The October 2026 issue of the WABIP Newsletter (Volume 14, Issue 3) is now online. Read practical guidance on managing loss of the airway during rigid bronchoscopy, a look at checklists and assessment tools in bronchoscopy training, and an interview with Gary Lee on reduced-dose tPA, with the full audio. Catch up on the latest WABIP news ahead of WCBIP 2026 in Melbourne. Click any image or READ link to start reading.

Passing the Pen: A Message of Gratitude to the WABIP Newsletter’s Editorial Board
After more than a decade of service, Dr. Ali Musani is stepping down as one of the Associate Editors of the WABIP Newsletter. He reflects on the friendships, collaboration and learning of his years with the editorial team, and on handing the role to a younger colleague with new ideas READ

Managing Loss of the Airway During Rigid Bronchoscopy
Loss of a patent airway during therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy is probably the most consequential emergency in interventional pulmonology. Although rare, it can turn a controlled procedure into profound hypoxemia within seconds. Septimiu Murgu covers planning ahead, airway-rescue techniques and when to plan for ECMO READ

Checklists and Assessment Tools in Bronchoscopy
Bronchoscopy education is moving away from the assumption that competence can be inferred from the number of procedures performed. So how should bronchoscopy skills and competency actually be measured? Septimiu Murgu compares procedural checklists and skills assessment tools READ

Reduced-dose tPA: Time to ADAPT? Interview with Gary Lee
Udit Chaddha talks with Gary Lee about the ADAPT trials for pleural infection: why the standard tPA and DNase doses were never tested in dose-escalation studies, and how his team lowered the tPA dose from 10 mg to 1 mg while keeping a 94% success rate. Read the interview or listen to the full audio READ

WABIP News: Highlights from July to October 2026
New member societies, the 2026 WABIP award recipients, the Video Festival, WCBIP 2026 in Melbourne, the Vice-Chair election and WCBIP 2030 host selection, IPI Nairobi’s first fellows, recent webinars and newly endorsed programs READ