October 31 - November 5, 2009 San Diego, CA
Presidential Citation Honor Lecture Stephanie M. Levine, MD, FCCP
Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine Ko-Pen Wang, MD, FCCP
Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation Nicholas S. Hill, MD, FCCP
Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture J. Randall Curtis, MD, FCCP
Literature Review: Interstitial Lung Disease, Transplant, and Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Literature Review: COPD, Asthma, and Chest Infections
Literature Review: Imaging, Sleep, and Practice Management
Pediatric Pulmonary Literature Review
Literature Review: Critical Care, Mechanical Ventilation, and Cardiology
8:00 am - 9:15 am
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: Integrating the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Into Your Practice or Service
Controversies in Prescribing: Patients, Prescribers, Industry, and Regulators
European Respiratory Society: Exercise Testing in Clinical Practice, Including Rehabilitation
Follow-up Management of Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Neuromuscular Disease
Pleural Controversies: Pro/Con Debate
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Exacerbations of Chronic Respiratory Disease: State of the Art
The Legacy of Pediatric Lung Disease
Work-Related Asthma: Practical Aspects of the ACCP Consensus Statement
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
AACN/ATS/SCCM/ACCP Joint Session: The Importance of Developing and Implementing High Level Communication Skills in the Care of Critically Ill or Injured Patients
CTS/Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health Distinguished Lecture in the Respiratory Sciences—Airway Remodeling in Asthma: Implications for Disease Severity
The Clinical Use of Cardiac Troponins
Therapeutic Hypothermia
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Atypical Mycobacteria in Patients With Lung Disease
Chronic Thromboembolic Disease: Essentials for the Busy Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician
Clinical Controversies: Acute Exacerbations of Diffuse Lung Disease
Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Impulse Oscillometry: Ready for Prime Time?
Sleep for the Nonspecialist: Clinical Care Beyond Sleep Apnea
Approach to Patients With a Pleural Effusion
Canadian Thoracic Society: The Great Debate—Canadian Guidelines Discourage the Optimal Management of Asthma
Home Care NetWork
Management of Massive and Submassive Pulmonary Embolism
Pharmacogenomics of Asthma
ACCP Immunosuppressive Therapy Guidelines
Canadian Thoracic Society. Bronchiectasis
Pulmonary Rehabilitation: It’s the Law!
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Women’s Health NetWork Luncheon
Thinking Outside the Box: Approaches to the Management of Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome
Pericardial Disease in the Critical Care Setting
Systemic Manifestations of Sleep Apnea: More Than Just Sleepiness
The Medicare Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs): How Can They Hurt Your Patients and Your Hospital?
Early Goal-Directed Therapy: Beyond the Guidelines
Non-Tele-ICU Telemedicine
Uncommon Diffuse Lung Disease
Bronchiectasis: What’s New in the Therapeutic Pipeline?
Cardiovascular Consequences of Sleep Apnea
Conflict of Interest: Where Are We and Where Do We Go?
Ongoing Clinical Trials in Sepsis, Mechanical Ventilation, and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
The Management and Implementation of Anticoagulation Requirements
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Cultural Diversity in Medicine NetWork Luncheon
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Catastrophic Dyspnea at the End of Life
Critical Care Nephrology: What an Intensivist Should Know
From Sensitive to Extensively Drug-Resistant TB
The Mind and Body in COPD
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons: State of the Art on Lung Cancer Management
Vasoactive Therapy in Septic Shock
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
APSR: Lung Health—An Asian Pacific Perspective
Asthma Education: How Well Does It Work?
Bringing Personalized Medicine to Pulmonary. How the Genetics of Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease Will Change Practice
Controversies in the Management of Adult Respiratory Infections
Lung Cancer Surgery: Disparities in Treatment Decisions
Nonventilatory Management of ARDS
The Tele-ICU Paradigm for Critical Care Delivery: An Update
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging
Challenges of TB in the 21st Century: The World Must Work Together
Female Phenoytype? Influence of Gender on Lung Disease
Introduction of New Interventional and Diagnostic Technologies to the Pulmonary Practice
Pulmonary Function Crossfire
Sleep-Related Hypoventilation Syndromes
9:45 am - 11:15 am
Billing Strategies in Critical Care for Optimal Reimbursement
Management of Sarcoidosis Beyond Prednisone and Pulmonary Function Tests
Neuro Critical Care
Respiratory Consequences of the California Fires and Other Disasters
Say It Softly: The Hoarse Voice and the Pulmonologist
Sleep and Pulmonary Hypertension: A Pro/Con Debate
The Palliative Care Road Map: A Continuum
Update on Tobacco Cessation
