Honor and Memorial Awards and Lectures

Don't miss presentations by these respected scientists, honored for their outstanding contributions to science and medicine, as they discuss their research and perspectives.

College Medalist Award

Awarded to Richard W. Light, MD, FCCP

The College Medalist Award is a long-standing award for meritorious service in furthering progress in the field of diseases of the chest. It honors a clinician, author, teacher, or investigator.

Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture

November 1
8:00 am - 9:15 am
Awarded to Curtis N. Sessler, MD, FCCP

This memorial lecture was established in 1997 to honor Roger C. Bone, MD, Master FCCP. Dr. Bone made unprecedented advances in critical care, particularly in sepsis and sepsis research; empowered physicians to communicate with their patients and their families about end-of-life issues; and made significant society achievements.

Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation

November 1
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Awarded to Barbara Rogers

This award was established in 1999 by Dr. Eveline Faure and Dr. Allen I. Goldberg to honor their lifelong colleague and friend, Margaret Pfrommer, a polio survivor and patient advocate. It was established to ensure that individuals who use mechanical ventilation, and their families, can work more effectively in partnership with members of their health-care team.
Supported by The CHEST Foundation.

Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine

November 2
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Awarded to Atul C. Mehta, MD, FCCP

This lecture is Awarded to an ACCP member well-known for his or her work in interventional medicine. Topic areas considered include clinical state-of-the-art innovations, economic impact, invention, interventional critical care, research opportunities, and a host of other interesting facets of interventional medicine. This memorial lecture is named in honor of Pasquale Ciaglia, MD, FCCP, the thoracic surgeon who made percutaneous tracheotomy a standard of clinical practice, changing the way long-term ventilation management is performed.
Supported by The CHEST Foundation.

Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Lecture

November 2
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Awarded to Richard J. Wallace Jr, MD, FCCP

In 1974, this lecture was established in memory of Murray Kornfeld, founder of the Federation of American Sanatoria, the precursor organization to the ACCP. He envisioned a society of professionals to promote knowledge of thoracic medicine and publish a journal devoted to diseases of the chest. This award is conferred to 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

November 3
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Awarded to Bartolome R. Celli, MD, FCCP

This lecture was established in 1973 and has since been awarded to a well-respected and published original investigator in pulmonary clinical physiology.

Distinguished Service Award

Awarded to Stephanie M. Levine, MD, FCCP

First named the Distinguished Fellow Award, this award was initially conferred in 1976 and given to Alfred Soffer, MD, Master FCCP. The award was recently combined with the Distinguished Service Award and renamed as such. This is not an annual award but is conferred as appropriate to an ACCP Fellow (or group) who has held a leadership position in the ACCP and has led significant society achievements, and/or has donated time, leadership, and service to the ACCP.

Presidential Citation Honor Lecture

October 30
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Awarded to Kenneth Mattox, MD, FCCP

This award, first conferred in 1970, whose recipient is selected by the current ACCP President, honors an outstanding faculty member speaking at CHEST. One recipient is chosen each year based upon his or her exceptional expertise in a given field.