AABIP Awards at CHEST 2009

Juanbosco Ayala, MD, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. Case Title: Endobronchial Silicosis: Unusual presentation of a common disease

Jennifer S. Mattingley, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Case Title: Difficult to Manage Bronchogastric Fistula Palliated with Diaz-Jimenez Fistula Prosthesis and Tracheal Y Stent

Parvathy S. Nair, MBBS, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Bronchoscopic Cryotherapy in the Treatment of Plastic Bronchitis

AABIP Awards at CHEST 2008

Eric J. Bonura, MD, New York University, New York, NY. Case Title: Glomangioma Presenting as an Intrathoracic Airway Obstruction

Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Case Title: Pancreatico-Broncho-Cutaneous Fistula from Necrotizing Pancreatitis

AABIP Awards at CHEST 2007

Johann C. Brandes, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Case Title: Effective Tamponade of Massive Hemoptysis from a Cavitary Lung Cancer via Emergent Endobronchial Deployment of Covered, Self-Expanding Stents

Naricha Chirakalwasan, MD, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Case Title: Successful Treatment of Endobronchial Obstruction Due to Metastatic Adrenocortical Cancer Using a Combination of Endobronchial Procedures

Konrad L. Davis, MD, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA. Case Title: A Tree Grows in Bronchus

AABIP Awards at CHEST 2006

Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, MD, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL. Case Title: Concomitant Tracheal and Subcutaneous Glomus Tumor.

Jeffrey B. Hoag, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD. Case Title: An Unexpected Finding of Endobronchial Amyloidosis in a Patient with Fibrosing Mediastinitis.

Jason M. Golbin, MD, Mayo Clinic Medical Center, Rochester, MN. Case Title: Closure of a Bronchopleural Fistula Using an Amplatzer Septal Occluder Device

AABIP Awards at CHEST 2005

(In order from left to right) Dr. Septimiu Dan Murgu, AABIP award winner, Dr. Praveen Mathur, President of AABIP, Dr. Wei Peng and Dr. Nguyen-Steve D Vu, AABIP award winners at Chest 2005, Montreal.

Septimiu Dan Murgu, MD, UCI Medical Center, Irvine, CA, Case Title: Bronchoscopic lung biopsy evidence of calcium oxalate crystals signals Aspergillus Niger infection

Wei Peng, MD, Ph.D, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Case Title: Bronchoesophageal fistula secondary to broncholithiasis

Nguyen-Steve D Vu, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Case Title: Airway Erosion of Epicardial Defibrillator Patch and Wire

AABIP Awards at CHEST 2004

Dr. Praveen Mathur (center), President of AABIP, with winners of the AABIP award, Dr. Mark Rasmus (left) and Dr. Kevin Chung (right), at CHEST 2004, Seattle, October 24, 2004.

Kevin K. Chung, MD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC Case Title: Necrotizing Tracheobronchitis as a Complication of High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation

Mark A. Rasmus, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Case Title: Bronchial Artery Malformation Treated with Intraluminal Radiation

Adey Tsegaye, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Case Title: 27-Year-Old Female with Common Variable Immunodeficiency, Recurrent Pneumonia and Endobronchial “Cobblestoning” due to Bronchus Associated Lymphoid Tissue

AABIP Awards at CHEST 2003

Drs. Hoffberger, Hales and Islam winners of the AABIP award at Chest 2003, Orlando October 26, 2003

Darren S. Hoffberger, DO, University of South Florida, Wesley Chapel, FL; Title: Utilization of a synthetic absorbable sealant activated by helium cadmium laser bronchoscopy for successful closure of a persistent bronchopleural fistula following lobectomy.)

Jeff B. Hales, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Title: Successful treatment of an esophago-bronchial fistula using a covered, self-expanding metal stent in the airway after inability to place an esophageal stent in a patient with esophageal carcinoma.)

Shaheen U. Islam, MBBS, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA; Title: Successful closure of a bronchopleural fistula with platinum vascular occlusion coils and n-butyl-cyanoacrylate glue.