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Everyone who attended CHEST Annual Meeting 2018 is a winner, but we would like to call out the winners participating in CHEST’s special categories of awards and events. Congratulations to all!
ANNUAL CHEST AWARDS
Master FCCP
David Gutterman, MD, Master FCCP
Distinguished Service Award
David Gutterman, MD, Master FCCP
College Medalist Award
Ghada Bourjeily, MD, FCCP
Master Clinician Educator
Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP
Early Career Clinician Educator
Amy Morris, MD, FCCP
Alfred Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence
Jean Rice
Presidential Citation
Darcy Marciniuk, MD, FCCP
Presidential Citation
D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
HONOR LECTURES AND MEMORIAL AWARDS
Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture Accelerated Aging in COPD and Its Comorbidities: Novel Therapeutic Targets
Peter Barnes, MD, Master FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture in Cardiopulmonary Physiology
Understanding Diaphragm Performance: The Role of Ultrasound
F. Dennis McCool, MD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Presidential Honor Lecture
Asthma: Past, Present, and Future
Jay Peters, MD, FCCP
Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture
Recent Developments in Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Long-Term Oxygen Therapy: Would Tom Petty be Pleased?
Richard Casaburi, MD, PhD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation
Saving Lives…One Ventilator at a Time - HMV in 2018 and Beyond
Douglas McKim, MD, FCCP
The Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation is generously supported by International Ventilator Users Network of Post-Polio Health International and the CHEST Foundation.
Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine
Evolution of Endobronchial Ultrasound: From Diagnostics to Therapeutics
Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture in Critical Care
Methylprednisolone in ARDS: A Highly Effective Treatment. How it Works, How to Use it
G. Umberto Meduri, MD
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
CHEST FOUNDATION GRANT WINNERS
Distinguished Scholar
Robert C. Hyzy, MD, FCCP
Eli Lilly and Company Distinguished Scholar in Critical Care MedicineGrant Title: The Use of Electrical Impedance Tomography to Assess Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
This grant is made possible due to the philanthropic support from Eli Lilly and Company.
Community Service Grantees
Deborah Haisch, MD
Columbia University Medical Center – New York, NY
CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Grant Title: East African Training Initiative in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Pamela Garrett, CCRN, MN
Gwinnett Medical Center – Lawrenceville, GA
CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Grant Title: Breathe Better Gwinnett
Phillip Sheridan
Mobile Care Chicago – Chicago, IL
CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Grant Title: Home Environment Education for Children with Asthma
These grants are supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Research Grant Winners
Ayodeji Adegunsoye, MD, MS
Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Grant Title: Impact of Telomere Length on Pulmonary Fibrosis Clusters Across Diverse Racial Cohorts
Justin Oldham, MD, MS
Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Grant Title: Plasma Biomarkers to Predict Outcomes and Treatment Response in Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis
These grants above are supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc and Genentech.
Jacob Brenner, MD, PhD
Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Grant Title: Ambulatory Cuirass Ventilation for Relief of Exertional Dyspnea in Severe COPD Patients
William Zhang, MD
Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Grant Title: Pulmonary Iron Overload as a Novel COPD Endotype
These grants above are supported by AstraZeneca LP and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Margaret Bublitz, PhD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health
Grant Title: Sex as a Predictor of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Its Consequences in Pregnancy
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Tim Morris, MD, FCCP
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism
Grant Title: Long-term Follow-up of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Monica Mukherjee, MD, MPH
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Grant Title: Exercise Provocation in the Noninvasive Detection of Occult Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Emerging Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Don Sanders, MD, MS
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Cystic Fibrosis
Grant Title: Whole-genome Shotgun Sequencing of Oropharyngeal Swabs in Infants With CF
This grant is supported by Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Imran Sulaiman, MD, PhD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria Diseases
Grant Title: Lower Airway Microbiota Signatures Associated W ith Impaired Immune Response in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium
This grant is supported by Insmed.
Samira Shojaee, MD, MPH, FCCP
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer
Grant Title: Extracellular Vesicle miRNA as a Biomarker in Malignant Pleural Effusion
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Anna Volerman, MD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Severe Asthma
Grant Title: A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of Virtual Teach-to-Goal(TM) Education versus Brief Intervention for Children with Severe Asthma
This grant is supported by AstraZeneca LP.
ABSTRACT AND CASE REPORT WINNERS
Alfred Soffer Research Award Winners
Clauden Louis, MD: Left ventricular assist devices in Intermacs 1 acute cardiogenic shock patients
Babith J. Mankidy, MBBS, FCCP: Reduction in in-hospital cardiac arrest with early interventions in the emergency department and non-ICU units by a novel approach of rapid response teams and mobile ICU management
Young Investigator Award Winners
Fayez Kheir, MD, MSc: Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease therapy vs early medical thoracoscopy for treatment of pleural infection: a randomized clinical trial
Michael Rosman, MD: The utility of end tidal CO2 (ETCO2) monitoring during in-hospital cardiac arrest to predict return of spontaneous circulation
Top 5 Abstract Poster Winners
Neha Agarwal, MD: The 3 wishes project: a feasible intervention to improve end of life care in the ICU at UCLA
Hiroaki Harada, MD: Usefulness of comprehensive preoperative pulmonary rehabilitation program including intensive nutritional support concomitant with physical exercise through an interdisciplinary team approach
Joseph M. Carrington, DO, MHA: Targeting the trans-IL-6 signaling pathway to reduce agriculture organic dust exposure-induced airway inflammation in mice
Yu Kuang Lai, MBBCh: The utility of parametric response mapping in pulmonary graft vs host disease following hematopoietic stem cell transplant
Top Abstract Poster Finalists
Ligia M. Puiu, MD, PhD, FCCP: Association between echocardiographic and lipid parameters to workers in the metalliferous mines
Kush R. Dholakia, MD: Colloids vs crystalloids for postoperative resuscitation in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Kulothungan Gunasekaran, MD, MBBS: Risk of VTE in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review
Laura B. Sutton, PharmD: Ease and correct use of Ellipta by age in patients with asthma and COPD
Ankur Mogla, MD: To assess the utilization of pulmonary function testing for perioperative respiratory complications in bariatric surgery patients
Ali Ammar: Tracheostomy and admission diagnosis as predictors for an extended length of stay (ELOS)
Charlene Kalani, PharmD: Efficacy and safety of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACS) in morbidly obese patients
Jonghoo Lee, MD: Performances of modified CRB-65 score compared to SIRS and QSOFA as a rapid screening tool for sepsis among infected patients in initial emergency department: a propensity score matching study
Frank J. Trudo, MD, FCCP: Clinical burden of eosinophilic COPD
Elise L. Stephenson, MD: Vitamin C and point of care glucose measurements: a retrospective, observational study
Faisal Siddiqi, MD: Implementation of an early mobility program in the medical ICU
Eileen Harder, MD: Connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension hospitalizations from 2001-2014
Sophie Korzan, MD: Exhaled nitric oxide and asthma-COPD overlap in patients hospitalized with exacerbations of airway disease: preliminary observations
Andreas Grove, MD: MicroRNA (MIRNA) and biological markers discriminate between normotensive and prehypertensive young men in hypobaric hypoxic environments
Snigdha Nutalapati, MBBS: Large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung: SEER 2004-2014 analysis
Anubhav Jain, MBBS: Survival benefit of beta-blockers in patients hospitalized for acute exacerbation of COPD
Case Report Slide Winners
Ze Ying Tan: All that wheezes is not asthma
Jason Lam: Pulmonary mucor mycetoma
Adam Young: Nonresolving pneumonia and cyclic fevers in an immunocompetent patient
Ritu Modi: Histopathological misdiagnosis of pulmonary coccidiodes
Argun Can: A rare inborn error of fatty acid oxidation presenting with severe hyperammonemia in the ICU
Morgan Gilani: A colorful cause of cardiovascular collapse
Katie Jeans: A sweet surprise
Anthony Mattox: Unusual case of interstitial lung disease
Andrew Berglund: Pulmonary light chain deposition disease in a 29-year-old army soldier
Cristia Maysol Morales: A case report of a primary malignant melanoma of anterior mediastinum
Anthony McClafferty: Fibrosing mediastinitis and rheumatoid arthritis: an autoimmune inflammatory connection
Ahmed Munir: HIV with disseminated tularemia: a rare presentation Benjamin Garren: Mycobacterium avium complex mediastinal lymphadenitis in an immunocompetent adolescent with erosion into the airway
Robert Hilton: Obtunded with a chest mass: a case of a rare neurologic paraneoplastic syndrome,
Audra Schwalk: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma: a rare malignancy treated endobronchially
Jessica Riggs: Successful transplantation defies genetics: a case of rapidly-progressive pulmonary fibrosis due to Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
Meghan Cirulis: Acute vasodilator testing: an opportunity to refine study design and provide precision care in pulmonary hypertension
Patrick Chan: VATS lobectomy for bronchial atresia in an adult
Andrew Mehlman: Multivessel coronary artery aneurysms presenting as myocardial ischemia
Scott Maughan: Diagnosing milliary Mycobacterium bovis from the prostate of an immunocompetent host
Adam Austin: Survived ECMO, death by BLASTO: the first reported fatal case of disseminated blastomycosis in pregnancy
Tie: Donnie Carter: Subclinical polycythemia vera presenting as extensive thrombosis due to massive transfusion, and
Lindsay Hammons: Rare case of Serratia pneumonia causing transient aplastic anemia
Paola Baskin: Novel observations during point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a case of ultrasound-guided probe pressure to reduce esophageal insufflation during bag-valve-mask ventilator
David Dennis: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis presenting as intracerebral nocardiosis
Rakin Choudhury: Severe asthma caused by therapy-resistant asthmatic granulomatosis
Andrew Lytle: Lung adenocarcinoma in a patient with Turcot syndrome
Chelsea Leipold: Case of a granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency disorder
Galyna Ivashchuk: Double trouble: ANCA vasculitis with concomitant IGA nephropathy presenting as massive diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and fulminant renal failure
Case Report Poster Winners
Christine Zhou: Role of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma in situ
Parin Shah: A rare case of Erdheim-Chester disease masquerading as metastatic lung cancer
Avanthika Wynn : A rare asthma mimic
Muhammad S. Ali: Severe pancolitis: a rare adverse effect of nintedanib
Brian Foster: Don’t forget to breathe: a case of hypoxemia after carotid body resection
Kelly Pennington: Intra-cardiac embolization of an inferior vena cava filter resulting in cardiac arrest
George Elkomos-Botros: Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis presenting as distributive shock with multi-organ failure
Ashley M. Scott: Avian occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a restaurant employee
Andrew Polito: Pulmonary amyloidosis: an unusual presentation of a rare disease
CHEST B-I-N-G-O WINNERS
Stella Ogake, MD
Erin E. Peterson, APRN, CNP
Megan J. Castillo, PA-C
Gretchen R. Winter, MD
Jeanette P. Brown, MD, PhD
Yu Hong Chan, MBBS
Anita Naik, DO
Gary A. Aaronson, DO, FCCP
Allison S. Cowl, MD
Kyle Halligan, MD
Palaniappan Muthappan, MD
Faizullah S. Lokhandwala, MBBS, FCCP
Jamie R. Chua, MD
Francis L. Ervin, MD, FCCP
Robyn Luper
CHEST CHALLENGE WINNER (AND RUNNER’S-UP)
Emory University (First Place)
Mirza Haider Ali, MD
Mohleen Kang, MD
Matthew Schimmel, MD
University of Michigan (Second Place)
Patrick Bradley, MD
Matthew Hensley, MD
Bonnie Wang, MD
Cleveland Clinic (Third Place)
Jorge Mirales-Estrella, MD
Apostolos Perelas, MD
Gretchen Winter, MD
2018 DISTINGUISHED CHEST EDUCATORS
Michael H Ackerman, DNSc
Sandra G Adams, MD, MS, FCCP
Doreen J Addrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP
Cara Lyn Agerstrand, MD, BS
Jason A Akulian, MD, FCCP
Raed H Alalawi, MD, FCCP
A. Christine Argento, MD, FCCP
Robert Arntfield, MD, FCCP
Alex A Balekian, MD
Meyer S Balter, MD, FCCP
Gisela I Banauch, MD, MS, FCCP
Robert P Baughman, MD, FCCP
David G Bell, MD, FCCP
Michel A Boivin, MD, FCCP
Gabriel T Bosslet, MD, FCCP
Jean Bourbeau, MD, MS, FCCP
Ghada R Bourjeily, MD, FCCP
David L Bowton, MD, FCCM
Jack D Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP
Marie M Budev, DO, MPH, FCCP
Kristin M Burkart, MD, MS, FCCP
Brian Carlin, MD, FCCP
Christopher L Carroll, MD, FCCP
Roberto F Casal, MD
Kevin M Chan, MD, FCCP
Subani Chandra, MD, FCCP
Ching-Fei Chang, MD
Alexander C Chen, MD
Nancy A Collop, MD, FCCP
Clayton T Cowl, MD, MS, FCCP
Angel O Coz Yataco, MD, FCCP
Gerard J Criner, MD, FCCP
Carolyn M D’Ambrosio, MD, FCCP
Mauricio Danckers, MD, FCCP
Aneesa M Das, MD, FCCP
John Davies, RRT, MA, FCCP
Zachary S DePew, MD, FCCP
Frank C Detterbeck, MD, FCCP
Naresh A. Dewan, MBBS, FCCP
Kevin C Doerschug, MD, MS, FCCP
Meagan Dubosky, RRT-ACCS
Kevin M Dushay, MD, FCCP
Eric S Edell, MD, FCCP
Jean M Elwing, MD, FCCP
William Enfinger
Michael E Ezzie, MD, FCCP
Kevin J Felner, MD, FCCP
Mark E Fenton, MD, MSc, FCCP
Jason Filopei, MD
Neil S Freedman, MD, FCCP
Laura Kathleen Frye, MD
Thomas M Fuhrman, MD, MS, FCCP
John P Gaillard, MD, FCCP
Colin T Gillespie, MD
Yonatan Y Greenstein, MD
Maritza L Groth, MD, FCCP
Keith P Guevarra, DO, FCCP
Jesse B Hall, MD, FCCP
Nicola A Hanania, MD, MBBS, FCCP
D Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP
Steven M Hollenberg, MD, FCCP
David W Hsia, MD, FCCP
Candace A Huebert, MD, FCCP
Robert C Hyzy, MD, FCCP
Octavian C Ioachimescu, MD, PhD, FCCP
Richard S Irwin, MD, Master FCCP
Kirk D Jones, MD
Nader Kamangar, MD, MS, FCCP
Carl A Kaplan, MD, FCCP
Brian S Kaufman, MD, FCCP
William F Kelly, MD, FCCP
Marcus P Kennedy, MD, FCCP
Sandhya Khurana, MD, FCCP
James R Klinger, MD, FCCP
Seth J Koenig, MD, FCCP
Lindsey Kreisher, RRT
Karol Kremens, MD, FCCP
Patricia A Kritek, MD, FCCP
Sunita Kumar, MD, MBBS, FCCP
Rudy P Lackner, MD, FCCP
Viera Lakticova, MD
Carla R Lamb, MD, FCCP
Hans J Lee, MD, FCCP
Peter H Lenz, MD, MEd, FCCP
Stephanie M Levine, MD, FCCP
Deborah Jo Levine, MD, MS, FCCP
Andrea Loiselle, MD
Kenneth E Lyn-Kew, MD
Michael S Machuzak, MD, FCCP
Neil R MacIntyre, MD, FCCP
Donald A Mahler, MD, FCCP
Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP
Atul Malhotra, MD, FCCP
Darcy D Marciniuk, MD, FCCP
Diego J Maselli Caceres, MD, FCCP
Paul H Mayo, MD, FCCP
Peter J Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP
John K McIlwaine, DO, MBA, FCCP
Matthew C Miles, MD, FCCP
Scott Millington, MD
Taro Minami, MD, FCCP
Lisa K Moores, MD, FCCP
Amy E Morris, MD, FCCP
John J Mullon, MD, FCCP
Septimiu D Murgu, MD, FCCP
Mangala Narasimhan, DO, FCCP
Michael S Niederman, MD, FCCP
Alexander S Niven, MD, FCCP
Anne E O’Donnell, MD, FCCP
Erik C Osborn, MD
David E Ost, MD, MPH, FCCP
Ronald J Oudiz, MD, FCCP
Daniel R Ouellette, MD, MS, FCCP
Amit D Parulekar, MD, MS, FCCP
Nicholas J Pastis, MD, FCCP
Nina M Patel, MD, FCCP
Paru S Patrawalla, MD, FCCP
Jay I Peters, MD, FCCP
Barbara A Phillips, MD, MSPH, FCCP
Margaret A Pisani, MD, MS, FCCP
Janos Porszasz, MD, PhD
Whitney S Prince, MD, FCCP
Suhail Raoof, MBBS, Master FCCP
Ruben D Restrepo, RRT, FCCP
Marcos I Restrepo, MD, PhD, FCCP
Otis B Rickman, DO, FCCP
Roy D Ridgeway
Mary Ried, RN, CCRN
Linda Rogers, MD, FCCP
Mark J Rosen, MD, Master FCCP
Bernard J Roth, MD, FCCP
Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS, FCCP
Anthony G Saleh, MD, FCCP
Juan F Sanchez, MD, FCCP
Pralay K Sarkar, MBBS, FCCP
Lewis G Satterwhite, MD, BA, FCCP
Gregory A Schmidt, MD, FCCP
Mary Beth Scholand, MD, FCCP
David A Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP
Brady Scott, RRT, MS, FCCP
Bernardo Selim, MD, FCCP
Curtis N Sessler, MD, FCCP
Rakesh D Shah, MD, FCCP
Ray Wes Shepherd, MD, FCCP
John H Sherner, MD, FCCP
Ariel L Shiloh, MD
Samira Shojaee, MD, FCCP
Marcos Silva Restrepo
Gerard A Silvestri, MD, MS, FCCP
Steven Q Simpson, MD, FCCP
James K Stoller, MD, MS, FCCP
Charlie Strange, MD, FCCP
Mary E Strek, MD, FCCP
William W Stringer, MD, FCCP
Eleanor M Summerhill, MD, FCCP
Maximiliano A Tamae Kakazu, MD, FCCP
Nichole T Tanner, MD, MS, FCCP
Lynn T Tanoue, MD, FCCP
Victor J Test, MD, FCCP
Arthur J Tokarczyk, MD, FCCP
Alain Tremblay, MD, FCCP
Adey Tsegaye, MD, FCCP
Anil Vachani, MD, FCCP
Momen M Wahidi, MD, MBA, FCCP
Keith M Wille, MD, FCCP
Lisa F Wolfe, MD
Richard G Wunderink, MD, FCCP
Lonny B Yarmus, DO, FCCP
Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD, FCCP
Gulrukh Zaidi, MD, FCCP
David Zielinski, MD, FCCP
Everyone who attended CHEST Annual Meeting 2018 is a winner, but we would like to call out the winners participating in CHEST’s special categories of awards and events. Congratulations to all!
ANNUAL CHEST AWARDS
Master FCCP
David Gutterman, MD, Master FCCP
Distinguished Service Award
David Gutterman, MD, Master FCCP
College Medalist Award
Ghada Bourjeily, MD, FCCP
Master Clinician Educator
Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP
Early Career Clinician Educator
Amy Morris, MD, FCCP
Alfred Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence
Jean Rice
Presidential Citation
Darcy Marciniuk, MD, FCCP
Presidential Citation
D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
HONOR LECTURES AND MEMORIAL AWARDS
Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture Accelerated Aging in COPD and Its Comorbidities: Novel Therapeutic Targets
Peter Barnes, MD, Master FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture in Cardiopulmonary Physiology
Understanding Diaphragm Performance: The Role of Ultrasound
F. Dennis McCool, MD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Presidential Honor Lecture
Asthma: Past, Present, and Future
Jay Peters, MD, FCCP
Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture
Recent Developments in Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Long-Term Oxygen Therapy: Would Tom Petty be Pleased?
Richard Casaburi, MD, PhD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation
Saving Lives…One Ventilator at a Time - HMV in 2018 and Beyond
Douglas McKim, MD, FCCP
The Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation is generously supported by International Ventilator Users Network of Post-Polio Health International and the CHEST Foundation.
Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine
Evolution of Endobronchial Ultrasound: From Diagnostics to Therapeutics
Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture in Critical Care
Methylprednisolone in ARDS: A Highly Effective Treatment. How it Works, How to Use it
G. Umberto Meduri, MD
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
CHEST FOUNDATION GRANT WINNERS
Distinguished Scholar
Robert C. Hyzy, MD, FCCP
Eli Lilly and Company Distinguished Scholar in Critical Care MedicineGrant Title: The Use of Electrical Impedance Tomography to Assess Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
This grant is made possible due to the philanthropic support from Eli Lilly and Company.
Community Service Grantees
Deborah Haisch, MD
Columbia University Medical Center – New York, NY
CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Grant Title: East African Training Initiative in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Pamela Garrett, CCRN, MN
Gwinnett Medical Center – Lawrenceville, GA
CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Grant Title: Breathe Better Gwinnett
Phillip Sheridan
Mobile Care Chicago – Chicago, IL
CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Grant Title: Home Environment Education for Children with Asthma
These grants are supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Research Grant Winners
Ayodeji Adegunsoye, MD, MS
Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Grant Title: Impact of Telomere Length on Pulmonary Fibrosis Clusters Across Diverse Racial Cohorts
Justin Oldham, MD, MS
Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Grant Title: Plasma Biomarkers to Predict Outcomes and Treatment Response in Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis
These grants above are supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc and Genentech.
Jacob Brenner, MD, PhD
Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Grant Title: Ambulatory Cuirass Ventilation for Relief of Exertional Dyspnea in Severe COPD Patients
William Zhang, MD
Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Grant Title: Pulmonary Iron Overload as a Novel COPD Endotype
These grants above are supported by AstraZeneca LP and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Margaret Bublitz, PhD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health
Grant Title: Sex as a Predictor of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Its Consequences in Pregnancy
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Tim Morris, MD, FCCP
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism
Grant Title: Long-term Follow-up of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Monica Mukherjee, MD, MPH
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Grant Title: Exercise Provocation in the Noninvasive Detection of Occult Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Emerging Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Don Sanders, MD, MS
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Cystic Fibrosis
Grant Title: Whole-genome Shotgun Sequencing of Oropharyngeal Swabs in Infants With CF
This grant is supported by Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Imran Sulaiman, MD, PhD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria Diseases
Grant Title: Lower Airway Microbiota Signatures Associated W ith Impaired Immune Response in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium
This grant is supported by Insmed.
Samira Shojaee, MD, MPH, FCCP
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer
Grant Title: Extracellular Vesicle miRNA as a Biomarker in Malignant Pleural Effusion
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Anna Volerman, MD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Severe Asthma
Grant Title: A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of Virtual Teach-to-Goal(TM) Education versus Brief Intervention for Children with Severe Asthma
This grant is supported by AstraZeneca LP.
ABSTRACT AND CASE REPORT WINNERS
Alfred Soffer Research Award Winners
Clauden Louis, MD: Left ventricular assist devices in Intermacs 1 acute cardiogenic shock patients
Babith J. Mankidy, MBBS, FCCP: Reduction in in-hospital cardiac arrest with early interventions in the emergency department and non-ICU units by a novel approach of rapid response teams and mobile ICU management
Young Investigator Award Winners
Fayez Kheir, MD, MSc: Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease therapy vs early medical thoracoscopy for treatment of pleural infection: a randomized clinical trial
Michael Rosman, MD: The utility of end tidal CO2 (ETCO2) monitoring during in-hospital cardiac arrest to predict return of spontaneous circulation
Top 5 Abstract Poster Winners
Neha Agarwal, MD: The 3 wishes project: a feasible intervention to improve end of life care in the ICU at UCLA
Hiroaki Harada, MD: Usefulness of comprehensive preoperative pulmonary rehabilitation program including intensive nutritional support concomitant with physical exercise through an interdisciplinary team approach
Joseph M. Carrington, DO, MHA: Targeting the trans-IL-6 signaling pathway to reduce agriculture organic dust exposure-induced airway inflammation in mice
Yu Kuang Lai, MBBCh: The utility of parametric response mapping in pulmonary graft vs host disease following hematopoietic stem cell transplant
Top Abstract Poster Finalists
Ligia M. Puiu, MD, PhD, FCCP: Association between echocardiographic and lipid parameters to workers in the metalliferous mines
Kush R. Dholakia, MD: Colloids vs crystalloids for postoperative resuscitation in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Kulothungan Gunasekaran, MD, MBBS: Risk of VTE in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review
Laura B. Sutton, PharmD: Ease and correct use of Ellipta by age in patients with asthma and COPD
Ankur Mogla, MD: To assess the utilization of pulmonary function testing for perioperative respiratory complications in bariatric surgery patients
Ali Ammar: Tracheostomy and admission diagnosis as predictors for an extended length of stay (ELOS)
Charlene Kalani, PharmD: Efficacy and safety of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACS) in morbidly obese patients
Jonghoo Lee, MD: Performances of modified CRB-65 score compared to SIRS and QSOFA as a rapid screening tool for sepsis among infected patients in initial emergency department: a propensity score matching study
Frank J. Trudo, MD, FCCP: Clinical burden of eosinophilic COPD
Elise L. Stephenson, MD: Vitamin C and point of care glucose measurements: a retrospective, observational study
Faisal Siddiqi, MD: Implementation of an early mobility program in the medical ICU
Eileen Harder, MD: Connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension hospitalizations from 2001-2014
Sophie Korzan, MD: Exhaled nitric oxide and asthma-COPD overlap in patients hospitalized with exacerbations of airway disease: preliminary observations
Andreas Grove, MD: MicroRNA (MIRNA) and biological markers discriminate between normotensive and prehypertensive young men in hypobaric hypoxic environments
Snigdha Nutalapati, MBBS: Large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung: SEER 2004-2014 analysis
Anubhav Jain, MBBS: Survival benefit of beta-blockers in patients hospitalized for acute exacerbation of COPD
Case Report Slide Winners
Ze Ying Tan: All that wheezes is not asthma
Jason Lam: Pulmonary mucor mycetoma
Adam Young: Nonresolving pneumonia and cyclic fevers in an immunocompetent patient
Ritu Modi: Histopathological misdiagnosis of pulmonary coccidiodes
Argun Can: A rare inborn error of fatty acid oxidation presenting with severe hyperammonemia in the ICU
Morgan Gilani: A colorful cause of cardiovascular collapse
Katie Jeans: A sweet surprise
Anthony Mattox: Unusual case of interstitial lung disease
Andrew Berglund: Pulmonary light chain deposition disease in a 29-year-old army soldier
Cristia Maysol Morales: A case report of a primary malignant melanoma of anterior mediastinum
Anthony McClafferty: Fibrosing mediastinitis and rheumatoid arthritis: an autoimmune inflammatory connection
Ahmed Munir: HIV with disseminated tularemia: a rare presentation Benjamin Garren: Mycobacterium avium complex mediastinal lymphadenitis in an immunocompetent adolescent with erosion into the airway
Robert Hilton: Obtunded with a chest mass: a case of a rare neurologic paraneoplastic syndrome,
Audra Schwalk: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma: a rare malignancy treated endobronchially
Jessica Riggs: Successful transplantation defies genetics: a case of rapidly-progressive pulmonary fibrosis due to Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
Meghan Cirulis: Acute vasodilator testing: an opportunity to refine study design and provide precision care in pulmonary hypertension
Patrick Chan: VATS lobectomy for bronchial atresia in an adult
Andrew Mehlman: Multivessel coronary artery aneurysms presenting as myocardial ischemia
Scott Maughan: Diagnosing milliary Mycobacterium bovis from the prostate of an immunocompetent host
Adam Austin: Survived ECMO, death by BLASTO: the first reported fatal case of disseminated blastomycosis in pregnancy
Tie: Donnie Carter: Subclinical polycythemia vera presenting as extensive thrombosis due to massive transfusion, and
Lindsay Hammons: Rare case of Serratia pneumonia causing transient aplastic anemia
Paola Baskin: Novel observations during point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a case of ultrasound-guided probe pressure to reduce esophageal insufflation during bag-valve-mask ventilator
David Dennis: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis presenting as intracerebral nocardiosis
Rakin Choudhury: Severe asthma caused by therapy-resistant asthmatic granulomatosis
Andrew Lytle: Lung adenocarcinoma in a patient with Turcot syndrome
Chelsea Leipold: Case of a granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency disorder
Galyna Ivashchuk: Double trouble: ANCA vasculitis with concomitant IGA nephropathy presenting as massive diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and fulminant renal failure
Case Report Poster Winners
Christine Zhou: Role of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma in situ
Parin Shah: A rare case of Erdheim-Chester disease masquerading as metastatic lung cancer
Avanthika Wynn : A rare asthma mimic
Muhammad S. Ali: Severe pancolitis: a rare adverse effect of nintedanib
Brian Foster: Don’t forget to breathe: a case of hypoxemia after carotid body resection
Kelly Pennington: Intra-cardiac embolization of an inferior vena cava filter resulting in cardiac arrest
George Elkomos-Botros: Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis presenting as distributive shock with multi-organ failure
Ashley M. Scott: Avian occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a restaurant employee
Andrew Polito: Pulmonary amyloidosis: an unusual presentation of a rare disease
CHEST B-I-N-G-O WINNERS
Stella Ogake, MD
Erin E. Peterson, APRN, CNP
Megan J. Castillo, PA-C
Gretchen R. Winter, MD
Jeanette P. Brown, MD, PhD
Yu Hong Chan, MBBS
Anita Naik, DO
Gary A. Aaronson, DO, FCCP
Allison S. Cowl, MD
Kyle Halligan, MD
Palaniappan Muthappan, MD
Faizullah S. Lokhandwala, MBBS, FCCP
Jamie R. Chua, MD
Francis L. Ervin, MD, FCCP
Robyn Luper
CHEST CHALLENGE WINNER (AND RUNNER’S-UP)
Emory University (First Place)
Mirza Haider Ali, MD
Mohleen Kang, MD
Matthew Schimmel, MD
University of Michigan (Second Place)
Patrick Bradley, MD
Matthew Hensley, MD
Bonnie Wang, MD
Cleveland Clinic (Third Place)
Jorge Mirales-Estrella, MD
Apostolos Perelas, MD
Gretchen Winter, MD
2018 DISTINGUISHED CHEST EDUCATORS
Michael H Ackerman, DNSc
Sandra G Adams, MD, MS, FCCP
Doreen J Addrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP
Cara Lyn Agerstrand, MD, BS
Jason A Akulian, MD, FCCP
Raed H Alalawi, MD, FCCP
A. Christine Argento, MD, FCCP
Robert Arntfield, MD, FCCP
Alex A Balekian, MD
Meyer S Balter, MD, FCCP
Gisela I Banauch, MD, MS, FCCP
Robert P Baughman, MD, FCCP
David G Bell, MD, FCCP
Michel A Boivin, MD, FCCP
Gabriel T Bosslet, MD, FCCP
Jean Bourbeau, MD, MS, FCCP
Ghada R Bourjeily, MD, FCCP
David L Bowton, MD, FCCM
Jack D Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP
Marie M Budev, DO, MPH, FCCP
Kristin M Burkart, MD, MS, FCCP
Brian Carlin, MD, FCCP
Christopher L Carroll, MD, FCCP
Roberto F Casal, MD
Kevin M Chan, MD, FCCP
Subani Chandra, MD, FCCP
Ching-Fei Chang, MD
Alexander C Chen, MD
Nancy A Collop, MD, FCCP
Clayton T Cowl, MD, MS, FCCP
Angel O Coz Yataco, MD, FCCP
Gerard J Criner, MD, FCCP
Carolyn M D’Ambrosio, MD, FCCP
Mauricio Danckers, MD, FCCP
Aneesa M Das, MD, FCCP
John Davies, RRT, MA, FCCP
Zachary S DePew, MD, FCCP
Frank C Detterbeck, MD, FCCP
Naresh A. Dewan, MBBS, FCCP
Kevin C Doerschug, MD, MS, FCCP
Meagan Dubosky, RRT-ACCS
Kevin M Dushay, MD, FCCP
Eric S Edell, MD, FCCP
Jean M Elwing, MD, FCCP
William Enfinger
Michael E Ezzie, MD, FCCP
Kevin J Felner, MD, FCCP
Mark E Fenton, MD, MSc, FCCP
Jason Filopei, MD
Neil S Freedman, MD, FCCP
Laura Kathleen Frye, MD
Thomas M Fuhrman, MD, MS, FCCP
John P Gaillard, MD, FCCP
Colin T Gillespie, MD
Yonatan Y Greenstein, MD
Maritza L Groth, MD, FCCP
Keith P Guevarra, DO, FCCP
Jesse B Hall, MD, FCCP
Nicola A Hanania, MD, MBBS, FCCP
D Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP
Steven M Hollenberg, MD, FCCP
David W Hsia, MD, FCCP
Candace A Huebert, MD, FCCP
Robert C Hyzy, MD, FCCP
Octavian C Ioachimescu, MD, PhD, FCCP
Richard S Irwin, MD, Master FCCP
Kirk D Jones, MD
Nader Kamangar, MD, MS, FCCP
Carl A Kaplan, MD, FCCP
Brian S Kaufman, MD, FCCP
William F Kelly, MD, FCCP
Marcus P Kennedy, MD, FCCP
Sandhya Khurana, MD, FCCP
James R Klinger, MD, FCCP
Seth J Koenig, MD, FCCP
Lindsey Kreisher, RRT
Karol Kremens, MD, FCCP
Patricia A Kritek, MD, FCCP
Sunita Kumar, MD, MBBS, FCCP
Rudy P Lackner, MD, FCCP
Viera Lakticova, MD
Carla R Lamb, MD, FCCP
Hans J Lee, MD, FCCP
Peter H Lenz, MD, MEd, FCCP
Stephanie M Levine, MD, FCCP
Deborah Jo Levine, MD, MS, FCCP
Andrea Loiselle, MD
Kenneth E Lyn-Kew, MD
Michael S Machuzak, MD, FCCP
Neil R MacIntyre, MD, FCCP
Donald A Mahler, MD, FCCP
Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP
Atul Malhotra, MD, FCCP
Darcy D Marciniuk, MD, FCCP
Diego J Maselli Caceres, MD, FCCP
Paul H Mayo, MD, FCCP
Peter J Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP
John K McIlwaine, DO, MBA, FCCP
Matthew C Miles, MD, FCCP
Scott Millington, MD
Taro Minami, MD, FCCP
Lisa K Moores, MD, FCCP
Amy E Morris, MD, FCCP
John J Mullon, MD, FCCP
Septimiu D Murgu, MD, FCCP
Mangala Narasimhan, DO, FCCP
Michael S Niederman, MD, FCCP
Alexander S Niven, MD, FCCP
Anne E O’Donnell, MD, FCCP
Erik C Osborn, MD
David E Ost, MD, MPH, FCCP
Ronald J Oudiz, MD, FCCP
Daniel R Ouellette, MD, MS, FCCP
Amit D Parulekar, MD, MS, FCCP
Nicholas J Pastis, MD, FCCP
Nina M Patel, MD, FCCP
Paru S Patrawalla, MD, FCCP
Jay I Peters, MD, FCCP
Barbara A Phillips, MD, MSPH, FCCP
Margaret A Pisani, MD, MS, FCCP
Janos Porszasz, MD, PhD
Whitney S Prince, MD, FCCP
Suhail Raoof, MBBS, Master FCCP
Ruben D Restrepo, RRT, FCCP
Marcos I Restrepo, MD, PhD, FCCP
Otis B Rickman, DO, FCCP
Roy D Ridgeway
Mary Ried, RN, CCRN
Linda Rogers, MD, FCCP
Mark J Rosen, MD, Master FCCP
Bernard J Roth, MD, FCCP
Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS, FCCP
Anthony G Saleh, MD, FCCP
Juan F Sanchez, MD, FCCP
Pralay K Sarkar, MBBS, FCCP
Lewis G Satterwhite, MD, BA, FCCP
Gregory A Schmidt, MD, FCCP
Mary Beth Scholand, MD, FCCP
David A Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP
Brady Scott, RRT, MS, FCCP
Bernardo Selim, MD, FCCP
Curtis N Sessler, MD, FCCP
Rakesh D Shah, MD, FCCP
Ray Wes Shepherd, MD, FCCP
John H Sherner, MD, FCCP
Ariel L Shiloh, MD
Samira Shojaee, MD, FCCP
Marcos Silva Restrepo
Gerard A Silvestri, MD, MS, FCCP
Steven Q Simpson, MD, FCCP
James K Stoller, MD, MS, FCCP
Charlie Strange, MD, FCCP
Mary E Strek, MD, FCCP
William W Stringer, MD, FCCP
Eleanor M Summerhill, MD, FCCP
Maximiliano A Tamae Kakazu, MD, FCCP
Nichole T Tanner, MD, MS, FCCP
Lynn T Tanoue, MD, FCCP
Victor J Test, MD, FCCP
Arthur J Tokarczyk, MD, FCCP
Alain Tremblay, MD, FCCP
Adey Tsegaye, MD, FCCP
Anil Vachani, MD, FCCP
Momen M Wahidi, MD, MBA, FCCP
Keith M Wille, MD, FCCP
Lisa F Wolfe, MD
Richard G Wunderink, MD, FCCP
Lonny B Yarmus, DO, FCCP
Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD, FCCP
Gulrukh Zaidi, MD, FCCP
David Zielinski, MD, FCCP
Everyone who attended CHEST Annual Meeting 2018 is a winner, but we would like to call out the winners participating in CHEST’s special categories of awards and events. Congratulations to all!
ANNUAL CHEST AWARDS
Master FCCP
David Gutterman, MD, Master FCCP
Distinguished Service Award
David Gutterman, MD, Master FCCP
College Medalist Award
Ghada Bourjeily, MD, FCCP
Master Clinician Educator
Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP
Early Career Clinician Educator
Amy Morris, MD, FCCP
Alfred Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence
Jean Rice
Presidential Citation
Darcy Marciniuk, MD, FCCP
Presidential Citation
D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
HONOR LECTURES AND MEMORIAL AWARDS
Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture Accelerated Aging in COPD and Its Comorbidities: Novel Therapeutic Targets
Peter Barnes, MD, Master FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture in Cardiopulmonary Physiology
Understanding Diaphragm Performance: The Role of Ultrasound
F. Dennis McCool, MD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Presidential Honor Lecture
Asthma: Past, Present, and Future
Jay Peters, MD, FCCP
Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture
Recent Developments in Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Long-Term Oxygen Therapy: Would Tom Petty be Pleased?
Richard Casaburi, MD, PhD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation
Saving Lives…One Ventilator at a Time - HMV in 2018 and Beyond
Douglas McKim, MD, FCCP
The Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation is generously supported by International Ventilator Users Network of Post-Polio Health International and the CHEST Foundation.
Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine
Evolution of Endobronchial Ultrasound: From Diagnostics to Therapeutics
Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture in Critical Care
Methylprednisolone in ARDS: A Highly Effective Treatment. How it Works, How to Use it
G. Umberto Meduri, MD
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.
CHEST FOUNDATION GRANT WINNERS
Distinguished Scholar
Robert C. Hyzy, MD, FCCP
Eli Lilly and Company Distinguished Scholar in Critical Care MedicineGrant Title: The Use of Electrical Impedance Tomography to Assess Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
This grant is made possible due to the philanthropic support from Eli Lilly and Company.
Community Service Grantees
Deborah Haisch, MD
Columbia University Medical Center – New York, NY
CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Grant Title: East African Training Initiative in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Pamela Garrett, CCRN, MN
Gwinnett Medical Center – Lawrenceville, GA
CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Grant Title: Breathe Better Gwinnett
Phillip Sheridan
Mobile Care Chicago – Chicago, IL
CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Grant Title: Home Environment Education for Children with Asthma
These grants are supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Research Grant Winners
Ayodeji Adegunsoye, MD, MS
Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Grant Title: Impact of Telomere Length on Pulmonary Fibrosis Clusters Across Diverse Racial Cohorts
Justin Oldham, MD, MS
Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Grant Title: Plasma Biomarkers to Predict Outcomes and Treatment Response in Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis
These grants above are supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc and Genentech.
Jacob Brenner, MD, PhD
Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Grant Title: Ambulatory Cuirass Ventilation for Relief of Exertional Dyspnea in Severe COPD Patients
William Zhang, MD
Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Grant Title: Pulmonary Iron Overload as a Novel COPD Endotype
These grants above are supported by AstraZeneca LP and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Margaret Bublitz, PhD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health
Grant Title: Sex as a Predictor of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Its Consequences in Pregnancy
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Tim Morris, MD, FCCP
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism
Grant Title: Long-term Follow-up of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Monica Mukherjee, MD, MPH
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Grant Title: Exercise Provocation in the Noninvasive Detection of Occult Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Emerging Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Don Sanders, MD, MS
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Cystic Fibrosis
Grant Title: Whole-genome Shotgun Sequencing of Oropharyngeal Swabs in Infants With CF
This grant is supported by Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Imran Sulaiman, MD, PhD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria Diseases
Grant Title: Lower Airway Microbiota Signatures Associated W ith Impaired Immune Response in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium
This grant is supported by Insmed.
Samira Shojaee, MD, MPH, FCCP
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer
Grant Title: Extracellular Vesicle miRNA as a Biomarker in Malignant Pleural Effusion
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
Anna Volerman, MD
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Severe Asthma
Grant Title: A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of Virtual Teach-to-Goal(TM) Education versus Brief Intervention for Children with Severe Asthma
This grant is supported by AstraZeneca LP.
ABSTRACT AND CASE REPORT WINNERS
Alfred Soffer Research Award Winners
Clauden Louis, MD: Left ventricular assist devices in Intermacs 1 acute cardiogenic shock patients
Babith J. Mankidy, MBBS, FCCP: Reduction in in-hospital cardiac arrest with early interventions in the emergency department and non-ICU units by a novel approach of rapid response teams and mobile ICU management
Young Investigator Award Winners
Fayez Kheir, MD, MSc: Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease therapy vs early medical thoracoscopy for treatment of pleural infection: a randomized clinical trial
Michael Rosman, MD: The utility of end tidal CO2 (ETCO2) monitoring during in-hospital cardiac arrest to predict return of spontaneous circulation
Top 5 Abstract Poster Winners
Neha Agarwal, MD: The 3 wishes project: a feasible intervention to improve end of life care in the ICU at UCLA
Hiroaki Harada, MD: Usefulness of comprehensive preoperative pulmonary rehabilitation program including intensive nutritional support concomitant with physical exercise through an interdisciplinary team approach
Joseph M. Carrington, DO, MHA: Targeting the trans-IL-6 signaling pathway to reduce agriculture organic dust exposure-induced airway inflammation in mice
Yu Kuang Lai, MBBCh: The utility of parametric response mapping in pulmonary graft vs host disease following hematopoietic stem cell transplant
Top Abstract Poster Finalists
Ligia M. Puiu, MD, PhD, FCCP: Association between echocardiographic and lipid parameters to workers in the metalliferous mines
Kush R. Dholakia, MD: Colloids vs crystalloids for postoperative resuscitation in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Kulothungan Gunasekaran, MD, MBBS: Risk of VTE in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review
Laura B. Sutton, PharmD: Ease and correct use of Ellipta by age in patients with asthma and COPD
Ankur Mogla, MD: To assess the utilization of pulmonary function testing for perioperative respiratory complications in bariatric surgery patients
Ali Ammar: Tracheostomy and admission diagnosis as predictors for an extended length of stay (ELOS)
Charlene Kalani, PharmD: Efficacy and safety of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACS) in morbidly obese patients
Jonghoo Lee, MD: Performances of modified CRB-65 score compared to SIRS and QSOFA as a rapid screening tool for sepsis among infected patients in initial emergency department: a propensity score matching study
Frank J. Trudo, MD, FCCP: Clinical burden of eosinophilic COPD
Elise L. Stephenson, MD: Vitamin C and point of care glucose measurements: a retrospective, observational study
Faisal Siddiqi, MD: Implementation of an early mobility program in the medical ICU
Eileen Harder, MD: Connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension hospitalizations from 2001-2014
Sophie Korzan, MD: Exhaled nitric oxide and asthma-COPD overlap in patients hospitalized with exacerbations of airway disease: preliminary observations
Andreas Grove, MD: MicroRNA (MIRNA) and biological markers discriminate between normotensive and prehypertensive young men in hypobaric hypoxic environments
Snigdha Nutalapati, MBBS: Large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung: SEER 2004-2014 analysis
Anubhav Jain, MBBS: Survival benefit of beta-blockers in patients hospitalized for acute exacerbation of COPD
Case Report Slide Winners
Ze Ying Tan: All that wheezes is not asthma
Jason Lam: Pulmonary mucor mycetoma
Adam Young: Nonresolving pneumonia and cyclic fevers in an immunocompetent patient
Ritu Modi: Histopathological misdiagnosis of pulmonary coccidiodes
Argun Can: A rare inborn error of fatty acid oxidation presenting with severe hyperammonemia in the ICU
Morgan Gilani: A colorful cause of cardiovascular collapse
Katie Jeans: A sweet surprise
Anthony Mattox: Unusual case of interstitial lung disease
Andrew Berglund: Pulmonary light chain deposition disease in a 29-year-old army soldier
Cristia Maysol Morales: A case report of a primary malignant melanoma of anterior mediastinum
Anthony McClafferty: Fibrosing mediastinitis and rheumatoid arthritis: an autoimmune inflammatory connection
Ahmed Munir: HIV with disseminated tularemia: a rare presentation Benjamin Garren: Mycobacterium avium complex mediastinal lymphadenitis in an immunocompetent adolescent with erosion into the airway
Robert Hilton: Obtunded with a chest mass: a case of a rare neurologic paraneoplastic syndrome,
Audra Schwalk: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma: a rare malignancy treated endobronchially
Jessica Riggs: Successful transplantation defies genetics: a case of rapidly-progressive pulmonary fibrosis due to Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
Meghan Cirulis: Acute vasodilator testing: an opportunity to refine study design and provide precision care in pulmonary hypertension
Patrick Chan: VATS lobectomy for bronchial atresia in an adult
Andrew Mehlman: Multivessel coronary artery aneurysms presenting as myocardial ischemia
Scott Maughan: Diagnosing milliary Mycobacterium bovis from the prostate of an immunocompetent host
Adam Austin: Survived ECMO, death by BLASTO: the first reported fatal case of disseminated blastomycosis in pregnancy
Tie: Donnie Carter: Subclinical polycythemia vera presenting as extensive thrombosis due to massive transfusion, and
Lindsay Hammons: Rare case of Serratia pneumonia causing transient aplastic anemia
Paola Baskin: Novel observations during point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a case of ultrasound-guided probe pressure to reduce esophageal insufflation during bag-valve-mask ventilator
David Dennis: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis presenting as intracerebral nocardiosis
Rakin Choudhury: Severe asthma caused by therapy-resistant asthmatic granulomatosis
Andrew Lytle: Lung adenocarcinoma in a patient with Turcot syndrome
Chelsea Leipold: Case of a granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency disorder
Galyna Ivashchuk: Double trouble: ANCA vasculitis with concomitant IGA nephropathy presenting as massive diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and fulminant renal failure
Case Report Poster Winners
Christine Zhou: Role of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma in situ
Parin Shah: A rare case of Erdheim-Chester disease masquerading as metastatic lung cancer
Avanthika Wynn : A rare asthma mimic
Muhammad S. Ali: Severe pancolitis: a rare adverse effect of nintedanib
Brian Foster: Don’t forget to breathe: a case of hypoxemia after carotid body resection
Kelly Pennington: Intra-cardiac embolization of an inferior vena cava filter resulting in cardiac arrest
George Elkomos-Botros: Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis presenting as distributive shock with multi-organ failure
Ashley M. Scott: Avian occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a restaurant employee
Andrew Polito: Pulmonary amyloidosis: an unusual presentation of a rare disease
CHEST B-I-N-G-O WINNERS
Stella Ogake, MD
Erin E. Peterson, APRN, CNP
Megan J. Castillo, PA-C
Gretchen R. Winter, MD
Jeanette P. Brown, MD, PhD
Yu Hong Chan, MBBS
Anita Naik, DO
Gary A. Aaronson, DO, FCCP
Allison S. Cowl, MD
Kyle Halligan, MD
Palaniappan Muthappan, MD
Faizullah S. Lokhandwala, MBBS, FCCP
Jamie R. Chua, MD
Francis L. Ervin, MD, FCCP
Robyn Luper
CHEST CHALLENGE WINNER (AND RUNNER’S-UP)
Emory University (First Place)
Mirza Haider Ali, MD
Mohleen Kang, MD
Matthew Schimmel, MD
University of Michigan (Second Place)
Patrick Bradley, MD
Matthew Hensley, MD
Bonnie Wang, MD
Cleveland Clinic (Third Place)
Jorge Mirales-Estrella, MD
Apostolos Perelas, MD
Gretchen Winter, MD
2018 DISTINGUISHED CHEST EDUCATORS
Michael H Ackerman, DNSc
Sandra G Adams, MD, MS, FCCP
Doreen J Addrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP
Cara Lyn Agerstrand, MD, BS
Jason A Akulian, MD, FCCP
Raed H Alalawi, MD, FCCP
A. Christine Argento, MD, FCCP
Robert Arntfield, MD, FCCP
Alex A Balekian, MD
Meyer S Balter, MD, FCCP
Gisela I Banauch, MD, MS, FCCP
Robert P Baughman, MD, FCCP
David G Bell, MD, FCCP
Michel A Boivin, MD, FCCP
Gabriel T Bosslet, MD, FCCP
Jean Bourbeau, MD, MS, FCCP
Ghada R Bourjeily, MD, FCCP
David L Bowton, MD, FCCM
Jack D Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP
Marie M Budev, DO, MPH, FCCP
Kristin M Burkart, MD, MS, FCCP
Brian Carlin, MD, FCCP
Christopher L Carroll, MD, FCCP
Roberto F Casal, MD
Kevin M Chan, MD, FCCP
Subani Chandra, MD, FCCP
Ching-Fei Chang, MD
Alexander C Chen, MD
Nancy A Collop, MD, FCCP
Clayton T Cowl, MD, MS, FCCP
Angel O Coz Yataco, MD, FCCP
Gerard J Criner, MD, FCCP
Carolyn M D’Ambrosio, MD, FCCP
Mauricio Danckers, MD, FCCP
Aneesa M Das, MD, FCCP
John Davies, RRT, MA, FCCP
Zachary S DePew, MD, FCCP
Frank C Detterbeck, MD, FCCP
Naresh A. Dewan, MBBS, FCCP
Kevin C Doerschug, MD, MS, FCCP
Meagan Dubosky, RRT-ACCS
Kevin M Dushay, MD, FCCP
Eric S Edell, MD, FCCP
Jean M Elwing, MD, FCCP
William Enfinger
Michael E Ezzie, MD, FCCP
Kevin J Felner, MD, FCCP
Mark E Fenton, MD, MSc, FCCP
Jason Filopei, MD
Neil S Freedman, MD, FCCP
Laura Kathleen Frye, MD
Thomas M Fuhrman, MD, MS, FCCP
John P Gaillard, MD, FCCP
Colin T Gillespie, MD
Yonatan Y Greenstein, MD
Maritza L Groth, MD, FCCP
Keith P Guevarra, DO, FCCP
Jesse B Hall, MD, FCCP
Nicola A Hanania, MD, MBBS, FCCP
D Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP
Steven M Hollenberg, MD, FCCP
David W Hsia, MD, FCCP
Candace A Huebert, MD, FCCP
Robert C Hyzy, MD, FCCP
Octavian C Ioachimescu, MD, PhD, FCCP
Richard S Irwin, MD, Master FCCP
Kirk D Jones, MD
Nader Kamangar, MD, MS, FCCP
Carl A Kaplan, MD, FCCP
Brian S Kaufman, MD, FCCP
William F Kelly, MD, FCCP
Marcus P Kennedy, MD, FCCP
Sandhya Khurana, MD, FCCP
James R Klinger, MD, FCCP
Seth J Koenig, MD, FCCP
Lindsey Kreisher, RRT
Karol Kremens, MD, FCCP
Patricia A Kritek, MD, FCCP
Sunita Kumar, MD, MBBS, FCCP
Rudy P Lackner, MD, FCCP
Viera Lakticova, MD
Carla R Lamb, MD, FCCP
Hans J Lee, MD, FCCP
Peter H Lenz, MD, MEd, FCCP
Stephanie M Levine, MD, FCCP
Deborah Jo Levine, MD, MS, FCCP
Andrea Loiselle, MD
Kenneth E Lyn-Kew, MD
Michael S Machuzak, MD, FCCP
Neil R MacIntyre, MD, FCCP
Donald A Mahler, MD, FCCP
Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP
Atul Malhotra, MD, FCCP
Darcy D Marciniuk, MD, FCCP
Diego J Maselli Caceres, MD, FCCP
Paul H Mayo, MD, FCCP
Peter J Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP
John K McIlwaine, DO, MBA, FCCP
Matthew C Miles, MD, FCCP
Scott Millington, MD
Taro Minami, MD, FCCP
Lisa K Moores, MD, FCCP
Amy E Morris, MD, FCCP
John J Mullon, MD, FCCP
Septimiu D Murgu, MD, FCCP
Mangala Narasimhan, DO, FCCP
Michael S Niederman, MD, FCCP
Alexander S Niven, MD, FCCP
Anne E O’Donnell, MD, FCCP
Erik C Osborn, MD
David E Ost, MD, MPH, FCCP
Ronald J Oudiz, MD, FCCP
Daniel R Ouellette, MD, MS, FCCP
Amit D Parulekar, MD, MS, FCCP
Nicholas J Pastis, MD, FCCP
Nina M Patel, MD, FCCP
Paru S Patrawalla, MD, FCCP
Jay I Peters, MD, FCCP
Barbara A Phillips, MD, MSPH, FCCP
Margaret A Pisani, MD, MS, FCCP
Janos Porszasz, MD, PhD
Whitney S Prince, MD, FCCP
Suhail Raoof, MBBS, Master FCCP
Ruben D Restrepo, RRT, FCCP
Marcos I Restrepo, MD, PhD, FCCP
Otis B Rickman, DO, FCCP
Roy D Ridgeway
Mary Ried, RN, CCRN
Linda Rogers, MD, FCCP
Mark J Rosen, MD, Master FCCP
Bernard J Roth, MD, FCCP
Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS, FCCP
Anthony G Saleh, MD, FCCP
Juan F Sanchez, MD, FCCP
Pralay K Sarkar, MBBS, FCCP
Lewis G Satterwhite, MD, BA, FCCP
Gregory A Schmidt, MD, FCCP
Mary Beth Scholand, MD, FCCP
David A Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP
Brady Scott, RRT, MS, FCCP
Bernardo Selim, MD, FCCP
Curtis N Sessler, MD, FCCP
Rakesh D Shah, MD, FCCP
Ray Wes Shepherd, MD, FCCP
John H Sherner, MD, FCCP
Ariel L Shiloh, MD
Samira Shojaee, MD, FCCP
Marcos Silva Restrepo
Gerard A Silvestri, MD, MS, FCCP
Steven Q Simpson, MD, FCCP
James K Stoller, MD, MS, FCCP
Charlie Strange, MD, FCCP
Mary E Strek, MD, FCCP
William W Stringer, MD, FCCP
Eleanor M Summerhill, MD, FCCP
Maximiliano A Tamae Kakazu, MD, FCCP
Nichole T Tanner, MD, MS, FCCP
Lynn T Tanoue, MD, FCCP
Victor J Test, MD, FCCP
Arthur J Tokarczyk, MD, FCCP
Alain Tremblay, MD, FCCP
Adey Tsegaye, MD, FCCP
Anil Vachani, MD, FCCP
Momen M Wahidi, MD, MBA, FCCP
Keith M Wille, MD, FCCP
Lisa F Wolfe, MD
Richard G Wunderink, MD, FCCP
Lonny B Yarmus, DO, FCCP
Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD, FCCP
Gulrukh Zaidi, MD, FCCP
David Zielinski, MD, FCCP
Introducing CHEST’s new CEO/EVP
Greetings! My name is Robert Musacchio; I am proud to introduce myself as the new Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of CHEST. I am honored to join this team of distinguished clinicians as we spearhead progress in the fight against lung disease.
I have had the pleasure of working at CHEST for the last 4 years, first joining CHEST Enterprises as Senior Vice President of Business Development. In that role, I focused on revenue growth and product diversification before becoming COO of CHEST. As COO, I dedicated myself to strengthening our team by mentoring staff and collaborating with senior leadership, a challenge that I have deeply enjoyed.
Before joining CHEST, I worked at the American Medical Association for 35 years in roles encompassing research, advocacy, membership, and publishing. I also worked with boards and membership groups as a member of the AMA’s CPT® Editorial Panel and as a publisher for JAMA.
As CEO, I hope to leverage those experiences to support CHEST in its mission, which is to improve lung health not just for 1 year but for the next 25 years. For that reason, our leadership team has outlined an organizational culture that fosters short-term success and long-term innovation, focusing on four key areas:
People: How do we attract and retain the right people?
Strategy: How do we create a truly differentiated strategy?
Execution: How do we improve our process to drive flawless execution?
Resources: How do we ensure that we have sufficient resources to invest in our mission?
Those questions in mind, we have established several standards that guide the way we work. We are focusing on leading with integrity, cultivating passion and innovation, honoring our team, and having fun while we deliver cutting-edge education and create community for our members. With these norms, we can continue to foster an environment that generates results. This, in turn, will enable CHEST to fulfill its core purpose of crushing lung disease.
We can crush lung disease by arming our members with industry-leading education offerings—including simulation experiences and live lab courses—and expanding them worldwide to Thailand and Greece in 2019. We can crush lung disease by using cutting-edge technologies—including interactive gaming platforms—to glean further insights. We can crush lung disease by connecting our membership of nearly 20,000 pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine professionals to innovative education tools, along with a network of prestigious colleagues to deliver the highest quality patient care.
Most importantly, we can crush lung disease by empowering our members in their work—if you care about lung disease, we care about you!
And, if you care about lung disease, I am excited to partner with you in this cause. I am thankful for this opportunity to lead CHEST and the CHEST Foundation into the future and look forward to working with you.
Greetings! My name is Robert Musacchio; I am proud to introduce myself as the new Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of CHEST. I am honored to join this team of distinguished clinicians as we spearhead progress in the fight against lung disease.
I have had the pleasure of working at CHEST for the last 4 years, first joining CHEST Enterprises as Senior Vice President of Business Development. In that role, I focused on revenue growth and product diversification before becoming COO of CHEST. As COO, I dedicated myself to strengthening our team by mentoring staff and collaborating with senior leadership, a challenge that I have deeply enjoyed.
Before joining CHEST, I worked at the American Medical Association for 35 years in roles encompassing research, advocacy, membership, and publishing. I also worked with boards and membership groups as a member of the AMA’s CPT® Editorial Panel and as a publisher for JAMA.
As CEO, I hope to leverage those experiences to support CHEST in its mission, which is to improve lung health not just for 1 year but for the next 25 years. For that reason, our leadership team has outlined an organizational culture that fosters short-term success and long-term innovation, focusing on four key areas:
People: How do we attract and retain the right people?
Strategy: How do we create a truly differentiated strategy?
Execution: How do we improve our process to drive flawless execution?
Resources: How do we ensure that we have sufficient resources to invest in our mission?
Those questions in mind, we have established several standards that guide the way we work. We are focusing on leading with integrity, cultivating passion and innovation, honoring our team, and having fun while we deliver cutting-edge education and create community for our members. With these norms, we can continue to foster an environment that generates results. This, in turn, will enable CHEST to fulfill its core purpose of crushing lung disease.
We can crush lung disease by arming our members with industry-leading education offerings—including simulation experiences and live lab courses—and expanding them worldwide to Thailand and Greece in 2019. We can crush lung disease by using cutting-edge technologies—including interactive gaming platforms—to glean further insights. We can crush lung disease by connecting our membership of nearly 20,000 pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine professionals to innovative education tools, along with a network of prestigious colleagues to deliver the highest quality patient care.
Most importantly, we can crush lung disease by empowering our members in their work—if you care about lung disease, we care about you!
And, if you care about lung disease, I am excited to partner with you in this cause. I am thankful for this opportunity to lead CHEST and the CHEST Foundation into the future and look forward to working with you.
Greetings! My name is Robert Musacchio; I am proud to introduce myself as the new Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of CHEST. I am honored to join this team of distinguished clinicians as we spearhead progress in the fight against lung disease.
I have had the pleasure of working at CHEST for the last 4 years, first joining CHEST Enterprises as Senior Vice President of Business Development. In that role, I focused on revenue growth and product diversification before becoming COO of CHEST. As COO, I dedicated myself to strengthening our team by mentoring staff and collaborating with senior leadership, a challenge that I have deeply enjoyed.
Before joining CHEST, I worked at the American Medical Association for 35 years in roles encompassing research, advocacy, membership, and publishing. I also worked with boards and membership groups as a member of the AMA’s CPT® Editorial Panel and as a publisher for JAMA.
As CEO, I hope to leverage those experiences to support CHEST in its mission, which is to improve lung health not just for 1 year but for the next 25 years. For that reason, our leadership team has outlined an organizational culture that fosters short-term success and long-term innovation, focusing on four key areas:
People: How do we attract and retain the right people?
Strategy: How do we create a truly differentiated strategy?
Execution: How do we improve our process to drive flawless execution?
Resources: How do we ensure that we have sufficient resources to invest in our mission?
Those questions in mind, we have established several standards that guide the way we work. We are focusing on leading with integrity, cultivating passion and innovation, honoring our team, and having fun while we deliver cutting-edge education and create community for our members. With these norms, we can continue to foster an environment that generates results. This, in turn, will enable CHEST to fulfill its core purpose of crushing lung disease.
We can crush lung disease by arming our members with industry-leading education offerings—including simulation experiences and live lab courses—and expanding them worldwide to Thailand and Greece in 2019. We can crush lung disease by using cutting-edge technologies—including interactive gaming platforms—to glean further insights. We can crush lung disease by connecting our membership of nearly 20,000 pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine professionals to innovative education tools, along with a network of prestigious colleagues to deliver the highest quality patient care.
Most importantly, we can crush lung disease by empowering our members in their work—if you care about lung disease, we care about you!
And, if you care about lung disease, I am excited to partner with you in this cause. I am thankful for this opportunity to lead CHEST and the CHEST Foundation into the future and look forward to working with you.
Top AGA Community patient cases
Physicians with difficult patient scenarios regularly bring their questions to the AGA Community (https://community.gastro.org/discussions) to seek advice from colleagues about therapy and disease management options, best practices, and diagnoses.
In case you missed it, here are the most popular clinical discussions shared in the forum recently:
1. Severe colitis in asymptomatic patient on screening colonoscopy (http://ow.ly/OBNp30mttPD)
Check out an update on the forum’s most popular case, involving a 51-year-old male seen for a screening colonoscopy. Biopsied samples of patchy areas throughout the colon revealed severe active chronic colitis with lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, crypts and crypt abscesses, and no granulomas.
2. Paraplegic colonic gas (http://ow.ly/ChNM30mtEia)
Symptoms started 2 years ago for this 28-year-old paraplegic male, who was hospitalized with multiple episodes of postprandial abdominal bloating and pain. He has a permanent catheter and is on a diet mostly of meat and specific vegetables. His physician solicited the community for help with management of colonic gas and symptoms.
3. Small submucosal nodule and gastric intestinal metaplasia (http://ow.ly/Qqii30mtEpo)
The physician needs advice on next steps for a 55-year-old female who had an EGD for dyspepsia. Biopsies of a 1-cm nodule and surrounding areas revealed moderate chronic inactive gastritis with focal intestinal metaplasia and reactive hyperplastic changes with no dysplasia.
4. Perianal Crohn’s preceding luminal disease (http://ow.ly/GHV430mtEwo)
This extensive case of a 16-year-old female started with severe constipation, until she developed a painful abscess on the right perianal region. Perianal fistula with abundant granulation tissue and mucoid discharge was noted, and biopsies revealed inflammation with fibrosis, giant cell reaction, and granulomatous inflammation. This past summer, an MR enterography and pelvic MRI revealed a small right perianal intersphincteric fistula with possible drainage through the skin.
More clinical cases and discussions are at https://community.gastro.org/discussions.
Physicians with difficult patient scenarios regularly bring their questions to the AGA Community (https://community.gastro.org/discussions) to seek advice from colleagues about therapy and disease management options, best practices, and diagnoses.
In case you missed it, here are the most popular clinical discussions shared in the forum recently:
1. Severe colitis in asymptomatic patient on screening colonoscopy (http://ow.ly/OBNp30mttPD)
Check out an update on the forum’s most popular case, involving a 51-year-old male seen for a screening colonoscopy. Biopsied samples of patchy areas throughout the colon revealed severe active chronic colitis with lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, crypts and crypt abscesses, and no granulomas.
2. Paraplegic colonic gas (http://ow.ly/ChNM30mtEia)
Symptoms started 2 years ago for this 28-year-old paraplegic male, who was hospitalized with multiple episodes of postprandial abdominal bloating and pain. He has a permanent catheter and is on a diet mostly of meat and specific vegetables. His physician solicited the community for help with management of colonic gas and symptoms.
3. Small submucosal nodule and gastric intestinal metaplasia (http://ow.ly/Qqii30mtEpo)
The physician needs advice on next steps for a 55-year-old female who had an EGD for dyspepsia. Biopsies of a 1-cm nodule and surrounding areas revealed moderate chronic inactive gastritis with focal intestinal metaplasia and reactive hyperplastic changes with no dysplasia.
4. Perianal Crohn’s preceding luminal disease (http://ow.ly/GHV430mtEwo)
This extensive case of a 16-year-old female started with severe constipation, until she developed a painful abscess on the right perianal region. Perianal fistula with abundant granulation tissue and mucoid discharge was noted, and biopsies revealed inflammation with fibrosis, giant cell reaction, and granulomatous inflammation. This past summer, an MR enterography and pelvic MRI revealed a small right perianal intersphincteric fistula with possible drainage through the skin.
More clinical cases and discussions are at https://community.gastro.org/discussions.
Physicians with difficult patient scenarios regularly bring their questions to the AGA Community (https://community.gastro.org/discussions) to seek advice from colleagues about therapy and disease management options, best practices, and diagnoses.
In case you missed it, here are the most popular clinical discussions shared in the forum recently:
1. Severe colitis in asymptomatic patient on screening colonoscopy (http://ow.ly/OBNp30mttPD)
Check out an update on the forum’s most popular case, involving a 51-year-old male seen for a screening colonoscopy. Biopsied samples of patchy areas throughout the colon revealed severe active chronic colitis with lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, crypts and crypt abscesses, and no granulomas.
2. Paraplegic colonic gas (http://ow.ly/ChNM30mtEia)
Symptoms started 2 years ago for this 28-year-old paraplegic male, who was hospitalized with multiple episodes of postprandial abdominal bloating and pain. He has a permanent catheter and is on a diet mostly of meat and specific vegetables. His physician solicited the community for help with management of colonic gas and symptoms.
3. Small submucosal nodule and gastric intestinal metaplasia (http://ow.ly/Qqii30mtEpo)
The physician needs advice on next steps for a 55-year-old female who had an EGD for dyspepsia. Biopsies of a 1-cm nodule and surrounding areas revealed moderate chronic inactive gastritis with focal intestinal metaplasia and reactive hyperplastic changes with no dysplasia.
4. Perianal Crohn’s preceding luminal disease (http://ow.ly/GHV430mtEwo)
This extensive case of a 16-year-old female started with severe constipation, until she developed a painful abscess on the right perianal region. Perianal fistula with abundant granulation tissue and mucoid discharge was noted, and biopsies revealed inflammation with fibrosis, giant cell reaction, and granulomatous inflammation. This past summer, an MR enterography and pelvic MRI revealed a small right perianal intersphincteric fistula with possible drainage through the skin.
More clinical cases and discussions are at https://community.gastro.org/discussions.
A guide to talking with patients about probiotics
Two recent studies published in Cell, “Personalized Gut Mucosal Colonization Resistance to Empiric Probiotics Is Associated with Unique Host and Microbiome Features” and “Post-Antibiotic Gut Mucosal Microbiome Reconstitution Is Impaired by Probiotics and Improved by Autologous FMT,” have received significant media coverage and are causing questions and concern among physicians and patients who use probiotic supplements.
Talking to patients about probiotics
1. Probiotics are generally thought to be safe for healthy individuals, but we don’t know the long-term consequences. For individuals who have a chronic disease, are immunocompromised, or otherwise vulnerable (such as the elderly), patients should seek guidance from physicians on whether probiotics may be appropriate. In general, probiotics should not be used indiscriminately; potential risk and benefit should be considered as for all human interventions.
2. This research does not conclude that probiotics are unsafe or useless for everyone. However, the results suggest that individuals may respond very differently to the same probiotic product depending on their diet, genetics, microbiome and other aspects of their health. Experts are trying to better understand which bacteria are best for whom, under which conditions as we transition from an era of empiric medicine to precision medicine.
3. Probiotics currently on the market are foods or dietary supplements. To date, no probiotic products have been approved by the FDA to treat, mitigate, cure, or prevent specific diseases.
AGA has recently developed educational materials for patients on probiotics, which can be accessed at www.gastro.org/probiotics in English and Spanish. Share this resource with your patients by printing it out, emailing it, or uploading it to your patient portal.
Two recent studies published in Cell, “Personalized Gut Mucosal Colonization Resistance to Empiric Probiotics Is Associated with Unique Host and Microbiome Features” and “Post-Antibiotic Gut Mucosal Microbiome Reconstitution Is Impaired by Probiotics and Improved by Autologous FMT,” have received significant media coverage and are causing questions and concern among physicians and patients who use probiotic supplements.
Talking to patients about probiotics
1. Probiotics are generally thought to be safe for healthy individuals, but we don’t know the long-term consequences. For individuals who have a chronic disease, are immunocompromised, or otherwise vulnerable (such as the elderly), patients should seek guidance from physicians on whether probiotics may be appropriate. In general, probiotics should not be used indiscriminately; potential risk and benefit should be considered as for all human interventions.
2. This research does not conclude that probiotics are unsafe or useless for everyone. However, the results suggest that individuals may respond very differently to the same probiotic product depending on their diet, genetics, microbiome and other aspects of their health. Experts are trying to better understand which bacteria are best for whom, under which conditions as we transition from an era of empiric medicine to precision medicine.
3. Probiotics currently on the market are foods or dietary supplements. To date, no probiotic products have been approved by the FDA to treat, mitigate, cure, or prevent specific diseases.
AGA has recently developed educational materials for patients on probiotics, which can be accessed at www.gastro.org/probiotics in English and Spanish. Share this resource with your patients by printing it out, emailing it, or uploading it to your patient portal.
Two recent studies published in Cell, “Personalized Gut Mucosal Colonization Resistance to Empiric Probiotics Is Associated with Unique Host and Microbiome Features” and “Post-Antibiotic Gut Mucosal Microbiome Reconstitution Is Impaired by Probiotics and Improved by Autologous FMT,” have received significant media coverage and are causing questions and concern among physicians and patients who use probiotic supplements.
Talking to patients about probiotics
1. Probiotics are generally thought to be safe for healthy individuals, but we don’t know the long-term consequences. For individuals who have a chronic disease, are immunocompromised, or otherwise vulnerable (such as the elderly), patients should seek guidance from physicians on whether probiotics may be appropriate. In general, probiotics should not be used indiscriminately; potential risk and benefit should be considered as for all human interventions.
2. This research does not conclude that probiotics are unsafe or useless for everyone. However, the results suggest that individuals may respond very differently to the same probiotic product depending on their diet, genetics, microbiome and other aspects of their health. Experts are trying to better understand which bacteria are best for whom, under which conditions as we transition from an era of empiric medicine to precision medicine.
3. Probiotics currently on the market are foods or dietary supplements. To date, no probiotic products have been approved by the FDA to treat, mitigate, cure, or prevent specific diseases.
AGA has recently developed educational materials for patients on probiotics, which can be accessed at www.gastro.org/probiotics in English and Spanish. Share this resource with your patients by printing it out, emailing it, or uploading it to your patient portal.
MOC update: GI societies and ABIM explore new recertification pathway
AGA is committed to making recertification less burdensome for GIs. After a productive meeting between the GI societies and ABIM, we’re hopeful a new, more flexible pathway is on the horizon.
We heard you
The four major physician organizations in gastroenterology and hepatology — AGA, AASLD, ACG and ASGE — share a fundamental commitment to an efficient, clinically relevant and impactful process for the demonstration of ongoing learning and maintenance of specialty board certification for gastroenterologists and hepatologists.
Inspired by our shared objective to create an alternative to the current ABIM 10-year exam and upcoming two-year check-in, the four societies have collaborated to explore alternatives that are less onerous, more relevant, less costly and less time consuming. We look forward to working to achieve this objective for all of GI and hepatology.
Finding a path forward on MOC for GI & hepatology
On Oct. 4, the four societies met with the leadership of ABIM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and presented concepts focusing on a flexible model that can provide a path forward, allowing members of our specialties and subspecialties to focus on knowledge that is relevant to their practice and choose the path that best fits their personal needs.
The GI societies and ABIM agreed to work together to explore the development of a third option for MOC.
Guided by core principles
In working together to develop an alternative to MOC, the four GI societies are guided by these core principles embraced by our organizations several years ago:
• MOC needs to be simpler, less intrusive and less expensive.
• We continue to support alternatives to the high-stakes, every-10-year recertification exam.
• We do not support single source or time-limited assessments, as they do not represent the current realities of medicine in the digital age.
• We support the concept that, for the many diplomates who specialize within certain areas of gastroenterology and hepatology, MOC should not include high-stakes assessments of areas in which the diplomate may not practice.
• We support the principles of lifelong learning, as evidenced by ongoing CME activities, rather than lifelong testing.
AGA is committed to making recertification less burdensome for GIs. After a productive meeting between the GI societies and ABIM, we’re hopeful a new, more flexible pathway is on the horizon.
We heard you
The four major physician organizations in gastroenterology and hepatology — AGA, AASLD, ACG and ASGE — share a fundamental commitment to an efficient, clinically relevant and impactful process for the demonstration of ongoing learning and maintenance of specialty board certification for gastroenterologists and hepatologists.
Inspired by our shared objective to create an alternative to the current ABIM 10-year exam and upcoming two-year check-in, the four societies have collaborated to explore alternatives that are less onerous, more relevant, less costly and less time consuming. We look forward to working to achieve this objective for all of GI and hepatology.
Finding a path forward on MOC for GI & hepatology
On Oct. 4, the four societies met with the leadership of ABIM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and presented concepts focusing on a flexible model that can provide a path forward, allowing members of our specialties and subspecialties to focus on knowledge that is relevant to their practice and choose the path that best fits their personal needs.
The GI societies and ABIM agreed to work together to explore the development of a third option for MOC.
Guided by core principles
In working together to develop an alternative to MOC, the four GI societies are guided by these core principles embraced by our organizations several years ago:
• MOC needs to be simpler, less intrusive and less expensive.
• We continue to support alternatives to the high-stakes, every-10-year recertification exam.
• We do not support single source or time-limited assessments, as they do not represent the current realities of medicine in the digital age.
• We support the concept that, for the many diplomates who specialize within certain areas of gastroenterology and hepatology, MOC should not include high-stakes assessments of areas in which the diplomate may not practice.
• We support the principles of lifelong learning, as evidenced by ongoing CME activities, rather than lifelong testing.
AGA is committed to making recertification less burdensome for GIs. After a productive meeting between the GI societies and ABIM, we’re hopeful a new, more flexible pathway is on the horizon.
We heard you
The four major physician organizations in gastroenterology and hepatology — AGA, AASLD, ACG and ASGE — share a fundamental commitment to an efficient, clinically relevant and impactful process for the demonstration of ongoing learning and maintenance of specialty board certification for gastroenterologists and hepatologists.
Inspired by our shared objective to create an alternative to the current ABIM 10-year exam and upcoming two-year check-in, the four societies have collaborated to explore alternatives that are less onerous, more relevant, less costly and less time consuming. We look forward to working to achieve this objective for all of GI and hepatology.
Finding a path forward on MOC for GI & hepatology
On Oct. 4, the four societies met with the leadership of ABIM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and presented concepts focusing on a flexible model that can provide a path forward, allowing members of our specialties and subspecialties to focus on knowledge that is relevant to their practice and choose the path that best fits their personal needs.
The GI societies and ABIM agreed to work together to explore the development of a third option for MOC.
Guided by core principles
In working together to develop an alternative to MOC, the four GI societies are guided by these core principles embraced by our organizations several years ago:
• MOC needs to be simpler, less intrusive and less expensive.
• We continue to support alternatives to the high-stakes, every-10-year recertification exam.
• We do not support single source or time-limited assessments, as they do not represent the current realities of medicine in the digital age.
• We support the concept that, for the many diplomates who specialize within certain areas of gastroenterology and hepatology, MOC should not include high-stakes assessments of areas in which the diplomate may not practice.
• We support the principles of lifelong learning, as evidenced by ongoing CME activities, rather than lifelong testing.
DDW® 2019 abstract submission site is now open
Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) will be accepting abstracts for DDW 2019 from now through Dec. 1, 2018.
Since 1969, Digestive Disease Week has been the most important venue for sharing research and breakthroughs in digestive disease. What better way to commemorate DDW’s legacy than to make sure your research is included to help promote basic, clinical, and translational research on a global scale?
For DDW 2019, AGA is planning a program filled with cutting-edge advances in the field. To help you match your abstract(s) to the best descriptor for submission to AGA, the AGA Institute Council released an expanded descriptor document, gastro.org/Descriptors, to indicate what the abstract review committee is looking for in submitted abstracts.
Mark your calendar with the important abstract submission dates below and visit the DDW website for more information on submitting your research.
Important dates
Dec. 1, 2018, at 9 p.m. ET: Abstract submission site closes. No abstract edits, author additions or changes to author information will be accepted after this deadline.
Dec. 14, 2018, at 3 p.m. ET: Co-author disclosures due.
Feb. 12, 2019: Acceptance notifications sent by email to presenting authors.
Take advantage of this opportunity to make sure your research is included.
Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) will be accepting abstracts for DDW 2019 from now through Dec. 1, 2018.
Since 1969, Digestive Disease Week has been the most important venue for sharing research and breakthroughs in digestive disease. What better way to commemorate DDW’s legacy than to make sure your research is included to help promote basic, clinical, and translational research on a global scale?
For DDW 2019, AGA is planning a program filled with cutting-edge advances in the field. To help you match your abstract(s) to the best descriptor for submission to AGA, the AGA Institute Council released an expanded descriptor document, gastro.org/Descriptors, to indicate what the abstract review committee is looking for in submitted abstracts.
Mark your calendar with the important abstract submission dates below and visit the DDW website for more information on submitting your research.
Important dates
Dec. 1, 2018, at 9 p.m. ET: Abstract submission site closes. No abstract edits, author additions or changes to author information will be accepted after this deadline.
Dec. 14, 2018, at 3 p.m. ET: Co-author disclosures due.
Feb. 12, 2019: Acceptance notifications sent by email to presenting authors.
Take advantage of this opportunity to make sure your research is included.
Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) will be accepting abstracts for DDW 2019 from now through Dec. 1, 2018.
Since 1969, Digestive Disease Week has been the most important venue for sharing research and breakthroughs in digestive disease. What better way to commemorate DDW’s legacy than to make sure your research is included to help promote basic, clinical, and translational research on a global scale?
For DDW 2019, AGA is planning a program filled with cutting-edge advances in the field. To help you match your abstract(s) to the best descriptor for submission to AGA, the AGA Institute Council released an expanded descriptor document, gastro.org/Descriptors, to indicate what the abstract review committee is looking for in submitted abstracts.
Mark your calendar with the important abstract submission dates below and visit the DDW website for more information on submitting your research.
Important dates
Dec. 1, 2018, at 9 p.m. ET: Abstract submission site closes. No abstract edits, author additions or changes to author information will be accepted after this deadline.
Dec. 14, 2018, at 3 p.m. ET: Co-author disclosures due.
Feb. 12, 2019: Acceptance notifications sent by email to presenting authors.
Take advantage of this opportunity to make sure your research is included.
AGA’s Future Leaders Program receives stellar reviews
Future Leaders alumni and past mentors took to the AGA Community recently to share their experiences with the award-winning program. Now in its third year, the program continues to have an impact on the careers of its participants and AGA.
Here’s what they had to say
“The Future Leaders Program provided robust leadership training, valuable mentorship, and invaluable networking with AGA leaders and other AGA members.” – Bryson Katona, MD, MS, PhD, editor of The New Gastroenterologist, University of Pennsylvania
“Through the Future Leaders Program I gained leadership skills, problem-solving skills, and even new research collaborations.” – Jennifer Weiss MD, MS, AGAF, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
“The program not only introduced Future Leaders Program members to the AGA inner circle and provided a deep insight into AGA governance, but also placed participants into meaningful, actionable projects that had the potential to generate real benefits for the AGA itself.” – David Levinthal, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
“I think I learned as much from the two outstanding faculty whom I mentored, Jennifer Weiss and Art Beyder, as they did from me!” – Kim Barrett, PhD, AGAF, University of California, San Diego (Mentor)
The program is designed for GIs who aspire to further develop their leadership skills with an eye toward serving in a key leadership position both within the field and AGA. Participation from experienced GIs is also critical to the program’s success. They are needed to serve as mentors and help develop the next generation of leaders. This is the opportunity to help drive AGA’s strategic plan and advance in the field.
Members can access the full discussion: A Fantastic Opportunity: AGA Future Leaders Program in community.gastro.org. Stay tuned to see the list of members selected for the 2019 AGA Future Leaders Program.
Future Leaders alumni and past mentors took to the AGA Community recently to share their experiences with the award-winning program. Now in its third year, the program continues to have an impact on the careers of its participants and AGA.
Here’s what they had to say
“The Future Leaders Program provided robust leadership training, valuable mentorship, and invaluable networking with AGA leaders and other AGA members.” – Bryson Katona, MD, MS, PhD, editor of The New Gastroenterologist, University of Pennsylvania
“Through the Future Leaders Program I gained leadership skills, problem-solving skills, and even new research collaborations.” – Jennifer Weiss MD, MS, AGAF, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
“The program not only introduced Future Leaders Program members to the AGA inner circle and provided a deep insight into AGA governance, but also placed participants into meaningful, actionable projects that had the potential to generate real benefits for the AGA itself.” – David Levinthal, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
“I think I learned as much from the two outstanding faculty whom I mentored, Jennifer Weiss and Art Beyder, as they did from me!” – Kim Barrett, PhD, AGAF, University of California, San Diego (Mentor)
The program is designed for GIs who aspire to further develop their leadership skills with an eye toward serving in a key leadership position both within the field and AGA. Participation from experienced GIs is also critical to the program’s success. They are needed to serve as mentors and help develop the next generation of leaders. This is the opportunity to help drive AGA’s strategic plan and advance in the field.
Members can access the full discussion: A Fantastic Opportunity: AGA Future Leaders Program in community.gastro.org. Stay tuned to see the list of members selected for the 2019 AGA Future Leaders Program.
Future Leaders alumni and past mentors took to the AGA Community recently to share their experiences with the award-winning program. Now in its third year, the program continues to have an impact on the careers of its participants and AGA.
Here’s what they had to say
“The Future Leaders Program provided robust leadership training, valuable mentorship, and invaluable networking with AGA leaders and other AGA members.” – Bryson Katona, MD, MS, PhD, editor of The New Gastroenterologist, University of Pennsylvania
“Through the Future Leaders Program I gained leadership skills, problem-solving skills, and even new research collaborations.” – Jennifer Weiss MD, MS, AGAF, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
“The program not only introduced Future Leaders Program members to the AGA inner circle and provided a deep insight into AGA governance, but also placed participants into meaningful, actionable projects that had the potential to generate real benefits for the AGA itself.” – David Levinthal, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
“I think I learned as much from the two outstanding faculty whom I mentored, Jennifer Weiss and Art Beyder, as they did from me!” – Kim Barrett, PhD, AGAF, University of California, San Diego (Mentor)
The program is designed for GIs who aspire to further develop their leadership skills with an eye toward serving in a key leadership position both within the field and AGA. Participation from experienced GIs is also critical to the program’s success. They are needed to serve as mentors and help develop the next generation of leaders. This is the opportunity to help drive AGA’s strategic plan and advance in the field.
Members can access the full discussion: A Fantastic Opportunity: AGA Future Leaders Program in community.gastro.org. Stay tuned to see the list of members selected for the 2019 AGA Future Leaders Program.
Residents: Apply for Research Award
The SVS Research and Education Committee encourages eligible members to apply for the prestigious Resident Research Award. The recipient will showcase his or her work at the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting in June as well as receive a $5,000 award. This award is designed to provide special recognition of original scientific work that has yet to be published in manuscript form. It’s an excellent opportunity for surgical trainees in vascular research laboratories to be recognized and rewarded for their research efforts. The application deadline is Jan. 16, 2019, and the annual meeting will take place June 12 to 15 in National Harbor, Md., outside of Washington, D.C.
The SVS Research and Education Committee encourages eligible members to apply for the prestigious Resident Research Award. The recipient will showcase his or her work at the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting in June as well as receive a $5,000 award. This award is designed to provide special recognition of original scientific work that has yet to be published in manuscript form. It’s an excellent opportunity for surgical trainees in vascular research laboratories to be recognized and rewarded for their research efforts. The application deadline is Jan. 16, 2019, and the annual meeting will take place June 12 to 15 in National Harbor, Md., outside of Washington, D.C.
The SVS Research and Education Committee encourages eligible members to apply for the prestigious Resident Research Award. The recipient will showcase his or her work at the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting in June as well as receive a $5,000 award. This award is designed to provide special recognition of original scientific work that has yet to be published in manuscript form. It’s an excellent opportunity for surgical trainees in vascular research laboratories to be recognized and rewarded for their research efforts. The application deadline is Jan. 16, 2019, and the annual meeting will take place June 12 to 15 in National Harbor, Md., outside of Washington, D.C.
VAM Abstract Site Now Open
The abstract submission site for the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting is now open. Submissions may be considered for the following programs: Scientific Session, Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society (VESS), International Forum, International Fast Talk, Poster Competition and Interactive Poster. In addition to the International Forum and International Fast Talk, the international community has added two further opportunities to showcase research: The International Young Surgeon Competition and the International Poster Competition. This year the submission site is mobile friendly! Get more information on submission and policy guidelines here.
The abstract submission site for the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting is now open. Submissions may be considered for the following programs: Scientific Session, Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society (VESS), International Forum, International Fast Talk, Poster Competition and Interactive Poster. In addition to the International Forum and International Fast Talk, the international community has added two further opportunities to showcase research: The International Young Surgeon Competition and the International Poster Competition. This year the submission site is mobile friendly! Get more information on submission and policy guidelines here.
The abstract submission site for the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting is now open. Submissions may be considered for the following programs: Scientific Session, Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society (VESS), International Forum, International Fast Talk, Poster Competition and Interactive Poster. In addition to the International Forum and International Fast Talk, the international community has added two further opportunities to showcase research: The International Young Surgeon Competition and the International Poster Competition. This year the submission site is mobile friendly! Get more information on submission and policy guidelines here.
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award presented to Dr. Lee
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) presented the Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award to Yeu-Tsu Margaret Lee, MD, FACS, at the Convocation at Clinical Congress 2018 in Boston, MA. This award was established by the ACS Women in Surgery Committee (WiSC) and is presented annually at the Clinical Congress to recognize an individual’s significant contributions to the advancement of women in surgery.
Dr. Lee is from Honolulu, HI, and was born in Xian, China, in 1936. During her childhood, four of her siblings died from illness, motivating Dr. Lee to become a physician. Her family was forced to flee to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War, and she immigrated to the U.S. in 1955, graduated from Harvard Medical School, Boston, in 1961, and has worked as a general surgeon and a surgical oncologist for more than 50 years. In the early 1980s, she was a tenured associate professor of surgery, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, and head physician, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, but chose to pursue a different path.
In 1983, Dr. Lee moved to Hawaii, worked at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, as chief, surgical oncology section of general surgical services, and joined the U.S. Army Corps. She was deployed to Iraq during Operation Desert Storm and treated many U.S. soldiers as well as Iraqi prisoners of war. She served on a team of surgeons that performed more than 125 operations in a 400-bed hospital in northern Saudi Arabia. Dr. Lee received several accolades in the military, including an “A” Proficiency Designator from the Army Medical Department and a Certificate of Achievement. After retiring from the Army as a colonel, she became professor of surgery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, where she was the only woman surgeon for most of her career.
Dr. Lee has participated in medical missions to Ghana, Honduras, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, and other underserved countries. She has made many international trips to promote friendship and medical exchanges. Notably, in 1995, she was the leader of a Women Surgeons Delegation to Russia and Romania. The trip was a Citizen Ambassador Program sponsored by People to People International, which was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. From 2000 to 2017, Dr. Lee taught surgery for a month, four times a year, at the Tzu-Chi University School of Medicine, Hualien, Taiwan.
Dr. Lee was one of 21 women surgeons in attendance at a networking breakfast at the 1981 Clinical Congress—led by ACS Past-President Patricia Numann, MD, FACS—which proved to be the genesis of the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS). She has been a supporter of the association, in time and talent, since its inception, and her presence at the AWS meetings, her academic career at teaching hospitals, and her research publications provide women surgeons and medical students from around the world an example of what women can achieve in the field.
Because her home is in Hawaii, midway between the East and West, she hopes to function as a “bridge,” contributing to global understanding and promoting communication, collaboration, and goodwill, and continues to work in the areas of medical education, international health, and world peace.
Committed to improving the care of the surgical patient, Dr. Lee is an outstanding leader and role model for surgeons everywhere. Her contributions to academic medicine in surgery, in the military, and in surgical volunteerism worldwide have made a lasting impression on the surgical profession. Her passion, endless energy, and dedication to the ACS and to women in surgery are without equal.
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) presented the Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award to Yeu-Tsu Margaret Lee, MD, FACS, at the Convocation at Clinical Congress 2018 in Boston, MA. This award was established by the ACS Women in Surgery Committee (WiSC) and is presented annually at the Clinical Congress to recognize an individual’s significant contributions to the advancement of women in surgery.
Dr. Lee is from Honolulu, HI, and was born in Xian, China, in 1936. During her childhood, four of her siblings died from illness, motivating Dr. Lee to become a physician. Her family was forced to flee to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War, and she immigrated to the U.S. in 1955, graduated from Harvard Medical School, Boston, in 1961, and has worked as a general surgeon and a surgical oncologist for more than 50 years. In the early 1980s, she was a tenured associate professor of surgery, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, and head physician, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, but chose to pursue a different path.
In 1983, Dr. Lee moved to Hawaii, worked at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, as chief, surgical oncology section of general surgical services, and joined the U.S. Army Corps. She was deployed to Iraq during Operation Desert Storm and treated many U.S. soldiers as well as Iraqi prisoners of war. She served on a team of surgeons that performed more than 125 operations in a 400-bed hospital in northern Saudi Arabia. Dr. Lee received several accolades in the military, including an “A” Proficiency Designator from the Army Medical Department and a Certificate of Achievement. After retiring from the Army as a colonel, she became professor of surgery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, where she was the only woman surgeon for most of her career.
Dr. Lee has participated in medical missions to Ghana, Honduras, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, and other underserved countries. She has made many international trips to promote friendship and medical exchanges. Notably, in 1995, she was the leader of a Women Surgeons Delegation to Russia and Romania. The trip was a Citizen Ambassador Program sponsored by People to People International, which was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. From 2000 to 2017, Dr. Lee taught surgery for a month, four times a year, at the Tzu-Chi University School of Medicine, Hualien, Taiwan.
Dr. Lee was one of 21 women surgeons in attendance at a networking breakfast at the 1981 Clinical Congress—led by ACS Past-President Patricia Numann, MD, FACS—which proved to be the genesis of the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS). She has been a supporter of the association, in time and talent, since its inception, and her presence at the AWS meetings, her academic career at teaching hospitals, and her research publications provide women surgeons and medical students from around the world an example of what women can achieve in the field.
Because her home is in Hawaii, midway between the East and West, she hopes to function as a “bridge,” contributing to global understanding and promoting communication, collaboration, and goodwill, and continues to work in the areas of medical education, international health, and world peace.
Committed to improving the care of the surgical patient, Dr. Lee is an outstanding leader and role model for surgeons everywhere. Her contributions to academic medicine in surgery, in the military, and in surgical volunteerism worldwide have made a lasting impression on the surgical profession. Her passion, endless energy, and dedication to the ACS and to women in surgery are without equal.
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) presented the Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award to Yeu-Tsu Margaret Lee, MD, FACS, at the Convocation at Clinical Congress 2018 in Boston, MA. This award was established by the ACS Women in Surgery Committee (WiSC) and is presented annually at the Clinical Congress to recognize an individual’s significant contributions to the advancement of women in surgery.
Dr. Lee is from Honolulu, HI, and was born in Xian, China, in 1936. During her childhood, four of her siblings died from illness, motivating Dr. Lee to become a physician. Her family was forced to flee to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War, and she immigrated to the U.S. in 1955, graduated from Harvard Medical School, Boston, in 1961, and has worked as a general surgeon and a surgical oncologist for more than 50 years. In the early 1980s, she was a tenured associate professor of surgery, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, and head physician, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, but chose to pursue a different path.
In 1983, Dr. Lee moved to Hawaii, worked at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, as chief, surgical oncology section of general surgical services, and joined the U.S. Army Corps. She was deployed to Iraq during Operation Desert Storm and treated many U.S. soldiers as well as Iraqi prisoners of war. She served on a team of surgeons that performed more than 125 operations in a 400-bed hospital in northern Saudi Arabia. Dr. Lee received several accolades in the military, including an “A” Proficiency Designator from the Army Medical Department and a Certificate of Achievement. After retiring from the Army as a colonel, she became professor of surgery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, where she was the only woman surgeon for most of her career.
Dr. Lee has participated in medical missions to Ghana, Honduras, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, and other underserved countries. She has made many international trips to promote friendship and medical exchanges. Notably, in 1995, she was the leader of a Women Surgeons Delegation to Russia and Romania. The trip was a Citizen Ambassador Program sponsored by People to People International, which was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. From 2000 to 2017, Dr. Lee taught surgery for a month, four times a year, at the Tzu-Chi University School of Medicine, Hualien, Taiwan.
Dr. Lee was one of 21 women surgeons in attendance at a networking breakfast at the 1981 Clinical Congress—led by ACS Past-President Patricia Numann, MD, FACS—which proved to be the genesis of the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS). She has been a supporter of the association, in time and talent, since its inception, and her presence at the AWS meetings, her academic career at teaching hospitals, and her research publications provide women surgeons and medical students from around the world an example of what women can achieve in the field.
Because her home is in Hawaii, midway between the East and West, she hopes to function as a “bridge,” contributing to global understanding and promoting communication, collaboration, and goodwill, and continues to work in the areas of medical education, international health, and world peace.
Committed to improving the care of the surgical patient, Dr. Lee is an outstanding leader and role model for surgeons everywhere. Her contributions to academic medicine in surgery, in the military, and in surgical volunteerism worldwide have made a lasting impression on the surgical profession. Her passion, endless energy, and dedication to the ACS and to women in surgery are without equal.