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The CHEST Foundation raises awareness for the most common interstitial lung disease.
On August 27, the CHEST Foundation and the Feldman Family Foundation will be hosting the 9th annual Irv Feldman Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament & Casino Night fundraiser supporting patient access and the provision of better quality of life for patients battling the interstitial lung disease – pulmonary fibrosis.
“My dad, Irv, had pulmonary fibrosis and deeply loved to play poker. It was always a family activity, and it continued through when he got sick. We played at his kitchen table when he couldn’t leave the house, and we even brought cards and chips to his hospital and rehab rooms,” said Mitch Feldman, President of the Feldman Family Foundation and member of the CHEST Foundation Board of Trustees. “During these few hours of poker play, he all but forgot about his illness and showed virtually no symptoms of the disease. In his honor, we created an event where people would come together to have fun playing poker while raising money for the disease [that] so deeply impacted our family.”
Through years of hosting the event, the Feldman family and the CHEST Foundation secured funding to develop a pulmonary fibrosis patient education resource hub that serves as a resource for those newly diagnosed and living with this disease. The Feldman Family and the CHEST Foundation continue to raise funds to support both early diagnosis and closing the gap between diagnosis and beginning treatment.
Partnering to address gaps
Affecting around 400,000 people in the United States, ILDs are frequently misdiagnosed as more common lung diseases. Some studies show that reaching an appropriate diagnosis for rarer lung diseases can take upwards of several years.
To begin addressing the issue of delays in diagnosis, the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) and Three Lakes Foundation are collaborating on a multiphase educational initiative aiming to reduce the time it takes to identify interstitial lung diseases like pulmonary fibrosis.
The initiative is called “Bridging SpecialtiesTM: Timely Diagnosis for ILD Patients” to highlight the collaboration of pulmonary and primary care medicine. A steering committee of medical experts – including pulmonologists, primary care physicians, and a nursing professional – will work to create materials that will aid in identifying and diagnosing complex lung diseases quicker.
“By having experts from both pulmonary and primary care medicine as members of the steering committee, we are bringing together the pieces of the puzzle that is a complex diagnosis,” said Bridging Specialties steering committee member and family medicine physician, Dr. William Lago. “Patients first see their family medicine or primary care clinicians and, all too often, the most complex lung diseases present in ways that are indistinguishable from more common conditions like asthma and COPD. Bringing together experts in both fields will yield the best results in creating a path to diagnosis.”
To learn more about the Bridging SpecialtiesTM: Timely Diagnosis for ILD Patients initiative and to sign up for updates, visit https://tinyurl.com/2p92ha6r.
For ticket and donation information to the Irv Feldman Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament & Casino Night, visit the CHEST Foundation website at foundation.chestnet.org.
The CHEST Foundation raises awareness for the most common interstitial lung disease.
On August 27, the CHEST Foundation and the Feldman Family Foundation will be hosting the 9th annual Irv Feldman Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament & Casino Night fundraiser supporting patient access and the provision of better quality of life for patients battling the interstitial lung disease – pulmonary fibrosis.
“My dad, Irv, had pulmonary fibrosis and deeply loved to play poker. It was always a family activity, and it continued through when he got sick. We played at his kitchen table when he couldn’t leave the house, and we even brought cards and chips to his hospital and rehab rooms,” said Mitch Feldman, President of the Feldman Family Foundation and member of the CHEST Foundation Board of Trustees. “During these few hours of poker play, he all but forgot about his illness and showed virtually no symptoms of the disease. In his honor, we created an event where people would come together to have fun playing poker while raising money for the disease [that] so deeply impacted our family.”
Through years of hosting the event, the Feldman family and the CHEST Foundation secured funding to develop a pulmonary fibrosis patient education resource hub that serves as a resource for those newly diagnosed and living with this disease. The Feldman Family and the CHEST Foundation continue to raise funds to support both early diagnosis and closing the gap between diagnosis and beginning treatment.
Partnering to address gaps
Affecting around 400,000 people in the United States, ILDs are frequently misdiagnosed as more common lung diseases. Some studies show that reaching an appropriate diagnosis for rarer lung diseases can take upwards of several years.
To begin addressing the issue of delays in diagnosis, the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) and Three Lakes Foundation are collaborating on a multiphase educational initiative aiming to reduce the time it takes to identify interstitial lung diseases like pulmonary fibrosis.
The initiative is called “Bridging SpecialtiesTM: Timely Diagnosis for ILD Patients” to highlight the collaboration of pulmonary and primary care medicine. A steering committee of medical experts – including pulmonologists, primary care physicians, and a nursing professional – will work to create materials that will aid in identifying and diagnosing complex lung diseases quicker.
“By having experts from both pulmonary and primary care medicine as members of the steering committee, we are bringing together the pieces of the puzzle that is a complex diagnosis,” said Bridging Specialties steering committee member and family medicine physician, Dr. William Lago. “Patients first see their family medicine or primary care clinicians and, all too often, the most complex lung diseases present in ways that are indistinguishable from more common conditions like asthma and COPD. Bringing together experts in both fields will yield the best results in creating a path to diagnosis.”
To learn more about the Bridging SpecialtiesTM: Timely Diagnosis for ILD Patients initiative and to sign up for updates, visit https://tinyurl.com/2p92ha6r.
For ticket and donation information to the Irv Feldman Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament & Casino Night, visit the CHEST Foundation website at foundation.chestnet.org.
The CHEST Foundation raises awareness for the most common interstitial lung disease.
On August 27, the CHEST Foundation and the Feldman Family Foundation will be hosting the 9th annual Irv Feldman Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament & Casino Night fundraiser supporting patient access and the provision of better quality of life for patients battling the interstitial lung disease – pulmonary fibrosis.
“My dad, Irv, had pulmonary fibrosis and deeply loved to play poker. It was always a family activity, and it continued through when he got sick. We played at his kitchen table when he couldn’t leave the house, and we even brought cards and chips to his hospital and rehab rooms,” said Mitch Feldman, President of the Feldman Family Foundation and member of the CHEST Foundation Board of Trustees. “During these few hours of poker play, he all but forgot about his illness and showed virtually no symptoms of the disease. In his honor, we created an event where people would come together to have fun playing poker while raising money for the disease [that] so deeply impacted our family.”
Through years of hosting the event, the Feldman family and the CHEST Foundation secured funding to develop a pulmonary fibrosis patient education resource hub that serves as a resource for those newly diagnosed and living with this disease. The Feldman Family and the CHEST Foundation continue to raise funds to support both early diagnosis and closing the gap between diagnosis and beginning treatment.
Partnering to address gaps
Affecting around 400,000 people in the United States, ILDs are frequently misdiagnosed as more common lung diseases. Some studies show that reaching an appropriate diagnosis for rarer lung diseases can take upwards of several years.
To begin addressing the issue of delays in diagnosis, the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) and Three Lakes Foundation are collaborating on a multiphase educational initiative aiming to reduce the time it takes to identify interstitial lung diseases like pulmonary fibrosis.
The initiative is called “Bridging SpecialtiesTM: Timely Diagnosis for ILD Patients” to highlight the collaboration of pulmonary and primary care medicine. A steering committee of medical experts – including pulmonologists, primary care physicians, and a nursing professional – will work to create materials that will aid in identifying and diagnosing complex lung diseases quicker.
“By having experts from both pulmonary and primary care medicine as members of the steering committee, we are bringing together the pieces of the puzzle that is a complex diagnosis,” said Bridging Specialties steering committee member and family medicine physician, Dr. William Lago. “Patients first see their family medicine or primary care clinicians and, all too often, the most complex lung diseases present in ways that are indistinguishable from more common conditions like asthma and COPD. Bringing together experts in both fields will yield the best results in creating a path to diagnosis.”
To learn more about the Bridging SpecialtiesTM: Timely Diagnosis for ILD Patients initiative and to sign up for updates, visit https://tinyurl.com/2p92ha6r.
For ticket and donation information to the Irv Feldman Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament & Casino Night, visit the CHEST Foundation website at foundation.chestnet.org.