Originally aired: January 28, 2026 

Avraham Z. Cooper, MD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD, to discuss his Exhalations article, “The Mountain,” and explore his relationship with his late father, a physician with a photographic memory, and how his complicated relationship with his father’s legacy has inspired him to become the physician that he is today.

This episode is part of a new series exploring articles published in the journal's Humanities section. 

Moderator:  Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD 

CHEST January 2026, Volume 169, Issue 1     

CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST January 2026 issue, including an exploration of intermittent asthma and risk of severe exacerbation in children, an examination of the use of ceftriaxone to prevent early-onset pneumonia in patients following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and more.     

Moderator:    Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP

Bettia Celestin, MD, and Francois Haddad, MD, join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss their research into the reliability of a fully automated deep learning workflow in echocardiography when assessing pulmonary hypertension.

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.06.052

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