CHEST 2012
October 20-25
Atlanta, Georgia
Recognized around the world as the authority in clinical chest medicine, CHEST 2012 will again feature a learning program in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Essential updates on patient care and practice management strategies will keep you at the forefront of chest medicine.
Call for Topics
Submission deadline: December 5
Submit ideas for topics and faculty for CHEST 2012. All topic suggestions related to pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine will be considered. The themes for CHEST 2012 are “Integrating Technology” and “Leadership Development.” The program committee is particularly interested in clinical topics and education that:
- Focus on pulmonary infections in the global arena. Examples include the management of extensively drug-resistant TB or multidrug-resistant TB, bacterial resistance and epidemiologic differences worldwide, public health challenges, and influenza A (H1N1) or other pandemic prevention strategies.
- Lend themselves to focus on development of leadership skills in the pulmonary and critical care field. Examples include supervision of the bronchoscopy suite, ICU, or sleep center; enhancement of administrative skills; and education that assists with career and leadership development within the ACCP or in your professional career.
- Focus on critical care management, both medical (ARDS, shock, ventilator management, etc) and nonmedical (eg, cardiovascular, surgical, neurosurgical, toxicology).
- Focus on sleep medicine (eg, obstructive sleep apnea, polysomnography, preparing for a career change into sleep medicine).
- Focus on national/international issues regarding health-care systems and their impact upon clinical practice.
- Focus on health-care team-based presentations, presented from the perspective of physician, nurse and/or nurse practitioner, respiratory therapist, pharmacist, and others.
These are only examples of topics the program committee is looking for; it is not an all-inclusive list. The committee anticipates submissions from additional clinical areas.
To submit a topic idea, log in to the submissions site using your ACCP ID and password.
Call for Honor and Memorial Awards and Lectures
Nomination deadline: December 15
Each year during the annual CHEST meeting, the ACCP honors physicians who are making significant or meritorious contributions to chest medicine. Physicians are recognized for advancing work in specific areas of chest medicine, mentorship and training, furthering the work of the ACCP, and more. Nominations for the CHEST 2012 Honor and Memorial Awards and Lectures are being accepted now. Review the list of awards and lectures, then nominate colleagues who should be recognized for their distinguished work.
Watch for Call for Abstracts and Case Reports
Submission site open: January 30 - April 9
Be part of the CHEST 2012 program by submitting an abstract of your original investigative work or case report for presentation at the meeting. Please note that the submission deadline this year is April 9, about 1 month earlier than it has been in the past. Watch for the submission site to open January 30.
Watch for more information and opportunities for CHEST 2012.
See y'all there!
