Session Coverage
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Faculty to share new insights into mucus plugging in airways disease
The field is moving toward understanding which patients have clinically important mucus plugging, what mechanisms are driving it, and which therapies are most effective for a given phenotype, said Diego Maselli, MD, FCCP.
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Session to explore challenge of diagnosing and managing diaphragm dysfunction
Experts will attempt to fill knowledge gaps about the warning signs of diaphragm dysfunction, point-of-care ultrasound techniques, and current and evolving management strategies, said Muhammad Ehtesham, MD, MBBS, FCCP.
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Panel to share framework for emerging respiratory virus diagnostics, treatments
The respiratory viral infections field can now detect more viruses across a much broader range of patients, but detection does not always translate into a clear clinical decision, said Charles Dela Cruz, MD, PhD.
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Experts to review clinic-ready strategies for bronchiectasis in general pulmonology practice
Two major guidelines and a new therapeutic option are some of the meaningful recent updates in bronchiectasis that general pulmonologists must adapt to, said Malvika Kaul, MD, FCCP.
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Authors, editors to present clinically relevant research from CHEST’s journal portfolio
Attendees can discover a diverse selection of recently published research and hear insights and commentary from the people behind the papers, said CHEST® Critical Care Editor in Chief Hayley B. Gershengorn, MD, FCCP.
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Session to offer practical framework for ICU care in lung transplant
When patients who have undergone lung transplant present with complications outside of the transplant center, it is imperative that intensivists have the knowledge to help care for them, said Bronwyn L. Small, MD, FCCP.
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Panelists to discuss building blocks of lung nodule programs
Experts from academic, community, and international institutions will review what it takes to develop a high-quality lung nodule program and how emerging technologies may help address persistent gaps in care, said Jorge Bleik Ataucuri-Vargas, MD.
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Indigenous health care professionals to discuss culturally responsive approaches to health and healing
“Hopefully our audience will understand that our Indigenous people look at health and illness in a different way than just the absence of disease or illness,” said John Molina, MD, JD, DHL, one of four health care professionals on the panel.
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Presenters to share guidance on suboptimal response to biologics in asthma
Although biologic therapies have revolutionized the care of many patients with severe asthma, the clinical picture becomes more complicated when patients have suboptimal or absent response to those agents, said Farrukh Abbas, MD, FCCP.
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Curriculum tracks to spotlight sessions that match needs and interests
To help attendees navigate more than 300 educational sessions, the CHEST 2026 schedule has been sorted into curriculum tracks that gather together sessions focused on advanced learners, educator development, trainees, advanced practice providers, health equity topics, and more.
