The Honor and Memorial Lectures at CHEST 2025 recognize individuals who advance work in chest medicine, mentorship, training, and more.
Ahead of the annual meeting, the chest medicine community nominates these honorees to deliver lectures on topics including critical care, interventional medicine, mechanical ventilation, and medical education. Lectures are spread throughout the meeting program, giving attendees an opportunity to hear each of the honorees’ unique perspectives.
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Sunday, October 19
MARGARET PFROMMER ENDOWED MEMORIAL LECTURE IN HOME-BASED MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Angela C. King, BS, RPFT, RRT-NPS
Looking Back on 40 Years in Home Care—a Respiratory Therapist’s Experience
11 am – 12 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350
This award was established in 1999 by Dr. Eveline Faure and Dr. Allen I. Goldberg and honors their lifelong colleague and friend, Margaret Pfrommer, a polio survivor and patient advocate. It is awarded to a clinician, ventilator-dependent professional, or advocate who has advanced mechanical ventilation and fostered partnerships between physicians and patients.
This session will discuss some of the changes she has witnessed while working in respiratory home care over the past 40 years. Starting in 1985 with home ventilators the size of a dorm room refrigerator to today’s 5-pound, six-pack-sized devices, home ventilator technology has evolved. In addition to ventilators, the home care respiratory therapist today has to be proficient with more than 20 other devices, from portable concentrators to cough machines and more! Navigating hither and yon to visit our patients’ homes, some grand estates and others dilapidated shoebox apartments, provides the therapist a more personal, up-close view of the patient and family. As with any environment of care, home respiratory care presents unique challenges and opportunities for respiratory therapists and chest physicians to collaborate for better patient outcomes.
Attendees will be able to
- List at least two milestones in the evolution of home ventilation;
- List at least two obstacles that can make the provision of home ventilator services challenging;
- Describe at least one way that CHEST could help improve home respiratory care.
This lecture is jointly supported by CHEST and the International Ventilator Users Network of Post-Polio Health International.
ROGER C. BONE MEMORIAL LECTURE IN CRITICAL CARE
Marcos I. Restrepo, MD, PhD, FCCP
Lessons From Roger Bone: Shaping a Career at the Crossroads of Science, Education, and Service
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350
Established in 1997 to honor Roger C. Bone, MD, Master FCCP, this lecture recognizes a leader in critical care and/or sepsis who promotes physician-patient communication and has had significant achievements with CHEST.
This Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture reflects on how the enduring legacy of Dr. Roger Bone, who was a pioneer, educator, and visionary in critical care, offers a powerful framework for career development. Through personal reflection and professional experience, this lecture will illustrate how Dr. Bone’s model of integrating research, teaching, and service has shaped one physician’s journey in critical care, pulmonary, and infectious diseases. Attendees will explore how these lessons can guide leadership development and inspire the next generation to build purpose-driven careers rooted in scientific advances, educational excellence, and a deep commitment to service.
Learning objectives
- Illustrate how Dr. Roger Bone’s legacy provided a model for integrating research, teaching, and service.
- Describe how Dr. Roger Bone’s lessons have informed Dr. Marcos I. Restrepo’s path and leadership development.
- Share actionable strategies and insights for building a purpose-driven career at the intersection of science, education, and service, with the goal of inspiring the next generation of critical care leaders.
The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.
EDWARD C. ROSENOW III, MD, MASTER FCCP/MASTER TEACHER MEMORIAL LECTURE
Deborah Jo Levine, MD, MS, FCCP
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm CT
Room: South Building 403AB
This endowed lecture, established in 2004, gives special recognition to Dr. Edward C. Rosenow III, who has promoted the development and training of hundreds of chest physicians during his three decades at the Mayo Clinic. It acknowledges his role of mentoring pulmonary and critical care physicians into CHEST leadership roles, where he fostered the development of physicians-in-training to improve patient care.
Few fields expose the challenges of clinical teaching like lung transplant medicine, where uncertainty and complexity are constant. This session explores how lessons from lung transplantation extend beyond the subspecialty to shape how we teach and train across pulmonary and critical care medicine. Drawing on transplant experience, we examine how to strengthen clinical judgment, empathy, and resilience by integrating uncertainty and daily decision-making into teaching. The session emphasizes the value of multidisciplinary collaboration and sustained mentorship as powerful models for medical education. It highlights five unique lessons and opportunities for developing confident, empathetic clinicians with deep insight.
Learning objectives
- Demonstrate strategies to teach clinical reason and decision-making in situations of medical uncertainty.
- Describe the role of ongoing mentorship in medical education in building learner trust and confidence.
- Explain how multidisciplinary collaboration in lung transplant serves as a model for inclusive, team-based medical education.
- Illustrate the importance of resilience during challenging clinical moments to promote humanism in trainees.
- Identify and apply effective teaching strategies to share knowledge, experiences, and challenges as an enduring educational legacy.
The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.
PASQUALE CIAGLIA MEMORIAL LECTURE IN INTERVENTIONAL MEDICINE
Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP
Blurring the Line Between Practice and Research: A Learning Health Care System for Bronchoscopy
4 pm – 5 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350
The lecture honors a CHEST member who is well known for their work in interventional medicine, such as clinical state-of-the art innovations, economic impact, invention, interventional critical care, research opportunities, and/or a host of other interesting facets of interventional medicine.
As interventional pulmonology rapidly adopts novel technologies like robotic bronchoscopy, the gap between innovation and evidence continues to widen. Traditional clinical trial frameworks often fail to keep pace with the real-world implementation of new tools, leaving clinicians and patients navigating unvalidated care. In this session, we will explore how pragmatic clinical trials embedded within routine care—hallmarks of a learning health care system—can bridge this gap. Using case studies such as the VERITAS and RELIANT trials, we will discuss practical, ethical, and regulatory considerations for integrating research into clinical workflows and make the case for why blurring the line between care and research is not just efficient but a moral imperative.
Learning objectives
- Describe the limitations of traditional explanatory trials in evaluating rapidly evolving procedural technologies such as navigational bronchoscopy.
- Explain the principles and advantages of pragmatic clinical trials embedded in routine clinical care within a learning health care system.
- Illustrate how pragmatic trials like RELIANT can ethically and efficiently generate comparative effectiveness data to guide interventional pulmonology practice.
The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.
Monday, October 20
MURRAY KORNFELD PRESIDENTIAL HONOR LECTURE
Sudish C. Murthy, MD, PhD, FCCP
9:15 am – 10:15 am CT
Room: Lakeside 350
This lecture was established in memory of Murray Kornfeld, founder of the Federation of American Sanatoria, which later became CHEST. This award is conferred by the CHEST President to a leader in chest medicine based upon their exceptional expertise.
CANADIAN THORACIC SOCIETY HONORARY LECTURE
Sharon Dell, MD
Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) 2025 Honorary Lecture: Progress in Noncystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis That Is Hard to Beat!
9:15 am – 10:15 am CT
Room: Lakeside 353A
The Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) Scientific Program is held in conjunction with the CHEST Annual Meeting. The program features lectures and debates delivered by leading Canadian experts in respiratory medicine and research, as well as highlights up-and-coming faculty. The program features the CTS Honorary Lecture, which is awarded to recognize exemplary leadership in respiratory research and education in Canada.
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an inherited motile ciliopathy associated with significant morbidity, including progressive structural lung disease, hearing impairment, chronic rhinosinusitis, and subfertility. Distinctive clinical manifestations raise the suspicion for PCD, particularly if accompanied by a low nasal nitric oxide measurement. Genetic testing is now the first-line diagnostic test; however, sensitivity is currently limited to approximately 70%. Multiple additional tests, including ciliary electron microscopy, are available in PCD expert centers to help solve diagnostic dilemmas. This talk will highlight the role of international consortiums and Canadian contributions to research that altogether have resulted in the rapid advancements in PCD diagnostics and disease management observed in the past two decades.
After attending the session, participants will be able to
- Explain the causes of noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis and the increased morbidity associated with PCD
- Demonstrate when to suspect and how to diagnose PCD;
- Recognize international research consortiums and PCD disease management clinics and their roles in improving health outcomes and fostering research.
PAUL A. KVALE, MD, MASTER FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE
Gerard A. Silvestri, MD, MS, Master FCCP
From Chest Radiograph to CT Scan Screening for Lung Cancer: How Far We Have Come and How Far We Have to Go
11 am – 12 pm CT
Room: South Building – 505B
The Paul A. Kvale, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture recognizes a CHEST educator in lung cancer. This one-time lecture, given in his memory, acknowledges his service as a teacher, clinician, and researcher in pulmonary and critical care. Dr. Kvale served as CHEST President from 2004 to 2005.
It has been more than a decade since broad-based implementation of low-dose chest CT scan screening for lung cancer has been undertaken in the United States. However, the movement to screen those at risk started in the early 90’s using chest radiographs, with Dr. Paul Kvale playing a central role. This lecture will take the participants from the early 90’s to today, exploring the key literature regarding lung cancer screening. Practical, clinically relevant data will be presented regarding how best to implement a lung cancer screening program in your community. Finally, challenges and controversies in screening will be discussed.
Learning objectives
- Better understand the landmark studies that lead to the use of CT scan screening for lung cancer.
- Review the major benefits of CT scan screening for lung cancer.
- Review the current challenges in maximizing the benefits of screening.
- Explore the controversies in lung cancer screening.
The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.
JAMES B. D. MARK, MD, FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE
Douglas E. Wood, MD, FCCP
Lung Cancer Screening: Saving Lives With Science and Policy
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350
The James B. D. Mark, MD, FCCP Memorial Lecture recognizes a CHEST educator in cardiothoracic medicine. This one-time lecture, given in his memory, acknowledges his service as a physician, scholar, and mentor in the area of thoracic surgery. Dr. Mark served as CHEST President from 1994 to 1995.
THOMAS L. PETTY, MD, MASTER FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE
MeiLan K. Han, MD, FCCP
The Lung Health Crisis: The Achilles’ Heel We Didn’t Know We Had
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350
This lecture honors Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP, who trained hundreds of physicians in COPD, oxygen therapy, and spirometry. This award is conferred to a CHEST Fellow who is known for their work in advancing the understanding of COPD pathogenesis and/or treatment and for exceptional mentoring and clinical instruction.
This presentation explores the overlooked and underfunded burden of chronic lung diseases. Using historical examples—from the birth of spirometry to the Framingham Heart Study—the talk traces why lung health has been sidelined relative to cardiovascular and cancer research. It also examines the current challenges in research and policy for lung health, emphasizing social, economic, and environmental disparities that drive risk across the lifespan—from prenatal exposures to occupational hazards and vaping. The talk calls for a reimagined, comprehensive approach to lung health, moving from reactive to proactive, to secure healthier futures.
Learning objectives
- Recognize the historical and current factors contributing to the underrecognition and underfunding of chronic lung diseases.
- Examine the data showing how lung disease has disproportionately driven mortality in the COVID-19 era and beyond.
- Identify social and environmental determinants of lung health across the lifespan, from prenatal influences to workplace exposures.
- Discuss potential strategies to better integrate lung health into preventive and public health frameworks.
- Advocate for a shift in research priorities and funding to address lung disease as a critical area of unmet need in global health.
The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.
MARK J. ROSEN, MD, MASTER FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE
Matthew C. Miles, MD, MEd, FCCP
Teaching Medicine in the Past, Present, and Future
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350
The Mark J. Rosen, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture recognizes a CHEST educator who embodies the educational and leadership passion of Dr. Mark Rosen. This lecture, given in his memory, acknowledges his service as a clinician educator, faculty member, mentor, and leader in the pulmonary and critical care medicine community, nationally and internationally. Dr. Rosen’s distinguished career in pulmonary and critical care medicine spanned more than four decades, marked by his deep commitment to fostering leaders, medical education, medical training programs, and patient care, as well as promoting international education.
Learning objectives
- Review the history of teaching in medicine.
- Discuss specific lessons embodied by individual teachers of medicine.
- Compare current with historical medical education teaching practices.
- Forecast the impact of new technologies on medical education.
The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.
Tuesday, October 21
OM P. SHARMA, MD, MASTER FCCP MEMORIAL LECTURE
David J. Prezant, MD, FCCP
Sarcoidosis: Causes and Effects
9:15 am – 10:15 am CT
Room: Lakeside 350
This lecture honors the memory of Om P. Sharma, MD, Master FCCP, whose passionate work on the clinical aspects of sarcoidosis and other granulomatous disorders spanned 40 years. This award is conferred to a CHEST Fellow who is known for their work in sarcoidosis and other granulomatous disorders, including state-of-the art innovations, advancing understanding of the disorders, pathogenetic mechanisms, clinical evaluation, and treatment.
The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.
RICHARD S. IRWIN, MD, MASTER FCCP HONOR LECTURE
Thanh Huynh Neville, MD
Humanizing Dying in the ICU, One Wish at a Time: The 3 Wishes Program
4 pm – 5 pm CT
Room: Lakeside 350
This lecture honors Richard S. Irwin, MD, Master FCCP, and his lifelong contributions in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Dr. Irwin’s work in research, in practice, and as Editor in Chief of the journal 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.
This presentation will explore a compassionate, patient- and family-centered approach to end-of-life care in the ICU. This talk will describe the origins, principles, and outcomes of the 3 Wishes Program, which honors the dignity of patients who are dying by eliciting and fulfilling simple wishes. Drawing from research and real-world examples, we will illustrate how this program improves the experience of dying for patients, comforts grieving families, and fosters meaning and connection for clinicians. Attendees will also learn practical strategies on how to start such a program at their own institution.
Learning objectives
- Describe the goals of the 3 Wishes Program and its role in promoting compassionate end-of-life care in the ICU.
- Identify the impact of the program on patients, families, and clinicians, as supported by research.
- Reflect on the role of humanism in improving the experience of dying for patients and their loved ones.
The lecture is supported by CHEST and generous gifts from our members.
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