The people’s paper

With this issue, we usher in a new era for CHEST Physician, as I hand over the reins of Editor-in-Chief to Angel Coz, MD, FCCP. I have had the pleasure of serving in this role over the last 4 years, and though I will still have the privilege of appearing within these pages with some frequency as I move into my new role as CHEST President, I would like to mark this milestone by passing along a few thoughts on how CHEST Physician has developed over the last few years, and reflecting on the goals I set for us way back in the January 2018 issue (on page 46 of that issue, for those of you holding on to our back issues).

I’ve always viewed CHEST Physician as “the People’s Paper” of CHEST. While we don’t feature first-run scientific manuscripts and authors aren’t likely to reference our articles in other publications, your editorial board and our partners at Frontline aim to give our readers a broad overview of recent publications and presentations in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, along with expert commentary about how those developments might affect the care we provide to our patients. I can’t thank our editorial board members enough for the hours they spend selecting a small number of items to feature among all of the new medical developments each month.

One of the main goals we had established over the last few years was to create more opportunities for CHEST Physician to serve as the voice of the members and leaders of the American College of Chest Physicians. We achieved the latter part of this goal, with leadership penning quarterly columns on actions of the Board of Regents, developments within the annual meeting, as well as ongoing columns from our NetWorks. And, we have also provided a more reliable voice for our members, with authors of our Sleep Strategies, Critical Care Commentary, and Pulmonary Perspectives columns providing a broader and more representative sample of our membership than ever before.

One of the areas where I would love to see more progress is with reader engagement. It has been a delight to receive feedback from CHEST members, even when the author is taking issue with something we have published. CHEST Physician will be a better publication than it already is with your ongoing input. Please, if you see something that we write that you particularly like (or don’t!) or if there’s something you’d like to see that we haven’t written, please reach out to us! You can always reach us at [email protected].

In closing, I want to thank all of the steadfast CHEST Physician readers for making my 4 years as Editor-in-Chief enjoyable and meaningful. While I am so pleased with the current state of this publication, I cannot wait to see its ongoing evolution under the leadership of Dr. Coz and his editorial board.

With this issue, we usher in a new era for CHEST Physician, as I hand over the reins of Editor-in-Chief to Angel Coz, MD, FCCP. I have had the pleasure of serving in this role over the last 4 years, and though I will still have the privilege of appearing within these pages with some frequency as I move into my new role as CHEST President, I would like to mark this milestone by passing along a few thoughts on how CHEST Physician has developed over the last few years, and reflecting on the goals I set for us way back in the January 2018 issue (on page 46 of that issue, for those of you holding on to our back issues).

I’ve always viewed CHEST Physician as “the People’s Paper” of CHEST. While we don’t feature first-run scientific manuscripts and authors aren’t likely to reference our articles in other publications, your editorial board and our partners at Frontline aim to give our readers a broad overview of recent publications and presentations in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, along with expert commentary about how those developments might affect the care we provide to our patients. I can’t thank our editorial board members enough for the hours they spend selecting a small number of items to feature among all of the new medical developments each month.

One of the main goals we had established over the last few years was to create more opportunities for CHEST Physician to serve as the voice of the members and leaders of the American College of Chest Physicians. We achieved the latter part of this goal, with leadership penning quarterly columns on actions of the Board of Regents, developments within the annual meeting, as well as ongoing columns from our NetWorks. And, we have also provided a more reliable voice for our members, with authors of our Sleep Strategies, Critical Care Commentary, and Pulmonary Perspectives columns providing a broader and more representative sample of our membership than ever before.

One of the areas where I would love to see more progress is with reader engagement. It has been a delight to receive feedback from CHEST members, even when the author is taking issue with something we have published. CHEST Physician will be a better publication than it already is with your ongoing input. Please, if you see something that we write that you particularly like (or don’t!) or if there’s something you’d like to see that we haven’t written, please reach out to us! You can always reach us at [email protected].

In closing, I want to thank all of the steadfast CHEST Physician readers for making my 4 years as Editor-in-Chief enjoyable and meaningful. While I am so pleased with the current state of this publication, I cannot wait to see its ongoing evolution under the leadership of Dr. Coz and his editorial board.

With this issue, we usher in a new era for CHEST Physician, as I hand over the reins of Editor-in-Chief to Angel Coz, MD, FCCP. I have had the pleasure of serving in this role over the last 4 years, and though I will still have the privilege of appearing within these pages with some frequency as I move into my new role as CHEST President, I would like to mark this milestone by passing along a few thoughts on how CHEST Physician has developed over the last few years, and reflecting on the goals I set for us way back in the January 2018 issue (on page 46 of that issue, for those of you holding on to our back issues).

I’ve always viewed CHEST Physician as “the People’s Paper” of CHEST. While we don’t feature first-run scientific manuscripts and authors aren’t likely to reference our articles in other publications, your editorial board and our partners at Frontline aim to give our readers a broad overview of recent publications and presentations in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, along with expert commentary about how those developments might affect the care we provide to our patients. I can’t thank our editorial board members enough for the hours they spend selecting a small number of items to feature among all of the new medical developments each month.

One of the main goals we had established over the last few years was to create more opportunities for CHEST Physician to serve as the voice of the members and leaders of the American College of Chest Physicians. We achieved the latter part of this goal, with leadership penning quarterly columns on actions of the Board of Regents, developments within the annual meeting, as well as ongoing columns from our NetWorks. And, we have also provided a more reliable voice for our members, with authors of our Sleep Strategies, Critical Care Commentary, and Pulmonary Perspectives columns providing a broader and more representative sample of our membership than ever before.

One of the areas where I would love to see more progress is with reader engagement. It has been a delight to receive feedback from CHEST members, even when the author is taking issue with something we have published. CHEST Physician will be a better publication than it already is with your ongoing input. Please, if you see something that we write that you particularly like (or don’t!) or if there’s something you’d like to see that we haven’t written, please reach out to us! You can always reach us at [email protected].

In closing, I want to thank all of the steadfast CHEST Physician readers for making my 4 years as Editor-in-Chief enjoyable and meaningful. While I am so pleased with the current state of this publication, I cannot wait to see its ongoing evolution under the leadership of Dr. Coz and his editorial board.