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Session Coverage


  • Debate to consider potential answers to pulmonary rehabilitation issues

    Debate to consider potential answers to pulmonary rehabilitation issues

    Malik Khurram Khan, MD, FCCP, will chair a Tuesday morning pro-con debate session that will address uncertainty about the use of telemedicine and personalization in pulmonary rehabilitation.


  • Panel to review multidisciplinary management of massive hemoptysis

    Panel to review multidisciplinary management of massive hemoptysis

    Irene Riestra Guiance, MD, will chair a Tuesday afternoon session on the basics of hemoptysis, bronchoscopic management, surgical intervention, and other current evidence-based approaches.


  • Keynote speaker shares message of resilience, hope in the face of challenges

    Keynote speaker shares message of resilience, hope in the face of challenges

    CHEST 2025 Keynote Speaker Sean Swarner, a two-time cancer survivor who climbed Mount Everest, shared how his experiences reoriented his perspective and allowed him to push the limits on what others thought possible.



  • Leaders reflect on tips, difficult lessons for navigating turbulent times

    Leaders reflect on tips, difficult lessons for navigating turbulent times

    Patricia Kritek, MD, EdM, and other panelists said overcoming funding cuts and anti-science sentiment has required collaboration, transparency, and a delicate balance between messaging and listening.


  • Radiologists, pulmonologists to discuss identification of interstitial lung abnormalities

    Radiologists, pulmonologists to discuss identification of interstitial lung abnormalities

    Joe Mammarappallil, MD, PhD, will chair a Monday afternoon session on the recognition and risk stratification of ILAs, including how to differentiate imaging red herrings from findings that point toward progressive fibrosis.


  • Panel to explore how age, hormones, and other factors impact severe asthma

    Panel to explore how age, hormones, and other factors impact severe asthma

    Amik Sodhi, MBBS, FCCP, will present during a Monday morning session on severe asthma across the lifespan, including the impact of hormones and major life events marked by hormonal changes.


  • 90th anniversary sessions to reflect on past, present, and future of field

    90th anniversary sessions to reflect on past, present, and future of field

    Nichole T. Tanner, MD, MSCR, FCCP, and five other CHEST experts will chair special sessions about 90 years of progress in mechanical ventilation, TB, lung cancer, diffuse lung disease, respiratory vaccines, and asthma.


  • Session to demonstrate how veterinary insights can advance human respiratory care

    Session to demonstrate how veterinary insights can advance human respiratory care

    Christopher Carroll, MD, FCCP, will chair a Monday session on how veterinary medicine can help enhance the understanding of respiratory diseases in humans, inform best practices for human respiratory care, and promote innovative research.



  • Discussion to examine sublobar resection for early-stage lung cancer

    Discussion to examine sublobar resection for early-stage lung cancer

    Muhammad S. Ali, MD, MS, FCCP, will chair a Monday afternoon panel session on strategies for early-stage lung cancer in the age of sublobar resection.


  • Journal authors, editors to highlight timely, impactful research across CHEST® portfolio

    Journal authors, editors to highlight timely, impactful research across CHEST® portfolio

    CHEST® Pulmonary Editor in Chief Matthew Miles, MD, MEd, FCCP, other editors, and authors will highlight recent research from CHEST’s three journals during a Monday morning session.