Use of Tracheostomy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Expert guidance that helped ICU teams decide when and how to perform tracheostomy safely for COVID-19 patients during the first wave of the pandemic.
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Expert guidance that helped ICU teams decide when and how to perform tracheostomy safely for COVID-19 patients during the first wave of the pandemic.
A journal-wide plan to make who publishes, who reviews, and who is cited in chest medicine more representative of the patients it serves.
Tested how well machine translation and AI tools carry critical care teaching across languages, a first step toward equitable global ICU education.
Shows how differently clinicians worldwide treat pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung disease, exposing a gap between approved therapies and real-world practice.
A rare pairing of two lung diseases in a patient with profound immune compromise, documented to help clinicians recognize it earlier.
A reminder that a mold usually seen in immunocompromised patients can kill an otherwise healthy adult, and why early suspicion matters.
Awarded Best Practitioner at AIMed25 for innovation and impact in medical AI.

The AI-Ready Doctor, a podcast made by a clinician for clinicians, was nominated for an Authority Award in April 2026 and named a Podcast Pioneer finalist.
El Dr. Bencheqroun escribe una columna mensual en Pulmonology Today, el canal de neumología de DocWire News, donde forma parte del consejo editorial.
Bronchodilator reversibility should be one treatable trait among many, not the basis for diagnosing asthma or COPD.
Equipoise in practice: how to talk with patients about pulmonary embolism trial enrollment after the HI-PEITHO trial.
Intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism in light of the new guidelines and the HI-PEITHO trial, and why the hard decisions have not changed.
Redefines defensive practice for the AI era: attribute what AI contributed, know its failure modes such as hallucination, and document clinical reasoning transparently, because clinician responsibility grows once AI enters the record.
A narrative medicine essay: a critical care physician nearly walks past his own father on a stretcher outside an oncology clinic, and learns that compassionate care lives in small acts, like a water pitcher within reach.
A practical look at what physicians gain and risk when they use social media professionally.
Why constant screens and alerts wear clinicians down, and what individuals and organizations can do about it.
An interview on how medical practices can adopt AI and digital tools without losing the human side of care.
Upcoming: June 5, 2027 at the Classic Club, Palm Desert. Dr. Bencheqroun returns to the Coachella Valley pulmonary and critical care conference.
Upcoming: Saturday, September 19, 2026, Session II at 10:45 a.m. How AI-generated manuscripts and paper mills can put a clinician's name on work they never did, and what to do about it.
Recorded June 29, 2026 with moderators Mauricio Danckers, MD, FCCP, and Adan (Adam) Mora Jr, MD, FCCP: how generational experiences shape care needs, access, and end-of-life conversations for LGBTQ+ older adults, and how clinicians can provide truly inclusive care.
Friday, June 19, 2026: plenary for the Association of Pulmonary Advanced Practice Providers on how AI is entering pulmonary diagnosis, documentation, and clinical decision support.
May 10, 2026, Session 43, Driving Excellence through Innovations and New Technology in ICU: why AI models trained on Western data need local validation before they guide care in Arab ICUs.
April 12 to 17, 2026: the congress convened health professionals, researchers, and policy leaders from more than 25 countries at the Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, with the WHO Tunis Office. Dr. Bencheqroun lectured in the AI in healthcare theme.
A free two-hour recorded session (March 4, 2026) for students exploring medicine: respiratory physiology, cardiopulmonary interactions, clinical development, and how AI is changing research and decision-making.
February 21, 2026, at the symposium The Power of Purpose: Transforming Challenges into Impact. AI from the nursing perspective: real clinical challenges, decision support, and emotional workload (1.25 CE).
February 17 to 19, 2026: a regional conference hosted by the Riverside University Health System emergency medicine community, bringing EMS, nurses, advanced practice providers, and physicians together around innovation in patient care.
February 3, 2026: a chapter education session on artificial intelligence in nursing practice, presented with Donna Wellbaum, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NI-BC, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at UCLA Health.
September 26, 2025: a session on whether AI can help clinician wellness in critical care, plus the wellness panel across disciplines and the patient perspective session on what makes patients feel cared for.
September 20, 2025: a practical tour of AI for pulmonary and critical care teams, from ambient scribes to diagnostics and predictive prognostics.
July 5, 2025: the National Arab American Medical Association convention panel on AI in medicine, moderated by Hassan Fehmi, MD, with Islam Abudayyeh, MD.
June 7, 2025: what AI can and cannot do at the bedside today, for the Coachella Valley critical care community.
March 19, 2025, accredited one-hour webinar for critical care teams: strengths and concerns of AI implementation, what AI can already do for physicians (predictive analytics, image analysis), and how to apply it to workflow, documentation, and task prioritization.
Understanding other cultures and welcoming diversity improves patient care and outcomes.
Advisory input on predicting the incidence and severity of COPD exacerbations using treatable traits.
When and how to step up COPD therapy, explained for practicing clinicians.
Highlights from the CHEST 2019 annual meeting for internists.
Appointed to the editorial board of Pulmonology Today, the pulmonology channel of DocWire News, as a critical care physician, medical educator, and clinical research expert focused on safe, practical AI adoption.
Pósteres de congresos con resúmenes en lenguaje claro y PDF accesibles.
Tested how well machine translation and AI tools carry critical care teaching across languages.
Ver el pósterExposes a gap between approved therapies and real-world practice in pulmonary hypertension due to interstitial lung disease.
Ver el pósterA rare pairing of two lung diseases in a patient with profound immune compromise.
Ver el pósterA mold usually seen in immunocompromised patients killed an otherwise healthy adult.
Ver el pósterPonencias, entrevistas, explicaciones, paneles y clips breves.

AI is moving from novelty to daily operations in medicine, and clinicians now carry new responsibilities and liabilities for how they use it.

What it means to age with identity and support in the LGBTQ+ community, and how clinicians can navigate sensitive end-of-life conversations and bridge generational gaps.
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