Continuing our list of CHEST 2022 Winners

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CHEST FOUNDATION GRANT AWARDS

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health Disparities

Laura Sanapo, MD, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, R.I.

This grant is jointly supported by the CHEST Foundation and the Respiratory Health Association.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Benjamin Wu, MD, New York University

This grant is supported by AstraZeneca.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Richard Zou, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation and AASM Foundation Research Grant in Sleep Medicine

Gonzalo Labarca, MD, Universidad San Sebastian, Concepción, Chile

This grant is jointly supported by the CHEST Foundation and AASM Foundation.

CHEST Foundation and American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine Research Grant in Sleep Apnea

Sherri Katz, MD, FCCP, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa

This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation and American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Sleep Medicine

Nancy Stewart, DO, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City

This grant is supported by Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Severe Asthma

Gareth Walters, MD, University Hospitals Birmingham (England)

This grant is supported by AstraZeneca.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Severe Asthma

Andréanne Côté, MD, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec

This grant is supported by AstraZeneca.

CHEST Foundation and APCCMPD Research Grant in Medical Education

Christopher Leba, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco

This grant is jointly supported by the CHEST Foundation and APCCMPD.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in COVID-19

Clea Barnett, MD, New York University

This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Critical Care

Katherine Walker, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism

Daniel Lachant, DO, University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center/Strong Memorial Hospital

This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Hypertension

Christina Thornton, MD, PhD, University of Calgary (Alta.)

This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Christina Eckhardt, MD, Columbia University, New York

This grant is supported by an independent grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals and Genentech.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis

John Kim, MD, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

This grant is supported by an independent grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals and Genentech.

John R. Addrizzo, MD, FCCP Research Grant in Sarcoidosis

Kerry Hena, MD, New York University

This grant is in honor of John R. Addrizzo, MD, FCCP and is jointly supported by the Addrizzo family and the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pediatric Lung Health

Adam Shapiro, MD, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal

This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST Foundation Young Investigator Grant

Sameer Avasarala, MD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST/ALA/ATS Respiratory Health Equity Research Award

Matthew Triplette, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle

The Respiratory Health Equity Research Award is jointly supported by the American Lung Association, the American Thoracic Society, and the CHEST Foundation.

CHEST/ALA/ATS Respiratory Health Equity Research Award

Ayobami Akenroye, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

The Respiratory Health Equity Research Award is jointly supported by the American Lung Association, the American Thoracic Society, and the CHEST Foundation.

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

Lorriane Odhiambo, PhD, Augusta (Ga.) University

This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

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

Katie Stevens, Team Telomere, New York

This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

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

Matthew Sharpe, MD, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City

This grant is supported by the CHEST Foundation.

SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT AWARDS

Alfred Soffer Research Awards

Presented abstracts will be judged by session moderators, and award recipients will be selected for their outstanding original scientific research. Finalists will be evaluated on the basis of their written abstract and the quality of their oral presentation. This award is named in honor of Alfred Soffer, MD, Master FCCP, who was Editor in Chief of the journal CHEST® from 1968 to 1993, and Executive Director of CHEST from 1969 to 1992.

Young Investigator Awards

Investigators who are enrolled in a training or fellowship program or who have completed a fellowship program within 5 years prior to CHEST 2022 are eligible for Young Investigator Awards.

Presenters will be evaluated on the basis of their written abstract and presentation. Recipients will be selected by judges from the Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee for their outstanding original scientific research.

Top Rapid Fire Abstract Award

Awards are granted to two presenters from all the rapid fire sessions at the CHEST Annual Meeting for outstanding original scientific research and presentation

Top Case Report Award

Awards are granted to one presenter in each oral case report session at the CHEST Annual Meeting for outstanding original scientific research and presentation

Top Rapid Fire Case Report Award

Awards are granted to one presenter in each rapid fire oral case report session at the CHEST Annual Meeting for outstanding original scientific research and presentation 

ALFRED SOFFER RESEARCH AWARD WINNERS

Palak Rath, MD

A Sense Of Urgency: Boarding Of Critical Care Medicine Patients In The ED

Syed Nazeer Mahmood, MD

Quantifying The Risk For Overtreatment And Undertreatment Of Severe Community Onset Pneumonia

YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD WINNERS

Anusha Devarajan, MD, MBBS

Pneumomediastinum And Pneumothorax In COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Matched Case-Control Study

Marjan Islam, MD

Thoracic Ultrasound In COVID-19: Use Of Lung And Diaphragm Ultrasound In Evaluating Dyspnea In Survivors Of Critical Illness From COVID-19 Pneumonia In A Post-ICU Clinic

Aaron St Laurent, MD

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Respiratory Profiles From Real-World Registry Data: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study

ABSTRACT RAPID FIRE WINNERS

Andrew J.O. Davis, MD

Early Gas Exchange Parameters Not Associated With Survival In COVID-19-Associated ARDS Patients Requiring Prolonged Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Benjamin Emmanuel

Clinical Outcomes In Patients With Severe Asthma Who Had Or Had Not Initiated Biologic Therapy: Results From The CLEAR Study

CASE REPORT SESSION WINNERS

Sathya Alekhya Bukkuri

Smarca4-Deficient Undifferentiated Tumor: A Rare Thoracic Malignancy

Zachary A. Banbury, MD

Fungal Aortitis In A Patient For Whom Blood Transfusion Is Not An Option: A Rare But Potentially Fatal Complication Of Aortic Valve Replacement

Harinivaas Shanmugavel Geetha, MD

Respiratory Distress After Potentially Fatal Aspirin Overdose: When To Intubate?

Lisa Hayes

Systemic Epstein-Barr Virus-Related T-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder: A Rare Cause Of Dyspnea And Pulmonary Infiltrates In An Immunocompetent Adult

Mohammed Alsaggaf, MBBS

Calcium Oxalate Deposition In Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Cheyenne Snavely

Traffic Jam In The Vasculature: A Case Of Pulmonary Leukostasis

Clarissa Smith, MD

Talcoma In Lung Cancer Screening: A Rare Benign Cause Of PET Scan Avidity

Nitin Gupta, MD

The Clue Is In The Blood Gas: A Rare Manifestation Of Lactic Acidosis

Moses Hayrabedian, MD

A Century-Old Infection Mimicking Malignancy: A Case Of Diffuse Histoplasmosis

Gabriel R. Schroeder, MD

A Case Of Wind-Instrument Associated Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Fizza Sajid, DO

Leaping From Lush Tropical Environments To The L-Train: A Case Of Severe Leptospirosis In New York City

Krista R. Dollar, MD

Looking Past The Ground Glass: It Was Only Skin Deep

Konstantin Golubykh, MD

Point-Of-Care Ultrasound In The Timely Diagnosis Of Colonic Necrosis

Arsal Tharwani

Abdominal Compression In End-Stage Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Improves Respiratory Compliance

Ryan Kozloski

When Asthma Isn’t: Multispecialty Approach To Fibrosing Mediastinitis

Zach S. Jarrett, DO

Vanishing Cancer: A Case Of Smoking-Related Organizing Pneumonia

Stephen Simeone

Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia Presenting As Thrombus In Transit With Acute Pulmonary Embolism

David Gruen, MD

Tackling Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES): A Rare Case Of Subtherapeutic Tacrolimus Causing PRES In Steroid-Resistant Nephropathy

Nicholas Kunce, MD

An Unusual Case Of Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Presenting With Catastrophic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Phillip J. Gary, MD

Sarcoid-Like Reaction After Treatment With Pembrolizumab

Shreya Podder, MD

Endobronchial Valves For Treatment Of Persistent Air Leak After Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax In Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

Alina Aw Wasim, MD, MBBS

Chest-Wall Castleman Disease Mimicking Thymoma Drop Metastasis

Ndausung Udongwo

The ‘Rat Bite Sign” On Cardiac MRI: Left Dominant Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy As An Atypical Etiology Of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Grant Senyei, MD

Management Of Ventriculopleural Shunt-Associated Pleural Effusion

Garima Singh, MD

COVID-19-Associated Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (TTP)

CASE REPORT RAPID FIRE WINNERS

Sandeep Patri

Hyperammonemia Postlung Transplantation: An Uncommon But Life-Threatening Complication

Trung Nguyen

Dyspnea During Pregnancy Revealing Multiple Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations And A New Diagnosis Of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Pedro J. Baez, MD

Adenoid Cystic Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Esophageal Malignancy Misdiagnosed As COPD

Brette Guckian, DO

Management Of Pulmonary Cement Emboli After Kyphoplasty

Brinn Demars, DO

Tumor Emboli In The Pulmonary Artery Secondary To Chondrosarcoma: A Rare Presentation Mimicking Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Aakriti Arora

A Case Of Pulmonary Hypertension As A Possible Extracranial Manifestation Of Moyamoya Disease

Racine Elaine Reinoso

Clot In Transit: The Role Of Point-Of-Care Ultrasound In Early Diagnosis And Improved Outcomes

Qiraat Azeem, MD

A Case Of Autosomal-Dominant Hyper-IgE Syndrome Masquerading As Cystic Fibrosis

Jason R. Ballengee, DO

Third-Trimester Pregnancy Complicated By Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting With Central Airway Obstruction And Stenosis

Sam Shafer

Caught In The Fray: Neurosarcoidosis Presenting As Chronic Respiratory Failure

Takkin Lo, MD, MPH

China White In Asthmatic Recreational Drug Users: Does It Contribute To Pneumatocele Development?

Sanjeev Shrestha, MD

Successful Treatment Of Microscopic Polyangiitis Using Novel Steroid-Sparing Agent Avacopan

Kristina Menchaca, MD

Cardiac Tamponade Without The Beck Triad: A Complication Of Severe Hypothyroidism

Olivia Millay, BS

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Of Left Anterior Descending Artery Complicated By Ventricular Septal Rupture

Akruti P. Prabhakar, DO

Delayed Lead Perforation Of The Right Atrium In The Presence Of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava: A Rare Coincidence

Kevin Hsu, MD

A Modified Valsalva Maneuver For Ventilated And Sedated Patients With Unstable Supraventricular Tachycardia

Nang San Hti Lar Seng

Cardiovascular Manifestations Of Paraaortic Paragangliomas

Rocio Castillo-Larios

Membranous Dehiscence After Tracheal Resection And Reconstruction Healed Spontaneously With Conservative Treatment

Fizza Sajid, DO

A Young Broken Heart, Reversed

Janeen Grant-Sittol, MD

Inhaled Tranexamic Acid Use For Massive Hemoptysis In Vasculitis-Induced Bronchoalveolar Hemorrhage

Raman G. Kutty, Md, PhD

Progressive Lung Infiltrates In Patient With Acquired Immunodeficiency: A Rare Case Of GLILD

Tanwe Shende

Mycobacterium Shimoidei: A Rare Nontuberculous Infection In A U.S. Patient

Sarah M. Upson, MD

Not Your Typical Lactic Acidosis

Prachi Saluja, MD

Late-Onset Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) After Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection

Steven S. Wu, MD

Type 1 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia-Associated Tracheobronchial Tumors Managed By Rigid Bronchoscopy-Directed Multimodal Tumor Destruction

Konstantin Golubykh, MD

The Reversal That Helped: Role Of Bedside Echocardiography In Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Eric Salomon, MD

Obstructive Tracheobronchial Pulmonary Aspergillosis Managed With Local Bronchoscopic Intervention Alone

Daniel Hoesterey, MD

A Rare Case Of Critical Illness Due To Eczema Herpeticum With Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus Infection

Awab U. Khan, DO

Severe Colchicine Toxicity In A Suicide Attempt Causing Multiorgan Failure: A Survival Story

Jacob Cebulko

Disseminated Strongyloidiasis In A Patient With Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

Hasan Baher, MD

Hiding In Plain Sight: Disseminated Pulmonary TB

Navneet Ramesh

Multimodal Management Of Gastric Variceal Bleeding In Hemorrhagic Shock

Jason L. Peng, MD

Improving Compliance With Continuous Anterior Chest Compression In ARDS Caused By COVID-19: A Case Series

Sushan Gupta, MD

Complete Resolution Of Vasoreactive Pulmonary Artery Hypertension In Chronic Hypersensitive Pneumonitis

Mamta S. Chhabria, MD

A Fistulous Issue: Gastropleural Fistula As A Complication Of Gastrectomy

Anita Singh, DO, MBA

Identifying A Novel Surfactant Protein Mutation In A Family With Pulmonary Fibrosis

Rana Prathap Padappayil, MBBS

Delayed Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CSVT) After An Invasive Meningioma Resection: An Uncommon Presentation Of A Common Complication

Rubabin Tooba, MD

The Morphing Cavity: An Image Series Of A Patient’s Pulmonary Infarction Over Time

Sally Ziatabar, DO

A Rare Case Of Disseminated Blastomycosis

Sumukh Arun Kumar

Incidental Pulmonary Cavitary Lesions As An Uncommon Presentation Of Lemierre Syndrome

Sophia Emetu

Pet Peeve: Dyspnea From Undiagnosed Pasteurella Multocida Empyema

Chidambaram Ramasamy, MD

A Case Of Diffuse Alveolar-Septal Pulmonary Amyloidosis And Cardiomyopathy

Rachel Swier

Acid-Fast Bacteria In Bronchiectasis: If The Glass Slipper Does Not Fit, Non-TB Mycobacteria, Consider Tsukamurella

Catherine Durant, MD

Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease With Tafro Syndrome And Sjögren Syndrome

Ali Al-Hilli, MD, MSc

Sarcoidosis-Like Reaction During Treatment For Metastatic Breast Cancer With CDK 4/6 Inhibitors: Just An Epiphenomenon Or A Causal Relationship?

Scott Slusarenko, DO

Rapidly Progressive Perimyocarditis In SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Agatha M. Formoso, MD

Two Infants Presenting With Polymicrobial Pneumonia And Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Associated With Heterozygous Variants In Carmil2 And Itk

Juan Adams-Chahin

The Silence Of “Lam”: A Case Of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Associated With Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (Lam)

Kathleen Capaccione, MD

Lung Cancer Is Not Always The Answer: Exploring The Differential Diagnosis Of Thoracic Masses

Joann Wongvravit, DO

West Nile-Induced Myasthenia Gravis Crisis: An Unexpected Case Of Respiratory Failure

Ethan Karle, Do

A Rare Cause Of Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia In A Patient With Poorly Controlled Diabetes

Taylor C. Becker, MD

Calcified Cavitary Conundrum: Delayed Diagnosis Of Histoplasmosis

Anneka Hutton, MD

Disseminated Listeriosis: A Deadly Triplicate

Omar Kandah, DO

COVID-19 Cardiac Tamponade With Cardiogenic Shock In A Previously Vaccinated Young Adult: A Case Report

Cihan Caglayan, MD

Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Diagnosed After Central Venous Catheter Placement

Michelle Jones, DO

Delayed Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Diagnosis In A Patient With Pulmonary Sarcoidosis And Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report

Mariah Evarts, MD

A Normotensive Woman With Profound Lactic Acidosis And Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy

Rachel V. Tan, MD

A Four-Boding Future: Polyviral Infection With SARS-CoV-2, Parainfluenza Virus Type 3, Influenza A, And Adenovirus

Thanh Hoang

Recurrent Syncope From Intermittent Torsades In Loperamide Abuse

Alissa Ali, MD

Ground Glass Opacities In A Patient Receiving Treatment With All-Trans Retinoic Acid And Arsenic Trioxide

Sean M. Masi, DO, MBA

Ferritin-Guided Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) Administration In COVID-19-Induced Cytokine Storm Syndrome: A Case Series

Anjali Sachdeva

Successful Biopsy Of Aortopulmonary Window Lymph Node With Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy

Rehan Saeed, MD

Multiple Sclerosis After COVID-19: A Sign Of Things To Come?

Harshitha Mergey Devender

Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Associated With Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia Causing Recurrent Respiratory Failure

Be sure to check out the other award winners on page 20 in the January issue of CHEST Physician: https://tinyurl.com/2bcdcbj3 .

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