2023 Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Conference: A Comprehensive Overview

The 2023 Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Conference is set to take place online, utilizing live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies. This year’s program promises to be highly interactive, providing numerous opportunities for attendees to pose questions to renowned experts in their respective fields of pulmonary and critical care medicine.

Conference Overview

This comprehensive course aims to educate and update healthcare professionals on the optimal care of patients with a range of conditions, including post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, chronic cough, COPD, asthma, lung nodules, lung cancer, sleep-disordered breathing, GERD, sepsis, ARDS, sarcoidosis, IPF, pleural disease, pneumonia, tuberculosis, surgical emergencies, thromboembolism, lung transplantation, neurologic issues in the ICU, septic shock, interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, atypical mycobacterial disease, pulmonary hypertension, cardiopulmonary disorders, complications from cardiac arrest, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, occupational and environmental lung disease, acute respiratory failure, and vaping-related lung disease.

Schedule Highlights

Sunday, April 23

• 8:00am – 8:40am: GERD in Pulmonology by David J. Kanarek, MD
• 8:40am – 9:20am: Lung Transplantation: Referral, Patient Selection, Lung Allocation and COVID by Brian Keller, MD
• 9:20am – 10:00am: New Approaches to the Unexplained Chronic Cough by Kai Saukkonen, MD
• 10:00am – 10:10am: Break
• 10:10am – 10:50am: Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease by L. Christine Oliver, MD
• 10:50am – 11:30am: Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis: Understanding CFTR and New Treatment by Isabel Neuringer, MD
• 11:30am – 12:10pm: The Microbiome and Lung Disease by Peggy Lai, MD
• 12:10pm – 1:10pm: Q & A Session with Speakers
• 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Break
• 2:00pm – 2:40pm: Pulmonary Pathology: Interstitial Lung Disease by Lida Hariri, MD, PhD
• 2:40pm – 3:20pm: Diagnosis and Management of IPF: When, Why, and How to Use the Newest Drugs by Sydney Montesi, MD
• 3:20pm – 4:00pm: Evolving Concepts in the Diagnosis and Management of Connective Tissue Disease-Associated ILD by Barry Shea, MD
• 4:00pm – 4:10pm: Break
• 4:10pm – 4:50pm: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Pigeons, Farmers, and Hot Tubs, Oh My! by Rachel Knipe, MD
• 4:50pm – 5:30pm: Treatment Challenges of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis by Robert Hallowell, MD
• 5:30pm – 6:10pm: Palliative Care in Advanced Lung Disease by Bethany-Rose Daubman, MD
• 6:10pm – 7:10pm: Q & A Session with Speakers

Monday, April 24

• 8:00am – 8:40am: ARDS: State-of-the-Art Strategies to Protect the Lung by Kathryn Hibbert, MD
• 8:40am – 9:20am: Noninvasive Respiratory Support for Acute Respiratory Failure: Less May Not Be Best by Carolyn La Vita, MHA, RRT
• 9:20am – 10:00am: Fluid Responsiveness by Alexandra Wong, MD
• 10:00am – 10:10am: Break
• 10:10am – 10:50am: Novel Ventilator Modes: The Hype and Reality by Carolyn La Vita, MHA, RRT
• 10:50am – 11:30am: Vasopressors in Septic Shock: Old Friends and New by Jason Griffith, MD, PhD
• 11:30am – 12:10pm: Critical Care Echo 2.0: The Whys and Hows of Assessing Cardiac Output by Jonah Rubin, MD
• 12:10pm – 1:10pm: Q & A with Speakers
• 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Break
• 2:00pm – 2:40pm: Emerging Infectious Diseases by Paul Biddinger, MD
• 2:40pm – 3:20pm: The Legacy of COVID: A Clinical Approach to Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID by Leo Ginns, MD
• 3:20pm – 4:00pm: Looking Ahead: New Discoveries and Ongoing Investigation into PASCG by George Alba, MD
• 4:00pm – 4:10pm: Break
• 4:10pm – 4:50pm: Approach to the Immunocompromised Critically Ill Patient by Lisa Bebell, MD
• 4:50pm – 5:30pm: Vaping-Associated Acute Lung Injury by David Christiani, MD, MPH, MS
• 5:30pm – 6:10pm: COVID-19: Novel Therapeutics and New Developments by Alyssa Letourneau, MD
• 6:10pm – 7:10pm: Expanded Q & A Session with Speakers

Tuesday, April 25

• 8:00am – 8:40am: Common Neurologic Issues in the ICU by Sahar Zafar, MD
• 8:40am – 9:20am: From Ancient Egypt to Balanced Crystalloids: Medicines Attempts to Manage Sepsis by Eric Schmidt, MD
• 9:20am – 10:00am: Sedation, Analgesia and Early Mobility: The State of the Art in 2023 by Crystal North, MD, MPH
• 10:00am – 10:10am: Break
• 10:10am – 10:50am: TTM and Neuroprognostication after Cardiac Arrest by David Greer, MD
• 10:50am – 11:30am: Prognosis and Uncertainty in the ICU by Emily Rubin, MD
• 11:30am – 12:10pm: Surgical Emergencies in the Medical ICU by Noelle Saillant, MD
• 12:10pm – 1:10pm: Q & A with Speakers
• 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Break
• 2:00pm – 2:40pm: Thrombotic Mechanisms and Antithrombotic Agents: How Do the New Oral Agents Fit in 2023? by Rachel Rosovsky, MD, MPH
• 2:40pm – 3:20pm: Pulmonary Embolism: An Update by Alison Witkin, MD
• 3:20pm – 3:30pm: Break
• 3:30pm – 4:10pm: Pulmonary Hypertension: Evaluation and Management by Josanna Rodriguez-Lopez, MD
• 4:10pm – 4:50pm: Vasculitis and ANCA by John Niles, MD
• 4:50pm – 5:30pm: Exercise and Cardiopulmonary Disorders: Indications and Interpretation by C. Corey Hardin, MD, PhD
• 5:30pm – 6:30pm: Q & A with Speakers

Wednesday, April 26

• 8:00am – 8:40am: Pleural Disease: 2023 Updates by Fayez Kheir, MD, MSc
• 8:40am – 9:20am: Interventional Pulmonology in 2023 by Erik Folch, MD
• 9:20am – 10:00am: Interventional Bronchoscopy in COPD: Valves, Coils, and Beyond by Colleen Keyes, MD, MPH
• 10:00am – 11:00am: Extended Q & A with Interventional Pulmonary Faculty
• 11:00am – 11:10am: Break
• 11:10am – 11:50am: Looking Deeper: Patterns and Insights from Chest Radiology by Amita Sharma, MBBS
• 11:50am – 12:30pm: A Strategic Approach to the Management of Pulmonary Nodules by Angela Frank, MD, MPH
• 12:30pm – 1:10pm: Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Traditional Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy, and Immunotherapies by Jaime Schneider, MD, PhD
• 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Break
• 2:00pm – 2:40pm: COPD 2023 by Walter O’Donnell, MD
• 2:40pm – 3:20pm: Asthma: Ensuring Your Treatment Approaches Are Current with the State of the Art by Jehan Alladina, MD
• 3:20pm – 4:00pm: New Therapeutics in Lung Disease: The Age of Immunotherapy by Benjamin Medoff, MD
• 4:00pm – 4:10pm: Break
• 4:10pm – 4:50pm: Community Acquired Pneumonia: The Newest Guidelines and State-of-the-Art Treatment Strategies by Joshua Metlay, MD, PhD
• 4:50pm – 5:30pm: Tuberculosis in 2023 by Maha Farhat, MD, MSc
• 5:30pm – 6:10pm: Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Disease: Navigating the Labyrinth by Roco Hurtado, MD, DTM&H
• 6:10pm – 7:10pm: Q & A with Speakers

Thursday, April 27

• 8:00am – 9:00am: Obstructive Sleep Apnea by James Mojica, MD, FAASM
• 9:00am – 10:00am: Central Sleep Apnea 2023 by James Mojica, MD, FAASM
• 10:00am – 10:10am: Break
• 10:10am – 11:10am: Sleep Diagnostics by Katherine Dudley, MD
• 11:10am – 12:10pm: Noninvasive Ventilation for Neuromuscular Disorders and Alveolar Hypoventilation Syndromes by Katherine Dudley, MD
• 12:10pm – 1:10pm: Q & A Session with Speakers