Breathe Easy

Dr. Naftali Kaminski chats with Dr. Steve Dudek as he discusses his passion for marathon running, his decision to become a division chief, his role as chair of the APCCSD, as well as what he enjoys most about his chief role.

The American Thoracic Society together with the Marron Institute of Urban Management at NYU has published the latest Health of the Air Report. Dr. Kevin Cromar and colleagues share local and national estimates of the health impacts of air pollution – including smoke from wildfires – that exceeds recommended levels by the ATS.

Dr. Khushboo Goel has a conversation with Dr. Tim Lahm about his journey to becoming a PH expert and his tips for budding academic-physicians and physician-scientists.

In this podcast, Ellen Duckers and John Hurst discuss health inequities in patients with pulmonary disease and how this intersects with pulmonary rehabilitation. Topics include program development and growth, and areas of future research.

Dr. Meghan Cirulis explores the pros and cons of an academic research career in PVD with Drs. Andrea Frump and Rebecca Vanderpool. 

In this Behavioral Sciences and Health Services Research podcast, Dr. Henry Brems (fellow, Johns Hopkins University) interviews Dr. Sanja Stanojevic, who is the current chair of the ATS of Pulmonary Function Testing committee and an Associate Professor in Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. They discuss GLI-Global -- the reference equation recently recommended for spirometry interpretation by the ATS -- including how it was developed, what it means for spirometry interpretation, and how it may impact racial disparities in respiratory disease. 

Dr. Katherine Cox has a candid conversation with Dr. Chris Mullin about his path to a career as a PH expert and academic clinician educator. 

How to effectively teach on bedside rounds in the ICU.

The ATS Critical Care Assembly receives hundreds to thousands of fantastic case reports. In recent years, there have been concentrated efforts to improve the quality of these case reports with a standardized grading rubric, and increased recognition of top submissions. The national conference now hosts multiple poster discussion sessions, and an increasing number of traditional poster sessions each year. In this podcast, we highlight two of the very best case reports from the 2023 National Conference. Please remember to submit your case reports for the 2024 conference by 11/1/23. If yours is one of the top case reports selected, you could be on this podcast next year! If you are interested in a pre-submission review, we are offering case report review and editing to try to help those who are interested but may lack local mentorship. We will be prioritizing submissions from candidates who are international, from a community institution, and for whom English is a second language. We hope that this effort will continue to expand the pool of excellent case reports and provide more accessibility for those who traditionally face challenges in getting their work recognized.

In this "Breathe Easy Critical Perspective" podcast, Dr. Dominique Pepper interviews Dr. Michael Sjoding. They discuss his NEJM publication about bias in pulse oximetry measurement. Dr. Sjoding is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Michigan.