CHESTMembership & CommunityPhilanthropyImpact ReportDedication to Education

Dedication to Education

Together, we can build a diverse, inclusive future for chest medicine through mentorship, training, and resources.

35%
YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH IN TRAVEL GRANTS PROGRAM

9
ANNUAL MEETING
HONOR LECTURES FUNDED

50
TRAVEL GRANTS
AWARDED IN 2024

Carolyn D’Ambrosio, MD, FCCP

Pillar Champion

David Steiger, MD, FCCP

Pillar Champion

Kim D. French, MHSA, CAPPM, FCCP

Pillar Champion

Patti Tuomey, EdD

Pillar Champion

Imagine a future where every person, regardless of their background, has access to top-notch care from skilled, compassionate chest medicine professionals. At CHEST, we believe this vision is possible and are committed to building a diverse, inclusive future for chest medicine.

With the support of our donors, in 2024, we provided mentorship, training, and resources to medical professionals who may not otherwise have had access to them. We saw the first mentor/mentee pairing of the APCCMPD and CHEST Medical Educator Scholar Diversity Fellowship award, which was fully funded through philanthropy. Our inaugural year was incredibly successful, and we’re already well into the second year of the award. We hope to secure an additional $100,000 in funding to continue supporting underrepresented trainees pursuing pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM) careers.

At the CHEST Annual Meeting 2024 in Boston, we awarded 50 travel grants to talented, early career clinicians—13 more than the previous year. Because of our donors, 50 eager-to-learn clinicians gained exposure to a wealth of knowledge and networking opportunities that have the potential to change their lives.

Donor gifts also funded nine honor and memorial lectures at CHEST 2024, celebrating individuals who are advancing chest medicine, mentorship, training, and more.

Your support ensures that early career clinicians have access to the training, mentorship, and opportunities that keep chest medicine at the forefront of patient care. MAKE A GIFT »

”I am grateful for the opportunity to learn from a PCCM physician established in the field of clinical education who can help guide my career to be as successful as possible. It’s an added benefit that the mentor selected for this scholarship is a woman in medicine just like me.”

– Esha Kapania, MD
2024 Mentee, APCCMPD and CHEST Medical Educator Scholar Diversity Fellowship

”Dr. Mark Rosen is a great human to emulate; he was so generous with his time and with his mentorship and sponsorship, and he’s touched so many lives. He was truly a giant in the field, and I feel so blessed that I got the opportunity to speak at his memorial lecture.”

– Sandhya Khurana, MD, FCCP
2024 Mark J. Rosen, MD, Master FCCP Endowed Memorial Lecturer

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Shining a light on health inequities

Previous CHEST grant recipient, Debasree Banerjee, MD, MS, FCCP, has made addressing health equity issues a focus of her career, including developing health equity educational modules for CHEST.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Dr. Viren Kaul’s journey from grant recipient to donor

Viren Kaul, MD, FCCP, is giving back to CHEST philanthropy after benefitting from an annual meeting travel grant that kick-started his career.

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Strengthening the future of chest medicine

The strength of our profession depends on those who will carry it forward. By supporting education, mentorship, and professional development, we ensure that the next generation of chest medicine clinicians has access to the same depth of knowledge, training, and opportunities that shaped your own career. Through philanthropy, you are expanding access to world-class education, growing diverse perspectives within the field, and equipping early career clinicians with the tools they need to advance both patient care and medical science.

Your support strengthens this legacy. By funding initiatives like travel grants and the medical educator fellowship, you help shape the future of chest medicine—ensuring that the best and brightest have access to the resources, training, and mentorship they need to grow as leaders in the field. Make a gift today to invest in the profession you love and in the clinicians who will define its future.

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