New planned and major gifts from Founders Society members to the CHEST Foundation endowment will secure the foundation ’ s future .
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Patients and clinicians around the world benefit from the CHEST Foundation ’ s community service awards . Imagine a hospital serving 8 million people in sub- Saharan Africa that has a single antiquated spirometer , no bronchoscopes , and no physicians trained to diagnose and treat patients with critical respiratory diseases . This was the reality at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Kampala , Uganda . Through a CHEST Foundation Community Service Grant Honoring D . Robert McCaffree , MD , Master FCCP , CHEST Member Peter Moschovis , MD , received funding to help develop a curriculum in pulmonary medicine for medical residents and staff at the hospital and enabled US physicians to mentor Ugandan internists with a special interest in pulmonary medicine . Besides building local expertise in lung disease , this funding helped provide the hospital with basic equipment for diagnosis and treatment of lung disease , as well .
What do we plan to do with new Founders Society contributions ?
Contributions to the CHEST Foundation endowment will be invested to build the foundation ’ s reserves , ensuring the foundation ’ s continued funding of clinical research grants , community service projects , and patient education programs .
New planned and major gifts from Founders Society members to the CHEST Foundation endowment will secure the foundation ’ s future .