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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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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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From Stigma to Strength

In a new CHEST Advocates article, experts, Lisa M. Meeks, PhD, MA, and John Gaudet, MD, explain the barriers and benefits to disclosing disabilities in the medical field. Learn why many clinicians choose to keep this information private.

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CHEST Clinical Perspectives™

Unconscious Bias in Treatment Decisions for Uncontrolled Asthma Among Primary Care Physicians and Pulmonologists

Unconscious biases in health care can impact clinical decision-making and result in diagnostic inaccuracies. A new CHEST Clinical Perspectives™ white paper highlights a study that sought to understand the potential for unconscious bias in providers' treatment decisions for patients with uncontrolled asthma.

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Conversation starters: Topics you want to discuss

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Prediction models in sepsis

Artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) are increasingly featured in discussions and publications about sepsis care. An article from the Sepsis/Shock Section highlights the current limitations of these ML models.

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Lung ultrasound: An indispensable yet underutilized tool

A CHEST Physician® article from the Ultrasound and Chest Imaging Section underscores the importance of having proficiency in lung ultrasound (LUS). The authors of this article provide insight into why they believe LUS is the unsung hero of point-of-care ultrasound.

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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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