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CHEST 2019 Award Recipients


 

ANNUAL AWARDS

Master FCCP
Darcy Marciniuk, MD, Master FCCP

Distinguished Service Award
Doreen Addrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP

Master Clinician Educator
Eric Edell, MD, FCCP

Early Career Clinician Educator
Cassie Kennedy, MD, FCCP
Paru Patrawalla, MD, FCCP

Alfred Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence
Richard Irwin, MD, Master FCCP

Presidential Citation
Lawrence Mohr, Jr., MD, FCCP

HONOR LECTURE AND MEMORIAL AWARDS

Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture
Dare We Discuss the Cure for Stage IV Lung Cancer? Next- Generation Sequencing and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors!
James Jett, MD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.

Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture in Cardiopulmonary Physiology
Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension: Translating Pathophysiological Concepts Into Clinical Practice
Eduardo Bossone, MD, PhD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.

Presidential Honor Lecture
Drug-Induced Lung Disease: Watchful Eyes
Andrew Limper, MD, FCCP

Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture
The NHI Phase 3 Trial to Treat Central Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure With Low-Flow Oxygen
Shahrokh Javaheri, MD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.

Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Home-Based Mechanical VentilationChildren Are Not Just Little Adults – Except Sometimes
Howard Panitch, MD, FCCP
The Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Home-Based 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
Medical Thoracoscopy: Past, Present, and Future
Pyng Lee, MD, PhD
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.

Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture in Critical CareReducing Mortality in Sepsis: The History of Performance Measures
Mitchell Levy, MD
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.

Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Lecture
Is It Infection, Inflammation, or…Cancer?
Diane Stover, MD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.

Om P. Sharma, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture
Common Pitfalls in Sarcoidosis
Michael Iannuzzi, MD, FCCP
The lecture is generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.

Mark J. Rosen, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture
Remembering a Giant in Chest Medicine: The Mark J. Rosen Memorial Lecture
Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP

CHEST FOUNDATION GRANT AWARDS

The GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory Health
Kamran Mahmood, MBBS, FCCP
Lymphocyte Exhaustion Markers in Malignant Pleural Effusions of Lung CancerThis grant is supported by an endowed fund from GlaxoSmithKline.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer
James Tsay, MD
Effect of the Inflammasone Signaling Pathway on Lung Microbiome and Lung Cancer
This grant supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Mona Alotaibi, MD
Metabolic Derangements Underlying SSc-PAH
This grant supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation Research Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Derek Russell, MD
Neutrophil-Elastase Positive Exosomes and Emphysema in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
This grant supported by the Alpha-1 Foundation and the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health
Neelima Navuluri, MD, MPH
Evaluation of Chronic Hypoxemia From Cardiopulmonary Disease Among Patients in Western Kenya and Perspectives on Oxygen Therapy
This grant supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Eric Abston, MD
Noninvasive Quantification of Pulmonary Fibrosis Due to Radiation Induced Lung Injury Using [68Ga]CBP8 Type 1 Collagen Probe

Karthik Suresh, MD
Safety and Efficacy of High-Flow Air for Long-term Oxygen Therapy Delivery in Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis

These grants are supported by a scientific advancement agreement from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc and by a grant from Genentech.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chris Mosher, MD
Identifying Treatment Outcomes and Early Predictors of Failure in 600 Hospitalized Patients With Acute Exacerbation of COPD Treated with Noninvasive Ventilation
Grant supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Diseases
Elsje Pienaar, PhD
A Computational Bridge Between In Vitro MIC and In Vivo Efficacy of Antibiotics Against MAC Infection

Elisa Ignatius, MD
Early Bactericidal Activity of Standard Drugs Used to Treat Mycobacterium Avium Complex: A Pilot Study

Supported by a research award grant by Insmed Incorporated.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism
Mitchell Cahan, MD
A Translational Approach to Understanding Venous Thromboembolism in Post-Surgical Patients Using MicroRNAs in the American Black Bear
This grant supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Severe Asthma
Vickram Tejwani, MD
Peripheral Immune Cell Landscape in Obese Children With Severe Asthma

Sunita Sharma, MD, MPH
Predictors of Anti-IL-5 Treatment Failure in Severe Asthmatics

Supported by an independent educational grant from AstraZeneca LP.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Cystic Fibrosis
Kathleen Ramos, MD, MS
Underweight Individuals With Cystic Fibrosis and Implications for Lung Transplantation
This grant supported by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.

John R. Addrizzo, MD, FCCP Research Grant in Sarcoidosis
Divya Patel, DO
Pharmacogenetic Predictors of Therapeutic Response to Methotrexate in Patients With Sarcoidosis

Nicholas Arger, MD
Using Serum Interferon-Induced Chemokines to Predict Sarcoidosis Outcomes
This grant is in honor of John R. Addrizzo, MD, and is supported in full by the Addrizzo Family, their friends, and the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Sleep Medicine
Irene Telias, MD
Influence of Sleep-Wakefulness Abnormalities on Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony: A Step Towards Improvement of Sleep Quality in Critically Ill Patients

Sushmita Pamidi, MD, MSc
Maternal Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Pregnancy and Risk of Adverse Health Outcomes in Children: A Follow-Up Study of the 3D Pregnancy and Birth Cohort
This grant supported by Apria Healthcare and Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Hans Lee, MD, FCCP
Uganda Bronchoscopy and Pleuroscopy (UBP) Project

Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS
The Lung Health Ambassador Program

Paul Sonenthal, MD
Improving Critical Care Capacity in Sierra Leone

Dana Hickman, ARNP-C, FNP-BC
Living With COPD: Empowering Individuals, Families, and Caregivers

Ann Salvator, MS
Pediatric Asthma Screenings and Education on the Navajo Reservation

Tisha Wang, MD
PAP Foundation Education Days: A Project to Reach Patients, Caregivers, and Physicians

Grants supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

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