CHEST Members

Membership & Community

As a CHEST member, you’re part of a strong network of clinicians representing every profession and experience level in chest medicine. With us, you can develop personal and professional connections, cultivate your leadership skills, advocate for policies that improve access to health, and advance your career.

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Help lead CHEST as a member of the Board of Regents

Do you feel your voice will help add a new perspective to our leadership? Apply for Regent-at-Large or President by Monday, July 1, to help shape the future of the organization with your unique point of view.

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Become a leader in the chest medicine community

Become a leader on a CHEST committee, work group, or task force to influence education initiatives and build connections with well-established names in the CHEST community. Apply for several open leadership positions by Monday, July 1.

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Find your community in CHEST Networks

Become a CHEST member, and join a CHEST Network to have the space to explore areas of chest medicine that interest you. Plus, gain access to leadership opportunities and opportunities to collaborate with chest professionals.

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Right heart catheterization practice patterns in pulmonary hypertension in the US

A recent CHEST Physician® article highlights a study conducted by the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Section. The study analyzed right heart catheterization practices by pulmonary hypertension physicians and ultimately found significant variability in hemodynamic interpretation.

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Primary vs secondary: A review of pneumothorax management

In a recent CHEST Physician® article, Pleural Disease Section members highlight the similarities and differences in CHEST and British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of primary spontaneous and secondary spontaneous pneumothorax.

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Do you have a great idea?

If you’re as passionate about pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine as we are, you’re probably bursting with ideas on how we can advance those fields. Maybe you want to create a new practice tool or a different educational approach, or perhaps you want to create a patient resource. Let us know what you’re thinking, and we’ll see if we can get it off the ground together.

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Advance your career. Become an FCCP.

When you become an FCCP (Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians), you play an active role in advancing the field of chest medicine while enjoying the prestige of being associated with a distinctive group of chest medicine professionals.


“I have found being an FCCP to be rewarding on a personal level, as well as a professional level. It has provided me with connections to colleagues nationally and internationally, and it has opened the door to leadership opportunities.”

– Thomas Van der Kloot, MD, FCCP


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