Onslow Medical Specialists
Jacksonville, NC  
Interventional Pulmonology in Cancer Patients: An
Intensive Hands-on Course-  University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX  -
February 9 - 11, 2012
Faculty:
George Eapen, MD  - Course Director; Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Pablo Diaz-Jimenez, MD,PhD - Department of Pulmonary Medicine Research
Saadia Faiz, MD - Dept of Pulmonary Medicine
Horiana Grosu, MD - Interventional Pulmonology Fellow
Carlos Jimenez, MD  - Dept of Pulmonary Medicine
Rodolfo Morice, MD - Dept of Pulmonary Medicine
David Ost, MD,MPH  -  Dept of Pulmonary Medicine
Mona Sarkiss, MD,PhD  - Dept of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
John Stewart, MD,PhD  - Dept pf Pathology
Alda Lui Tam, MD  - Dept of Diagnostic Radiology
Garrett Walsh, MD -  Dept of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
Francisco Almeida, MD,MS -  Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Allergy,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Luis Angel, MD  - Dept of Surgery, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio,
Texas.
Heinrich Becker, MD - Dept of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy - Thoracic Clinic,
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Roberto Casal, MD  - Interventional Pulmonology, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, TX
Henri Colt, MD  -  Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of California at
Irvine
Pablo Diaz - Jimenez, MD - Professor of Medicine, Bellvitge University Hospital,
Barcelona, Spain
Eric Edell, MD - Pulmonology & Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN
Thomas Gildea, MD,MS  - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic,
Ohio
Marcus Kennedy, MD  -  Consultant, Respiratory and General Physician, Cork
University Hospital, Ireland
Septimiu Murgu, MD -  Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of
California at Irvine
Antoni Rosell, MD  -  Pulmonary Medicine, Bellvitge University Hospital,
Barcelona, Spain
Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD,PhD  -  Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto,
Toronto General Hospital, Canada
Mauro Zamboni, MD,FCCP  -  Interventional Pulmonology & Thoracic Oncology
Group, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


Agenda:

Thursday - February 9, 2012
8 am - 5:30 pm
Why do you need training in interventional pulmonology?  -  Ost
Bronchoscopic Screening for Lung Cancer  -   Yasufuku
Staging Lung Cancer  -  Rice
Endobronchial Ultrasound - Radial Probe     -  Kennedy
Endobronchial Ultrasound- Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration -  Casal
Sedation for Interventional Pulmonary Procedures    -  Sarkiss
Role of Cytologist in EBUS  -  Stewart
In-Vivo Wet Lab Stations
rigid bronchoscopy/ silicone stents
endobronchial thermal therapies:  laser/ argon plasma coagulation/ cryotherapy
self-expandable metallic stents
ebus- tbna
chest tubes/ tunneled indwelling pleural catheters
percutaneous tracheostomy
electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy

Friday - February 10, 2012
8 am - 5:30 pm
Surgical Management of Airway Tumors   -  Walsh
Immediate Effect Endobronchial Therapier  - Becker
Delayed Effect Endobrronchial Therapies   -  Edell
Endobronchial Stenting    -  Murgu
Bronchoscopic Options for COPD   -  Angel
In-Vivo Wet Lab Stations

Saturday, February 11, 2012
8 am - 11:30 am
Radiofrequency Ablation:  Role in Lung Cancer   -  Tam
Electromagnetic Navigation:  Applications and Limitations  -  Gildea
Optical Coherence Tomography and Confocal Microscopy  -  Colt
Managing Malignant Pleural Effusions    -  Almeida