The seven CHEST Networks will highlight the accomplishments of early career members during CHEST 2024 by handing out the inaugural Network Rising Star Awards. These awards recognize individual contributions in the areas of clinical care, education, research, and/or other scholarly activity and someone who has shown growth and potential within a particular Network and CHEST.

Each Network will celebrate its respective awardee during the concurrent Network Open Forums, Tuesday, October 8, from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm ET in the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Hear from one of the Rising Stars their own words, below, and click here to read Q&As with the six other recipients.

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2024 Thoracic Oncology and Chest Procedures Network Rising Star

Jeffrey Thiboutot, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University

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What have been your main focuses in the field? Which contributions or accomplishments are you most proud of?

While clinical care in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer is my primary clinical focus, my passion is for translational and clinical research related to device development for minimally invasive lung cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. I’ve had the privilege to lead the first two FROSTBITE trials, which are large multi-center efforts evaluating the utility and efficacy of a miniaturized cryoprobe to be used for transbronchial biopsy.

What sparked your interest in the field? What excites you most about the future of this area and your involvement in it?

It was the rapid growth, development, and constant innovation in thoracic oncology that drew me to the field. There were opportunities for newly budding young investigators to develop an independent path within Thoracic Oncology and Chest Procedures that was not possible in other fields of pulmonary. 

What have the Networks and CHEST meant to you?

They’ve been a constant sounding board and source of collegiately and independent thinking that has helped bolster my career. They provided a place for safe learning and sharing of ideas, whether clinically driven or in the research arena.