEd

Margaret Pisani, MD, MPH, FCCP

Whitney Prince, MD, FCCP

Meredith Pugh, MD

Craig Rackley, MD, FCCP

Parth Rali, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Navitha Ramesh, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Suhail Raoof, MBBS, Master FCCP

Kreegan Reierson, MD

Marcos Restrepo, MD, PhD, FCCP

Todd Rice, MD, FCCP

Otis Rickman, DO, FCCP

Roy Ridgeway

Bernard Roth, MD, FCCP

Jay Ryu, MD, FCCP

Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS, FCCP

Sandeep Sahay, MD, FCCP

Ashima Sahni, MD, MBBS

Anthony Saleh, MD, FCCP

Lewis Satterwhite, MD, BA, FCCP

Mary Beth Scholand, MD, FCCP

David Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP

Audra Schwalk, MD, MBA, FCCP

Brady Scott, PhD, RRT, FCCP

Bernardo Selim, MD, FCCP

Curtis Sessler, MD, Master FCCP

Sonali Sethi, MD, FCCP

Rakesh Shah, MD, FCCP

Shahid Sheikh, MD, FCCP

Ariel Shiloh, MD, FCCP

Samira Shojaee, MD, MPH, FCCP

Briana Short, MD

Kathy Sietsema, MD

Gerard Silvestri, MD, MS, Master FCCP

Steven Simpson, MD, FCCP

Jaspal Singh, MD, FCCP

Amik Sodhi, MBBS, FCCP

Guy Soo Hoo, MD, MPH, FCCP

Namita Sood, MBBS, FCCP

Susan Stempek, PA-C, MS, FCCP

William Stringer, MD, FCCP

Shyamsunder Subramanian, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Eleanor Summerhill, MD, FCCP

Salim Surani, MD, MSc, FCCP

Nichole Tanner, MD, MS, FCCP

Victor Test, MD, FCCP

Lauren Tobias, MD, FCCP

Arthur Tokarczyk, MD, FCCP

James Town, MD

Meredith Turetz, MD, FCCP

Kanta Velamuri, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Saiprakash Venkateshiah, MD, FCCP

Momen Wahidi, MD, MBA, FCCP

Mark Warner, MD, FCCP

Andrew Weber, MD, FCCP

Tyler Weiss, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FCCP

Troy Wilson, AAS

Gretchen Winter, MD

Lisa Wolfe, MD, FCCP

Allison Wynes, DNP, ACNP, FCCP

Natalie Yip, MD, FCCP

Gulrukh Zaidi, MD, FCCP

David Zielinski, MD, FCCP

New FCCP designees

Pursuit of the FCCP designation demonstrates excellence in chest medicine and symbolizes commitment as a leader at the forefront of clinical chest medicine.

In 2024, CHEST awarded a total of 168 FCCPs, representing 14 countries and 37 of the 50 United States.

Congratulations to those CHEST members who obtained the FCCP designation over the last year. They will be recognized at the CHEST 2024 Opening Session on Sunday, October 6, at 8 am ET. Please join us in recognizing this year’s new initiates.

Farrukh Abbas, MD, FCCP

Nathalie AbiHatem, MD, FCCP

Ayham Aboeed, MD, FCCP

Faraz Afridi, MD, FCCP

Mohammed Al-Charakh, MD, FCCP

Lewis Aldred, MD, FCCP

Jafar Aljazeeri, MD, FCCP

Saud Almugaiteeb, RRT, MBA, FCCP

Samantha Baah, MD, FCCP

Archana Babu Rao, MBBS, FCCP

Jyoti Bajpai, MD, FCCP

Gurpreet Bambra, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Umang Barvalia, MD, FCCP

Jeffrey Biberston, DO, FCCP

Isaac Biney, MBChB, FCCP

Angela Birdwell, DO, MA, FCCP

Saptarshi Biswas, MD, FCCP

Alex Botsch, APRN-BC, MSN, FCCP

Casey Bryant, MD, FCCP

Mihir Buch, DO, FCCP

Roberto Casal, MD, FCCP

Alex Cedeno-Rodriguez, MD, FCCP

James Chang, DO, FCCP

Foteini Chatzivasiloglou, MD, MSc, FCCP

Aakanksha Chawla, MD, FCCP

Hau Chieng, DO, FCCP

Christine Cook, MD, FCCP

Niccolò Daddi, MD, PhD, FCCP

Dushyant Damania, MD, FCCP

Hem Desai, MBBS, FCCP

Mehul Desai, MD, FCCP

Amanda Dexter, RRT, MSc, FCCP

Manjit Dhillon, MD, FCCP

Raiko Diaz, DO, FCCP

Kha Dinh, MD, FCCP

Dayton Dmello, MD, FCCP

Kenneth D’Souza, MD, FCCP

Natasha Dudiki, MD, FCCP

Kara Dupuy-McCauley, MD, FCCP

Allen Elster, MD, FCCP

Rania Farhat, MD, FCCP

Katie Fitton, DO, FCCP

Nathalie Foray, DO, FCCP

Abhishek Gadre, MD, FCCP

Lymaris Garcia, MD, FCCP

Orlando Garner, MD, FCCP

Ashley Mae Gillson, MD, FCCP

Badri Giri, MD, FCCP

Meredith Greer, MD, FCCP

Goutham Gudavalli, MD, FCCP

Pawan Gupta, MD, FCCP

Sushilkumar Gupta, MD, FCCP

Mohamed Faisal Abdul Hamid, MBBS, FCCP

Irfan Haq, MBBS, FCCP

Jeffrey Haynes, RRT, FCCP

Jason Henderson, DO, FCCP

Ayelet Hilewitz, MD, FCCP

Maxwell Hockstein, MD, FCCP

James Horowitz, MD, FCCP

Nai-Chien Huan, MBBS, FCCP

Mousa Hussein, MD, FCCP

Firas Ido, MD, FCCP

Valentine Ifeacho, MD, FCCP

Asma Iftikhar, MD, FCCP

Peter Ogie Ikuabe, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Muhammad Imran, MBBS, FCCP

Kapil Iyer, MBBS, FCCP

Enambir Josan, MD, FCCP

Abdullah Kadan, MD, MBA, FCCP

Shane Kappler, MD, FCCP

Mithun Karot, MD, FCCP

Sunjeet Kaur, MD, FCCP

Alanna Elizabeth Kavanaugh, EdD, CCRN, FCCP

Yaser Kawar, MD, FCCP

Anmol Kharbanda, MBBS, FCCP

Boram Kim, DO, FCCP

Pascal Kingah, MD, FCCP

Mutsumi Kioka, MD, FCCP

Melissa Knauert, MD, PhD, FCCP

Ashley Knox, FNP, FCCP

Lavanya Kodali, MD, FCCP

Sashank Kolli, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Venkateswara Kollipara, MD, FCCP

Sheila Krishnan, DO, FCCP

Ankit Kumar, MD, FCCP

Rahul Kumar, MD, FCCP

Vineeth Kumar, MD, FCCP

Julio Lanfranco, MD, FCCP

Michael Lau, MD, FCCP

Justin Lui, MD, FCCP

Denyse Lutchmansingh, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Sanjiva Lutchmedial, MD, FCCP

Muhammad Irfan Malik, MBBS, FCCP

Brian Malte, MD, FCCP

Adrien Mazer, MD, MBA, FCCP

Mohammed Megri, MD, FCCP

Hemal Mehta, MD, FCCP

Shaiva Meka, DO, FCCP

Essam Mekhaiel, MD, FCCP

Nabil Mesiha, MD, FCCP

Sara Mirza, MD, FCCP

Lina Miyakawa, MD, FCCP

Sarah Mobbs, FNP-BC, FCCP

Patrick Moon, MD, FCCP

Lillie Morgan, MD, FCCP

Erika Mosesón, MD, FCCP

Prerna Mota, MD, FCCP

Amjad Nader, MD, FCCP

Santosh Nepal, MD, FCCP

Larry Nguyen, DO, FCCP

Shawn Nishi, MD, FCCP

Stella Ogake, MD, FCCP

Khawaja Omar, MD, FCCP

Anthony Otekeiwebia, MD, FCCP

Yomayra Otero, MD, MS, FCCP

Suneet Pahwa, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Amin Pasha, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Killol Patel, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Priya Patel, MD, FCCP

Chetana Pendkar, MBBS, FCCP

Dominique Pepper, MD, MBChB, FCCP

Suchitra Pilli, MD, FCCP

Nicholas Poponea, DO, FCCP

Radu Postelnicu, MD, FCCP

Akshyaya Pradhan, MBBS, FCCP

Natasha Pradhan, MBBS, FCCP

Syed Quadery, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Ajai Rajabalan, MD, FCCP

Saranya Rajasekar, MD, FCCP

Pooja Raju, MD, BSc, FCCP

Parth Rali, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Garrett Rampon, MD, FCCP

Nakul Ravikumar, MD, FCCP

Errold Reid, Jr., MD, FCCP

Noah Reisman, MD, FCCP

Damith Rodrigo, MD, FCCP

Sadia Saber, MBBS, FCCP

Ahmed Sagaslli, MD, FCCP

Haritha Saikumar, MD, FCCP

Tarek Saleh, MD, FCCP

James Salonia, MD, FCCP

Sameh Samuel, MBBCh, FCCP

Andrew Schissler, MD, FCCP

Audra Schwalk, MD, MBA, FCCP

Muhammad Shafi, MD, FCCP

Munish Sharma, MD, FCCP

Michelle Sharp, MD, FCCP

Saurabh Singh, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Neeraj Sinha, MD, FCCP

Patrick Smith, DO, BA, FCCP

Sanjay Somashekhar, MD, FCCP

Charles Stahlmann, DO, FCCP

Sai Sunkara, MD, FCCP

Kevin Swiatek, DO, FCCP

Chad Tao, MD, FCCP

Vikhyath Terla, MBBS, FCCP

Meilinh Thi, DO, FCCP

Jesse Tucker, MD, MPH, FCCP

Charity Tumangday, MD, FCCP

Meredith Turetz, MD, FCCP

Kasiram Goli Venkata, MD, FCCP

Maria Philina Villamor, MD, FCCP

Rahim Wooley, MD, FCCP

Eugene Yuriditsky, MD, FCCP

Mohammed Zaidan, MD, FCCP

Gabriel Zaietta, MD, FCCP

Daniel Zapata, MD, FCCP

Jocelyn Zee, DO, FCCP


As of July 31, 2024

Scientific abstract awards

Alfred Soffer Research Award

Presented abstracts are judged by session moderators, and two recipients are selected by the Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee judges for their outstanding original scientific research. Finalists are evaluated based on the quality of their written abstract and oral presentation. This award is named in honor of Alfred Soffer, MD, Master FCCP, who was Editor in Chief of the journal CHEST® from 1968 to 1993 and Executive Director of CHEST from 1969 to 1992.

Young Investigator Award

Presenters who are enrolled in a training or fellowship program or who have completed a fellowship program within five years prior to CHEST 2024 are eligible for the Young Investigator Award. Finalists are evaluated based on the quality of their written abstract and oral presentation. Two recipients are selected by the Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee judges for their outstanding original scientific research.

Top Rapid-Fire Abstract Award

Awards are granted to two presenters from all the rapid-fire sessions at the CHEST Annual Meeting for outstanding original scientific research and presentation.

Top Abstract Poster Award

Awards are granted to presenters from all the abstract poster sessions at the CHEST Annual Meeting for outstanding original scientific research and presentation.

Top Case Report Award

Awards are granted to one presenter in each oral case report session at the CHEST Annual Meeting for an outstanding case report and presentation.

Top Rapid-Fire Case Report Award

One winner is selected from each rapid-fire case report session at the CHEST Annual Meeting for an outstanding case report and presentation.

2024 ALFRED SOFFER RESEARCH AWARD WINNERS

2024 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD WINNERS

2024 TOP RAPID-FIRE ABSTRACT AWARD WINNERS

2024 TOP ABSTRACT POSTER AWARD WINNERS

2024 TOP CASE REPORT AWARD WINNERS

2024 TOP RAPID-FIRE CASE REPORT AWARD WINNERS