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In 2013, CHEST began work with the Chinese Ministry of Health and the Chinese Medical Doctor Association to establish the specialty of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in China. CHEST members, among them Drs. Renli Qiao, Jack Buckley, Darcy Marciniuk, Mark Rosen, and Stephanie Levine, helped to establish a curriculum and a board exam and have now seen the first class of fellows complete their training. At our October Board meeting, Dr. Buckley reported at this meeting that the Chinese PCCM program, the first medical subspecialty to be established in China, is prepared to stand on its own, without further support from CHEST. This is a huge accomplishment for both the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and for CHEST, and the Board heartily congratulated everyone who contributed to this impressive project.
Another important function at this October meeting is to approve the Governance Committee’s recommendations for a new slate of board members and a new President-Designate. The board bid farewell to four valued members at the end of their terms: Drs. Robert Aranson (Freeport, ME), Subhakar Kandi (Hyderabad, India), Janet Maurer (Desert Hills, AZ), and Hassan Bencheqroun (San Diego, CA). All contributed immensely to the success of CHEST, and the remaining board members expressed their gratitude. The Board also approved Drs. Vera De Palo (Providence, RI), Neil Freedman (Evanston, IL), Francesco DeBlasio (Napoli, Italy), and Lynn Tanoue (New Haven, CT) as at-large regents, and Dr. Steven Simpson (Kansas City, KS) as the new President-Designate. The Board is committed to ensuring that its makeup be representative of the entirety of our membership base. As CHEST continues to grow internationally and as we gain more members who are women and historically underrepresented minorities, we are dedicated to ensuring that there is no glass ceiling in our organization and that all have the opportunity to contribute to the full extent of their ability. We are, likewise, dedicated to providing mentorship and leadership opportunities for members of groups who are under-represented.
Following the resignation of CHEST’s CEO during the summer, the Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Robert Musacchio, became interim CEO. Dr. Musacchio is a PhD economist who joined CHEST in 2015 after a 35-year stint at the American Medical Association and who has broad and deep experience in the business of running a nonprofit medical organization. He brings an extraordinary skill set in both business and staff development to the role, and we very much look forward to working with him in this new position! Dr. Musacchio gave an update on educational efforts, domestic and international growth in membership, changes in the structure of the professional staff, and the state of our flagship journal, CHEST®.
In 2013, CHEST began work with the Chinese Ministry of Health and the Chinese Medical Doctor Association to establish the specialty of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in China. CHEST members, among them Drs. Renli Qiao, Jack Buckley, Darcy Marciniuk, Mark Rosen, and Stephanie Levine, helped to establish a curriculum and a board exam and have now seen the first class of fellows complete their training. At our October Board meeting, Dr. Buckley reported at this meeting that the Chinese PCCM program, the first medical subspecialty to be established in China, is prepared to stand on its own, without further support from CHEST. This is a huge accomplishment for both the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and for CHEST, and the Board heartily congratulated everyone who contributed to this impressive project.
Another important function at this October meeting is to approve the Governance Committee’s recommendations for a new slate of board members and a new President-Designate. The board bid farewell to four valued members at the end of their terms: Drs. Robert Aranson (Freeport, ME), Subhakar Kandi (Hyderabad, India), Janet Maurer (Desert Hills, AZ), and Hassan Bencheqroun (San Diego, CA). All contributed immensely to the success of CHEST, and the remaining board members expressed their gratitude. The Board also approved Drs. Vera De Palo (Providence, RI), Neil Freedman (Evanston, IL), Francesco DeBlasio (Napoli, Italy), and Lynn Tanoue (New Haven, CT) as at-large regents, and Dr. Steven Simpson (Kansas City, KS) as the new President-Designate. The Board is committed to ensuring that its makeup be representative of the entirety of our membership base. As CHEST continues to grow internationally and as we gain more members who are women and historically underrepresented minorities, we are dedicated to ensuring that there is no glass ceiling in our organization and that all have the opportunity to contribute to the full extent of their ability. We are, likewise, dedicated to providing mentorship and leadership opportunities for members of groups who are under-represented.
Following the resignation of CHEST’s CEO during the summer, the Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Robert Musacchio, became interim CEO. Dr. Musacchio is a PhD economist who joined CHEST in 2015 after a 35-year stint at the American Medical Association and who has broad and deep experience in the business of running a nonprofit medical organization. He brings an extraordinary skill set in both business and staff development to the role, and we very much look forward to working with him in this new position! Dr. Musacchio gave an update on educational efforts, domestic and international growth in membership, changes in the structure of the professional staff, and the state of our flagship journal, CHEST®.
In 2013, CHEST began work with the Chinese Ministry of Health and the Chinese Medical Doctor Association to establish the specialty of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in China. CHEST members, among them Drs. Renli Qiao, Jack Buckley, Darcy Marciniuk, Mark Rosen, and Stephanie Levine, helped to establish a curriculum and a board exam and have now seen the first class of fellows complete their training. At our October Board meeting, Dr. Buckley reported at this meeting that the Chinese PCCM program, the first medical subspecialty to be established in China, is prepared to stand on its own, without further support from CHEST. This is a huge accomplishment for both the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and for CHEST, and the Board heartily congratulated everyone who contributed to this impressive project.
Another important function at this October meeting is to approve the Governance Committee’s recommendations for a new slate of board members and a new President-Designate. The board bid farewell to four valued members at the end of their terms: Drs. Robert Aranson (Freeport, ME), Subhakar Kandi (Hyderabad, India), Janet Maurer (Desert Hills, AZ), and Hassan Bencheqroun (San Diego, CA). All contributed immensely to the success of CHEST, and the remaining board members expressed their gratitude. The Board also approved Drs. Vera De Palo (Providence, RI), Neil Freedman (Evanston, IL), Francesco DeBlasio (Napoli, Italy), and Lynn Tanoue (New Haven, CT) as at-large regents, and Dr. Steven Simpson (Kansas City, KS) as the new President-Designate. The Board is committed to ensuring that its makeup be representative of the entirety of our membership base. As CHEST continues to grow internationally and as we gain more members who are women and historically underrepresented minorities, we are dedicated to ensuring that there is no glass ceiling in our organization and that all have the opportunity to contribute to the full extent of their ability. We are, likewise, dedicated to providing mentorship and leadership opportunities for members of groups who are under-represented.
Following the resignation of CHEST’s CEO during the summer, the Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Robert Musacchio, became interim CEO. Dr. Musacchio is a PhD economist who joined CHEST in 2015 after a 35-year stint at the American Medical Association and who has broad and deep experience in the business of running a nonprofit medical organization. He brings an extraordinary skill set in both business and staff development to the role, and we very much look forward to working with him in this new position! Dr. Musacchio gave an update on educational efforts, domestic and international growth in membership, changes in the structure of the professional staff, and the state of our flagship journal, CHEST®.