Summer’s Here! Make the Most of it with a Vacation!

In this recent Breathe Easy Fellow Chat, Dominique Justin Pepper, MBChB, MD, interviews former president Atul Malhotra, MD, about work-life balance and other opportunities at the Society. For more on the subject, check out the following podcast episodes from the Respiratory Structure Function Assembly.

• Work/Life Balance in Academia: Time Management
• Work/Life Balance in Academia: Energy and State of Mind
• Work/Life Balance in Academia: Digital Boundaries as They Relate to Mindfulness
• Work/Life Balance in Academia: Stress and Anxiety

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Patient Resources: CTEPH and Integrative Medicine

Two new resources have been released in the American Thoracic Society Patient Information Series, our premier patient education materials, covering a wide selection of topics in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Download now:

• Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension, May 15 AJRCCM
• Integrative Medicine (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) for the Lungs, June 1 AJRCCM

Visit the ATS website for an alphabetical listing.

AJRCCM Impact Factor: Now 13.204 – Continues to Rise!

The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine’s new impact factor has been released, and it is now 13.204. We would like to thank the editors, authors, reviewers, and readers who have dedicated their time and interest to AJRCCM.

It is also important to note other important metrics such as Eigen Factor, which in many ways is more compelling than the Impact Factor in determining the importance of a scientific journal to the field.  AJRCCM has the highest Eigen Factor score amongst all respiratory journals with a score of 0.098.

Another important metric is Scopus, which just recently released their journal CiteScores* for 2016. AJRCCM scored 5.33, again higher than any other journal in respiratory medicine.

To submit original research, clinical trials, and reviews, visit atsjournals.org.

*Note that the CiteScore is similar to impact factor except that it uses a three-year instead of a two-year window and counts all published articles, not just “citable items.”

Connect With State and Regional Chapters

Thoracic Society Chapters foster networking opportunities and offer affordable educational programs for clinicians, educators and basic, translational, and clinical science investigators. Many have rotating clinical case conferences, research presentations, and poster sessions that help build knowledge and visibility for early career professionals. Leadership opportunities are also available through chapters. View their list of upcoming meetings and get involved at your local level today!

Endorsed Courses

These meetings are endorsed by the ATS.

• Current Practices and Future Directions in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine: The 15th Year, 10‒13, The Meritage, Napa, California (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
• EBUS and Navigation Bronchoscopy Course, Sept. 22, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
• Fourth Percutaneous Tracheostomy and Advanced Airway Cadaver Course, Oct. 9, Johns Hopkins-U.S. Surgical Minimally Invasive Surgical Training Center, Baltimore, Maryland
• 8th International Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Tuberculosis Congress, Oct. 12‒15, Tehran, Iran (National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, and Iranian Pulmonary Society)
• 6th Annual Johns Hopkins Critical Care Rehabilitation Conference, Nov. 2‒4, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland