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- ABIM Sleep Medicine Exam: An Update - S Patil, Baltimore, MD
- Polysomnography Scoring and Artifacts: Part I - S Patil,MD,Phd, Baltimore, MD
- Polysomnography Scoring and Artifacts: Part II - IM Rosen,MD, Baltimore, MD
- Insomnia: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Consequences - J Edinger, Durham, NC
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy - M Smith, PhD, Baltimore, MD
- RLS,PLMs and Sleep-Related Movement Disorders: C Gamaldo, MD, Baltimore, MD
- Parasomnias - A Avidan,MD,MPH - Los Angeles, CA.
- Narcolepsy and the Hypersomnias - E Mignot, MD,PhD - Palo Alto,CA
- Sleep in Neurological Disorders - A Avidan,MD,MPH - Los Angeles, CA
- Chronobiology of Sleep - P Zee,MD,PhD - Chicago, IL
- Circadian Rhythm Disorders - P Zee, MD,PhD - Chicago, IL
- Putting it all together: Cases and PSG Review - JA Rowley, MD - Detroit, MI
May 16, 2009 - Saturday
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Comprehensive Update in Sleep Medicine Day 2: Pediatric and Pulmonary Sleep Medicine
- Pediatric Scoring - BM McGinley, MD - Baltimore, MD
- Non-Pulmonary Sleep Disorders in the Child - LJ Brooks, MD - Philadelphia, PA
- Sleep Disordered Breathing in the Child - ES Katz,MD - Baltimore, MD
- Pathogenesis of OSA and CSA - AR Schwartz, MD - Baltimore, MD
- Update in Positive Airwaay Pressure Approaches to the Treatment of OSA - RJ Schwab, MD -
Philadelphia, PA
- Update on Surgical Intervention and Oral Appliances in the Management of OSA - K Moore,
MD - Charlotte, NC
- Portable Monitoring Update - ST Kuna, MD - Philadelphia, PA
- Optimization of Adherence in the Treatment of OSA - RJ Schwab, MD - Philadelphia, PA
New Haven, CT
- Neuromuscular Disorders and Nocturnal Hypoventilation - LS Aboussouan, MD - Cleveland,
OH
- Sleep and COPD/Asthma - A. Malhotra, MD - Boston, MA
- OSA and Sleepiness: Implications for Public Safety on the Road and in the Workplace - KP
Strhl,MD - Cleveland, OH
- Putting it all together: Pediatric Cases and PSG Review - LJ Brooks, MD - Philadelphia,PA
- Putting it together: Pulmonary Cases and PSG Review - NA Collop, MD - Baltimore,MD
May 17, 2009 - Sunday
Clinical Year in Review 1
- Interstitial lung disease - Dr Wells
- Pulmonary vascular disease - HW Farber, MD
- Pulmonary infections - JE Shellito, MD
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and pulmonary rehabilitation - DE O'Donnel,MDl
Exercise Testing in the Assessment of patient with lung disease - I Wiesman,MD - New
York, NY
High Impact Disease Modifying Therapies in Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease: Current Status and Futre Directions:
- Smoking Cessation: what works and why and why - JA Ojar,MD
- Vaccinations in Advanced COPD: which vaccines and how often? - MT Dransfield, MD
- Wasting in Advanced COPD: Evaluation and Treatment - R Casburi,MD,PhD
- Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Advanced Emphysema: Who and why? - GJ Crimer, MD
- Lung Transplantation in Advanced COPD: is it worth? SM Palmer, MD,MHS
- Rehabilitation in Advanced COPD:what to do and who gets it? - BR Celli, MD
- Oxygen therapy in Advanced COPD: Does it really work? - BJ Make, MD
- Patient's Perspective - K. Erikson
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Application of Clinical Trials Data to My Daily
Practice- Evening Sessions
- Long Acting Bronchodilator; impact on Lung Function decline - FJ Martinez, Ann Arbor, MI
- Pharmacotherapy Decreases Frequency of Exacerbations - A Anzueto, San Antonio, TX
- What do We Need to do next to evaluate impact of pharmacotherapy on mortality? - CB
Cooper,MD, Los Angeles, CA
- COPD Exacerbations: Update in Management Recommendations - M. Miravitlles, MD,
Barcelona, Spain
- Conclusion - BR Celli, MD, Brighton, MA
May 18, 2009 - Monday
Real World Spirometry: Technique and Equipment Pitfalls that Elevate or Reduce Results -
MC Townsend, PhD - Pittsburgh,PA
Acute Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Critical Care Illness
- Right ventricular failure: Basic Physiological Concepts and Bedside Application - R Naeije,
MD,PhD
- Cellular and Molecular Changes in Acute Right Ventricular Dysfunction - HC Champion,
MD,PhD
- Right Ventricular Function and Acute Pulmonary Embolism - SV Konstantinides, MD
- Right Ventricular Function in Severe Sepsis - JR Klinger, MD
- Right Ventricular Function and Acute Lung Injury - TN Bull,MD
- Management of Acute Right Ventricular Dysfunction: Old Ideas and New Directions - NS
Hill,MD
Positive Pressure Therapy in Special Conditions
- Positive Pressure Therapy in Central Sleep Disordered Breathing - S Parthasarathy,MD
- Positive Pressure Therapy in Obesity Hypoventilation Syndome - B Mokhlesi, MD
- Positive Pressure Therapy in Nueromuscular Diseases - LS Aboussouan, MD
Clinical Problems in Sarcoidosis
- When to treat Pulmonary Sarcoidosis - JP Lynch III,MD
- Corticosteroid Treatment of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis - MA Judson,MD
- Alternative Treatments of Sarcoidosis - RP Baughmann,MD
- Should Cardiac Sarcoidosis Always be Treated? - DA Culver,DO
- The Treatment of Mycetoma - sD Nathan, MD
- The Treatment of Sarcoidosis Associated Pulmonary Hypertension - KB Highland,MD
May 19, 2009 - Tuesday
How to Manage Patient on Chronic Immunosuppressive Therapy - T Peikert,MD -
Rochester,MN
The Expanding Event Horizon of Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Introduction - L Nici, MD
- Applying Pulmonary Rehabilitation or its Components to Prevent Disability in the COPD
Patient - T Troosters,PhD
- A Successful Marriage: Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Otherwise Standard Medical Thearpy
for COPD - R Casaburi,MD,PhD
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Beginning in the ICU - CL Rochester,MD
- The Integrated Care of the COPD Exacerbation - JA Wedzicha,MD
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the Patient with Lung Cancer - R Benzo,MD
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Palliative Care - JR McCormick,MD
Rational Management of the Ambulatory Oxygen Patient - CW Atwood, MD - Pittsburgh,PA
Hemodynamic Monitoring: The Need for the Right Technology
- The Goals and Shortcomings of hemodynamic Monitoring - LM Bigatello,MD
- Clinical Trials of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter: What's Missing - BT Thompson, MD
- Newer Technologies I: Measuring Volumes Instead of Pressures - A Pesenti, MD
- Newer Technologies II: Are the Non-Invasive Ones Ready for Prime Time? - B. Soller,PhD
- Ultrasonography for the Intensivist: It May be the Future - Y Beaulieu, MD
- Respiratory-Induced Blood Pressure Variation: The Clinical Use and Physiology Behind It - M
Gropper,MD,PhD
- How Do We Test, Evaluate and Validate New Technology? - J Goldman,MD
The Comprehensive Management of The Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease - Evening Session
- Introduction - L Nini, MD, Providence, RI
- Reversing The Sedentary Lifestyle of the COPD Patient - MDL Morgan, Leicester, England
- Combining Exercise Training and Pharmacology to Improve Outcomes in the COPD Patient -
PMA Calverly,MBChB, Liverpool, England
- Oxygen therapy for the Patient with COPD - R Casaburi,MD,PhD, Torrance, CA
- The Integrated Care of the COPD Exacerbation, JA Wedzicha, MD, London, England
May 20, 2009 - Wednesday
IPF: Practical Patient Management - N Patel,MD - Philadelphia,PA
Lung Cancer Clinic: State of the Art
- Introduction
- Management of Small Cell Lung Cancer: Current Status - PN Mathur,MBBS, - Indianapolis,IN
- Pulmonary Imaging in the Lung Cancer Screening: Current Status - JR Jett, MD -
Rochester,MN
- Pre-Operative Functional Evaluation of non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - CT Bolliger,MD,PhD -
Tygerberg, South Africa.
- Clinical Integration of Novel Molecular Markers in Lung Cancer: Pre-Operative Evaluation
Using Endoscopic Procedures - K Yasufuku, MD,PhD, Japan
- Mediastinal Staging of non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: State of the Art - PN Chhajed,MD -
Mumbai, India.
- Molecular Biomarkers to Predict Response to Chemotherapy and Survival in Non-Small Cell
Lung Cancer - PP Massion, MD - Nashville, TN
- Palliative Care in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer - AC Mehta,MD - Cleveland, OH
Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Combined Pulmonary
and Rheumatology Case-Based Approach to Management
- A Case of Scleroderma Lung Disease in a Child - LR Young,MD
- A Case of Dermatomyositis Associated ILD - A Fischer,MD
- A Case of Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease ILD - BW Kinder,MD
- A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated ILD - KK Brown,MD
Hospitalization for Acute Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations: What is
Known and What is not
- Epidemiology and Impact of Severe COPD Exacerbations Requiring Hospitalization on
Outcome and Disease Progression - DM Mannino,MD
- Staging of COPD Exacerbations: What Can We Learn from our Cardiology Breathren? GJ
Crimer, MD
- Potential Value of Biomarkers in Diagnosing and Staging COPD Exacerbations: what is the
evidence? - JA Wedzicha,MD
- Bronchodilator Intervention in Acute Severe Hospitalized COPD Exacerbations - BK Make,MD
- Role of Anti-inflammatory therapy in Severe COPD Exacerbations requiring hospitalization -
FJ Martinez,MD
- Transitioning The Patient to Home folllwoing Hospitalization for cOPD EXacerbation - BR
Celli,MD
Preventing Hospitalization for COPD Exacerbations - J Bourbeau,MD
- Polysomnography Scoring and Artifacts: Part I - S Patil,MD,Phd, Baltimore, MD
- Polysomnography Scoring and Artifacts: Part II - IM Rosen,MD, Baltimore, MD
- Insomnia: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Consequences - J Edinger, Durham, NC
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy - M Smith, PhD, Baltimore, MD
- RLS,PLMs and Sleep-Related Movement Disorders: C Gamaldo, MD, Baltimore, MD
- Parasomnias - A Avidan,MD,MPH - Los Angeles, CA.
- Narcolepsy and the Hypersomnias - E Mignot, MD,PhD - Palo Alto,CA
- Sleep in Neurological Disorders - A Avidan,MD,MPH - Los Angeles, CA
- Chronobiology of Sleep - P Zee,MD,PhD - Chicago, IL
- Circadian Rhythm Disorders - P Zee, MD,PhD - Chicago, IL
- Putting it all together: Cases and PSG Review - JA Rowley, MD - Detroit, MI
May 16, 2009 - Saturday
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Comprehensive Update in Sleep Medicine Day 2: Pediatric and Pulmonary Sleep Medicine
- Pediatric Scoring - BM McGinley, MD - Baltimore, MD
- Non-Pulmonary Sleep Disorders in the Child - LJ Brooks, MD - Philadelphia, PA
- Sleep Disordered Breathing in the Child - ES Katz,MD - Baltimore, MD
- Pathogenesis of OSA and CSA - AR Schwartz, MD - Baltimore, MD
- Update in Positive Airwaay Pressure Approaches to the Treatment of OSA - RJ Schwab, MD -
Philadelphia, PA
- Update on Surgical Intervention and Oral Appliances in the Management of OSA - K Moore,
MD - Charlotte, NC
- Portable Monitoring Update - ST Kuna, MD - Philadelphia, PA
- Optimization of Adherence in the Treatment of OSA - RJ Schwab, MD - Philadelphia, PA
New Haven, CT
- Neuromuscular Disorders and Nocturnal Hypoventilation - LS Aboussouan, MD - Cleveland,
OH
- Sleep and COPD/Asthma - A. Malhotra, MD - Boston, MA
- OSA and Sleepiness: Implications for Public Safety on the Road and in the Workplace - KP
Strhl,MD - Cleveland, OH
- Putting it all together: Pediatric Cases and PSG Review - LJ Brooks, MD - Philadelphia,PA
- Putting it together: Pulmonary Cases and PSG Review - NA Collop, MD - Baltimore,MD
May 17, 2009 - Sunday
Clinical Year in Review 1
- Interstitial lung disease - Dr Wells
- Pulmonary vascular disease - HW Farber, MD
- Pulmonary infections - JE Shellito, MD
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and pulmonary rehabilitation - DE O'Donnel,MDl
Exercise Testing in the Assessment of patient with lung disease - I Wiesman,MD - New
York, NY
High Impact Disease Modifying Therapies in Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease: Current Status and Futre Directions:
- Smoking Cessation: what works and why and why - JA Ojar,MD
- Vaccinations in Advanced COPD: which vaccines and how often? - MT Dransfield, MD
- Wasting in Advanced COPD: Evaluation and Treatment - R Casburi,MD,PhD
- Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Advanced Emphysema: Who and why? - GJ Crimer, MD
- Lung Transplantation in Advanced COPD: is it worth? SM Palmer, MD,MHS
- Rehabilitation in Advanced COPD:what to do and who gets it? - BR Celli, MD
- Oxygen therapy in Advanced COPD: Does it really work? - BJ Make, MD
- Patient's Perspective - K. Erikson
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Application of Clinical Trials Data to My Daily
Practice- Evening Sessions
- Long Acting Bronchodilator; impact on Lung Function decline - FJ Martinez, Ann Arbor, MI
- Pharmacotherapy Decreases Frequency of Exacerbations - A Anzueto, San Antonio, TX
- What do We Need to do next to evaluate impact of pharmacotherapy on mortality? - CB
Cooper,MD, Los Angeles, CA
- COPD Exacerbations: Update in Management Recommendations - M. Miravitlles, MD,
Barcelona, Spain
- Conclusion - BR Celli, MD, Brighton, MA
May 18, 2009 - Monday
Real World Spirometry: Technique and Equipment Pitfalls that Elevate or Reduce Results -
MC Townsend, PhD - Pittsburgh,PA
Acute Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Critical Care Illness
- Right ventricular failure: Basic Physiological Concepts and Bedside Application - R Naeije,
MD,PhD
- Cellular and Molecular Changes in Acute Right Ventricular Dysfunction - HC Champion,
MD,PhD
- Right Ventricular Function and Acute Pulmonary Embolism - SV Konstantinides, MD
- Right Ventricular Function in Severe Sepsis - JR Klinger, MD
- Right Ventricular Function and Acute Lung Injury - TN Bull,MD
- Management of Acute Right Ventricular Dysfunction: Old Ideas and New Directions - NS
Hill,MD
Positive Pressure Therapy in Special Conditions
- Positive Pressure Therapy in Central Sleep Disordered Breathing - S Parthasarathy,MD
- Positive Pressure Therapy in Obesity Hypoventilation Syndome - B Mokhlesi, MD
- Positive Pressure Therapy in Nueromuscular Diseases - LS Aboussouan, MD
Clinical Problems in Sarcoidosis
- When to treat Pulmonary Sarcoidosis - JP Lynch III,MD
- Corticosteroid Treatment of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis - MA Judson,MD
- Alternative Treatments of Sarcoidosis - RP Baughmann,MD
- Should Cardiac Sarcoidosis Always be Treated? - DA Culver,DO
- The Treatment of Mycetoma - sD Nathan, MD
- The Treatment of Sarcoidosis Associated Pulmonary Hypertension - KB Highland,MD
May 19, 2009 - Tuesday
How to Manage Patient on Chronic Immunosuppressive Therapy - T Peikert,MD -
Rochester,MN
The Expanding Event Horizon of Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Introduction - L Nici, MD
- Applying Pulmonary Rehabilitation or its Components to Prevent Disability in the COPD
Patient - T Troosters,PhD
- A Successful Marriage: Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Otherwise Standard Medical Thearpy
for COPD - R Casaburi,MD,PhD
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Beginning in the ICU - CL Rochester,MD
- The Integrated Care of the COPD Exacerbation - JA Wedzicha,MD
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the Patient with Lung Cancer - R Benzo,MD
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Palliative Care - JR McCormick,MD
Rational Management of the Ambulatory Oxygen Patient - CW Atwood, MD - Pittsburgh,PA
Hemodynamic Monitoring: The Need for the Right Technology
- The Goals and Shortcomings of hemodynamic Monitoring - LM Bigatello,MD
- Clinical Trials of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter: What's Missing - BT Thompson, MD
- Newer Technologies I: Measuring Volumes Instead of Pressures - A Pesenti, MD
- Newer Technologies II: Are the Non-Invasive Ones Ready for Prime Time? - B. Soller,PhD
- Ultrasonography for the Intensivist: It May be the Future - Y Beaulieu, MD
- Respiratory-Induced Blood Pressure Variation: The Clinical Use and Physiology Behind It - M
Gropper,MD,PhD
- How Do We Test, Evaluate and Validate New Technology? - J Goldman,MD
The Comprehensive Management of The Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease - Evening Session
- Introduction - L Nini, MD, Providence, RI
- Reversing The Sedentary Lifestyle of the COPD Patient - MDL Morgan, Leicester, England
- Combining Exercise Training and Pharmacology to Improve Outcomes in the COPD Patient -
PMA Calverly,MBChB, Liverpool, England
- Oxygen therapy for the Patient with COPD - R Casaburi,MD,PhD, Torrance, CA
- The Integrated Care of the COPD Exacerbation, JA Wedzicha, MD, London, England
May 20, 2009 - Wednesday
IPF: Practical Patient Management - N Patel,MD - Philadelphia,PA
Lung Cancer Clinic: State of the Art
- Introduction
- Management of Small Cell Lung Cancer: Current Status - PN Mathur,MBBS, - Indianapolis,IN
- Pulmonary Imaging in the Lung Cancer Screening: Current Status - JR Jett, MD -
Rochester,MN
- Pre-Operative Functional Evaluation of non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - CT Bolliger,MD,PhD -
Tygerberg, South Africa.
- Clinical Integration of Novel Molecular Markers in Lung Cancer: Pre-Operative Evaluation
Using Endoscopic Procedures - K Yasufuku, MD,PhD, Japan
- Mediastinal Staging of non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: State of the Art - PN Chhajed,MD -
Mumbai, India.
- Molecular Biomarkers to Predict Response to Chemotherapy and Survival in Non-Small Cell
Lung Cancer - PP Massion, MD - Nashville, TN
- Palliative Care in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer - AC Mehta,MD - Cleveland, OH
Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Combined Pulmonary
and Rheumatology Case-Based Approach to Management
- A Case of Scleroderma Lung Disease in a Child - LR Young,MD
- A Case of Dermatomyositis Associated ILD - A Fischer,MD
- A Case of Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease ILD - BW Kinder,MD
- A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated ILD - KK Brown,MD
Hospitalization for Acute Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations: What is
Known and What is not
- Epidemiology and Impact of Severe COPD Exacerbations Requiring Hospitalization on
Outcome and Disease Progression - DM Mannino,MD
- Staging of COPD Exacerbations: What Can We Learn from our Cardiology Breathren? GJ
Crimer, MD
- Potential Value of Biomarkers in Diagnosing and Staging COPD Exacerbations: what is the
evidence? - JA Wedzicha,MD
- Bronchodilator Intervention in Acute Severe Hospitalized COPD Exacerbations - BK Make,MD
- Role of Anti-inflammatory therapy in Severe COPD Exacerbations requiring hospitalization -
FJ Martinez,MD
- Transitioning The Patient to Home folllwoing Hospitalization for cOPD EXacerbation - BR
Celli,MD
Preventing Hospitalization for COPD Exacerbations - J Bourbeau,MD