NetWork Special Presentations From CHEST 2011

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Airways Disorders NetWork
Title: "Social Networking Among Cells in Asthma and COPD"
Speaker: Jay Nadel, MD

Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery NetWork
Title: "Surgical Options in Heart Failure"
Speaker: Soon J. Park, MD

Chest Infections NetWork
Title: "Pneumonia Alphabet Soup: How Different Are CAP, HCAP, and HAP?"
Speaker: Michael S. Niederman, MD, FCCP

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine NetWork
Title: "Clinical Sarcoidosis 2011: Two Key Crossroads"
Speaker: Daniel A. Culver, DO, FCCP

Clinical Research NetWork
Title: "Profit as a Driver of Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Friend or Foe?"
Speaker: Roslyn F. Schneider, MD, FCCP

Critical Care NetWork
Title: "Critical Care of the Patient With Pulmonary Hypertension"
Speaker: Sonja D. Bartolome, MD

Critical Care NetWork
Title: "A Statewide Program to Affect the Timely Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Sepsis: Applications of Evidence-Based Principles in Rural and Urban Settings"
Speaker: Steven Simpson, MD, FCCP

Cultural Diversity in Medicine NetWork
Title: "End-of-Life Discussions With Minority and Non-English-Speaking Populations"
Speaker: Shankar M. Sundaram, MD, FCCP

Disaster Response NetWork
Title: "All Hazard Assessment and Disaster Response Review"
Speaker: Tarek Razek, MD, FCCP

Home Care NetWork
Title: "A Multicentric Collaborative Service Delivery Model: How Can Telehealth Make it Possible?"
Speaker: Rita Troini, RRT

Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease NetWork
Title: "Dyspnea, Depression, and Quality of Life in Interstitial Lung Disease"
Speaker: Christopher J. Ryerson, MD

Interventional Chest/Diagnostic Procedures NetWork
Title: "The Evolution of Interventional Pulmonology Over the Last 2 Decades"
Speaker: John F. Beamis, Jr., MC, USN, FCCP

Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork
Title: "Inhalational Hazards in a Deployed Setting: Burn Pits and Dust Inhalation in Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans"
Speaker: LTC Lisa L. Zacher, MC, USA, FCCP

Palliative and End-if-Life Care NetWork
Title: "Population Lost: Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Young Adults"
Speaker: Jennifer J. Clark, MD

Pulmonary Vascular Disease NetWork
Title: "Recent Advances in Portopulmonary Hypertension"
Speaker: Karen L. Swanson, DO, FCCP

Pulmonary Vascular Disease NetWork
Title: "A Superior Method of Oral Anticoagulation Management to Substantially Reduce Event Rates, Improve Quality of Life, and Reduce Health-care Costs"
Speaker: Henry I. Bussey, PharmD, FCCP

Respiratory Care NetWork
Title: "Educating Primary Care Clinicians About COPD: Lessons Learned and Future Directions"
Speaker: Sandra G. Adams, MD, FCCP

Respiratory Care NetWork
Title: "Advantages and Pitfalls When Using the Laryngeal Mask Airway and Other Supraglottic Airway Devices for Ventilation or Intubation"
Speaker: Lorenz Theiler, MD

Sleep Medicine NetWork
Title: "The Effect of Sleep Posture on Cheyne-Stokes Respiration and Hemodynamics in Patients With Heart Failure"
Speaker: Bruce A. Soll, MD, FCCP

Thoracic Oncology NetWork
Title: "Current and Emerging Molecular Targets: How These Targets Should Affect Our Practice"
Speaker: Johann C. Brandes, MD, PhD, FCCP