Updates on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Advanced Lung Disease: From Diagnosis to Transplantation

A Symposium for Physicians

When

Saturday, October 18, 2008
8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Where

Wyndham Drake Oak Brook
2301 York Road
Oak Brook, IL 60523

Register

• Register Online
• Fax: If paying by credit card, you may fax a completed registration form to the University of Chicago Center for Continuing Medical Education office at 773-702-1736. Registration forms are included in the course brochure (PDF).

Agenda

8:00 a.m.
Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Sangeeta M. Bhorade, MD
Associate Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Director, Lung Transplant Program

9:00 a.m.
Recent Advances in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Imre Noth, MD
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care

9:30 a.m.
Interstitial Lung Disease--Could a Connective Tissue Disease Be the Cause?
Mary Strek, MD
Associate Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care

10:00 a.m.
Pulmonary Hypertension: A Few Steps Closer to a Cure
Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiology
Director, Center for Pulmonary Hypertension

10:30 a.m.
Refreshments

10:45 a.m.
Management of CF Exacerbation in the Adult
Edward Naureckas, MD
Associate Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory

11:15 a.m.
COPD and the Role of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Kyle Hogarth, MD
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care

11:45 a.m.
Lunch & Case Presentations with Interactive Discussion
Led by Sangeeta M. Bhorade, MD

12:45 p.m.
Surgical Treatment of Advanced Lung Disease
Wickii Vigneswaran, MD
Professor and Associate Chief, Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery
Director, Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant Program

1:15 p.m.
Lung Transplant Candidate Selection, Evaluation and Organ Allocation
Edward R. Garrity, MD
Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Medicine

1:45 p.m.
Management of Medical Issues in the Lung Transplant Recipient
Sangeeta M. Bhorade, MD
Associate Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Director, Lung Transplant Program

2:15 p.m.
Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks

2:30 p.m.
Adjourn