2019 Award Nominations

College Medalist Award
Awarded to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) for meritorious service in furthering work in chest medicine to honor a clinician, author, teacher, or investigator.

Distinguished Service Award
Conferred, to a CHEST Fellow (or group) who has held a leadership position at CHEST and led significant achievements and/or donated time, leadership, and service to CHEST.

Master FCCP
Masters Fellows are national, or international, Fellows of CHEST who have distinguished themselves by attaining professional preeminence. Because of their personal character and leadership; extraordinary contributions to medical research, clinical practice, quality improvement, or medical education; and years of enduring and outstanding service to CHEST, they have advanced chest medicine. This service to our organization is not limited to leaders of CHEST; it may include exceptional achievements in advancing our mission through consistent contributions to its educational programs and/or to the journal CHEST; work on behalf of the CHEST Foundation; advocacy on behalf of our patients and the profession; and/or elevation of CHEST’s role in the international scientific and professional community.

Masters FCCPs are authorized to use the designation Master FCCP (Master of the American College of Chest Physicians) in connection with their professional activities, provided they continue to be a Fellow. The Master FCCP recipient shall receive a plaque bearing his or her name, waived registration to CHEST 2019, recognition at the Annual Meeting opening session, and have their dues permanently waived.

Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture
Honors a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) who is a physician educator and has excelled in unusual lung cases, mentoring, and improving physician communication with patients by teaching them the art of medicine.

The nominee should show their contribution as a role model and CHEST member, contribute to training and development of pulmonary, critical care, and/or sleep medicine, demonstrate growth and development of CHEST and its educational mission and work in the field.

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.

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.

Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture in Cardiopulmonary Physiology
Awarded to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) who is well-respected and published original investigator in pulmonary and clinical physiology.

Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine
Awarded to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) known for his or her work in interventional medicine, including clinical state-of-the-art- innovations, economic impact, invention, interventional critical care, research opportunities and more.

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. The recipient does not need to be a clinician.

Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture
This award will be conferred to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) who is known for his or her work in advancing the understanding of COPD pathogenesis and/or treatment and for exceptional mentoring and clinical instruction skills.

Om P. Sharma, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture
The award to be will be conferred to an CHEST Fellow (FCCP) known for his or her work in sarcoidosis and other granulomatous disorders, including state-of-the art innovations, advancing understanding of the disorders, pathogenetic mechanisms, clinical evaluation, and treatment. This memorial lecture is given every 3 years.

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.

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.

Please send your recommendation letter by email to Emily Petraglia no later than Wednesday, December 19, 2019.

College Medalist Award
Awarded to a CHEST Fellow (FCCP) for meritorious service in furthering work in chest medicine to honor a clinician, author, teacher, or investigator.

Distinguished Service Award
Conferred, to a CHEST Fellow (or group) who has held a leadership position at CHEST and led significant achievements and/or donated time, leadership, and service to CHEST.

Master FCCP
Masters Fellows are national, or international, Fellows of CHEST who have distinguished themselves by attaining professional preeminence. Because of their personal character and leadership; extraordinary contributions to medical research, clinical practice, quality improvement, or medical education; and years of enduring and outstanding service to CHEST, they have advanced chest medicine. This service to our organization is not limited to leaders of CHEST; it may include exceptional achievements in advancing our mission through consistent contributions to its educational programs and/or to the journal CHEST; work on behalf of the CHEST Foundation; advocacy on behalf of our patients and the profession; and/or elevation of CHEST’s role in the international scientific and professional community.

Masters FCCPs are authorized to use the designation Master FCCP (Master of the American College of Chest Physicians) in connection with their professional activities, provided they continue to be a Fellow. The Master FCCP recipient shall receive a plaque bearing his or her name, waived registration to CHEST 2019, recognition at the Annual Meeting opening session, and have their dues permanently waived.

Nomination Process
The following items are required, due December 19, for a nomination to be considered:

• A letter of recommendation from the nominator highlighting the nominee's most important contributions to CHEST and to the profession
• Up to two additional letters of support
• A letter of interest from the nominee
• The candidate’s curriculum vitae

Voting members of the Board of Regents are not eligible to be nominated for the honor of Master Fellow until they have been off the board for 3 years.

Nominations for candidates who are not selected in a given year will be carried over for up to 2 successive years, for a total of 3 years. The CHEST Honor Lecture and Awards Committee staff liaison will contact the nominators to determine if they wish to nominate a candidate again. While no new letters of support need to be submitted, additional letters are welcome. If a nomination is carried over for 2 years and the candidate is not selected, a new nomination must be submitted.

The CHEST Honor Lecture and Awards Committee will review the nominations and decide which nominee/s will be presented to the full Board of Regents for consideration. The honor of Master FCCP will be awarded by a majority confirmation vote of the Board of Regents at its spring meeting and conferred at the CHEST Annual Meeting. There is no requirement that a Master FCCP be selected in any particular year, and no more than two Master FCCPs may be selected each year, including posthumous awards.

Please review the Selection Characteristics for Master Fellowship in CHEST, which will be used by the Honor Lecture and Awards Committee as a guide to better understand and compare applicant strengths when considering them for this prestigious honor.

College Medalist Award

2018 Ghada Bourjeily, MD, FCCP
2017 Sidney Braman, MD, Master FCCP
2016 Lewis Rubin, MD, FCCP
2015 David Gutterman, MD, Master FCCP
2014 Not Conferred
2013 Barbara Phillips, MD, MSPH, FCCP
2012 Kalpalatha Guntupalli, MD, FCCP
2011 Robert Kotloff, MD, FCCP
2010 Richard Light, MD, FCCP

Distinguished Service Award

2018 David Gutterman, MD, Master FCCP
2017 Nancy Collop, MD, FCCP
2016 Kim French, MHSA, CAAPM, FCCP
2015 John Studdard, MD, FCCP
2014 William Kelly, MD, FCCP
2013 Edward Diamond, MD, MBA, FCCP
2012 Paul Mayo, MD, FCCP
2011 Scott Manaker, MD, PhD, FCCP
2010 Stephanie Levine, MD, FCCP

Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP/Master Teacher Honor Lecture

2018 Peter Barnes, DM, Master FCCP
2017 Atul Mehta, MBBS, FCCP
2016 Suhail Raoof, MBBS, Master FCCP
2015 Paul Mayo, MD, FCCP
2014 Gerard Silvestri, MD, MS, FCCP
2013 Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP
2012 Paul Kvale, MD, FCCP
2011 Neil MacIntyre, MD, FCCP
2010 Mark Rosen, MD, Master FCCP

Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture in Critical Care

2018 G. Umberto Meduri, MD
2017 Gordon Rubenfeld, MD, MSc
2016 Robert Berg, MD, FCCP
2015 Charles Sprung, MD, FCCP
2014 Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD, FCCP
2013 Steven Simpson, MD, FCCP
2012 Neil Halpern, MD, FCCP
2011 Gregory Schmidt, MD, FCCP
2010 Curtis Sessler, MD, FCCP

Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Award

2018 Not Conferred
2017 Antonio Torres Marti, MD, PhD, FCCP
2016 Michael Niederman, MD, FCCP
2015 Kenneth Olivier, MD, MPH, FCCP
2014 Dario Olivieri, MD, Master FCCP
2013 William Rom, MD, MPH, Master FCCP
2012 David Griffith, MD, FCCP
2011 Ronald Grossman, MD, FCCP
2010 Richard Wallace, Jr., MD, FCCP

Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture in Cardiopulmonary Physiology

2018 F. Dennis McCool, MD, FCCP
2017 Virend Somers, MD, PhD, FCCP
2016 Jay Nadel, MD
2015 Alessandro Brunelli, MD
2014 Richard Casaburi, MD, FCCP
2013 Antoine Vieillard-Baron, MD
2012 Elizabeth Jacobs, MD, FCCP
2011 Darcy Marinciuk, MD, FCCP
2010 Bartolome Celli, MD, FCCP

Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine

2018 Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, FCCP
2017 Carla Lamb, MD, FCCP
2016 Kevin Kovitz, MD, FCCP
2015 Praveen Mathur
2014 David Feller-Kopman, MD, FCCP
2014 Momen Wahidi, MD, MBA, FCCP
2013 David Ost, MD, MPH, FCCP
2012 Gerard Silvestri, MD, MS, FCCP
2011 Daniel Sterman, MD, FCCP
2010 Atul Metha, MBBS, FCCP

Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation

2018 Douglas McKim, MD, FCCP
2017 Audrey King
2016 Thomas Keens, MD, FCCP
2015 John Bach, MD, FCCP
2014 Judith Fischer, MS
2014 Joan Headley, MS, BS
2013 Roger Goldstein, MBChB, FCCP
2012 Not Conferred
2011 Norma Braun, MD, FCCP
2010 Barbara Rogers

Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture

2018 Richard Casaburi, MD, FCCP
2017 Gerard Criner, MD, FCCP
2016 Nicola Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP
2015 Darcy Marciniuk, MD, FCCP
2014 Bartolome Celli, MD, FCCP

Om P. Sharma, MD, Master FCCP Memorial Lecture

Conferred every three years.

2016 Robert Baughman, MD, FCCP
2013 Marc Judson, MD, FCCP

Master Fellow (FCCP)

2018 David Gutterman, MD, Master FCCP
2017 Sidney Braman, MD, Master FCCP
2017 Suhail Raoof, MBBS, Master FCCP
2016 Not Conferred
2015 Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli, MD, Master FCCP
2014 W. Michael Alberts, MD, Master FCCP
2013 Mark J. Rosen, MD, Master FCCP
2012 Peter J. Barnes, DM, Master FCCP
2011 Robert G. Johnson, MD, Master FCCP
2011 Paul A. Kvale, MD, Master FCCP
2010 Not Conferred

Early Career Clinician Educator

2018 Amy Morris, MD, FCCP
2017 Septimu Murgu, MD, FCCP
2016 Gabriel Bosslet, MD, FCCP

Master Clinician Educator

2018 Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP
2017 Stephanie Levine, MD, FCCP
2016 Jack Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP