Overview
This two-day multidisciplinary conference delves into common issues in advanced lung disease with numerous lectures and workshops.
Healthcare providers including physicians (pulmonologists, intensivists), advanced practitioners (NP, PA), nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, population health and public health practitioners are encouraged to attend. Register now.
Sat Nov 7 (8 am – 1:15) (Innovation Quarter)
7:30-8:00 Registration
8:00 – 8:10 Introduction (Hector Sanchez, MD, NCTS President)
8:10-8:55 Pneumonia in Advanced Lung Disease: Why Patients Do Worse—and What We Can Do Better Infections - Keynote (Charlie DelaCruz, MD, PhD, Univ Pitt)
8:55--9:35 Advanced COPD (J Bon, MD WFU)
9:35-10:10 Cystic Lung Disease ‘Hole’-y lungs in the Holy City’ – Aravind Menon, MD (MUSC)
10:10- 10:40 Break
10:40 - 11:10 ILD Exacerbations - Luke Neilans, MD (Atrium, CMC)
11:10 – 12:10 Workshop – Personalizing Airway Clearance Therapy in Bronchiectasis: A Phenotype-Driven Hands-on Workshop (Chad Marion, DO, PhD, Anna Wood, RRT, John Essick, RRT))
12:10 – 1:15 Lunch/exhibits/posters
Sat Nov 7 4:00 – 6:00 PM (Graylyn Hotel)
4:00 – 6:00 Advances in Mucus Biology and Treatments Workshop
4:00 - 4:05 Moderator (S Tilley, MD UNC)
4:05 - 4:30 Mucus biology (M Kesimer, PhD UNC)
4:30 - 4:45 Sputum collection, N Alexis, PhD UNC)
4:45 - 5:00 Use of CAAT PRO to characterize mucus/cough in asthma (Tilley)
5:05 – 5:20 CT scans and mucus plugging (J Mammarappallil, PhD, MD)
5:20 – 6:00 Bronchoscopic rheoplasty – D Krimsky, MD; J Mammarappallil, PhD, MD)
Sunday Nov 8 (Innovation Quarter)
9:00 – 9:45 ECMO – Elias Pratt, MD (Duke)
9:45 – 10:30 Tackling the Hidden Enemy: Pulmonary Hypertension in Parenchymal Lung Disease, Veeranna Maddipati, MD (ECU)
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:30 Phenotyping Patients in ARDS -Clark Files (WFU)
11:30 – 12:45 Workshop Mastering Home NIV: From Basics to Best Practices (W Mansour, MD, Mark Sollars, RT)