Dear Member of the WABIP,
As 2017 is coming to a close, it is with great pleasure that I inform you that the WABIP has had an phenomenal year with membership gains, new projects, increased visibility, presence and growth. Here are some WABIP highlights in the past 12 months:
- 700 new members, thus bringing the total to over 7,900 WABIP members
- Preparations for the 20th WCBIP congress are underway, and we expect a nice turn out in Rochester in June 2018.
- Integration of Bronchoscopy Education Project learning materials such as checklists and assessment tools as part of competency-oriented training and certification programs.
- Bronchoscopy Education Project courses held in 2017: Brazil, Spain, Australia, Cuba, Serbia, Hungary
- Confirmed and established new courses for 2018: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, China, Mexico, New Zealand and Vietnam
- The WABIP Pediatrics group is very active with hundreds of members participating in the WhatsApp group.
- The Rare Lung, Airway, Pleura Disorders group is just as alive and active, and have its own group page on Facebook with 200+ members.
- Paper addressing benign central airway obstruction is ongoing, with chairs Dr. Tim Murgu and Dr. Toni Rosell
- Further growth of the WABIP Academy with more items in the Literature and Images sections (see http://www.wabipacademy.com).
- Increased WABIP presence in regional society congresses (ECBIP and APCB) in the off years of the WABIP World Congress (WCBIP).
- Continuation and growth of official journals: Respirology, Respiration, and JOBIP.
I hope that with your continued support, we will continue to grow the WABIP in 2018. We are committed to the use of new technologies to improve physician performance and communication so that patients may more rapidly benefit from the increasing number of medical and surgical procedures available for the diagnosis and treatment of airway, lung, esophageal and pleural diseases.
On behalf of the WABIP Executive Board, I wish you happy holidays, and peace & joy in 2018. We look forward to your continued collaboration and support so that 2018 will be an even better year for the worldwide bronchology & IP community.
Zsolt Papai, MD, FCCP
Chair of the WABIP
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