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We all know that, with the great success of CHEST 2016, everyone who shared that event is a winner. But, we would especially like to call out some of the special winners who were recognized during our annual meeting.

CHEST Awards

College Medalist Award

Lewis J. Rubin, MD, FCCP

Distinguished Service Award

Kim D. French, MHSA, CAPPM, FCCP

Alfred Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence

Seth J. Koenig, MD, FCCP

Master Clinician Educator Award

Jack D. Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP

Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture

Jay Nadel, MD

Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture

Suhail Raoof, MBBS, FCCP

Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Lecture

Michael Niederman, MD, FCCP Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture Kevin L. Kovitz, MD, FCCP

Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture

Robert A. Berg, MD Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation Thomas G. Keens, MD Om P. Sharma, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture Robert P. Baughman, MD, FCCP

Early Career Educator

Gabriel Bosslet, MD, FCCP

CHEST Challenge Championship 2016

1st Place

The University of Arizona

Huthayfa Ateeli, MBBS Naser Mahmoud, MD

Muna Omar, MD, MBBS

PD: James L. Knepler Jr.

2nd Place

New York Methodist Hospital

Anu R. Jacob, MD

Stephen D. Milan, MD

Jordan Taillon, MD

PD: Anthony G. Saleh, MD, FCCP

3rd Place

Interfaith Medical Center

Chidozie C. Agu, MD

Saroj P. Kandel, MBBS Divya Salhan, MD, MBBS

PD: Marie Frances J. Schmidt, MD, FCCP

CHEST Foundation Grant Winners

GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory Health

Don Hayes Jr., MD, FCCP The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Implications of the Lung Allocation Score in Prioritizing Critically Ill Patients for Lung Transplantation

Supported by GlaxoSmithKline.

2016 Research Grantees

Alice Turner, MBChB, MRCP, PhD

University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation Research Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

Improving Access to Augmentation: A Propensity-Matching Study Between the UK AATD Registry and AlphaNet

This grant is jointly supported by the CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation.

Robert Busch, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Channing Division of Network Medicine

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Methylation Quantitative Trait Loci: Markers of Race-Specific Disparities in African Americans With COPD

This grant is supported by AstraZeneca.

Clemens Grassberger, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard University

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer

Dynamic FLT-PET as Biomarker for Early Response in Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Patients

This grant is supported by Genentech Inc.

Cristina Russo, MD, PhD

Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

A Proteomic-Metaproteomic Analysis Approach Allows Identification of Drug Target Candidates for the Future Design of Preventive, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Strategies Against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Diseases

This grant is supported by Insmed.

Peter Leary, MD, MS

University of Washington

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Expression Profiling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

This grant is supported by Actelion Pharmaceuticals, US, Inc.

Brett Ley, MD

University of California, San Francisco

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Extracellular Circulation RNAs as Predictors of Disease Progression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.

Sydney Montesi, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Gadofosveset-Enhanced Lung MRI to Detect Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Disease Activity

This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.

Farbod Rahaghi, MD, PhD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism

CT Scan-Based Markers for Prediction of Outcomes in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

This grant is supported by Daiichi Sankyo.

Catherine Oberg, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health

Effects of Household Air Pollution on Airway Inflammation, Lung Function, and Respiratory Symptoms

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

2016 Community Service Grantee

Ethel Jane Carter, MD, FCCP

Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University

CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP

East African Training Initiative ( EATI) in Pulmonary Medicine

2016 NetWorks Challenge Travel Grantees

Debarsee Banerjee, MS, MD

Women’s Health NetWork

Drew Harris, MD

Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork

Kerry Hena, MD

Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork

Amanpreet Kaur, MD

Women’s Health NetWork

2016 Diversity Travel Grant Winners

John B. Bishara, DO

Renato F. Blanco Jr., MD

Angel Coz-Yataco, MD Sherie A. Gause, MD

Anthony Nebor, MD

James T. Williams, MD

Alfred Soffer Research Award Winners

Kerry Hena, MD

Deepak Pradhan, MD, FCCP

Young Investigator Award Winners

Elizabeth Becker: Clinical Characteristics of Sarcoidosis in World Trade Center (WTC) Exposed Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Firefighters

Daniel Altman, MD : Cost-Effectiveness of Universally Funding Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy

Top 3 Poster Winners

Epaminondas Kosmas, MD, PhD, FCCP : Bronchiectasis in Patients With COPD: An Irrelevant Imaging Finding or a Clinically Important Phenotype?

Mark Regala, MD, BS : Evaluation of Outcomes of Post-Extubation Dysphagia in Elderly Patients

Massa Zantah, MD : Correlation of Esophageal Dilatation and Pulmonary Fibrosis in Scleroderma

Runner-up: Alev Gurgun, MD : Pulmonary Rehabilitation Response in Elderly and Younger Patients With COPD

Case Report Slide Winners

John Egan, MD, BA : An Unusual Cause of Tracheal Stenosis Due to a Vascular Anomaly Successfully Managed With Silicone Airway Stenting Prior to Definitive Vascular Repair

Harprett Grewal, MD : Bladder PTLD: First Reported Case of Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) in the Bladder in a Lung Transplant Recipient

Michael Fingerhood, MD, MPH : Pulmonary Overlap Histiocytosis: A Rare Case of Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Erdheim Chester Disease in a Patient With Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Myelodisplastic Syndrome

Yihenew Negatu, MD : Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Related to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in a Young Patient Without Coronary Artery Disease

Stephanie Wappel, MD : False-Negative Pet Imaging in Early Stage Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Lina Miyakawa, MD : Restrictive EGFR Mutation

Jeffrey Bonenfant, DO : A Unique Case of Follicular Bronchiolitis

Melissa Myers, MD : Seeing the Forest and Not Just the Trees: A Case of Recurrent Fever, Cough, and Respiratory Failure

Carly Fabrizio, DO : An Unusual Case of Submassive Hemoptysis

Meilinh Thi, DO : A Case to Make Your Skin Crawl

Garrett Harp, MD : Lambertosis: A Lung Cancer Mimic

Malik Khan, MD : Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: A Case Report

Priya Patel, MD : A Troubling Trifecta: Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis and Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Atul Palkar, MD : SGLT2 Inhibitors: Mind the Gap

Ji Yeon Lee, MD : Making Unusual Connections: Fibrosing Mediastinitis Leading to Bronchoesophageal Fistula

Sailm Daouk, MD : A Rare Form of Invasive Aspergillus Infection in a Severely Immunocompromised Host

Venkata Ravi Kumar Angirekula, MD : Vanishing Lung

Stephen Milan, MD : An Unexpected Mass

Lelia Logue, MD : A Rare Cause of Dysphagia

Daniel Hershberger, MD : Rapidly Progressive Hypoxic Respiratory Failure After a Rash: A Case of Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis (CADM)-Associated ILD

Fellow Case Report Poster Winners

Krishna Siva Sai Kakkera

An Unusual Case of Crypotococcal Pleural Effusion

George Cheng

Use of Laparoscopic Suction Irrigator With Rigid Pleuroscope in Medical Thoracoscopy

Matt Koroscil

Wong Type Dermatomyositis Complicated by Interstitial Lung Disease

Derek Hansen

Acute Fibrinous and Organizing Pneumonia Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Responsive to Corticosteroid Therapy

Ala Eddin Sagar

Pulmonary Embolism Caused by Thrombin-Based Hemostatic Matrix After Discectomy

Sandeep Chennadi

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) With Refractory Bilateral Chylothorax and Chylous Ascites

Medical Student/Resident Case Report Poster Winners

Justin Fiala

Pulmonary Presentation Without Concurrent Bone Involvement in Erdheim-Chester Disease: A Report of Two Cases

Navitha Ramesh

A Fatal Migration: A Case of Intra-Cardiac Embolization of a Peripheral Stent

Humna Abid Memon

Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Postpartum Management of a Patient With PAH

Vanessa Ohleyer

A Case of Unusual Anatomy for an Uncommon Mediastinal Tumor

Tanushree Gahlot

Three Unusual Presentations of Job’s Syndrome (Hyper Immunoglobulin E Syndrome)

NetWorks Challenge Winners

Round 1

Women’s Lung Health NetWork

Round 2

Practice and Operations NetWork-1st place

Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation and Neuromuscular Disease NetWorks – 2nd place

Round 3

Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation, Neuromuscular Disease, and the Women’s Lung Health NetWorks

CHEST Bingo Winners

Youseff Anid, MD, FCCP

Karen Cochran, ACNP

Molly Howsware, DO

Katie Jeans, MD

Genovena Medina, RN

Gregory Eisinger, MD

Saurabh Mittal, MD, MBBS

Navitha Ramesh, MD

Dalvinder Dhillon, MD

Teresita Saylor, MD, FCCP

Carl Kaplan, MD, FCCP

Vishal Patel, MBBS, FCCP

Erin Peterson, CNP

Lilian Pereira, DO

We all know that, with the great success of CHEST 2016, everyone who shared that event is a winner. But, we would especially like to call out some of the special winners who were recognized during our annual meeting.

CHEST Awards

College Medalist Award

Lewis J. Rubin, MD, FCCP

Distinguished Service Award

Kim D. French, MHSA, CAPPM, FCCP

Alfred Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence

Seth J. Koenig, MD, FCCP

Master Clinician Educator Award

Jack D. Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP

Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture

Jay Nadel, MD

Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture

Suhail Raoof, MBBS, FCCP

Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Lecture

Michael Niederman, MD, FCCP Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture Kevin L. Kovitz, MD, FCCP

Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture

Robert A. Berg, MD Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation Thomas G. Keens, MD Om P. Sharma, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture Robert P. Baughman, MD, FCCP

Early Career Educator

Gabriel Bosslet, MD, FCCP

CHEST Challenge Championship 2016

1st Place

The University of Arizona

Huthayfa Ateeli, MBBS Naser Mahmoud, MD

Muna Omar, MD, MBBS

PD: James L. Knepler Jr.

2nd Place

New York Methodist Hospital

Anu R. Jacob, MD

Stephen D. Milan, MD

Jordan Taillon, MD

PD: Anthony G. Saleh, MD, FCCP

3rd Place

Interfaith Medical Center

Chidozie C. Agu, MD

Saroj P. Kandel, MBBS Divya Salhan, MD, MBBS

PD: Marie Frances J. Schmidt, MD, FCCP

CHEST Foundation Grant Winners

GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory Health

Don Hayes Jr., MD, FCCP The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Implications of the Lung Allocation Score in Prioritizing Critically Ill Patients for Lung Transplantation

Supported by GlaxoSmithKline.

2016 Research Grantees

Alice Turner, MBChB, MRCP, PhD

University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation Research Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

Improving Access to Augmentation: A Propensity-Matching Study Between the UK AATD Registry and AlphaNet

This grant is jointly supported by the CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation.

Robert Busch, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Channing Division of Network Medicine

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Methylation Quantitative Trait Loci: Markers of Race-Specific Disparities in African Americans With COPD

This grant is supported by AstraZeneca.

Clemens Grassberger, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard University

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer

Dynamic FLT-PET as Biomarker for Early Response in Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Patients

This grant is supported by Genentech Inc.

Cristina Russo, MD, PhD

Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

A Proteomic-Metaproteomic Analysis Approach Allows Identification of Drug Target Candidates for the Future Design of Preventive, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Strategies Against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Diseases

This grant is supported by Insmed.

Peter Leary, MD, MS

University of Washington

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Expression Profiling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

This grant is supported by Actelion Pharmaceuticals, US, Inc.

Brett Ley, MD

University of California, San Francisco

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Extracellular Circulation RNAs as Predictors of Disease Progression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.

Sydney Montesi, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Gadofosveset-Enhanced Lung MRI to Detect Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Disease Activity

This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.

Farbod Rahaghi, MD, PhD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism

CT Scan-Based Markers for Prediction of Outcomes in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

This grant is supported by Daiichi Sankyo.

Catherine Oberg, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health

Effects of Household Air Pollution on Airway Inflammation, Lung Function, and Respiratory Symptoms

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

2016 Community Service Grantee

Ethel Jane Carter, MD, FCCP

Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University

CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP

East African Training Initiative ( EATI) in Pulmonary Medicine

2016 NetWorks Challenge Travel Grantees

Debarsee Banerjee, MS, MD

Women’s Health NetWork

Drew Harris, MD

Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork

Kerry Hena, MD

Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork

Amanpreet Kaur, MD

Women’s Health NetWork

2016 Diversity Travel Grant Winners

John B. Bishara, DO

Renato F. Blanco Jr., MD

Angel Coz-Yataco, MD Sherie A. Gause, MD

Anthony Nebor, MD

James T. Williams, MD

Alfred Soffer Research Award Winners

Kerry Hena, MD

Deepak Pradhan, MD, FCCP

Young Investigator Award Winners

Elizabeth Becker: Clinical Characteristics of Sarcoidosis in World Trade Center (WTC) Exposed Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Firefighters

Daniel Altman, MD : Cost-Effectiveness of Universally Funding Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy

Top 3 Poster Winners

Epaminondas Kosmas, MD, PhD, FCCP : Bronchiectasis in Patients With COPD: An Irrelevant Imaging Finding or a Clinically Important Phenotype?

Mark Regala, MD, BS : Evaluation of Outcomes of Post-Extubation Dysphagia in Elderly Patients

Massa Zantah, MD : Correlation of Esophageal Dilatation and Pulmonary Fibrosis in Scleroderma

Runner-up: Alev Gurgun, MD : Pulmonary Rehabilitation Response in Elderly and Younger Patients With COPD

Case Report Slide Winners

John Egan, MD, BA : An Unusual Cause of Tracheal Stenosis Due to a Vascular Anomaly Successfully Managed With Silicone Airway Stenting Prior to Definitive Vascular Repair

Harprett Grewal, MD : Bladder PTLD: First Reported Case of Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) in the Bladder in a Lung Transplant Recipient

Michael Fingerhood, MD, MPH : Pulmonary Overlap Histiocytosis: A Rare Case of Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Erdheim Chester Disease in a Patient With Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Myelodisplastic Syndrome

Yihenew Negatu, MD : Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Related to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in a Young Patient Without Coronary Artery Disease

Stephanie Wappel, MD : False-Negative Pet Imaging in Early Stage Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Lina Miyakawa, MD : Restrictive EGFR Mutation

Jeffrey Bonenfant, DO : A Unique Case of Follicular Bronchiolitis

Melissa Myers, MD : Seeing the Forest and Not Just the Trees: A Case of Recurrent Fever, Cough, and Respiratory Failure

Carly Fabrizio, DO : An Unusual Case of Submassive Hemoptysis

Meilinh Thi, DO : A Case to Make Your Skin Crawl

Garrett Harp, MD : Lambertosis: A Lung Cancer Mimic

Malik Khan, MD : Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: A Case Report

Priya Patel, MD : A Troubling Trifecta: Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis and Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Atul Palkar, MD : SGLT2 Inhibitors: Mind the Gap

Ji Yeon Lee, MD : Making Unusual Connections: Fibrosing Mediastinitis Leading to Bronchoesophageal Fistula

Sailm Daouk, MD : A Rare Form of Invasive Aspergillus Infection in a Severely Immunocompromised Host

Venkata Ravi Kumar Angirekula, MD : Vanishing Lung

Stephen Milan, MD : An Unexpected Mass

Lelia Logue, MD : A Rare Cause of Dysphagia

Daniel Hershberger, MD : Rapidly Progressive Hypoxic Respiratory Failure After a Rash: A Case of Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis (CADM)-Associated ILD

Fellow Case Report Poster Winners

Krishna Siva Sai Kakkera

An Unusual Case of Crypotococcal Pleural Effusion

George Cheng

Use of Laparoscopic Suction Irrigator With Rigid Pleuroscope in Medical Thoracoscopy

Matt Koroscil

Wong Type Dermatomyositis Complicated by Interstitial Lung Disease

Derek Hansen

Acute Fibrinous and Organizing Pneumonia Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Responsive to Corticosteroid Therapy

Ala Eddin Sagar

Pulmonary Embolism Caused by Thrombin-Based Hemostatic Matrix After Discectomy

Sandeep Chennadi

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) With Refractory Bilateral Chylothorax and Chylous Ascites

Medical Student/Resident Case Report Poster Winners

Justin Fiala

Pulmonary Presentation Without Concurrent Bone Involvement in Erdheim-Chester Disease: A Report of Two Cases

Navitha Ramesh

A Fatal Migration: A Case of Intra-Cardiac Embolization of a Peripheral Stent

Humna Abid Memon

Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Postpartum Management of a Patient With PAH

Vanessa Ohleyer

A Case of Unusual Anatomy for an Uncommon Mediastinal Tumor

Tanushree Gahlot

Three Unusual Presentations of Job’s Syndrome (Hyper Immunoglobulin E Syndrome)

NetWorks Challenge Winners

Round 1

Women’s Lung Health NetWork

Round 2

Practice and Operations NetWork-1st place

Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation and Neuromuscular Disease NetWorks – 2nd place

Round 3

Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation, Neuromuscular Disease, and the Women’s Lung Health NetWorks

CHEST Bingo Winners

Youseff Anid, MD, FCCP

Karen Cochran, ACNP

Molly Howsware, DO

Katie Jeans, MD

Genovena Medina, RN

Gregory Eisinger, MD

Saurabh Mittal, MD, MBBS

Navitha Ramesh, MD

Dalvinder Dhillon, MD

Teresita Saylor, MD, FCCP

Carl Kaplan, MD, FCCP

Vishal Patel, MBBS, FCCP

Erin Peterson, CNP

Lilian Pereira, DO

We all know that, with the great success of CHEST 2016, everyone who shared that event is a winner. But, we would especially like to call out some of the special winners who were recognized during our annual meeting.

CHEST Awards

College Medalist Award

Lewis J. Rubin, MD, FCCP

Distinguished Service Award

Kim D. French, MHSA, CAPPM, FCCP

Alfred Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence

Seth J. Koenig, MD, FCCP

Master Clinician Educator Award

Jack D. Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP

Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture

Jay Nadel, MD

Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture

Suhail Raoof, MBBS, FCCP

Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Lecture

Michael Niederman, MD, FCCP Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture Kevin L. Kovitz, MD, FCCP

Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture

Robert A. Berg, MD Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation Thomas G. Keens, MD Om P. Sharma, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture Robert P. Baughman, MD, FCCP

Early Career Educator

Gabriel Bosslet, MD, FCCP

CHEST Challenge Championship 2016

1st Place

The University of Arizona

Huthayfa Ateeli, MBBS Naser Mahmoud, MD

Muna Omar, MD, MBBS

PD: James L. Knepler Jr.

2nd Place

New York Methodist Hospital

Anu R. Jacob, MD

Stephen D. Milan, MD

Jordan Taillon, MD

PD: Anthony G. Saleh, MD, FCCP

3rd Place

Interfaith Medical Center

Chidozie C. Agu, MD

Saroj P. Kandel, MBBS Divya Salhan, MD, MBBS

PD: Marie Frances J. Schmidt, MD, FCCP

CHEST Foundation Grant Winners

GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory Health

Don Hayes Jr., MD, FCCP The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Implications of the Lung Allocation Score in Prioritizing Critically Ill Patients for Lung Transplantation

Supported by GlaxoSmithKline.

2016 Research Grantees

Alice Turner, MBChB, MRCP, PhD

University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation Research Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

Improving Access to Augmentation: A Propensity-Matching Study Between the UK AATD Registry and AlphaNet

This grant is jointly supported by the CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation.

Robert Busch, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Channing Division of Network Medicine

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Methylation Quantitative Trait Loci: Markers of Race-Specific Disparities in African Americans With COPD

This grant is supported by AstraZeneca.

Clemens Grassberger, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard University

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer

Dynamic FLT-PET as Biomarker for Early Response in Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Patients

This grant is supported by Genentech Inc.

Cristina Russo, MD, PhD

Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

A Proteomic-Metaproteomic Analysis Approach Allows Identification of Drug Target Candidates for the Future Design of Preventive, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Strategies Against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Diseases

This grant is supported by Insmed.

Peter Leary, MD, MS

University of Washington

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Expression Profiling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

This grant is supported by Actelion Pharmaceuticals, US, Inc.

Brett Ley, MD

University of California, San Francisco

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Extracellular Circulation RNAs as Predictors of Disease Progression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.

Sydney Montesi, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Gadofosveset-Enhanced Lung MRI to Detect Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Disease Activity

This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.

Farbod Rahaghi, MD, PhD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism

CT Scan-Based Markers for Prediction of Outcomes in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

This grant is supported by Daiichi Sankyo.

Catherine Oberg, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health

Effects of Household Air Pollution on Airway Inflammation, Lung Function, and Respiratory Symptoms

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

2016 Community Service Grantee

Ethel Jane Carter, MD, FCCP

Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University

CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP

East African Training Initiative ( EATI) in Pulmonary Medicine

2016 NetWorks Challenge Travel Grantees

Debarsee Banerjee, MS, MD

Women’s Health NetWork

Drew Harris, MD

Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork

Kerry Hena, MD

Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork

Amanpreet Kaur, MD

Women’s Health NetWork

2016 Diversity Travel Grant Winners

John B. Bishara, DO

Renato F. Blanco Jr., MD

Angel Coz-Yataco, MD Sherie A. Gause, MD

Anthony Nebor, MD

James T. Williams, MD

Alfred Soffer Research Award Winners

Kerry Hena, MD

Deepak Pradhan, MD, FCCP

Young Investigator Award Winners

Elizabeth Becker: Clinical Characteristics of Sarcoidosis in World Trade Center (WTC) Exposed Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Firefighters

Daniel Altman, MD : Cost-Effectiveness of Universally Funding Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy

Top 3 Poster Winners

Epaminondas Kosmas, MD, PhD, FCCP : Bronchiectasis in Patients With COPD: An Irrelevant Imaging Finding or a Clinically Important Phenotype?

Mark Regala, MD, BS : Evaluation of Outcomes of Post-Extubation Dysphagia in Elderly Patients

Massa Zantah, MD : Correlation of Esophageal Dilatation and Pulmonary Fibrosis in Scleroderma

Runner-up: Alev Gurgun, MD : Pulmonary Rehabilitation Response in Elderly and Younger Patients With COPD

Case Report Slide Winners

John Egan, MD, BA : An Unusual Cause of Tracheal Stenosis Due to a Vascular Anomaly Successfully Managed With Silicone Airway Stenting Prior to Definitive Vascular Repair

Harprett Grewal, MD : Bladder PTLD: First Reported Case of Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) in the Bladder in a Lung Transplant Recipient

Michael Fingerhood, MD, MPH : Pulmonary Overlap Histiocytosis: A Rare Case of Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Erdheim Chester Disease in a Patient With Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Myelodisplastic Syndrome

Yihenew Negatu, MD : Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Related to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in a Young Patient Without Coronary Artery Disease

Stephanie Wappel, MD : False-Negative Pet Imaging in Early Stage Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Lina Miyakawa, MD : Restrictive EGFR Mutation

Jeffrey Bonenfant, DO : A Unique Case of Follicular Bronchiolitis

Melissa Myers, MD : Seeing the Forest and Not Just the Trees: A Case of Recurrent Fever, Cough, and Respiratory Failure

Carly Fabrizio, DO : An Unusual Case of Submassive Hemoptysis

Meilinh Thi, DO : A Case to Make Your Skin Crawl

Garrett Harp, MD : Lambertosis: A Lung Cancer Mimic

Malik Khan, MD : Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: A Case Report

Priya Patel, MD : A Troubling Trifecta: Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis and Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Atul Palkar, MD : SGLT2 Inhibitors: Mind the Gap

Ji Yeon Lee, MD : Making Unusual Connections: Fibrosing Mediastinitis Leading to Bronchoesophageal Fistula

Sailm Daouk, MD : A Rare Form of Invasive Aspergillus Infection in a Severely Immunocompromised Host

Venkata Ravi Kumar Angirekula, MD : Vanishing Lung

Stephen Milan, MD : An Unexpected Mass

Lelia Logue, MD : A Rare Cause of Dysphagia

Daniel Hershberger, MD : Rapidly Progressive Hypoxic Respiratory Failure After a Rash: A Case of Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis (CADM)-Associated ILD

Fellow Case Report Poster Winners

Krishna Siva Sai Kakkera

An Unusual Case of Crypotococcal Pleural Effusion

George Cheng

Use of Laparoscopic Suction Irrigator With Rigid Pleuroscope in Medical Thoracoscopy

Matt Koroscil

Wong Type Dermatomyositis Complicated by Interstitial Lung Disease

Derek Hansen

Acute Fibrinous and Organizing Pneumonia Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Responsive to Corticosteroid Therapy

Ala Eddin Sagar

Pulmonary Embolism Caused by Thrombin-Based Hemostatic Matrix After Discectomy

Sandeep Chennadi

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) With Refractory Bilateral Chylothorax and Chylous Ascites

Medical Student/Resident Case Report Poster Winners

Justin Fiala

Pulmonary Presentation Without Concurrent Bone Involvement in Erdheim-Chester Disease: A Report of Two Cases

Navitha Ramesh

A Fatal Migration: A Case of Intra-Cardiac Embolization of a Peripheral Stent

Humna Abid Memon

Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Postpartum Management of a Patient With PAH

Vanessa Ohleyer

A Case of Unusual Anatomy for an Uncommon Mediastinal Tumor

Tanushree Gahlot

Three Unusual Presentations of Job’s Syndrome (Hyper Immunoglobulin E Syndrome)

NetWorks Challenge Winners

Round 1

Women’s Lung Health NetWork

Round 2

Practice and Operations NetWork-1st place

Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation and Neuromuscular Disease NetWorks – 2nd place

Round 3

Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation, Neuromuscular Disease, and the Women’s Lung Health NetWorks

CHEST Bingo Winners

Youseff Anid, MD, FCCP

Karen Cochran, ACNP

Molly Howsware, DO

Katie Jeans, MD

Genovena Medina, RN

Gregory Eisinger, MD

Saurabh Mittal, MD, MBBS

Navitha Ramesh, MD

Dalvinder Dhillon, MD

Teresita Saylor, MD, FCCP

Carl Kaplan, MD, FCCP

Vishal Patel, MBBS, FCCP

Erin Peterson, CNP

Lilian Pereira, DO

Basel, Switzerland June 7-9

Join leaders in CHEST medicine for a program designed by clinicians for clinicians.

The Joint Congress organized by CHEST and the Swiss Society of Pneumology will be held from June 7-9 in Basel, Switzerland. The program has been designed by more than 140 faculty members from both the United States and Europe, and it aims to provide a robust overview of all aspects of respiratory medicine through interactive sessions, plenary discussions, critical appraisals on controversial topics, and a review of the last year of published works.

The Joint Congress also provides the opportunity to take part in hands-on simulation in areas such as lung function techniques including body plethysmography, N2 washout techniques, and respiratory physiotherapy. Another hands-on opportunity is the interventional pneumology CHEST experience course, which will be held from 8:00 AM-11:00 AM on June 7 and 8 on site. This course will provide an overview of conventional and EBUS-guided TBNA, an anatomy identification of airway nodes, management of airway bleeding, and management of pneumothorax. This course is ideal for clinicians and health-care professionals with specialties in pulmonary, critical care, and intensive care medicine, as well as thoracic surgery.

The program at the Joint CHEST-SGP Congress aims to improve the patient care abilities of every attendee, as well as provide an ideal environment for networking with leaders in your field.

The call for abstracts remains open until January 24, 2017. The abstract topic areas are:

• Airway disease
• Interstitial lung disease
• Sleep/Breathing
• Lung cancer
• Epidemiology/Rehabilitation
• Interventional pneumology
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Basic science
• Thoracic surgery
• Pediatrics

All abstracts must be submitted via the Joint Congress abstracts web portal www.chest-sgp-switzerland2017.org.

CHEST recognizes the value of international outreach, and this Joint Congress advances that initiative. CHEST aims to standardize the patient care across borders and to encourage international collaboration to build the future of chest medicine. To further this mission, an application has been made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) for CME accreditation of this event. Additionally, an application has been made to the European Board for Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP) to provide quality assurance and CME for the event.

For more information or to register, visit the CHEST Joint Congress website www.chest-sgp-switzerland2017.org. Early registration ends on March 16, 2017.

Basel, Switzerland June 7-9

Join leaders in CHEST medicine for a program designed by clinicians for clinicians.

The Joint Congress organized by CHEST and the Swiss Society of Pneumology will be held from June 7-9 in Basel, Switzerland. The program has been designed by more than 140 faculty members from both the United States and Europe, and it aims to provide a robust overview of all aspects of respiratory medicine through interactive sessions, plenary discussions, critical appraisals on controversial topics, and a review of the last year of published works.

The Joint Congress also provides the opportunity to take part in hands-on simulation in areas such as lung function techniques including body plethysmography, N2 washout techniques, and respiratory physiotherapy. Another hands-on opportunity is the interventional pneumology CHEST experience course, which will be held from 8:00 AM-11:00 AM on June 7 and 8 on site. This course will provide an overview of conventional and EBUS-guided TBNA, an anatomy identification of airway nodes, management of airway bleeding, and management of pneumothorax. This course is ideal for clinicians and health-care professionals with specialties in pulmonary, critical care, and intensive care medicine, as well as thoracic surgery.

The program at the Joint CHEST-SGP Congress aims to improve the patient care abilities of every attendee, as well as provide an ideal environment for networking with leaders in your field.

The call for abstracts remains open until January 24, 2017. The abstract topic areas are:

• Airway disease
• Interstitial lung disease
• Sleep/Breathing
• Lung cancer
• Epidemiology/Rehabilitation
• Interventional pneumology
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Basic science
• Thoracic surgery
• Pediatrics

All abstracts must be submitted via the Joint Congress abstracts web portal www.chest-sgp-switzerland2017.org.

CHEST recognizes the value of international outreach, and this Joint Congress advances that initiative. CHEST aims to standardize the patient care across borders and to encourage international collaboration to build the future of chest medicine. To further this mission, an application has been made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) for CME accreditation of this event. Additionally, an application has been made to the European Board for Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP) to provide quality assurance and CME for the event.

For more information or to register, visit the CHEST Joint Congress website www.chest-sgp-switzerland2017.org. Early registration ends on March 16, 2017.

Basel, Switzerland June 7-9

Join leaders in CHEST medicine for a program designed by clinicians for clinicians.

The Joint Congress organized by CHEST and the Swiss Society of Pneumology will be held from June 7-9 in Basel, Switzerland. The program has been designed by more than 140 faculty members from both the United States and Europe, and it aims to provide a robust overview of all aspects of respiratory medicine through interactive sessions, plenary discussions, critical appraisals on controversial topics, and a review of the last year of published works.

The Joint Congress also provides the opportunity to take part in hands-on simulation in areas such as lung function techniques including body plethysmography, N2 washout techniques, and respiratory physiotherapy. Another hands-on opportunity is the interventional pneumology CHEST experience course, which will be held from 8:00 AM-11:00 AM on June 7 and 8 on site. This course will provide an overview of conventional and EBUS-guided TBNA, an anatomy identification of airway nodes, management of airway bleeding, and management of pneumothorax. This course is ideal for clinicians and health-care professionals with specialties in pulmonary, critical care, and intensive care medicine, as well as thoracic surgery.

The program at the Joint CHEST-SGP Congress aims to improve the patient care abilities of every attendee, as well as provide an ideal environment for networking with leaders in your field.

The call for abstracts remains open until January 24, 2017. The abstract topic areas are:

• Airway disease
• Interstitial lung disease
• Sleep/Breathing
• Lung cancer
• Epidemiology/Rehabilitation
• Interventional pneumology
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Basic science
• Thoracic surgery
• Pediatrics

All abstracts must be submitted via the Joint Congress abstracts web portal www.chest-sgp-switzerland2017.org.

CHEST recognizes the value of international outreach, and this Joint Congress advances that initiative. CHEST aims to standardize the patient care across borders and to encourage international collaboration to build the future of chest medicine. To further this mission, an application has been made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) for CME accreditation of this event. Additionally, an application has been made to the European Board for Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP) to provide quality assurance and CME for the event.

For more information or to register, visit the CHEST Joint Congress website www.chest-sgp-switzerland2017.org. Early registration ends on March 16, 2017.

Our January 2017 issue marks the 10-year anniversary of GI & Hepatology News (GIHN), the official newspaper of the AGA Institute. In 2007, the AGA created the newspaper with the intent to communicate current news and emerging trends and technologies in GI. I am honored to serve as the third editor of GIHN, following in the esteemed footsteps of Charles J. Lightdale MD, AGAF, and Colin W. Howden MD, AGAF, who worked diligently to establish the publication’s credibility and quality.

The January 2007 issue of GIHN featured current AGA Institute President Timothy C. Wang, MD, AGAF, on its front page. At the time, he served as the chair of the AGA Future Trends Committee, which predicted emerging forces that would alter our practice, including that computed tomographic colonography would likely become an accepted CRC screening option in a few years (the full report of the committee was published in Gastroenterology 2008:134:597-616). For our 2017 10-year anniversary, we will feature a “Flashback” column, written by myself and our associate editors, that highlights and discusses the most impactful GIHN articles from each year of the previous decade.

John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF

Editor in Chief

Our January 2017 issue marks the 10-year anniversary of GI & Hepatology News (GIHN), the official newspaper of the AGA Institute. In 2007, the AGA created the newspaper with the intent to communicate current news and emerging trends and technologies in GI. I am honored to serve as the third editor of GIHN, following in the esteemed footsteps of Charles J. Lightdale MD, AGAF, and Colin W. Howden MD, AGAF, who worked diligently to establish the publication’s credibility and quality.

The January 2007 issue of GIHN featured current AGA Institute President Timothy C. Wang, MD, AGAF, on its front page. At the time, he served as the chair of the AGA Future Trends Committee, which predicted emerging forces that would alter our practice, including that computed tomographic colonography would likely become an accepted CRC screening option in a few years (the full report of the committee was published in Gastroenterology 2008:134:597-616). For our 2017 10-year anniversary, we will feature a “Flashback” column, written by myself and our associate editors, that highlights and discusses the most impactful GIHN articles from each year of the previous decade.

John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF

Editor in Chief

Our January 2017 issue marks the 10-year anniversary of GI & Hepatology News (GIHN), the official newspaper of the AGA Institute. In 2007, the AGA created the newspaper with the intent to communicate current news and emerging trends and technologies in GI. I am honored to serve as the third editor of GIHN, following in the esteemed footsteps of Charles J. Lightdale MD, AGAF, and Colin W. Howden MD, AGAF, who worked diligently to establish the publication’s credibility and quality.

The January 2007 issue of GIHN featured current AGA Institute President Timothy C. Wang, MD, AGAF, on its front page. At the time, he served as the chair of the AGA Future Trends Committee, which predicted emerging forces that would alter our practice, including that computed tomographic colonography would likely become an accepted CRC screening option in a few years (the full report of the committee was published in Gastroenterology 2008:134:597-616). For our 2017 10-year anniversary, we will feature a “Flashback” column, written by myself and our associate editors, that highlights and discusses the most impactful GIHN articles from each year of the previous decade.

John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF

Editor in Chief

Over 20 million endoscopic procedures are performed in the United States annually. A small but significant number of patients undergoing these procedures will have valvular heart disease. Bacteremia can occur after endoscopic procedures, and this may carry an increased risk for the development of infective endocarditis in patients with valvular heart disease.

Throughout the 1980s to 2000s, based on expert opinion and the related American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines in 1997, many patients with valvular abnormalities would routinely receive antibiotics before endoscopy. There would be much anxiety among patients and providers to choose the right antibiotic and not to “miss” a patient with cardiac issues, especially those scheduled as open access. Antibiotics were stocked in GI labs, and questionnaires or intake forms inquired about cardiac history.

There are also significant implications for savings in costs and time as well as for reducing adverse events associated with antibiotics. Theoretically, the new guidelines also improved access to endoscopy as those patients who might have avoided procedures due to the perceived risk of endocarditis or the need for prophylactic antibiotics no longer had that concern.

After decades of pre-endoscopy prophylactic antibiotic use, clinical acceptance of the new guidelines took time. During training, I remember concerned looks from patients who had previously routinely received antibiotics. In addition, some consulting cardiologists and referring physicians were either not aware of the new guidelines or were not yet comfortable with the new recommendations, despite the fact that “brushing your teeth leads to more instances of bacteremia than endoscopy” was well known.

Despite the slow start, inappropriate use of prophylactic antibiotics was phased out, and postendoscopy endocarditis did not appear as a new problem, thereby confirming the wisdom of the new approach. This example shows how one article that appeared in the June 2007* issue of GI & Hepatology News introduced an important recommendation that resulted in a major shift in the practice of endoscopy.

Gyanprakash A. Ketwaroo, MD, MSc is an assistant professor in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at Bayor College of Medicine, Houston, and an Associate Editor of GI & Hepatology News.

*This story was corrected on 1/10/16.

Over 20 million endoscopic procedures are performed in the United States annually. A small but significant number of patients undergoing these procedures will have valvular heart disease. Bacteremia can occur after endoscopic procedures, and this may carry an increased risk for the development of infective endocarditis in patients with valvular heart disease.

Throughout the 1980s to 2000s, based on expert opinion and the related American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines in 1997, many patients with valvular abnormalities would routinely receive antibiotics before endoscopy. There would be much anxiety among patients and providers to choose the right antibiotic and not to “miss” a patient with cardiac issues, especially those scheduled as open access. Antibiotics were stocked in GI labs, and questionnaires or intake forms inquired about cardiac history.

There are also significant implications for savings in costs and time as well as for reducing adverse events associated with antibiotics. Theoretically, the new guidelines also improved access to endoscopy as those patients who might have avoided procedures due to the perceived risk of endocarditis or the need for prophylactic antibiotics no longer had that concern.

After decades of pre-endoscopy prophylactic antibiotic use, clinical acceptance of the new guidelines took time. During training, I remember concerned looks from patients who had previously routinely received antibiotics. In addition, some consulting cardiologists and referring physicians were either not aware of the new guidelines or were not yet comfortable with the new recommendations, despite the fact that “brushing your teeth leads to more instances of bacteremia than endoscopy” was well known.

Despite the slow start, inappropriate use of prophylactic antibiotics was phased out, and postendoscopy endocarditis did not appear as a new problem, thereby confirming the wisdom of the new approach. This example shows how one article that appeared in the June 2007* issue of GI & Hepatology News introduced an important recommendation that resulted in a major shift in the practice of endoscopy.

Gyanprakash A. Ketwaroo, MD, MSc is an assistant professor in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at Bayor College of Medicine, Houston, and an Associate Editor of GI & Hepatology News.

*This story was corrected on 1/10/16.

Over 20 million endoscopic procedures are performed in the United States annually. A small but significant number of patients undergoing these procedures will have valvular heart disease. Bacteremia can occur after endoscopic procedures, and this may carry an increased risk for the development of infective endocarditis in patients with valvular heart disease.

Throughout the 1980s to 2000s, based on expert opinion and the related American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines in 1997, many patients with valvular abnormalities would routinely receive antibiotics before endoscopy. There would be much anxiety among patients and providers to choose the right antibiotic and not to “miss” a patient with cardiac issues, especially those scheduled as open access. Antibiotics were stocked in GI labs, and questionnaires or intake forms inquired about cardiac history.

There are also significant implications for savings in costs and time as well as for reducing adverse events associated with antibiotics. Theoretically, the new guidelines also improved access to endoscopy as those patients who might have avoided procedures due to the perceived risk of endocarditis or the need for prophylactic antibiotics no longer had that concern.

After decades of pre-endoscopy prophylactic antibiotic use, clinical acceptance of the new guidelines took time. During training, I remember concerned looks from patients who had previously routinely received antibiotics. In addition, some consulting cardiologists and referring physicians were either not aware of the new guidelines or were not yet comfortable with the new recommendations, despite the fact that “brushing your teeth leads to more instances of bacteremia than endoscopy” was well known.

Despite the slow start, inappropriate use of prophylactic antibiotics was phased out, and postendoscopy endocarditis did not appear as a new problem, thereby confirming the wisdom of the new approach. This example shows how one article that appeared in the June 2007* issue of GI & Hepatology News introduced an important recommendation that resulted in a major shift in the practice of endoscopy.

Gyanprakash A. Ketwaroo, MD, MSc is an assistant professor in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at Bayor College of Medicine, Houston, and an Associate Editor of GI & Hepatology News.

*This story was corrected on 1/10/16.

Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS, the John F. and Carolyn Bookout Distinguished Endowed Chair and chair, department of surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, TX, was elected President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) at the October 19 Annual Business Meeting of the Members. Dr. Bass is executive director, Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education (MITIE), a state-of-the-art education and research facility developed to safely train practicing health care professionals in new technologies and procedures. She is professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, and senior member of the Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute. A Fellow of the College since 1988, former ACS Regent, and former ACS Governor, Dr. Bass is the recipient of the 2013 ACS Distinguished Service Award—the College’s highest honor.

The First Vice-President-Elect is Charles D. Mabry, MD, FACS, a general surgeon from Pine Bluff, AR, and associate professor of surgery and practice management advisor to the chair, department of surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. He is medical director of quality, Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Pine Bluff, and serves on the Arkansas Governor’s Trauma Advisory Committee, chairing the Committee’s Quality Improvement Subcommittee. He is Chairman of the Board for the Arkansas Preferred Provider Organization. Dr. Mabry has served on the ACS Young Surgeons Committee, as an ACS representative on the American Medical Association Relative Value Update Committee, as a member of the General Surgery Coding and Reimbursement Committee, and as an ACS Regent.

The Second Vice-President-Elect is Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., MD, FACS, FCCM, MCCM, the Dr. Ferdinand P. Herff Chair in Surgery, clinical professor of surgery, department of surgery, trauma division, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, and professor of surgery at USUHS. Dr. Pruitt is an esteemed leader in four broad areas: burn, trauma, injury, and critical care surgery; biomedical research and scholarship; organizational leadership and development; and mentorship. He is a former ACS Governor, Scudder Orator, and Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill Lecturer.
 

Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS, the John F. and Carolyn Bookout Distinguished Endowed Chair and chair, department of surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, TX, was elected President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) at the October 19 Annual Business Meeting of the Members. Dr. Bass is executive director, Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education (MITIE), a state-of-the-art education and research facility developed to safely train practicing health care professionals in new technologies and procedures. She is professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, and senior member of the Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute. A Fellow of the College since 1988, former ACS Regent, and former ACS Governor, Dr. Bass is the recipient of the 2013 ACS Distinguished Service Award—the College’s highest honor.

The First Vice-President-Elect is Charles D. Mabry, MD, FACS, a general surgeon from Pine Bluff, AR, and associate professor of surgery and practice management advisor to the chair, department of surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. He is medical director of quality, Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Pine Bluff, and serves on the Arkansas Governor’s Trauma Advisory Committee, chairing the Committee’s Quality Improvement Subcommittee. He is Chairman of the Board for the Arkansas Preferred Provider Organization. Dr. Mabry has served on the ACS Young Surgeons Committee, as an ACS representative on the American Medical Association Relative Value Update Committee, as a member of the General Surgery Coding and Reimbursement Committee, and as an ACS Regent.

The Second Vice-President-Elect is Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., MD, FACS, FCCM, MCCM, the Dr. Ferdinand P. Herff Chair in Surgery, clinical professor of surgery, department of surgery, trauma division, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, and professor of surgery at USUHS. Dr. Pruitt is an esteemed leader in four broad areas: burn, trauma, injury, and critical care surgery; biomedical research and scholarship; organizational leadership and development; and mentorship. He is a former ACS Governor, Scudder Orator, and Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill Lecturer.
 

Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS, the John F. and Carolyn Bookout Distinguished Endowed Chair and chair, department of surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, TX, was elected President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) at the October 19 Annual Business Meeting of the Members. Dr. Bass is executive director, Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education (MITIE), a state-of-the-art education and research facility developed to safely train practicing health care professionals in new technologies and procedures. She is professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, and senior member of the Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute. A Fellow of the College since 1988, former ACS Regent, and former ACS Governor, Dr. Bass is the recipient of the 2013 ACS Distinguished Service Award—the College’s highest honor.

The First Vice-President-Elect is Charles D. Mabry, MD, FACS, a general surgeon from Pine Bluff, AR, and associate professor of surgery and practice management advisor to the chair, department of surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. He is medical director of quality, Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Pine Bluff, and serves on the Arkansas Governor’s Trauma Advisory Committee, chairing the Committee’s Quality Improvement Subcommittee. He is Chairman of the Board for the Arkansas Preferred Provider Organization. Dr. Mabry has served on the ACS Young Surgeons Committee, as an ACS representative on the American Medical Association Relative Value Update Committee, as a member of the General Surgery Coding and Reimbursement Committee, and as an ACS Regent.

The Second Vice-President-Elect is Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., MD, FACS, FCCM, MCCM, the Dr. Ferdinand P. Herff Chair in Surgery, clinical professor of surgery, department of surgery, trauma division, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, and professor of surgery at USUHS. Dr. Pruitt is an esteemed leader in four broad areas: burn, trauma, injury, and critical care surgery; biomedical research and scholarship; organizational leadership and development; and mentorship. He is a former ACS Governor, Scudder Orator, and Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill Lecturer.
 

Two new members of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Board of Regents (B/R) were elected at the October 19 Annual Business Meeting of Members: Anthony Atala, MD, FACS, and Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS. Dr. Atala is director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and W. Boyce Professor and Chair, department of urology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC. Dr. Michelassi is the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and Chair, Weill Cornell Medical Center, and surgeon-in-chief, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY, and Immediate Past-Chair of the Board of Governors (B/G).

The 2016-2017 Chair of the B/R is Michael J. Zinner, MD, FACS, an ACS Regent since 2010 and founding chief executive officer and executive medical director, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Coral Gables. The Vice-Chair is Leigh A. Neumayer, MD, MS, FACS, a Regent since 2009 and professor and chair, department of surgery, University of Arizona, and Margaret and Fenton Maynard Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer Research, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson.

Replacing Dr. Michelassi as Chair of the B/G Executive Committee is Diana L. Farmer, MD, FACS, a pediatric surgeon, Pearl Stamps Stewart Professor of Surgery, and chair, department of surgery, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento. Steven C. Stain, MD, FACS, a general surgeon and Henry and Sally Schaffer Chair and Professor, department of surgery, Albany Medical Center, NY, has been elected Vice-Chair; and Susan K. Mosier, MD, MBA, FACS, an ophthalmologist, Secretary, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and State Health Officer for Kansas, Topeka, has been elected Secretary.

In addition, S. Rob Todd, MD, FACS, FCCM, was elected to serve an initial one-year term on the Executive Committee of the B/G. Dr. Todd is professor and chief, section of acute care surgery, department of surgery, and program director, surgical critical care residency, Baylor College of Medicine; and chief, general surgery, and director, Ginni and Richard Mithoff Trauma Center, Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, TX. Elected to an initial two-year term on the B/G Executive Committee was Nicole S. Gibran, MD, FACS, David and Nancy Auth-Washington Research Foundation Endowed Chair for Restorative Burn Surgery, professor, department of surgery, director, UW Medicine Regional Burn Center at Harborview Medical Center, and adjunct professor, department of medicine, division of dermatology, University of Washington, Seattle.
 

Two new members of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Board of Regents (B/R) were elected at the October 19 Annual Business Meeting of Members: Anthony Atala, MD, FACS, and Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS. Dr. Atala is director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and W. Boyce Professor and Chair, department of urology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC. Dr. Michelassi is the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and Chair, Weill Cornell Medical Center, and surgeon-in-chief, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY, and Immediate Past-Chair of the Board of Governors (B/G).

The 2016-2017 Chair of the B/R is Michael J. Zinner, MD, FACS, an ACS Regent since 2010 and founding chief executive officer and executive medical director, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Coral Gables. The Vice-Chair is Leigh A. Neumayer, MD, MS, FACS, a Regent since 2009 and professor and chair, department of surgery, University of Arizona, and Margaret and Fenton Maynard Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer Research, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson.

Replacing Dr. Michelassi as Chair of the B/G Executive Committee is Diana L. Farmer, MD, FACS, a pediatric surgeon, Pearl Stamps Stewart Professor of Surgery, and chair, department of surgery, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento. Steven C. Stain, MD, FACS, a general surgeon and Henry and Sally Schaffer Chair and Professor, department of surgery, Albany Medical Center, NY, has been elected Vice-Chair; and Susan K. Mosier, MD, MBA, FACS, an ophthalmologist, Secretary, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and State Health Officer for Kansas, Topeka, has been elected Secretary.

In addition, S. Rob Todd, MD, FACS, FCCM, was elected to serve an initial one-year term on the Executive Committee of the B/G. Dr. Todd is professor and chief, section of acute care surgery, department of surgery, and program director, surgical critical care residency, Baylor College of Medicine; and chief, general surgery, and director, Ginni and Richard Mithoff Trauma Center, Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, TX. Elected to an initial two-year term on the B/G Executive Committee was Nicole S. Gibran, MD, FACS, David and Nancy Auth-Washington Research Foundation Endowed Chair for Restorative Burn Surgery, professor, department of surgery, director, UW Medicine Regional Burn Center at Harborview Medical Center, and adjunct professor, department of medicine, division of dermatology, University of Washington, Seattle.
 

Two new members of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Board of Regents (B/R) were elected at the October 19 Annual Business Meeting of Members: Anthony Atala, MD, FACS, and Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS. Dr. Atala is director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and W. Boyce Professor and Chair, department of urology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC. Dr. Michelassi is the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and Chair, Weill Cornell Medical Center, and surgeon-in-chief, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY, and Immediate Past-Chair of the Board of Governors (B/G).

The 2016-2017 Chair of the B/R is Michael J. Zinner, MD, FACS, an ACS Regent since 2010 and founding chief executive officer and executive medical director, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Coral Gables. The Vice-Chair is Leigh A. Neumayer, MD, MS, FACS, a Regent since 2009 and professor and chair, department of surgery, University of Arizona, and Margaret and Fenton Maynard Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer Research, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson.

Replacing Dr. Michelassi as Chair of the B/G Executive Committee is Diana L. Farmer, MD, FACS, a pediatric surgeon, Pearl Stamps Stewart Professor of Surgery, and chair, department of surgery, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento. Steven C. Stain, MD, FACS, a general surgeon and Henry and Sally Schaffer Chair and Professor, department of surgery, Albany Medical Center, NY, has been elected Vice-Chair; and Susan K. Mosier, MD, MBA, FACS, an ophthalmologist, Secretary, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and State Health Officer for Kansas, Topeka, has been elected Secretary.

In addition, S. Rob Todd, MD, FACS, FCCM, was elected to serve an initial one-year term on the Executive Committee of the B/G. Dr. Todd is professor and chief, section of acute care surgery, department of surgery, and program director, surgical critical care residency, Baylor College of Medicine; and chief, general surgery, and director, Ginni and Richard Mithoff Trauma Center, Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, TX. Elected to an initial two-year term on the B/G Executive Committee was Nicole S. Gibran, MD, FACS, David and Nancy Auth-Washington Research Foundation Endowed Chair for Restorative Burn Surgery, professor, department of surgery, director, UW Medicine Regional Burn Center at Harborview Medical Center, and adjunct professor, department of medicine, division of dermatology, University of Washington, Seattle.