Reading Hospital - Tower Health Fellows Win the CHEST Challenge Championship 2026
The fellows from Reading Hospital - Tower Health attended the 2026 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, October 18 - 21. After competing in the CHEST Challenge Championship, the team were declared the 1st Place Winners of The Chest Challenge Championship 2026! The winning team members are:
- Aboud Fahel, MD
- Ravi Patel, DO
- Baseem Shaikh, MD
The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) is the global leader in advancing best patient outcomes through innovative chest medicine education, clinical research, and team-based care.
Prior to each year's Annual Meeting, CHEST members from across the country participate in the CHEST Challenge, an online knowledge quiz for fellows-in-training in pulmonary and critical care medicine. The top three scoring teams from the online quiz advance to the live Jeopardy-style championship at the Annual Meeting.
The 2026 finalists were:
- Houston Methodist Hospital
- Reading Hospital - Tower Health
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Respiratory Specialists is extremely proud of the 2026 Champions! Congratulations to our team from Reading Hospital - Tower Health!
Photos From the 2026 CHEST Annual Meeting
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