Nomination submissions for the following lectures must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation detailing the nominee’s contributions to the field and their qualifications for the proposed award. Letters of recommendations must be submitted when completing the nomination form.
Upon the nomination, each nominee will be contacted to submit their curriculum vitae.
Nominations must be submitted by Sunday, February 28, 2021.
The following Honor and Memorial Lectures are opening for nominations:
Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Endowed Honor Lecture
Honors a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) who is a physician educator and has excelled in mentoring pulmonary and critical care physicians, fostering the development of clinicians, and improving physician communication with patients by teaching them the art of medicine.
Selection Criteria
Each nominee will be considered by the selection committee, based upon their LOR and CV, and upon the contributions as follows: a role model, training and development of PCCM colleagues, growth and development of CHEST and its educational mission, duration of involvement in the field, and as a CHEST member.
Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture in Critical Care
Awarded to a world-renowned visionary in pulmonary and critical care medicine who is accomplished as an academician, clinician, and author.
Selection Criteria
Each nominee will be considered by the selection committee, based upon their LOR and CV, and upon the contributions as follows: advancement of critical care, to the study of sepsis, to awareness and advancement of end-of-life issues, duration of involvement in the field, and as a CHEST member.
Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Award
Conferred to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) who is a leader in pulmonary and critical care medicine, particularly in the areas of infection and inflammation, who is developing innovative approaches and therapies expected to guide medicine for decades to come.
Selection Criteria
Each nominee will be considered by the selection committee, based upon their LOR and CV, and upon the contributions as follows: as a pioneer in PCCM, to the development of new approaches or therapies to guide medicine, ingenuity and innovation in developing guiding therapy, the advancement and/or research of infection and inflammation, duration of involvement in the field, and as a CHEST member.
Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture in Cardiopulmonary Physiology
Awarded to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) who is a well-respected and published original investigator in pulmonary and clinical physiology.
Selection Criteria
Each nominee will be considered by the selection committee, based upon their LOR and CV, and upon the contributions as follows: in field of clinical pulmonary physiology, in advancement in understanding of clinical pulmonary physiology, recognition as an expert in clinical pulmonary physiology, duration of work in field, and as a CHEST member.
Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine
Awarded to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) known for their work in interventional medicine, including clinical state-of-the-art innovations, economic impact, invention, interventional critical care, research opportunities, and more.
Selection Criteria
Each nominee will be considered by the selection committee, based upon their LOR and CV, and upon the contributions as follows: recognition as an expert in field of interventional medicine, in research of interventional medicine, to economic impact of interventional medicine, to state-of-art innovation in interventional medicine, duration of involvement in the field, and as a CHEST member.
Margaret Pfrommer Endowed Memorial Lecture in Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation
Awarded to clinician(s) or ventilator-dependent professional(s)/advocate(s) who has/have advanced the areas of mechanical ventilation and fostered partnerships between physicians and patients.
Selection Criteria
Each nominee will be considered by the selection committee, based upon their LOR and CV, and upon the contributions as follows: patient advocacy issues pertaining to home mechanical ventilation, integration of care of patients receiving home mechanical ventilation, impact of work on quality of care of patients being supported by home mechanical ventilation, and duration of involvement in the field.
Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Endowed Memorial Lecture
This award will be conferred to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) who is known for their work in advancing the understanding of COPD pathogenesis and/or treatment and for exceptional mentoring and clinical instruction skills.
Selection Criteria
Each nominee will be considered by the selection committee, based upon their LOR and CV, and upon the contributions as follows: as a pioneer in PCCM, to development of new approaches or therapies to guide medicine, ingenuity and innovation exhibiting developing and guideline therapy, duration of work in field, and as a CHEST member.
Richard S. Irwin, MD, Master FCCP Honor Lecture
This inaugural lecture honors Richard S. Irwin, MD, Master FCCP, and his lifelong contributions in pulmonary and critical medicine. Dr. Irwin’s work in research, practice, and as Editor in Chief of CHEST emphasized patient-focused care for more than 50 years, promoting tenets like shared-decision making and accounting for patient values and preferences in clinical care. It is awarded to a clinician, or health care provider, who has advanced patient-focused care within the chest medicine community.
Selection Criteria
Each nominee will be considered by the selection committee, based upon their LOR and CV, and upon the contributions as follows: as a leader in PCCM, advocating for patients, research and/or practice improvements in advancing patient-focused care,
duration of work in field, and as a CHEST member.
The Margaret Pfrommer Endowed Memorial Lecture in Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation is generously supported by International Ventilator Users Network of Post-Polio Health International and the CHEST Foundation.
All other lectures are generously funded by the CHEST Foundation.