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Digestive Disease Week^® (DDW), taking place in Washington, D.C., June 2-5, is the gold standard digestive disease meeting. Attend to learn monumental developments in science and medicine, meet leaders in the field, network with colleagues, and attain practical takeaways that you can implement in your career. Visit www.ddw.org to register, for general meeting information, details about the host city, and much more.

On the DDW website, you can also register for the AGA Postgraduate Course taking place during DDW, June 2-3. The 2018 AGA Postgraduate Course will provide a comprehensive look at the latest medical, surgical, and technological advances over the past 12 months that aim to keep you up to date in a field that is rapidly changing. Each presenter will turn abstract ideas into concrete action items that you can immediately implement in your practice. At the end of the course, the take-home points will be compiled and distributed with the eSyllabus.

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Digestive Disease Week^® (DDW), taking place in Washington, D.C., June 2-5, is the gold standard digestive disease meeting. Attend to learn monumental developments in science and medicine, meet leaders in the field, network with colleagues, and attain practical takeaways that you can implement in your career. Visit www.ddw.org to register, for general meeting information, details about the host city, and much more.

On the DDW website, you can also register for the AGA Postgraduate Course taking place during DDW, June 2-3. The 2018 AGA Postgraduate Course will provide a comprehensive look at the latest medical, surgical, and technological advances over the past 12 months that aim to keep you up to date in a field that is rapidly changing. Each presenter will turn abstract ideas into concrete action items that you can immediately implement in your practice. At the end of the course, the take-home points will be compiled and distributed with the eSyllabus.

[email protected]

Digestive Disease Week^® (DDW), taking place in Washington, D.C., June 2-5, is the gold standard digestive disease meeting. Attend to learn monumental developments in science and medicine, meet leaders in the field, network with colleagues, and attain practical takeaways that you can implement in your career. Visit www.ddw.org to register, for general meeting information, details about the host city, and much more.

On the DDW website, you can also register for the AGA Postgraduate Course taking place during DDW, June 2-3. The 2018 AGA Postgraduate Course will provide a comprehensive look at the latest medical, surgical, and technological advances over the past 12 months that aim to keep you up to date in a field that is rapidly changing. Each presenter will turn abstract ideas into concrete action items that you can immediately implement in your practice. At the end of the course, the take-home points will be compiled and distributed with the eSyllabus.

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For more information about upcoming events and award deadlines, please visit http://www.gastro.org/education and http://www.gastro.org/research-funding.
 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Feb. 22, 2018; March 22, 2018
Reimbursement, Coding and Compliance for Gastroenterology
Improve the efficiency and performance of your practice by staying current on the latest reimbursement, coding, and compliance changes.
2/22 (Edison, NJ); 3/22 (St. Charles, MO)

April 11, 2018
AGA Regional Practice Skills Workshop – Pennsylvania
During this free workshop, senior and junior GI leaders will guide you through various practice options and address topics rarely discussed during fellowship, such as employment models, partnerships, hospital politics, billing and coding, compliance, contracts, and more. Find out more at http://www.gastro.org/in-person/regional-practice-skills-workshop-philadelphia.
Philadelphia

May 10-11, 2018
HIV and Hepatitis Management: THE NEW YORK COURSE
This advanced CME activity will provide participants with state-of-the-art information and practical guidance on progress in managing HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C and will enable practitioners to deliver the highest-quality care in all practice settings.
New York City

Jun. 2-5, 2018

DIGESTIVE DISEASE WEEK^® (DDW) 2018 – WASHINGTON, DC

AGA Trainee and Early-Career GI Sessions
Join your colleagues at special sessions to meet the unique needs of physicians who are new to the field. Participants will learn about all aspects of starting a career in clinical practice or research, have the opportunity to network with mentors and peers, and review board material.

• June 2, 8:15 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; June 3, 8:30 a.m.-12:35 p.m.
AGA Postgraduate Course: From Abstract to Reality
Attend this multi-topic course to get practical, applicable information to push your practice to the next level. The 2018 course will provide a comprehensive look at the latest medical, surgical, and technological advances over the past 12 months that aim to keep you up to date in a rapidly changing field. Each presenter will turn abstract ideas into concrete action items that you can implement in your practice immediately. AGA member trainees and early-career GIs receive discounted pricing for this course.

• June 3, 4-5:30 p.m.
Difficult Conversations: Navigating People, Negotiations, Promotions, and Complications
During this session, attendees will obtain effective negotiation techniques and learn how to navigate difficult situations in clinical and research environments.

• June 4, 4-5:30 p.m.
Advancing Clinical Practice: Gastroenterology Fellow–Directed Quality-Improvement Projects
This trainee-focused session will showcase selected abstracts from GI fellows based on quality improvement with a state-of-the-art lecture. Attendees will be provided with information that defines practical approaches to quality improvement from start to finish. A limited supply of coffee and tea will be provided during the session.

• June 5, 1:30-5:30 p.m.
Board Review Course
This session, designed around content from DDSEP^® 8, serves as a primer for third-year fellows preparing for the board exam as well as a review course for others wanting to test their knowledge. Session attendees will receive a $50 coupon to use at the AGA Store at DDW to purchase DDSEP 8.

• TBD
AGA Early-Career Networking Hour
Date, time, and location to be announced soon.

June 4-8, 2018
Exosomes/Microvesicles: Heterogeneity, Biogenesis, Function, and Therapeutic Developments (E2)
Deepen your understanding of the structural and functional complexity of extracellular vesicles, their biogenesis and function in health and disease, cargo enrichment, potential as ideal biomarkers, and breakthroughs in their use as therapeutic targets/agents.

Breckenridge, CO
 

AWARDS APPLICATION DEADLINES

AGA Fellow Abstract Award
This travel award provides $500 and one $1,000 prize to recipients who are MD and/or PhD postdoctoral fellows presenting posters/oral sessions at DDW.
Application Deadline: Feb. 16, 2018

AGA-Moti L. & Kamla Rustgi International Travel Awards
This travel award provides $750 to recipients who are young basic, translational, or clinical investigators residing outside North America to support travel and related expenses to attend DDW.
Application Deadline: Feb. 16, 2018

AGA Student Abstract Award
This travel award provides $500 and one $1,000 prize to recipients who are high school, undergraduate, graduate, medical students, or residents (residents up to year 3 postgraduates) presenting posters/oral sessions at DDW.
Application Deadline: Feb. 16, 2018
 

For more information about upcoming events and award deadlines, please visit http://www.gastro.org/education and http://www.gastro.org/research-funding.
 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Feb. 22, 2018; March 22, 2018
Reimbursement, Coding and Compliance for Gastroenterology
Improve the efficiency and performance of your practice by staying current on the latest reimbursement, coding, and compliance changes.
2/22 (Edison, NJ); 3/22 (St. Charles, MO)

April 11, 2018
AGA Regional Practice Skills Workshop – Pennsylvania
During this free workshop, senior and junior GI leaders will guide you through various practice options and address topics rarely discussed during fellowship, such as employment models, partnerships, hospital politics, billing and coding, compliance, contracts, and more. Find out more at http://www.gastro.org/in-person/regional-practice-skills-workshop-philadelphia.
Philadelphia

May 10-11, 2018
HIV and Hepatitis Management: THE NEW YORK COURSE
This advanced CME activity will provide participants with state-of-the-art information and practical guidance on progress in managing HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C and will enable practitioners to deliver the highest-quality care in all practice settings.
New York City

Jun. 2-5, 2018

DIGESTIVE DISEASE WEEK^® (DDW) 2018 – WASHINGTON, DC

AGA Trainee and Early-Career GI Sessions
Join your colleagues at special sessions to meet the unique needs of physicians who are new to the field. Participants will learn about all aspects of starting a career in clinical practice or research, have the opportunity to network with mentors and peers, and review board material.

• June 2, 8:15 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; June 3, 8:30 a.m.-12:35 p.m.
AGA Postgraduate Course: From Abstract to Reality
Attend this multi-topic course to get practical, applicable information to push your practice to the next level. The 2018 course will provide a comprehensive look at the latest medical, surgical, and technological advances over the past 12 months that aim to keep you up to date in a rapidly changing field. Each presenter will turn abstract ideas into concrete action items that you can implement in your practice immediately. AGA member trainees and early-career GIs receive discounted pricing for this course.

• June 3, 4-5:30 p.m.
Difficult Conversations: Navigating People, Negotiations, Promotions, and Complications
During this session, attendees will obtain effective negotiation techniques and learn how to navigate difficult situations in clinical and research environments.

• June 4, 4-5:30 p.m.
Advancing Clinical Practice: Gastroenterology Fellow–Directed Quality-Improvement Projects
This trainee-focused session will showcase selected abstracts from GI fellows based on quality improvement with a state-of-the-art lecture. Attendees will be provided with information that defines practical approaches to quality improvement from start to finish. A limited supply of coffee and tea will be provided during the session.

• June 5, 1:30-5:30 p.m.
Board Review Course
This session, designed around content from DDSEP^® 8, serves as a primer for third-year fellows preparing for the board exam as well as a review course for others wanting to test their knowledge. Session attendees will receive a $50 coupon to use at the AGA Store at DDW to purchase DDSEP 8.

• TBD
AGA Early-Career Networking Hour
Date, time, and location to be announced soon.

June 4-8, 2018
Exosomes/Microvesicles: Heterogeneity, Biogenesis, Function, and Therapeutic Developments (E2)
Deepen your understanding of the structural and functional complexity of extracellular vesicles, their biogenesis and function in health and disease, cargo enrichment, potential as ideal biomarkers, and breakthroughs in their use as therapeutic targets/agents.

Breckenridge, CO
 

AWARDS APPLICATION DEADLINES

AGA Fellow Abstract Award
This travel award provides $500 and one $1,000 prize to recipients who are MD and/or PhD postdoctoral fellows presenting posters/oral sessions at DDW.
Application Deadline: Feb. 16, 2018

AGA-Moti L. & Kamla Rustgi International Travel Awards
This travel award provides $750 to recipients who are young basic, translational, or clinical investigators residing outside North America to support travel and related expenses to attend DDW.
Application Deadline: Feb. 16, 2018

AGA Student Abstract Award
This travel award provides $500 and one $1,000 prize to recipients who are high school, undergraduate, graduate, medical students, or residents (residents up to year 3 postgraduates) presenting posters/oral sessions at DDW.
Application Deadline: Feb. 16, 2018
 

For more information about upcoming events and award deadlines, please visit http://www.gastro.org/education and http://www.gastro.org/research-funding.
 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Feb. 22, 2018; March 22, 2018
Reimbursement, Coding and Compliance for Gastroenterology
Improve the efficiency and performance of your practice by staying current on the latest reimbursement, coding, and compliance changes.
2/22 (Edison, NJ); 3/22 (St. Charles, MO)

April 11, 2018
AGA Regional Practice Skills Workshop – Pennsylvania
During this free workshop, senior and junior GI leaders will guide you through various practice options and address topics rarely discussed during fellowship, such as employment models, partnerships, hospital politics, billing and coding, compliance, contracts, and more. Find out more at http://www.gastro.org/in-person/regional-practice-skills-workshop-philadelphia.
Philadelphia

May 10-11, 2018
HIV and Hepatitis Management: THE NEW YORK COURSE
This advanced CME activity will provide participants with state-of-the-art information and practical guidance on progress in managing HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C and will enable practitioners to deliver the highest-quality care in all practice settings.
New York City

Jun. 2-5, 2018

DIGESTIVE DISEASE WEEK^® (DDW) 2018 – WASHINGTON, DC

AGA Trainee and Early-Career GI Sessions
Join your colleagues at special sessions to meet the unique needs of physicians who are new to the field. Participants will learn about all aspects of starting a career in clinical practice or research, have the opportunity to network with mentors and peers, and review board material.

• June 2, 8:15 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; June 3, 8:30 a.m.-12:35 p.m.
AGA Postgraduate Course: From Abstract to Reality
Attend this multi-topic course to get practical, applicable information to push your practice to the next level. The 2018 course will provide a comprehensive look at the latest medical, surgical, and technological advances over the past 12 months that aim to keep you up to date in a rapidly changing field. Each presenter will turn abstract ideas into concrete action items that you can implement in your practice immediately. AGA member trainees and early-career GIs receive discounted pricing for this course.

• June 3, 4-5:30 p.m.
Difficult Conversations: Navigating People, Negotiations, Promotions, and Complications
During this session, attendees will obtain effective negotiation techniques and learn how to navigate difficult situations in clinical and research environments.

• June 4, 4-5:30 p.m.
Advancing Clinical Practice: Gastroenterology Fellow–Directed Quality-Improvement Projects
This trainee-focused session will showcase selected abstracts from GI fellows based on quality improvement with a state-of-the-art lecture. Attendees will be provided with information that defines practical approaches to quality improvement from start to finish. A limited supply of coffee and tea will be provided during the session.

• June 5, 1:30-5:30 p.m.
Board Review Course
This session, designed around content from DDSEP^® 8, serves as a primer for third-year fellows preparing for the board exam as well as a review course for others wanting to test their knowledge. Session attendees will receive a $50 coupon to use at the AGA Store at DDW to purchase DDSEP 8.

• TBD
AGA Early-Career Networking Hour
Date, time, and location to be announced soon.

June 4-8, 2018
Exosomes/Microvesicles: Heterogeneity, Biogenesis, Function, and Therapeutic Developments (E2)
Deepen your understanding of the structural and functional complexity of extracellular vesicles, their biogenesis and function in health and disease, cargo enrichment, potential as ideal biomarkers, and breakthroughs in their use as therapeutic targets/agents.

Breckenridge, CO
 

AWARDS APPLICATION DEADLINES

AGA Fellow Abstract Award
This travel award provides $500 and one $1,000 prize to recipients who are MD and/or PhD postdoctoral fellows presenting posters/oral sessions at DDW.
Application Deadline: Feb. 16, 2018

AGA-Moti L. & Kamla Rustgi International Travel Awards
This travel award provides $750 to recipients who are young basic, translational, or clinical investigators residing outside North America to support travel and related expenses to attend DDW.
Application Deadline: Feb. 16, 2018

AGA Student Abstract Award
This travel award provides $500 and one $1,000 prize to recipients who are high school, undergraduate, graduate, medical students, or residents (residents up to year 3 postgraduates) presenting posters/oral sessions at DDW.
Application Deadline: Feb. 16, 2018
 

Registration is now open for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, to be held May 9 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. The one-day meeting emphasizes emerging vascular science and is held the day before the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Scientific Sessions.

VRIC registration fees are $275 for members; $300, nonmembers; and $150 for residents, students, candidates and nonmember residents and students.

Registration is now open for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, to be held May 9 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. The one-day meeting emphasizes emerging vascular science and is held the day before the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Scientific Sessions.

VRIC registration fees are $275 for members; $300, nonmembers; and $150 for residents, students, candidates and nonmember residents and students.

Registration is now open for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, to be held May 9 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. The one-day meeting emphasizes emerging vascular science and is held the day before the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Scientific Sessions.

VRIC registration fees are $275 for members; $300, nonmembers; and $150 for residents, students, candidates and nonmember residents and students.

To improve access, efficiency and service to existing and future SVS members, the Society is now reviewing and approving membership applications quarterly, instead of yearly. The first deadline for 2018 is March 1.

Learn more at vsweb.org/JoinSVS and apply today.

The SVS is also the management home for the Society for Vascular Nursing. SVN welcomes nurses and nurse practitioners in the vascular setting at many levels and ranges of expertise. For more information, visit svnnet.org.

To improve access, efficiency and service to existing and future SVS members, the Society is now reviewing and approving membership applications quarterly, instead of yearly. The first deadline for 2018 is March 1.

Learn more at vsweb.org/JoinSVS and apply today.

The SVS is also the management home for the Society for Vascular Nursing. SVN welcomes nurses and nurse practitioners in the vascular setting at many levels and ranges of expertise. For more information, visit svnnet.org.

To improve access, efficiency and service to existing and future SVS members, the Society is now reviewing and approving membership applications quarterly, instead of yearly. The first deadline for 2018 is March 1.

Learn more at vsweb.org/JoinSVS and apply today.

The SVS is also the management home for the Society for Vascular Nursing. SVN welcomes nurses and nurse practitioners in the vascular setting at many levels and ranges of expertise. For more information, visit svnnet.org.

SVS members, please encourage medical or pre-med students interested in vascular surgery to apply for scholarships to attend the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting. Scholarship applications are due by Feb. 1.

The awards are the General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Travel Scholarship and the Diversity Medical Student Travel Scholarship. Recipients become part of the hugely popular scholarship program, designed to let residents and students explore their interest in vascular surgery.

VAM will be held June 20 to 23, 2018, in Boston, with scientific sessions on June 21-23 and exhibits open June 21-22). 

The SVS Foundation seeks applicants for its Student Research Fellowship awards, designed to stimulate laboratory and clinical vascular research by undergraduate college students and medical students attending universities in the United States and Canada. Urge students you know with an interest in research to apply today.

SVS members, please encourage medical or pre-med students interested in vascular surgery to apply for scholarships to attend the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting. Scholarship applications are due by Feb. 1.

The awards are the General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Travel Scholarship and the Diversity Medical Student Travel Scholarship. Recipients become part of the hugely popular scholarship program, designed to let residents and students explore their interest in vascular surgery.

VAM will be held June 20 to 23, 2018, in Boston, with scientific sessions on June 21-23 and exhibits open June 21-22). 

The SVS Foundation seeks applicants for its Student Research Fellowship awards, designed to stimulate laboratory and clinical vascular research by undergraduate college students and medical students attending universities in the United States and Canada. Urge students you know with an interest in research to apply today.

SVS members, please encourage medical or pre-med students interested in vascular surgery to apply for scholarships to attend the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting. Scholarship applications are due by Feb. 1.

The awards are the General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Travel Scholarship and the Diversity Medical Student Travel Scholarship. Recipients become part of the hugely popular scholarship program, designed to let residents and students explore their interest in vascular surgery.

VAM will be held June 20 to 23, 2018, in Boston, with scientific sessions on June 21-23 and exhibits open June 21-22). 

The SVS Foundation seeks applicants for its Student Research Fellowship awards, designed to stimulate laboratory and clinical vascular research by undergraduate college students and medical students attending universities in the United States and Canada. Urge students you know with an interest in research to apply today.

Recent references to "EVR" coding changes weren't typos. We really meant "EVR" and not the "EVAR" with which we are all familiar. That's because there's been a change in vascular surgery acronyms. EVAR – Endovascular Aneurysm Repair – has become EVR – Endovascular Repair. The change was made by the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) Editorial Panel and the SVS Coding Committee, as recent treatment strategies are not confined to the aorta.

We know EVR doesn't flow as trippingly off the tongue. Still, as the telephone operator used to say when informing a caller of a change in a phone number, "Please ... make a note of it."

Recent references to "EVR" coding changes weren't typos. We really meant "EVR" and not the "EVAR" with which we are all familiar. That's because there's been a change in vascular surgery acronyms. EVAR – Endovascular Aneurysm Repair – has become EVR – Endovascular Repair. The change was made by the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) Editorial Panel and the SVS Coding Committee, as recent treatment strategies are not confined to the aorta.

We know EVR doesn't flow as trippingly off the tongue. Still, as the telephone operator used to say when informing a caller of a change in a phone number, "Please ... make a note of it."

Recent references to "EVR" coding changes weren't typos. We really meant "EVR" and not the "EVAR" with which we are all familiar. That's because there's been a change in vascular surgery acronyms. EVAR – Endovascular Aneurysm Repair – has become EVR – Endovascular Repair. The change was made by the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) Editorial Panel and the SVS Coding Committee, as recent treatment strategies are not confined to the aorta.

We know EVR doesn't flow as trippingly off the tongue. Still, as the telephone operator used to say when informing a caller of a change in a phone number, "Please ... make a note of it."

• VAM travel scholarships (Feb. 1): The scholarships (General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Travel Scholarship and Diversity Medical Student Travel Scholarship) are for medical students and residents for the Vascular Annual Meeting. Recipients will be able to meet other students and residents plus talk with members and leaders of the vascular surgical community. Applicants get complimentary meeting registration plus financial resources to help defray travel costs. 
• Student Research Fellowship (Feb. 1): Sponsored by the SVS Foundation, this award seeks to introduce the student to the application of rigorous scientific methods to clinical problems and underlying biologic processes important to patients with vascular disease.

• VAM travel scholarships (Feb. 1): The scholarships (General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Travel Scholarship and Diversity Medical Student Travel Scholarship) are for medical students and residents for the Vascular Annual Meeting. Recipients will be able to meet other students and residents plus talk with members and leaders of the vascular surgical community. Applicants get complimentary meeting registration plus financial resources to help defray travel costs. 
• Student Research Fellowship (Feb. 1): Sponsored by the SVS Foundation, this award seeks to introduce the student to the application of rigorous scientific methods to clinical problems and underlying biologic processes important to patients with vascular disease.

• VAM travel scholarships (Feb. 1): The scholarships (General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Travel Scholarship and Diversity Medical Student Travel Scholarship) are for medical students and residents for the Vascular Annual Meeting. Recipients will be able to meet other students and residents plus talk with members and leaders of the vascular surgical community. Applicants get complimentary meeting registration plus financial resources to help defray travel costs. 
• Student Research Fellowship (Feb. 1): Sponsored by the SVS Foundation, this award seeks to introduce the student to the application of rigorous scientific methods to clinical problems and underlying biologic processes important to patients with vascular disease.

The deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 17, for two important research endeavors related to the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting: abstract submissions and the Resident Research Award. This year's VAM will be June 20 to 23 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Following a full day of programming on Wednesday, June 20, plenary sessions are set for June 21-23. Exhibits will be June 21-22. VAM registration and housing are scheduled to open in early March 2018.

Abstract Submission: Abstracts must be submitted by 3 p.m. Wednesday (CST), Jan. 17.

Resident Research Award (Jan. 17): The recipient will showcase his or her work at the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting. This award is an excellent opportunity for surgical trainees in vascular research laboratories to be recognized and rewarded for their research efforts. The winner receives a $5,000 award and the VAM presentation opportunity.

The deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 17, for two important research endeavors related to the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting: abstract submissions and the Resident Research Award. This year's VAM will be June 20 to 23 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Following a full day of programming on Wednesday, June 20, plenary sessions are set for June 21-23. Exhibits will be June 21-22. VAM registration and housing are scheduled to open in early March 2018.

Abstract Submission: Abstracts must be submitted by 3 p.m. Wednesday (CST), Jan. 17.

Resident Research Award (Jan. 17): The recipient will showcase his or her work at the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting. This award is an excellent opportunity for surgical trainees in vascular research laboratories to be recognized and rewarded for their research efforts. The winner receives a $5,000 award and the VAM presentation opportunity.

The deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 17, for two important research endeavors related to the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting: abstract submissions and the Resident Research Award. This year's VAM will be June 20 to 23 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Following a full day of programming on Wednesday, June 20, plenary sessions are set for June 21-23. Exhibits will be June 21-22. VAM registration and housing are scheduled to open in early March 2018.

Abstract Submission: Abstracts must be submitted by 3 p.m. Wednesday (CST), Jan. 17.

Resident Research Award (Jan. 17): The recipient will showcase his or her work at the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting. This award is an excellent opportunity for surgical trainees in vascular research laboratories to be recognized and rewarded for their research efforts. The winner receives a $5,000 award and the VAM presentation opportunity.

Your gift today truly has an immediate impact that makes a difference now.

We also want you to benefit as much as possible from your generosity.

Gifts of Appreciated Securities, Mutual Funds, and Investments

If you have owned any of these longer than 1 year and they have appreciated in value, they provide a smart option for gifting. You will avoid the capital gains tax, and you also receive a charitable income tax deduction if you itemize your tax return.
 

The Charitable Individual Retirement Plan Option

If you are 70 1/2, you may distribute funds from your IRA directly to the CHEST Foundation.

You will not pay any income taxes, and it will also qualify for your required minimum withdrawal. You may distribute up to $100,000 per person per year ($200,000 if you are married and both own an IRA).

Retirement Plan Beneficiary Designation

You may also designate a charity as a beneficiary of your IRA, 401K, or 403B.

This will avoid any income tax, so 100% will be directed to the charity of your choice.

For more information on these and other ways to support the CHEST Foundation, confidentially and with no obligation, contact Angela Perillo, CHEST Director of Development & Foundation Operations, at [email protected].

Your gift today truly has an immediate impact that makes a difference now.

We also want you to benefit as much as possible from your generosity.

Gifts of Appreciated Securities, Mutual Funds, and Investments

If you have owned any of these longer than 1 year and they have appreciated in value, they provide a smart option for gifting. You will avoid the capital gains tax, and you also receive a charitable income tax deduction if you itemize your tax return.
 

The Charitable Individual Retirement Plan Option

If you are 70 1/2, you may distribute funds from your IRA directly to the CHEST Foundation.

You will not pay any income taxes, and it will also qualify for your required minimum withdrawal. You may distribute up to $100,000 per person per year ($200,000 if you are married and both own an IRA).

Retirement Plan Beneficiary Designation

You may also designate a charity as a beneficiary of your IRA, 401K, or 403B.

This will avoid any income tax, so 100% will be directed to the charity of your choice.

For more information on these and other ways to support the CHEST Foundation, confidentially and with no obligation, contact Angela Perillo, CHEST Director of Development & Foundation Operations, at [email protected].

Your gift today truly has an immediate impact that makes a difference now.

We also want you to benefit as much as possible from your generosity.

Gifts of Appreciated Securities, Mutual Funds, and Investments

If you have owned any of these longer than 1 year and they have appreciated in value, they provide a smart option for gifting. You will avoid the capital gains tax, and you also receive a charitable income tax deduction if you itemize your tax return.
 

The Charitable Individual Retirement Plan Option

If you are 70 1/2, you may distribute funds from your IRA directly to the CHEST Foundation.

You will not pay any income taxes, and it will also qualify for your required minimum withdrawal. You may distribute up to $100,000 per person per year ($200,000 if you are married and both own an IRA).

Retirement Plan Beneficiary Designation

You may also designate a charity as a beneficiary of your IRA, 401K, or 403B.

This will avoid any income tax, so 100% will be directed to the charity of your choice.

For more information on these and other ways to support the CHEST Foundation, confidentially and with no obligation, contact Angela Perillo, CHEST Director of Development & Foundation Operations, at [email protected].

On December 2, CHEST received Accreditation with Commendation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). This achievement grants CHEST accreditation through November 2023, and places the organization in the highest tier of continuing medical education (CME) providers.

“It is a true privilege to serve as a member of our outstanding CHEST Education team. We are very proud of our education program and have worked very hard to provide CHEST members and their health-care team with state-of-the-art learning opportunities,” said Alex Niven, MD, FCCP, current Chair of CHEST’s Education Committee, “ACCME Accreditation with Commendation is an important benchmark of this success, and we look forward to further advancing CHEST’s leadership role in medical education through its simulation, active learning, and other innovative educational offerings.”

To receive accreditation from the ACCME, CHEST met all of the requirements of the ACCME, has transitioned clinician knowledge into action, and has enhanced procedural performance to improve patient outcomes. Accreditation with Commendation is “a reward for going above and beyond requirements--having the absolute best practices and for striving to meet the aspirational goals of medical education,” said William Kelly, MD, FCCP, previous Chair of CHEST’s Education Committee.

In achieving Accreditation with Commendation, CHEST demonstrated compliance with the following:

• Improving the professional practice by consistently integrating CME into CHEST processes.

• Utilization of noneducation strategies such as the CHEST Foundation’s grant programs and disease awareness campaigns, to enhance change as an adjunct to CHEST’s activities/educational interventions.

• Identification of factors that effect patient outcomes and are outside of the provider’s control.

• Implementation of educational strategies, including the offering of additional training to improve procedural capabilities, so as to remove, overcome, or address barriers to physician change.

• Building of bridges with stakeholders such as The France Foundation, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), through collaboration and cooperation.

• Participation within an institutional framework for health-care quality improvement.

• Positioned to influence the scope and content of activities/educational interventions.

On December 2, CHEST received Accreditation with Commendation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). This achievement grants CHEST accreditation through November 2023, and places the organization in the highest tier of continuing medical education (CME) providers.

“It is a true privilege to serve as a member of our outstanding CHEST Education team. We are very proud of our education program and have worked very hard to provide CHEST members and their health-care team with state-of-the-art learning opportunities,” said Alex Niven, MD, FCCP, current Chair of CHEST’s Education Committee, “ACCME Accreditation with Commendation is an important benchmark of this success, and we look forward to further advancing CHEST’s leadership role in medical education through its simulation, active learning, and other innovative educational offerings.”

To receive accreditation from the ACCME, CHEST met all of the requirements of the ACCME, has transitioned clinician knowledge into action, and has enhanced procedural performance to improve patient outcomes. Accreditation with Commendation is “a reward for going above and beyond requirements--having the absolute best practices and for striving to meet the aspirational goals of medical education,” said William Kelly, MD, FCCP, previous Chair of CHEST’s Education Committee.

In achieving Accreditation with Commendation, CHEST demonstrated compliance with the following:

• Improving the professional practice by consistently integrating CME into CHEST processes.

• Utilization of noneducation strategies such as the CHEST Foundation’s grant programs and disease awareness campaigns, to enhance change as an adjunct to CHEST’s activities/educational interventions.

• Identification of factors that effect patient outcomes and are outside of the provider’s control.

• Implementation of educational strategies, including the offering of additional training to improve procedural capabilities, so as to remove, overcome, or address barriers to physician change.

• Building of bridges with stakeholders such as The France Foundation, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), through collaboration and cooperation.

• Participation within an institutional framework for health-care quality improvement.

• Positioned to influence the scope and content of activities/educational interventions.

On December 2, CHEST received Accreditation with Commendation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). This achievement grants CHEST accreditation through November 2023, and places the organization in the highest tier of continuing medical education (CME) providers.

“It is a true privilege to serve as a member of our outstanding CHEST Education team. We are very proud of our education program and have worked very hard to provide CHEST members and their health-care team with state-of-the-art learning opportunities,” said Alex Niven, MD, FCCP, current Chair of CHEST’s Education Committee, “ACCME Accreditation with Commendation is an important benchmark of this success, and we look forward to further advancing CHEST’s leadership role in medical education through its simulation, active learning, and other innovative educational offerings.”

To receive accreditation from the ACCME, CHEST met all of the requirements of the ACCME, has transitioned clinician knowledge into action, and has enhanced procedural performance to improve patient outcomes. Accreditation with Commendation is “a reward for going above and beyond requirements--having the absolute best practices and for striving to meet the aspirational goals of medical education,” said William Kelly, MD, FCCP, previous Chair of CHEST’s Education Committee.

In achieving Accreditation with Commendation, CHEST demonstrated compliance with the following:

• Improving the professional practice by consistently integrating CME into CHEST processes.

• Utilization of noneducation strategies such as the CHEST Foundation’s grant programs and disease awareness campaigns, to enhance change as an adjunct to CHEST’s activities/educational interventions.

• Identification of factors that effect patient outcomes and are outside of the provider’s control.

• Implementation of educational strategies, including the offering of additional training to improve procedural capabilities, so as to remove, overcome, or address barriers to physician change.

• Building of bridges with stakeholders such as The France Foundation, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), through collaboration and cooperation.

• Participation within an institutional framework for health-care quality improvement.

• Positioned to influence the scope and content of activities/educational interventions.