We are happy to introduce John (Jack) D. Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP, who will serve his term as CHEST President in 2024. A pulmonologist and critical care physician with an extensive background in education, he currently serves as the division leader of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine for the Henry Ford Medical Group and Health System.
Dr. Buckley received his undergraduate degree from Kalamazoo College and medical degree from Wayne State University. His residency in internal medicine and fellowships in pulmonary and critical care and health services research were completed at Indiana University. He additionally earned a Master of Public Health degree, also from Indiana University.
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Dr. John D. Buckley
His impressive academic record includes authoring or co-authoring more than 40 publications and book chapters, as well as presenting over 100 lectures at international conferences. As a former fellowship program training director at two institutions, Dr. Buckley has long been committed to championing and furthering pulmonary and critical care medical education. In a collaboration between the Chinese Thoracic Society and CHEST, he served 6 years on a steering committee to help establish pulmonary and critical care medicine as a subspecialty in China. He and the group assisted with the development of fellowship training programs and presented at several Chinese Thoracic Society annual meetings and board review events.
For Dr. Buckley’s dedication to advancing PCCM education and faculty development, he received the CHEST Master Clinician Educator Award in 2016 and has been an annual Distinguished CHEST Educator (DCE) recipient since the award’s inception in 2017.
Dr. Buckley has been an active and engaged member of CHEST since 1997. He has served in leadership roles across many domains of the organization, including CHEST 2022 Congress Italy, Chair of the CHEST 2013 Scientific Program Committee, Board of Regents, Compensation Committee, Governance Committee, Training and Transitions Committee (Chair, 2011-2012) and Bylaws Committee (Chair, 2010-2012), Honor Lecture and Awards Committee, and the Affiliate NetWork. He currently serves on the CHEST SEEKTM Pulmonary Medicine Editorial Board and is the Chair of the Pulmonary Medicine Board Review.
We look forward to welcoming Dr. Buckley as CHEST President in 2024.