Bob Musacchio, PhD

Our recent congress in Bangkok, Thailand, was just the beginning of our plans to expand the CHEST brand and share our innovative education across the globe. The congress held this past April served as a successful launch pad that included attendance of over 1,000 delegates who represented 57 countries and featured innovative and diverse educational opportunities that incorporated the best of the CHEST Annual Meeting, including interactive lectures, recent advances in clinical practice and science, guided poster presentations, and hands-on simulation opportunities. The exceptional program is attributed to the partnership with the Thoracic Society of Thailand; the Chair, Dr. David Schulman; the faculty, for delivering such an innovative and engaging educational event; and many others who planned, supported, and participated in this impressive event.

In order to have a greater impact on the way that lung diseases, critical care conditions, and sleep disorders are diagnosed and treated, CHEST has been actively expanding its reach and the way it plans, develops, and executes its international educational strategy. This was CHEST’s first venture into a new model designed around hosting one large congress outside of the United States and one smaller regional congress each year. This year, Athens, Greece, followed in June as the site of the regional congress. In subsequent years, we will be increasing the offerings and the options for these regional international events.

Newly announced, we are planning a regional program in Singapore for late fall of 2020 or early 2021. This program will be conducted in collaboration with the National University Health System and Dr. Pyng Lee. Also, next year, the CHEST Congress will be held in Bologna, Italy, June 25-27, in collaboration with the CHEST delegation from Italy, led by Dr. Francesco de Blasio. The program chairs for this event are Drs. John Studdard and William Kelly.

We are excited to broaden our international educational reach through this plan. By refining, growing, and building upon this new model and developing more live learning, hands-on simulation, CHEST gamification, and other interactive components, we continually provide the most cutting-edge learning opportunities available across the globe. We are accomplishing this through partnering with global societies and CHEST delegations to identify unmet educational needs by region and patient base. Through this expansion, we hope to continue our fight to “Crush” lung disease wherever it exists.

Our recent congress in Bangkok, Thailand, was just the beginning of our plans to expand the CHEST brand and share our innovative education across the globe. The congress held this past April served as a successful launch pad that included attendance of over 1,000 delegates who represented 57 countries and featured innovative and diverse educational opportunities that incorporated the best of the CHEST Annual Meeting, including interactive lectures, recent advances in clinical practice and science, guided poster presentations, and hands-on simulation opportunities. The exceptional program is attributed to the partnership with the Thoracic Society of Thailand; the Chair, Dr. David Schulman; the faculty, for delivering such an innovative and engaging educational event; and many others who planned, supported, and participated in this impressive event.

In order to have a greater impact on the way that lung diseases, critical care conditions, and sleep disorders are diagnosed and treated, CHEST has been actively expanding its reach and the way it plans, develops, and executes its international educational strategy. This was CHEST’s first venture into a new model designed around hosting one large congress outside of the United States and one smaller regional congress each year. This year, Athens, Greece, followed in June as the site of the regional congress. In subsequent years, we will be increasing the offerings and the options for these regional international events.

Newly announced, we are planning a regional program in Singapore for late fall of 2020 or early 2021. This program will be conducted in collaboration with the National University Health System and Dr. Pyng Lee. Also, next year, the CHEST Congress will be held in Bologna, Italy, June 25-27, in collaboration with the CHEST delegation from Italy, led by Dr. Francesco de Blasio. The program chairs for this event are Drs. John Studdard and William Kelly.

We are excited to broaden our international educational reach through this plan. By refining, growing, and building upon this new model and developing more live learning, hands-on simulation, CHEST gamification, and other interactive components, we continually provide the most cutting-edge learning opportunities available across the globe. We are accomplishing this through partnering with global societies and CHEST delegations to identify unmet educational needs by region and patient base. Through this expansion, we hope to continue our fight to “Crush” lung disease wherever it exists.

Our recent congress in Bangkok, Thailand, was just the beginning of our plans to expand the CHEST brand and share our innovative education across the globe. The congress held this past April served as a successful launch pad that included attendance of over 1,000 delegates who represented 57 countries and featured innovative and diverse educational opportunities that incorporated the best of the CHEST Annual Meeting, including interactive lectures, recent advances in clinical practice and science, guided poster presentations, and hands-on simulation opportunities. The exceptional program is attributed to the partnership with the Thoracic Society of Thailand; the Chair, Dr. David Schulman; the faculty, for delivering such an innovative and engaging educational event; and many others who planned, supported, and participated in this impressive event.

In order to have a greater impact on the way that lung diseases, critical care conditions, and sleep disorders are diagnosed and treated, CHEST has been actively expanding its reach and the way it plans, develops, and executes its international educational strategy. This was CHEST’s first venture into a new model designed around hosting one large congress outside of the United States and one smaller regional congress each year. This year, Athens, Greece, followed in June as the site of the regional congress. In subsequent years, we will be increasing the offerings and the options for these regional international events.

Newly announced, we are planning a regional program in Singapore for late fall of 2020 or early 2021. This program will be conducted in collaboration with the National University Health System and Dr. Pyng Lee. Also, next year, the CHEST Congress will be held in Bologna, Italy, June 25-27, in collaboration with the CHEST delegation from Italy, led by Dr. Francesco de Blasio. The program chairs for this event are Drs. John Studdard and William Kelly.

We are excited to broaden our international educational reach through this plan. By refining, growing, and building upon this new model and developing more live learning, hands-on simulation, CHEST gamification, and other interactive components, we continually provide the most cutting-edge learning opportunities available across the globe. We are accomplishing this through partnering with global societies and CHEST delegations to identify unmet educational needs by region and patient base. Through this expansion, we hope to continue our fight to “Crush” lung disease wherever it exists.