Mid‐Year Update: Summer Break & What’s Ahead

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We’re halfway through our inaugural year, and what a journey it’s been! Thanks to your enthusiasm and expertise, we’ve already:

• Launched the journal and received high‑quality submissions from around the globe

• Started our educational series with high quality, expert led webinars

• Partnered with PILCA for engaging case discussions

• Built an active, supportive global community of clinicians

• Earlier this year, we gathered for on‑site group meetings and community‑building events at the EABIP Congress in Lisbon and the INSPiRED Congress in Barcelona.

☀️ Summer Break for Educational Content

To give everyone a chance to rest and recharge, we’ll be taking a short break from webinars and case discussions. Before we step away:

• 🖥️ Latest Webinar: Pleural Manometry and Medical Thoracoscopy in Pediatrics
  In case you missed it, you’ll soon receive the professionally edited recording of our latest medical thoracoscopy webinar - watch your inbox!

🔜 Returning in September with Two Webinars

After the summer pause, we’ll resume with:

• Cryotherapy in Pediatric Airways

• Management of Tracheoesophageal Fistula

Exact dates, times, and Zoom registration links will be sent in early September.

📚 Join Our Reviewer Panel?

We’re thrilled by the growing number of article submissions to our journal. To speed up peer review and get accepted manuscripts into your hands faster, we are expanding our reviewer pool.

Click your choice above or simply reply with “Yes” or “No.”

💬 We Value Your Feedback

Your thoughts help shape our content and community. If you have ideas for future topics or suggestions on how we can improve, please reply to this email and let us know!

New in PIPJ: Formats That Fit Our Field

Interventional pulmonology is inherently visual and procedural. Yet most traditional publishing formats miss this dimension. That’s why PIPJ is proud to introduce two new submission types designed to match the way we teach, learn, and innovate.

🎥 Video Articles

Peer-reviewed procedures, captured in motion.

These are high-definition, narrated videos that document real-time procedures and unique case reports step by step. Each submission is accompanied by a brief manuscript outlining the clinical context, tools used, outcomes, and references.

Ideal for:

• Complete procedural workflows

• Novel techniques

• Unusual pathology or intraoperative findings

• Teaching common techniques with high clarity

For detailed guidelines on how to prepare a Video Article, visit here.

🛠️ How I Do It

A practical guide from operator to operator.

These focused articles describe how you perform one specific technique or workflow - from patient selection to post-procedure care. They're not about “what should be done” in theory, but what you actually do, and how others can replicate it.

Detailed guidelines can be found here.

Stay Connected

Thank you for being part of this growing community. Stay tuned for upcoming publications, new webinars and much more!

Sincerely,

Assist. Prof. Matej Šapina, MD, PhD
Editor-in-Chief
Pediatric Interventional Pulmonology

For inquiries or to submit your manuscript, please visit www.pipj.org or contact our editorial office at [email protected].