CHEST Journal Podcasts
Health, Fitness & Longevity
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Each month, CHEST hosts a discussion with the author of one or more articles from the current issue, adding context and commentary on the most relevant topics facing those in the fields of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
Episodes
- Humanities: My Voice (Episode 5)
Originally aired: May 14, 2026 Lilit A. Sargsyan, MD, FCCP, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD, to discuss her Exhalations article, “My Voice,” and how her journey of self-advocacy while navigating a cancer diagn…
- May 2026 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST May 2026, Volume 169, Issue 5 CHEST ® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST May 2026 issue, including an analysis of interactive pathways of key prognostic fact…
- Exacerbation Risk by Chronic Proton Pump Inhibitor Use in Obstructive Lung Diseases
Valerie Dehondt, PharmD, and Lies Lahousse, PharmD, PhD, join CHES T ® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss their research into the association between long-term proton pump inhibitor use and exacerbation risk in patie…
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Patients With Nosocomial Respiratory Infections: A Secondary Analysis of the European Network for ICU-Related Respiratory Infections
Luis F. Reyes, MD, PhD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss his research into the prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among patients with nosocomial respiratory infections in the ICU. DOI: 10.1016/j.ches…
- April 2026 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST April 2026, Volume 169, Issue 4 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST April 2026 issue, including an exploration of inspiratory effort and dynamic transp…
- Use of and Outcomes Related to Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy for Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion and Empyema in an Integrated Health System
Eduardo Solbes, MD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss his research into the variation in full MIST2 regimen dosing of intrapleural enzyme therapy across 21 hospitals in adults hospitalized with complica…
- March 2026 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST March 2026, Volume 169, Issue 3 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST March 2026 issue, including an investigation into a specialist dietary intervention…
- Adjunctive Corticosteroid Use and Clinical Outcomes in Non-HIV Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia
Aaron M. Pulsipher, MD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss his research into the dose-response relationship between adjunctive corticosteroids and outcomes in adult patients with non-HIV Pneumocystis jir…
- CHEST Critical Care: The Impact of Mechanical Power Normalized to Predicted Body Weight on Outcomes in Pediatric ARDS
Authors Herng Lee Tan, MSc, and Judith Ju Ming Wong, MBBCh, BAO, and editorialist Vicent Modesto i Alapont, MD, PhD, join CHEST ® Critical Care Podcast Moderator Dan Fein, MD, to discuss their research into the impact of mechanical power n…
- February 2026 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST February 2026, Volume 169, Issue 2 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST February 2026 issue, including an examination of the association between culture…
- Comparative Effectiveness of Tocilizumab vs Rituximab in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: An Emulated Target Trial
James Cheng Chung Wei, MD, PhD, and Po-Cheng Shih, MD, join CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss their research into the comparative effectiveness and safety of tocilizumab and rituximab in patients…
- Intersession Variability in Single-Breath Diffusing Capacity of Carbon Monoxide
Hemang Yadav, MBBS, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss his research into the magnitude and determinants of diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide intersession variability in routine clinical…
- Effectiveness of Health Communication Intervention to Improve Knowledge on Timeliness to Return for Annual Lung Cancer Screening: The Larch Trial
Karen J. Wernli, PhD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research into additional health communication to improve patient knowledge of lung cancer screening timeliness. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.07.…
- Humanities: The Mountain (Episode 4)
Originally aired: January 28, 2026 Avraham Z. Cooper, MD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD, to discuss his Exhalations article, “The Mountain,” and explore his relationship with his late father, a physician wit…
- January 2026 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST January 2026, Volume 169, Issue 1 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST January 2026 issue, including an exploration of intermittent asthma and risk of s…
- Artificial Intelligence-Based Echocardiography in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Bettia Celestin, MD, and Francois Haddad, MD, join CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss their research into the reliability of a fully automated deep learning workflow in echocardiography when assessing pulmonar…
- December 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST December 2025, Volume 168, Issue 6 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST December 2025 issue, including an exploration of the relationship between inflam…
- The Influence of Hospital Policies on Clinicians’ Decisions to Withhold or Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatment
Gina M. Piscitello, MD, and Katrina E. Hauschildt, PhD, BCPA, join CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss their research into the ways that and extent to which hospital policies influence clinician approaches to…
- The Impact of the Unknown: Patient Experiences With Uncertainty in Sarcoidosis
Kristen R. Mathias, MD, MHS, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research into the ways patients with sarcoidosis describe their experiences with the disease, how they are impacted by uncertainty aro…
- November 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST November 2025, Volume 168, Issue 5 CHEST ® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST November 2025 issue, including an investigation into oxygen saturation targets…
- Low-Tidal-Volume Ventilation and Mortality in Patients With Acute Brain Injury: A Secondary Analysis of an International Observational Study
Shaurya Taran, MD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss his research into the association between low-tidal-volume ventilation and mortality in patients with acute brain injuries receiving mec…
- Covert Triage During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis of Rationing in Intensive Care
Eva-Maria Schmolke, MD, and Kathrin Knochel, MD, join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss their research into the institutional implementation of a national triage guideline in German ICUs during the initial pha…
- Longitudinal Pulmonary Arterial Pressure Trajectories Inform Clinical Outcome in Kidney Transplantation Patients
Katarina Zeder, MD, PhD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss her research into the ways in which longitudinal pulmonary arterial pressure trajectories inform clinical outcome in patients undergoing kidney…
- Oxygen Saturation Targets and Neurologic Outcomes Following Cardiac Arrest: A Secondary Analysis of the Pragmatic Investigation of Optimal Oxygen Targets Trial
Stephanie C. DeMasi, MD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator, Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss her research comparing neurologic outcomes between lower and higher oxygen saturation targets following cardiac arrest. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2…
- October 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST October 2025, Volume 168, Issue 4 CHEST ® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST October 2025 issue, including an exploration of the association of physical frai…
- The Frequency and Predictors of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Referrals Among Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: An Analysis of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry
Morgan Bailey, MD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research into the frequency of pulmonary rehabilitation referrals among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and the factors associated…
- The Association Between Mechanical Power Within the First 24 Hours and ICU Mortality in Mechanically Ventilated Adult Patients With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: A Registry-Based Cohort Study
Stephan von Düring, MD, and Eddy Fan, MD, PhD, join CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss their research into the association between mechanical power within the first 24 hours and ICU mortality in adult patients…
- Humanities: Making Anger Count (Episode 3)
Originally aired: September 11, 2025 Gabriel T. Bosslet, MD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator, Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD, to discuss his Exhalations article, “Making Anger Count,” and explore how his experiences of anger during the COVI…
- September 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST September 2025, Volume 168, Issue 3 CHEST ® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST September 2025 issue, including a national study on the impact of COVID-19 on…
- To Make a Self: Exploring and Supporting Professional Identity Formation and Resilience of Intensivists Through Humanities
Briseida Mema, MD, MHPE, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research into how critical care clinicians turn to the humanities to improve their overall well-being and reflect on the transformative ex…
- Impact of COVID-19 on Pulmonary Critical Care Fellows In-Training Exam Performance: A National Study
Mahmoud Alwakeel, MD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss his research into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performance of pulmonary and critical care medicine fellows on the in-tr…
- August 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST August 2025, Volume 168, Issue 2 CHEST ® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST August 2025 issue, including an exploration of the impacts of abortion bans on pu…
- Inhaled Menthol for Dyspnea Relief During Cycle Exercise in COPD: A Randomized Trial
Michele R. Schaeffer, PhD, Andreas von Leupoldt, PhD, and Daniel Langer, PhD, join CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator, Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss their research into inhaled menthol as a potential treatment for dyspnea reli…
- July 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST July 2025, Volume 168, Issue 1 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST July 2025 issue, including an investigation into the use of needle aspiration and f…
- Estimating the Causal Effect of Double-Blind Peer Review for a Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Journal
Hayley B. Gershengorn, MD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator, Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research into the effect of double-blind peer review on manuscript acceptance for authors by gender and presumed English fluency at CHES…
- Interventions to Improve Adherence to Clinical Guidelines for the Management and Follow-Up of Pulmonary Nodules
Justin Aunger, PhD, and Kay Por Yip MBChB, PhD, join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator, Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss their research into interventions for improving adherence to clinical guidelines for the management and follow-up of pul…
- June 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST June 2025, Volume 167, Issue 6 CHEST journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST June 2025 issue, including an investigation of the effects of low-dose morphine on s…
- Humanities: Medicine at Its Finest (Episode 2)
Originally aired: May 29, 2025 E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, FCCP, joins CHEST Journal Podcast Moderator Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD, to discuss his Exhalations article, “Medicine at Its Finest,” and explore ways to connect to the unique individuals r…
- May 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST May 2025, Volume 167, Issue 5 CHEST journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST May 2025 issue, including an exploration into associations between socioeconomic stat…
- April 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST April 2025, Volume 167, Issue 4 CHEST ® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST April 2025 issue, including a new guideline on alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency tar…
- Lessons Learned: Risk Factors and Clinical Impact of Severe Pneumothorax After Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction With Endobronchial Valves
Judith Maria Brock, MD, joins CHEST Journal Podcast Moderator Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss her research into the differences in severity grades of pneumothorax and their effect on clinical practice. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024…
- Comparative Effectiveness of Albumin vs No Albumin on Renal Replacement Therapy and Mortality in Patients With Septic Shock and Renal Impairment
Asad E. Patanwala, PharmD, MPH, and Brian L. Erstad, PharmD, join CHEST Journal Podcast Moderator Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss their research into the effect of albumin administration on the need for renal replacement therap…
- March 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST March 2025, Volume 167, Issue 3 CHEST journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST March 2025 issue, including an exploration of the effectiveness of guideline-recomm…
- Humanities: A Kind of Faith (Episode 1)
Originally aired: February 26, 2025 Rana L. Awdish, MD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast moderator, Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD, to discuss her Exhalations article, “ A Kind of Faith ,” and explore how her near-death experience changed her, how she…
- February 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST February 2025, Volume 167, Issue 2 CHEST ® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST February 2025 issue, including a new guideline on RBC transfusion in criticall…
- January 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST January 2025, Volume 167, Issue 1 CHEST ® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST January 2025 issue, including research into understanding nonpharmacologic pall…
- Mortality in Patients With Sepsis Treated With Esmolol or Landiolol
Ryota Sato, MD, MPH, FCCP, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator, Alice De Gallo Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss his research into the potential survival benefits associated with the use of ultra-short-acting β-blockers (esmolol or landiolo…
- Gender Differences in Outcomes of Ambulatory and Hospitalized Patients With Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
Nathan C. Nowalk, MD, and Babak Mokhlesi, MD, FCCP, join CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator, Alice De Gallo Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss their research into the association between gender and outcomes among hospitalized and ambulatory adult…
- December 2024 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
CHEST December 2024, Volume 166, Issue 6 CHEST ® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST December 2024 issue, including research into the impact of dyspnea in adults w…
- Association of RBC Transfusion Thresholds and Outcomes in Medical Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure Supported with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
CHEST December 2024, Volume 166, Issue 6 Elias H. Pratt, MD, joins CHEST ® Journal Podcast Moderator Alice de Gallo Moraes, MD, to discuss his research exploring whether implementation of different institutional RBC transfusion thresholds…