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Advancing Health Equity

Fighting for optimal health outcomes

CHEST’s vision of being the global leader in advancing best patient outcomes in chest medicine cannot be achieved without also achieving health equity. CHEST is committed to partnership with our entire community, both internal and external, in achieving their fullest health potential by actively eliminating barriers due to racism, or any other consequences of social position or socially influenced circumstances experienced by Black, Indigenous, and people of color.

Health equity sessions at CHEST 2024

Members of the CHEST Health Equity Task Force have selected CHEST 2024 sessions exploring disparities in specialized populations, mental health and wellness, being an advocate, and many more important topics within the health equity space. Make sure to register to join CHEST in Boston, October 6 to 9.

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About the CHEST Health Equity Task Force

In spring 2024, CHEST formed a new task force to surface a more comprehensive and concrete understanding of the areas in which documented and experienced health disparities exist across the landscape of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.

The goals of the Health Equity Task Force are to:

Strengthen understanding of how health disparities emerge across pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine in North America
Identify key barriers contributing to those disparities and where clinicians and institutions can exercise agency to create change
Understand how health disparities shape the practice of medicine (and how the practice of medicine shapes health disparities)

CHEST Health Equity Task Force members

Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, FCCP
Chair

Deepshikha Ashana, MD, MBA
Deb Banerjee, MD, FCCP
Aaron Baugh, MD
Gustavo Cortes Puentes, MD
Brinda Desai, MD
Alanna Kavanaugh, EdD, CCRN
Chien-Ching Li, PhD, MPH

Adam (Adan) Mora, MD, FCCP
Eduardo Núñez, MD
John Odackal, MD
Lorriane Odhiambo, PhD
Stella Ogake, MD, FCCP
Annie Rusk, MD
Geneva Tatem, MD, FCCP

“Health inequities aren’t going away just because we want them to. We have to be deliberate in addressing them.” – Dr. Sederstrom

How the CHEST community is fostering health equity

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Nurturing health equity in smoking cessation care

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Expressing support for DEI within medical education

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The ongoing fight to eliminate commercial tobacco use in Black communities

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Speaking out to support health equity

CHEST strives to eliminate health disparities by understanding barriers to accessing quality health care, acknowledging the impact of social determinants of health, and promoting healthy environments that help prevent lung disease before it starts. See how we have spoken out on issues that improve access to health care.

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