Deep Breaths: Updates from CHEST
Welcome to the Deep Breaths: Updates from CHEST series, dedicated to championing the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of lung and chest diseases. Check out CHEST leaders and advocates sharing the latest in chest medicine education, clinical research, and team-based care in the areas of pulmonary diseases, critical care, and sleep medicine. Learn more about the latest diagnostic and treatment advances in pulmonology and critical care below.
- Update frequency
- every 26 days
- Episodes
- 43
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Diagnosing and Staging Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Key Updates and Evolving Strategies
Guest: Jeffrey B. Velotta, MD, FACS
Guest: Anne Gonzalez, MD, M.Sc.
For patients with non-small cell lung cancer, staging accuracy is c…
Optimizing NSCLC Care: Advances in Lung Biopsy and Biomarker Testing
Guest: Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP
Guest: Adam H. Fox, MD, MSc
Cutting-edge biopsy methods and streamlined biomarker testing are transfo…
Evolving Strategies in Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Management
Guest: Anurag Singh, MD
Guest: Adam H. Fox, MD, MSc
Guest: Mariam Alexander, MD, PhD
Recent therapeutic advances are reshaping our …
Understanding Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: Advancements and Ongoing Challenges
Guest: Anurag Singh, MD
Guest: Adam H. Fox, MD, MSc
Guest: Mariam Alexander, MD, PhD
Despite the typically poor prognosis of extens…
Targeting IL-5 in Severe Asthma: The Role of Biologic Therapies
Guest: Monica Kraft, MD, FCCP
Guest: Anju T Peters, MD, MSCI, FAAAAI
IL-5 is a key driver of Type 2 inflammation in patients with severe asthma, promoting do…
Diagnosing NTM and Bronchiectasis: Best Practices for Early and Accurate Recognition
Guest: Ashwin Basavaraj, MD
Early recognition and diagnosis of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) and bronchiectasis are key for optimal patient manag…
Optimizing NTM Care: Expert Insights on Diagnosis and Treatment
Guest: Keren Bakal, MD
Guest: Nathan Falk, MD, MBA, FAAFP
Guest: Amy Springer, NP
Often mistaken for COPD or asthma, bronchiectasis and nontuberculou…
Implicit Bias in Uncontrolled Asthma Care: Impacts on Clinical Decision-Making
Guest: Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP
Guest: Jay Peters, MD
A recent study assessing the impact of implicit bias on uncontrolled asthma treatment foun…
COPD Care: Partnership Between Primary Care and Pulmonary Providers
Guest: Nathan Falk, MD, MBA, FAAFP
Primary care providers can play a pivotal role in a patient’s COPD diagnosis by looking out for signs and symptom…
Applying the First 5 Minutes Concept to COPD Care
Guest: Antonio Anzueto, MD
Guest: Susan Corbridge, PhD, APRN, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FCCP, FAAN
Although the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary…
Navigating COPD: From Symptom Recognition to Emerging Treatment Strategies
Guest: Megan Conroy, MD, MA(Ed), FCCP
Listen in as Farrukh Abbas, MD, FCCP, and Megan Conroy, MD, MAEd, FCCP, discuss the role of the care team in COPD diagnosis…
The Vicious Vortex: Key Mechanisms of Bronchiectasis
Guest: Christopher Lippincott, MD, MPH
Bronchiectasis is a complex syndrome that can lead to an interconnected cascade of airway dysfunction and inflammation.…
Exploring Approaches to Management for Bronchiectasis
Host: Christopher Lippincott, MD, MPH
From airway clearance techniques and mucoactive therapy—what can clinicians do to manage bronchiectasis exacerbations? …
Exploring COPD Exacerbations Through the Lens of a Patient Case
Guest: Ron Balkissoon, MD, MSc, DIH, FRCPC
What do we need to know about the pathophysiology and burden of COPD exacerbations? To better understand this—…
Recognizing & Addressing the Burden of COPD Exacerbations
Guest: Ron Balkissoon, MD, MSc, DIH, FRCPC
What is a COPD exacerbation, and what puts our patients at risk of them? Drs. Stephanie Christenson and Ron Ba…
Diagnosing Pneumonia: A Look at Key Obstacles & New Testing Modalities
Guest: Tufik Assad, MD, MSCI
What are the factors that make diagnosing pneumonia challenging, and how might emerging testing modalities improve that? To answer thi…
Key Diagnostic Barriers & Guideline Updates for Pneumonia
Guest: Daniel Jay Feinstein, MD, FACP, MS, ACRP-PI
Diagnosing pneumonia can be challenging, but the CAP guidelines offer recommendations to improve the detection o…
Emerging Clinical Data on Endobronchial Valves for COPD
Guest: Emily L. Yee, MD
What do we need to know about using endobronchial valves in patients with severe COPD and emphysema? Drs. Frank Sciurba and Emil…
Perspectives on the NTM Guidelines for MAC Lung Disease
Guest: Ashwin Basavaraj, MD
From evaluating diagnostic criteria to nonpharmacologic therapy, what do the NTM guidelines recommend when it comes to the t…
Therapeutic Challenges in NTM/MAC Lung Disease: One Patient’s Journey from Diagnosis to Treatment
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and bronchiectasis are challenging diseases that require a multidisciplinary approach to treat. Dr. Ashwin Basavaraj sits down w…