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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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Contribute to the development of high-quality guidelines

Applications are now open for preliminary guideline topic proposals. Help CHEST create guidelines that will impact the future of patient care. Submissions are due Monday, March 24.

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CHEST Announces Critical Care Education and Certification Exam for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants/Associates

CHEST has launched an education and certification program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants/associates in critical care. Learn more about the formal certification exam and why it was developed.

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Becoming an Ally

Cassie Kennedy, MD, FCCP, LGBTQ+ at CHEST Interest Group Steering Committee Member, outlines the many ways medical professionals can serve as allies to the LGBTQIA+ community during the current sociopolitical moment.

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Managing central airway obstruction

In a CHEST Physician® article, members of the Interventional Procedures Section discuss CHEST's recent clinical practice guideline for the management of central airway obstruction. This guideline standardizes diagnosis and management recommendations, emphasizing therapeutic bronchoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy, and multidisciplinary care.

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The rising use of ketamine for airway management

The sedative ketamine has seen an exponential rise in use due to its unique pharmacological properties. A CHEST Physician® article from the Mechanical Ventilation and Airways Management Section highlights ketamine's influence in airway management, including to treat asthma and bronchospasm.

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Key points of the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

A recent CHEST Physician® article highlights changes in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, including clinical labor pricing, payment for caregiver training services, global surgery payment accuracy, and more.

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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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