CHEST 2008 PRESS BRIEFING
Monday, October 27
THE BEST OF CHEST 2008
Date: Monday, October 27
Time: 9:00 am - 9:45 am Eastern
Location: Press Briefing Room – Room 201B
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Moderator
David D. Gutterman, MD, FCCP
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Past-Chair, Health and Science Policy Committee, American College of Chest Physicians
Panelists
- Jennifer Miranda, MD, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Osteoporosis Drugs May Increase Risk for Heart Problems
- Danai Khemasuwan, MD, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Statins Show Promise for Blood Clot Prevention
- Virginia Reichert, NP, formerly of the Center for Tobacco Control,
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck, NY
Physicians Lack Smoking Cessation Training
Tuesday, October 28
THE BEST OF CHEST 2008
Date: Tuesday, October 28
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am Eastern
Location: Press Briefing Room – Room 201B
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Moderator
Mark J. Rosen, MD, FCCP
North Shore Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
Past President, American College of Chest Physicians
Panelists
- David P. Sachs, MD, Palo Alto Center for Pulmonary Disease Prevention,
Palo Alto, CA
US Nicotine Addiction Reaches 15-Year High
- Raquel Nahra, MD, formerly of Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ
“Old Blood” Linked to Infection: Current Blood Storage Length Debated
- Vivek Iyer, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Antiseizure Drug Could Be Fatal
Editor Note:For more information about the CHEST 2008 press briefing, please contact Jennifer Stawarz at the ACCP at (847) 498-8306 or jstawarz@chestnet.org. |
