Winners-All at CHEST 2016

January 6, 2017 | CHEST Physician

Cristina Russo, MD, PhD

Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

A Proteomic-Metaproteomic Analysis Approach Allows Identification of Drug Target Candidates for the Future Design of Preventive, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Strategies Against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Diseases

This grant is supported by Insmed.

Peter Leary, MD, MS

University of Washington

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Expression Profiling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

This grant is supported by Actelion Pharmaceuticals, US, Inc.

Brett Ley, MD

University of California, San Francisco

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Extracellular Circulation RNAs as Predictors of Disease Progression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.

Sydney Montesi, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Gadofosveset-Enhanced Lung MRI to Detect Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Disease Activity

This grant is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals & Genentech Inc.

Farbod Rahaghi, MD, PhD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism

CT Scan-Based Markers for Prediction of Outcomes in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

This grant is supported by Daiichi Sankyo.

Catherine Oberg, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health

Effects of Household Air Pollution on Airway Inflammation, Lung Function, and Respiratory Symptoms

This grant is supported in full by the CHEST Foundation.

2016 Community Service Grantee

Ethel Jane Carter, MD, FCCP

Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University

CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP

East African Training Initiative ( EATI) in Pulmonary Medicine

2016 NetWorks Challenge Travel Grantees

Debarsee Banerjee, MS, MD

Women’s Health NetWork

Drew Harris, MD

Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork

Kerry Hena, MD

Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork

Amanpreet Kaur, MD

Women’s Health NetWork

2016 Diversity Travel Grant Winners

John B. Bishara, DO

Renato F. Blanco Jr., MD

Angel Coz-Yataco, MD Sherie A. Gause, MD

Anthony Nebor, MD

James T. Williams, MD

Alfred Soffer Research Award Winners

Kerry Hena, MD

Deepak Pradhan, MD, FCCP

Young Investigator Award Winners

Elizabeth Becker: Clinical Characteristics of Sarcoidosis in World Trade Center (WTC) Exposed Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Firefighters

Daniel Altman, MD : Cost-Effectiveness of Universally Funding Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy

Case Report Slide Winners

John Egan, MD, BA : An Unusual Cause of Tracheal Stenosis Due to a Vascular Anomaly Successfully Managed With Silicone Airway Stenting Prior to Definitive Vascular Repair

Harprett Grewal, MD : Bladder PTLD: First Reported Case of Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) in the Bladder in a Lung Transplant Recipient

Michael Fingerhood, MD, MPH : Pulmonary Overlap Histiocytosis: A Rare Case of Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Erdheim Chester Disease in a Patient With Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Myelodisplastic Syndrome

Yihenew Negatu, MD : Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Related to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in a Young Patient Without Coronary Artery Disease

Stephanie Wappel, MD : False-Negative Pet Imaging in Early Stage Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Lina Miyakawa, MD : Restrictive EGFR Mutation

Jeffrey Bonenfant, DO : A Unique Case of Follicular Bronchiolitis

Melissa Myers, MD : Seeing the Forest and Not Just the Trees: A Case of Recurrent Fever, Cough, and Respiratory Failure

Carly Fabrizio, DO : An Unusual Case of Submassive Hemoptysis

Meilinh Thi, DO : A Case to Make Your Skin Crawl

Garrett Harp, MD : Lambertosis: A Lung Cancer Mimic

Malik Khan, MD : Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: A Case Report

Priya Patel, MD : A Troubling Trifecta: Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis and Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Atul Palkar, MD : SGLT2 Inhibitors: Mind the Gap

Ji Yeon Lee, MD : Making Unusual Connections: Fibrosing Mediastinitis Leading to Bronchoesophageal Fistula

Sailm Daouk, MD : A Rare Form of Invasive Aspergillus Infection in a Severely Immunocompromised Host

Venkata Ravi Kumar Angirekula, MD : Vanishing Lung

Stephen Milan, MD : An Unexpected Mass

Lelia Logue, MD : A Rare Cause of Dysphagia

Daniel Hershberger, MD : Rapidly Progressive Hypoxic Respiratory Failure After a Rash: A Case of Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis (CADM)-Associated ILD