We all know that, with the great success of CHEST 2016, everyone who shared that event is a winner. But, we would especially like to call out some of the special winners who were recognized during our annual meeting.
CHEST Awards
College Medalist Award
Lewis J. Rubin, MD, FCCP
Distinguished Service Award
Kim D. French, MHSA, CAPPM, FCCP
Alfred Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence
Seth J. Koenig, MD, FCCP
Master Clinician Educator Award
Jack D. Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP
Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture
Jay Nadel, MD
Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture
Suhail Raoof, MBBS, FCCP
Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Lecture
Michael Niederman, MD, FCCP Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture Kevin L. Kovitz, MD, FCCP
Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture
Robert A. Berg, MD Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation Thomas G. Keens, MD Om P. Sharma, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture Robert P. Baughman, MD, FCCP
Early Career Educator
Gabriel Bosslet, MD, FCCP
CHEST Challenge Championship 2016
1st Place
The University of Arizona
Huthayfa Ateeli, MBBS Naser Mahmoud, MD
Muna Omar, MD, MBBS
PD: James L. Knepler Jr.
2nd Place
New York Methodist Hospital
Anu R. Jacob, MD
Stephen D. Milan, MD
Jordan Taillon, MD
PD: Anthony G. Saleh, MD, FCCP
3rd Place
Interfaith Medical Center
Chidozie C. Agu, MD
Saroj P. Kandel, MBBS Divya Salhan, MD, MBBS
PD: Marie Frances J. Schmidt, MD, FCCP
CHEST Foundation Grant Winners
GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory Health
Don Hayes Jr., MD, FCCP The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Implications of the Lung Allocation Score in Prioritizing Critically Ill Patients for Lung Transplantation
Supported by GlaxoSmithKline.
2016 Research Grantees
Alice Turner, MBChB, MRCP, PhD
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation Research Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Improving Access to Augmentation: A Propensity-Matching Study Between the UK AATD Registry and AlphaNet
This grant is jointly supported by the CHEST Foundation and the Alpha-1 Foundation.
Robert Busch, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Channing Division of Network Medicine
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Methylation Quantitative Trait Loci: Markers of Race-Specific Disparities in African Americans With COPD
This grant is supported by AstraZeneca.
Clemens Grassberger, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard University
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer
Dynamic FLT-PET as Biomarker for Early Response in Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Patients
This grant is supported by Genentech Inc.
Cristina Russo, MD, PhD
Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
A Proteomic-Metaproteomic Analysis Approach Allows Identification of Drug Target Candidates for the Future Design of Preventive, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Strategies Against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Diseases
This grant is supported by Insmed.
Peter Leary, MD, MS
University of Washington
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Expression Profiling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
This grant is supported by Actelion Pharmaceuticals, US, Inc.
Brett Ley, MD
University of California, San Francisco
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Extracellular Circulation RNAs as Predictors of Disease Progression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.
Sydney Montesi, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Gadofosveset-Enhanced Lung MRI to Detect Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Disease Activity
This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.
Farbod Rahaghi, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism
CT Scan-Based Markers for Prediction of Outcomes in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
This grant is supported by Daiichi Sankyo.
Catherine Oberg, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health
Effects of Household Air Pollution on Airway Inflammation, Lung Function, and Respiratory Symptoms
This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.
2016 Community Service Grantee
Ethel Jane Carter, MD, FCCP
Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University
CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
East African Training Initiative ( EATI) in Pulmonary Medicine
2016 NetWorks Challenge Travel Grantees
Debarsee Banerjee, MS, MD
Women’s Health NetWork
Drew Harris, MD
Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork
Kerry Hena, MD
Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork
Amanpreet Kaur, MD
Women’s Health NetWork
2016 Diversity Travel Grant Winners
John B. Bishara, DO
Renato F. Blanco Jr., MD
Angel Coz-Yataco, MD Sherie A. Gause, MD
Anthony Nebor, MD
James T. Williams, MD
Alfred Soffer Research Award Winners
Kerry Hena, MD
Deepak Pradhan, MD, FCCP
Young Investigator Award Winners
Elizabeth Becker: Clinical Characteristics of Sarcoidosis in World Trade Center (WTC) Exposed Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Firefighters
Daniel Altman, MD : Cost-Effectiveness of Universally Funding Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy
Top 3 Poster Winners
Epaminondas Kosmas, MD, PhD, FCCP : Bronchiectasis in Patients With COPD: An Irrelevant Imaging Finding or a Clinically Important Phenotype?
Mark Regala, MD, BS : Evaluation of Outcomes of Post-Extubation Dysphagia in Elderly Patients
Massa Zantah, MD : Correlation of Esophageal Dilatation and Pulmonary Fibrosis in Scleroderma
Runner-up: Alev Gurgun, MD : Pulmonary Rehabilitation Response in Elderly and Younger Patients With COPD
Case Report Slide Winners
John Egan, MD, BA : An Unusual Cause of Tracheal Stenosis Due to a Vascular Anomaly Successfully Managed With Silicone Airway Stenting Prior to Definitive Vascular Repair
Harprett Grewal, MD : Bladder PTLD: First Reported Case of Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) in the Bladder in a Lung Transplant Recipient
Michael Fingerhood, MD, MPH : Pulmonary Overlap Histiocytosis: A Rare Case of Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Erdheim Chester Disease in a Patient With Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Myelodisplastic Syndrome
Yihenew Negatu, MD : Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Related to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in a Young Patient Without Coronary Artery Disease
Stephanie Wappel, MD : False-Negative Pet Imaging in Early Stage Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Lina Miyakawa, MD : Restrictive EGFR Mutation
Jeffrey Bonenfant, DO : A Unique Case of Follicular Bronchiolitis
Melissa Myers, MD : Seeing the Forest and Not Just the Trees: A Case of Recurrent Fever, Cough, and Respiratory Failure
Carly Fabrizio, DO : An Unusual Case of Submassive Hemoptysis
Meilinh Thi, DO : A Case to Make Your Skin Crawl
Garrett Harp, MD : Lambertosis: A Lung Cancer Mimic
Malik Khan, MD : Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: A Case Report
Priya Patel, MD : A Troubling Trifecta: Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis and Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Atul Palkar, MD : SGLT2 Inhibitors: Mind the Gap
Ji Yeon Lee, MD : Making Unusual Connections: Fibrosing Mediastinitis Leading to Bronchoesophageal Fistula
Sailm Daouk, MD : A Rare Form of Invasive Aspergillus Infection in a Severely Immunocompromised Host
Venkata Ravi Kumar Angirekula, MD : Vanishing Lung
Stephen Milan, MD : An Unexpected Mass
Lelia Logue, MD : A Rare Cause of Dysphagia
Daniel Hershberger, MD : Rapidly Progressive Hypoxic Respiratory Failure After a Rash: A Case of Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis (CADM)-Associated ILD
Fellow Case Report Poster Winners
Krishna Siva Sai Kakkera
An Unusual Case of Crypotococcal Pleural Effusion
George Cheng
Use of Laparoscopic Suction Irrigator With Rigid Pleuroscope in Medical Thoracoscopy
Matt Koroscil
Wong Type Dermatomyositis Complicated by Interstitial Lung Disease
Derek Hansen
Acute Fibrinous and Organizing Pneumonia Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Responsive to Corticosteroid Therapy
Ala Eddin Sagar
Pulmonary Embolism Caused by Thrombin-Based Hemostatic Matrix After Discectomy
Sandeep Chennadi
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) With Refractory Bilateral Chylothorax and Chylous Ascites
Medical Student/Resident Case Report Poster Winners
Justin Fiala
Pulmonary Presentation Without Concurrent Bone Involvement in Erdheim-Chester Disease: A Report of Two Cases
Navitha Ramesh
A Fatal Migration: A Case of Intra-Cardiac Embolization of a Peripheral Stent
Humna Abid Memon
Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Postpartum Management of a Patient With PAH
Vanessa Ohleyer
A Case of Unusual Anatomy for an Uncommon Mediastinal Tumor
Tanushree Gahlot
Three Unusual Presentations of Job’s Syndrome (Hyper Immunoglobulin E Syndrome)
NetWorks Challenge Winners
Round 1
Women’s Lung Health NetWork
Round 2
Practice and Operations NetWork-1st place
Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation and Neuromuscular Disease NetWorks – 2nd place
Round 3
Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation, Neuromuscular Disease, and the Women’s Lung Health NetWorks
CHEST Bingo Winners
Youseff Anid, MD, FCCP
Karen Cochran, ACNP
Molly Howsware, DO
Katie Jeans, MD
Genovena Medina, RN
Gregory Eisinger, MD
Saurabh Mittal, MD, MBBS
Navitha Ramesh, MD
Dalvinder Dhillon, MD
Teresita Saylor, MD, FCCP
Carl Kaplan, MD, FCCP
Vishal Patel, MBBS, FCCP
Erin Peterson, CNP
Lilian Pereira, DO