Massachusetts Thoracic Society
2025 Chadwick Medal Recipient
The Massachusetts Thoracic Society is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025 Henry D. Chadwick Medal, to be awarded at the 78th Annual Meeting on April 10th, 2024.

Hardy Kornfeld, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Program for 2025
8:25-8:30am: Welcome Remarks
8:30am: Updates in ECMO 2025
Haval Chweich, MD,
Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
9:10am: Advances in Clinical Research in COPD/Pulmonary Fibrosis
Fernando J. Martinez, MD, MS
Academic Chief, Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
9:50am Break
10:00am: Rising Star
Viral Shah, MD, PHD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Daniel Wallman, MD,
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Lindsey Bazzone, MD, PHD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
10:50 AM – 12:00 PM
L. Jack Faling Best cases
Moderated by: Lauren Kearney, M.D.
Case: 1
Speaker: Suong Nguyen, M.D. UMass Chan Memorial
Panelist 1: Felicia Chen, M.D. Boston University Medical Center
Case 2:
Speaker: Anish Bhatnagar, M.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital
Panelist 2: Victor Manuel Pinto-Plata, M.D. Lahey Clinic
Case 3:
Speaker: Jonathan Chang, M.D. Boston University Medical Center
Panelist 3: Stephen J. Krinzman, M.D. UMass Memorial
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
LUNCH
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:00 PM – 1:40 PM
Stem Cells and Lung Regeneration: "What Every Pulmonologist Should Know”
Speaker: Darrell Kotton, M.D. Boston University Medical Center
1:40 PM -2:20PM
Chadwick Intro and Talk
Moderated by: Peter Barkin, M.D.
Introduction: David Center, M.D.
Awardee and speaker: Hardy Kornfeld, M.D.
2:20 PM – 2:30 PM
BREAK
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM
Advocacy Session: How can we advocate for policies to improve our patients’ health?
Moderated by: Christopher Worsham, M.D., PhD
Speaker: Carole Allen, MD, MBA
Speaker: Emily Cleveland Manchanda, M.D., MPH
Speaker: Casey Rojas, JD, MBE
3:20 PM – 4:30 PM
PERT panel – Incorporating evidence into management of Intermediate Risk Pulmonary Embolism
Moderated by: Rey Chakraborty, M.D.
Speaker: Burton Shen, M.D.
Panelist: Josanna Rodriguez- Lopez, M.D.
Panelist: Nathaniel Langer, M.D.
Panelist: Elizabeth Klings, M.D.
Panelist: Gregory Piazza, M.D., MS
Panelist: Julie C. Bulman, M.D.
4:30 PM – 5:10 PM
Q &A session
Course Evaluation Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2CQ9TM5
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Thoracic Society and the Massachusetts Thoracic Society. The American Thoracic Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Thoracic Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.