CHEST announces Dr. Barbara Phillips as its 78th President

The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) has announced Dr. Barbara Phillips as its new President, effective November 1. At CHEST 2015 in Montréal, the appointments of Dr. Gerard Silvestri as President-Elect and Dr. John Studdard as President-Designate were confirmed, and Dr. Curtis Sessler, who completed his term as President and became Immediate Past President of CHEST was honored.

Barbara Phillips, MD, MSPH, FCCP, is a Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, and Medical Director of the Sleep Laboratory at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. She is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and sleep medicine. After joining CHEST as an affiliate member in 1982, Dr. Phillips advanced to Fellow in 1983. She became a member of the Sleep Medicine NetWork and CHEST Governor of Kentucky. She has chaired the Sleep Institute and is Editor of CHEST SEEK Sleep Medicine (Second, Third, and Fourth Editions). Dr. Phillips also served for 8 years as a Regent-at-Large for the American College of Chest Physicians. Besides her work with CHEST, Dr. Phillips chaired the National Sleep Foundation and has served on the boards of the American Lung Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Board of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Phillips received a Sleep Academic Award from the National Institutes of Health and was presented with the College Medalist Award at CHEST 2013. Dr. Phillips’ research interests include the effects of sleep apnea on performance and outcomes, genetic risk factors for sleep apnea, nonpharmacologic treatment of sleep apnea, and sleep in aging.

Gerard Silvestri, MD, FCCP, is the Hillenbrand Professor of Thoracic Oncology and Vice-Chair of Medicine for Faculty Development at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed his fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care at Dartmouth. He has an advanced degree in the evaluative clinical sciences, also from Dartmouth. He is a lung cancer and interventional pulmonologist with an interest in health services research, lung cancer screening, nodule evaluation and management, and staging of lung cancer. After becoming a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians in 1998, Dr. Silvestri became active with the NetWorks, serving on the Steering Committees of the Thoracic Oncology and the Interventional Chest/Diagnostic Procedures NetWorks, eventually chairing the Thoracic Oncology NetWork. Dr. Silvestri has also served on the Nominating Committee, the CHEST Scientific Program Committee, the CHEST Foundation Development Committee, as Treasurer and Trustee on the foundation’s Board of Trustees, and as a Regent-at-Large for the American College of Chest Physicians for 3 years. At CHEST 2012, Dr. Silvestri was awarded the Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine, and at CHEST 2014, he received the Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture. Dr. Silvestri has authored more than 200 scientific articles, book chapters, and editorials, and he currently serves on the editorial board of the journal CHEST.

John Studdard, MD, FCCP, is a pulmonary and critical care physician in private practice with Jackson Pulmonary Associates in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Studdard completed his fellowship training at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. He has served in numerous CHEST leadership roles, including President and Chair of the CHEST Foundation, the philanthropic arm of CHEST; chair of the Government Relations Committee; member of the Marketing Committee; and Ex Officio member of the Diversity Committee, Scientific Program Committee, and Financial Oversight Committee. Dr. Studdard’s dedication to reducing the number of patients he treats for tobacco-related diseases, and his leadership qualities led him to serve as representative for CHEST in the negotiations with the tobacco industry leading to the Attorneys General Master Settlement Agreement of 1998. More recently, in his roles with the CHEST Foundation, Dr. Studdard served as a vice chair of the Beyond Our Walls capital campaign, the CHEST Foundation Nominating Committee, and several foundation work groups.

Curtis N. Sessler MD, FCCP, is the Orhan Muren Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health System in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, where he is Director of the Center for Adult Critical Care and Medical Director of Critical Care and the Medical Respiratory ICU. Dr. Sessler is an enthusiastic clinician and educator who has received teaching awards at VCU, including the School of Medicine Educational Innovation Award. His research interests include ICU sedation, mechanical ventilation, and infection prevention, authoring more than 300 articles, book chapters, books, and abstracts. He has served on a variety of multisociety task forces addressing research, training competency, workforce shortage, and ICU burnout. He is Past President of the Virginia Thoracic Society and has served as Chair of the Pulmonary and Allergy Drug Advisory Committee of the US FDA. An active member of CHEST, he has served on the Board of Regents and as Chair of the Critical Care Section, Chair of the Council of Sections, Chair of the Critical Care Institute, Program Chair for the 2003 CHEST annual meeting, and an Ex Officio member of the CHEST Foundation Board of Trustees. He received the Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture award in 2010. He is a member of the editorial board of CHEST, Editor in Chief of CHEST SEEK Critical Care Medicine, and is co-section editor for Contemporary Reviews in Critical Care Medicine (in CHEST).

The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) has announced Dr. Barbara Phillips as its new President, effective November 1. At CHEST 2015 in Montréal, the appointments of Dr. Gerard Silvestri as President-Elect and Dr. John Studdard as President-Designate were confirmed, and Dr. Curtis Sessler, who completed his term as President and became Immediate Past President of CHEST was honored.

Barbara Phillips, MD, MSPH, FCCP, is a Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, and Medical Director of the Sleep Laboratory at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. She is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and sleep medicine. After joining CHEST as an affiliate member in 1982, Dr. Phillips advanced to Fellow in 1983. She became a member of the Sleep Medicine NetWork and CHEST Governor of Kentucky. She has chaired the Sleep Institute and is Editor of CHEST SEEK Sleep Medicine (Second, Third, and Fourth Editions). Dr. Phillips also served for 8 years as a Regent-at-Large for the American College of Chest Physicians. Besides her work with CHEST, Dr. Phillips chaired the National Sleep Foundation and has served on the boards of the American Lung Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Board of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Phillips received a Sleep Academic Award from the National Institutes of Health and was presented with the College Medalist Award at CHEST 2013. Dr. Phillips’ research interests include the effects of sleep apnea on performance and outcomes, genetic risk factors for sleep apnea, nonpharmacologic treatment of sleep apnea, and sleep in aging.

Gerard Silvestri, MD, FCCP, is the Hillenbrand Professor of Thoracic Oncology and Vice-Chair of Medicine for Faculty Development at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed his fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care at Dartmouth. He has an advanced degree in the evaluative clinical sciences, also from Dartmouth. He is a lung cancer and interventional pulmonologist with an interest in health services research, lung cancer screening, nodule evaluation and management, and staging of lung cancer. After becoming a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians in 1998, Dr. Silvestri became active with the NetWorks, serving on the Steering Committees of the Thoracic Oncology and the Interventional Chest/Diagnostic Procedures NetWorks, eventually chairing the Thoracic Oncology NetWork. Dr. Silvestri has also served on the Nominating Committee, the CHEST Scientific Program Committee, the CHEST Foundation Development Committee, as Treasurer and Trustee on the foundation’s Board of Trustees, and as a Regent-at-Large for the American College of Chest Physicians for 3 years. At CHEST 2012, Dr. Silvestri was awarded the Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine, and at CHEST 2014, he received the Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture. Dr. Silvestri has authored more than 200 scientific articles, book chapters, and editorials, and he currently serves on the editorial board of the journal CHEST.

John Studdard, MD, FCCP, is a pulmonary and critical care physician in private practice with Jackson Pulmonary Associates in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Studdard completed his fellowship training at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. He has served in numerous CHEST leadership roles, including President and Chair of the CHEST Foundation, the philanthropic arm of CHEST; chair of the Government Relations Committee; member of the Marketing Committee; and Ex Officio member of the Diversity Committee, Scientific Program Committee, and Financial Oversight Committee. Dr. Studdard’s dedication to reducing the number of patients he treats for tobacco-related diseases, and his leadership qualities led him to serve as representative for CHEST in the negotiations with the tobacco industry leading to the Attorneys General Master Settlement Agreement of 1998. More recently, in his roles with the CHEST Foundation, Dr. Studdard served as a vice chair of the Beyond Our Walls capital campaign, the CHEST Foundation Nominating Committee, and several foundation work groups.

Curtis N. Sessler MD, FCCP, is the Orhan Muren Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health System in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, where he is Director of the Center for Adult Critical Care and Medical Director of Critical Care and the Medical Respiratory ICU. Dr. Sessler is an enthusiastic clinician and educator who has received teaching awards at VCU, including the School of Medicine Educational Innovation Award. His research interests include ICU sedation, mechanical ventilation, and infection prevention, authoring more than 300 articles, book chapters, books, and abstracts. He has served on a variety of multisociety task forces addressing research, training competency, workforce shortage, and ICU burnout. He is Past President of the Virginia Thoracic Society and has served as Chair of the Pulmonary and Allergy Drug Advisory Committee of the US FDA. An active member of CHEST, he has served on the Board of Regents and as Chair of the Critical Care Section, Chair of the Council of Sections, Chair of the Critical Care Institute, Program Chair for the 2003 CHEST annual meeting, and an Ex Officio member of the CHEST Foundation Board of Trustees. He received the Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture award in 2010. He is a member of the editorial board of CHEST, Editor in Chief of CHEST SEEK Critical Care Medicine, and is co-section editor for Contemporary Reviews in Critical Care Medicine (in CHEST).

The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) has announced Dr. Barbara Phillips as its new President, effective November 1. At CHEST 2015 in Montréal, the appointments of Dr. Gerard Silvestri as President-Elect and Dr. John Studdard as President-Designate were confirmed, and Dr. Curtis Sessler, who completed his term as President and became Immediate Past President of CHEST was honored.

Barbara Phillips, MD, MSPH, FCCP, is a Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, and Medical Director of the Sleep Laboratory at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. She is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and sleep medicine. After joining CHEST as an affiliate member in 1982, Dr. Phillips advanced to Fellow in 1983. She became a member of the Sleep Medicine NetWork and CHEST Governor of Kentucky. She has chaired the Sleep Institute and is Editor of CHEST SEEK Sleep Medicine (Second, Third, and Fourth Editions). Dr. Phillips also served for 8 years as a Regent-at-Large for the American College of Chest Physicians. Besides her work with CHEST, Dr. Phillips chaired the National Sleep Foundation and has served on the boards of the American Lung Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Board of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Phillips received a Sleep Academic Award from the National Institutes of Health and was presented with the College Medalist Award at CHEST 2013. Dr. Phillips’ research interests include the effects of sleep apnea on performance and outcomes, genetic risk factors for sleep apnea, nonpharmacologic treatment of sleep apnea, and sleep in aging.

Gerard Silvestri, MD, FCCP, is the Hillenbrand Professor of Thoracic Oncology and Vice-Chair of Medicine for Faculty Development at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed his fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care at Dartmouth. He has an advanced degree in the evaluative clinical sciences, also from Dartmouth. He is a lung cancer and interventional pulmonologist with an interest in health services research, lung cancer screening, nodule evaluation and management, and staging of lung cancer. After becoming a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians in 1998, Dr. Silvestri became active with the NetWorks, serving on the Steering Committees of the Thoracic Oncology and the Interventional Chest/Diagnostic Procedures NetWorks, eventually chairing the Thoracic Oncology NetWork. Dr. Silvestri has also served on the Nominating Committee, the CHEST Scientific Program Committee, the CHEST Foundation Development Committee, as Treasurer and Trustee on the foundation’s Board of Trustees, and as a Regent-at-Large for the American College of Chest Physicians for 3 years. At CHEST 2012, Dr. Silvestri was awarded the Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine, and at CHEST 2014, he received the Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture. Dr. Silvestri has authored more than 200 scientific articles, book chapters, and editorials, and he currently serves on the editorial board of the journal CHEST.

John Studdard, MD, FCCP, is a pulmonary and critical care physician in private practice with Jackson Pulmonary Associates in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Studdard completed his fellowship training at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. He has served in numerous CHEST leadership roles, including President and Chair of the CHEST Foundation, the philanthropic arm of CHEST; chair of the Government Relations Committee; member of the Marketing Committee; and Ex Officio member of the Diversity Committee, Scientific Program Committee, and Financial Oversight Committee. Dr. Studdard’s dedication to reducing the number of patients he treats for tobacco-related diseases, and his leadership qualities led him to serve as representative for CHEST in the negotiations with the tobacco industry leading to the Attorneys General Master Settlement Agreement of 1998. More recently, in his roles with the CHEST Foundation, Dr. Studdard served as a vice chair of the Beyond Our Walls capital campaign, the CHEST Foundation Nominating Committee, and several foundation work groups.

Curtis N. Sessler MD, FCCP, is the Orhan Muren Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health System in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, where he is Director of the Center for Adult Critical Care and Medical Director of Critical Care and the Medical Respiratory ICU. Dr. Sessler is an enthusiastic clinician and educator who has received teaching awards at VCU, including the School of Medicine Educational Innovation Award. His research interests include ICU sedation, mechanical ventilation, and infection prevention, authoring more than 300 articles, book chapters, books, and abstracts. He has served on a variety of multisociety task forces addressing research, training competency, workforce shortage, and ICU burnout. He is Past President of the Virginia Thoracic Society and has served as Chair of the Pulmonary and Allergy Drug Advisory Committee of the US FDA. An active member of CHEST, he has served on the Board of Regents and as Chair of the Critical Care Section, Chair of the Council of Sections, Chair of the Critical Care Institute, Program Chair for the 2003 CHEST annual meeting, and an Ex Officio member of the CHEST Foundation Board of Trustees. He received the Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture award in 2010. He is a member of the editorial board of CHEST, Editor in Chief of CHEST SEEK Critical Care Medicine, and is co-section editor for Contemporary Reviews in Critical Care Medicine (in CHEST).