John Howington, MD, MBA, FCCP, to become the 87th President of the American College of Chest Physicians

(Press-News.org) Glenview, IL– Effective January 1, John Howington, MD, MBA, FCCP, is the new President of the American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST). Neil S. Freedman, MD, FCCP, steps into the role of President-Elect; Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP, is the new President-Designate; and Jack D. Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP, completes his term as President to become Immediate Past President of CHEST.

John Howington, MD, MBA, FCCP, is a practicing thoracic surgeon currently at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, St. Michael Medical Center, in Silverdale, Washington.

Dr. Howington received his undergraduate degree from Tennessee Technological University and medical degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and thoracic surgery residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Most recently, he received his Physician Executive MBA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Dr. Howington has participated in and published more than 49 research publications and guidelines, as well as numerous book chapters, and he has presented hundreds of lectures internationally. As a passionate thoracic surgeon, he has lent his knowledge to the extensive CHEST lung cancer guideline portfolio for more than a decade. He offers regular leadership in multidisciplinary and executive forums and has spearheaded a series of quality improvement initiatives at his previous institutions. He has served in a variety of leadership roles with CHEST and with other national thoracic surgery societies.

Dr. Howington began his CHEST leadership journey with the Networks, as a member of the Interventional Chest Medicine Steering Committee and then as Thoracic Oncology Network Chair (2008-2010). Other leadership positions include serving as the President of the CHEST Foundation (2014-2016), a member of the Scientific Program Committee and Membership Committee, and, most recently, the Chair of the Finance Committee (2018-2021). Since 2017, he has served on the CHEST Board of Regents.

CHEST President-Elect, Neil S. Freedman, MD, FCCP , is a pulmonary, critical care, and sleep physician with a background in clinical care, health care leadership, quality, financial oversight, education, and advocacy. He currently is the President of the Endeavor Health Medical Group, Specialty Care, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.

Dr. Freedman has had the honor of participating as faculty or Chair for more than 300 presentations at national and international meetings on the topics of sleep medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and the business of medicine and has been recognized for his educational efforts with the Distinguished CHEST Educator designation since 2017. He has been extremely active within the leadership of CHEST and has held CHEST leadership positions across the organization since 2006, most notably including the following: member of the Education Committee, Chair of the Sleep Medicine Network, Chair of the CHEST Annual Meeting 2016, member of the CHEST Foundation Board of Trustees, Deputy Editor of CHEST SEEK ® Sleep Medicine (2014), member of the Joint Finance Oversight Committee (2008-2017), member and Chair of the CHEST Sleep Medicine Board Review course (2009-2016), and Chair of the Health Policy and Advocacy Committee (2020-2021). He has served as an at-large member of the CHEST Board of Regents over the past five years and currently serves as the Chair of the Oxygen Access and Education Work Group, Chair of the Finance Committee, and member of the Compensation Committee.

Dr. Freedman will serve as the 88th President of the American College of Chest Physicians in 2026.

 

CHEST President-Designate, Lisa K. Moores, MD, FCCP, is the Associate Dean for Assessment and Professional Development and Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. She received her medical degree from the Uniformed Services University in 1989 and then completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Upon graduation from her fellowship, she was awarded the Outstanding Graduating Fellow Award and the Baily K. Ashford Award for Outstanding Clinical Research. Prior to her current role, Dr. Moores has had several educational leadership roles at the Uniformed Services University that include Associate Clerkship Director for the Internal Medicine Clerkship, Assistant Dean for Clinical Sciences, and Associate Dean for Student Affairs. Dr. Moores served 30 years in the Army Medical Corps, retiring from Active Duty in 2019, at which time she assumed her current role at the Uniformed Services University.

Dr. Moores began her CHEST career on the Affiliate Committee, cofounding CHEST Challenge with Drs. Tom Fitzpatrick and William Kelly. During her leadership tenure over the past three decades, Dr. Moores has served on the Scientific Program Committee, including serving as the Scientific Program Committee Chair for the 2009 meeting in San Diego; chaired the Education Committee and Council of Networks; served on the CHEST SEEK ® Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine Editorial Board; chaired CHEST Pulmonary Medicine Board Review; and served as CHEST Foundation President from 2017 to 2018. Dr. Moores is the current Chair of the Guidelines Oversight Committee and chairs the CHEST Antithrombotic Guidelines, and she is an author on the Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Treatment and VTE in COVID-19 Guidelines. Dr. Moores has more than 100 invited presentations and more than 70 published journal articles and book chapters, which reflect her interests in VTE, medical education, and adult learning.

CHEST Immediate Past President, Jack D. Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP, is a pulmonologist and critical care physician with an extensive background in education. Dr. Buckley is Professor of Medical Education at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine. Previously, he has served as a pulmonary and critical care medicine program director at both Henry Ford Hospital and Indiana University and also held leadership positions in clinical care at Indiana University Health and as Division Head of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Henry Ford.

Dr. Buckley has been an active and engaged member of CHEST since 1997. He has served in leadership roles across many domains of the organization, including CHEST 2020 Congress Italy, CHEST Scientific Program Committee (Chair, 2013), CHEST Board of Regents, Compensation Committee, Governance Committee, Training and Transitions Committee (Chair, 2011-2012), Bylaws Committee (Chair, 2010-2012), Honor Lecture and Awards Committee, and CHEST Pulmonary Medicine Board Review (Chair, 2022-2023). He currently serves on the CHEST SEEK® Pulmonary Medicine Editorial Board. Dr. Buckley served as the 86th President of the American College of Chest Physicians.

To learn more about CHEST leadership, visit the CHEST website.

About the American College of Chest Physicians

The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) is the global leader in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chest diseases. Its mission is to champion advanced clinical practice, education, communication, and research in chest medicine. It serves as an essential connection to clinical knowledge and resources for its 22,000+ members from around the world who provide patient care in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. For information about the American College of Chest Physicians, and its flagship journal CHEST®, visit chestnet.org.

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