Speaker: Steven Q. Simpson, MD, FCCP

Speakers:
William F. Kelly, MD, FCCP
Francesco de Blasio, MD, FCCP
Girolamo Pelaia, MD, FCCP

Speakers:
Stefano Nava, MD
Semra Bilaceroglu, MD
Mangala Narasimhan, DO, FCCP

Dr. Nava will describe the differences between the first and other waves in Italy and discuss what we have changed in our practice during the last year. We will also remember all the nurses and doctors who lost their lives on service.
Dr. Narasimhan will review state-of-the-art treatment. The session will also address worldwide issues and trends. Attendees will get a global perspective. Come watch the panel!
Dr. Bilaceroglu will be talking on Global Impact of COVID-19 on Respiratory Diseases. It will be a comprehensive review covering the implications and impact of COVID-19 on respiratory diseases regarding diagnostic, therapeutic, prognostic aspects.

Moderator: William F. Kelly, MD, FCCP

Non-CME Industry Session organized by: MSD
(not included in the main event CME/CPD credit offering)

Speaker: Mario Cazzola, MD

Speaker: Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP

Come and review the practice-changing pleural disease papers you wanted to read but didn’t get a chance to! We will discuss malignant pleural effusions, pneumothorax, and pleural space infections.

Speaker: Richard Casaburi, MD, PhD, FCCP

The best development is the recent demonstration that pulmonary rehabilitation, delivered after a hospitalization for COPD exacerbation, substantially improves survival. Rehabilitation therefore joins a very small number of interventions demonstrated to improve COPD mortality.
The worst development is the tragically low availability of pulmonary rehabilitation, made even worse by the pandemic. Whether attempts to institute home rehabilitation programs will be of help will be discussed.

Case presentations. Please note the cases are divided in rooms, based on topic:
- Challenging Airway Stent Cases
- COVID prognostic markers
- Unusual Pulmonary Cases
- Post-COVID infections
- PET positive thoracic lesions – is it cancer?
- ECMO and Seraph filters

Speaker: Stephanie M. Levine, MD, FCCP

Speaker: Stefano Aliberti, MD

Speaker: Sumita B. Khatri, MD, FCCP

Asthma is prevalent worldwide, and can emerge from various exposures and risk factors throughout a lifetime. Understanding the phenotypes and endotypes of asthma is necessary to provide state-of-the-art care for individuals with asthma. However, models of care may vary based upon access to advanced levels of care and latest therapies, including biologic therapies. In our session we will explore best practices within the ideal state and the real-world experience of asthma care by examining various models of care in the context of guidelines set worldwide.

Speaker: Javier Flandes, MD, PhD, FCCP

Explore how the combination of navigation bronchoscopy and fluoroscopy using novel integration software can improve diagnostic yield in lung peripheral nodules. Discuss how fluoroscopy adds certainty about the situation of catheter and different tools related to the lesion.

Moderator: William F. Kelly, MD, FCCP

Speaker: Steven D. Nathan, MBBCh, FCCP

Group 3 pulmonary hypertension has always presented a clinical conundrum.
Do we look for it or not? And if we find it, what to do? To treat or not to treat? Emerging evidence suggests that this is a viable target with new evidence resulting in the FDA’s approval of the first agent targeting PH-ILD.

Speaker: Victor J. Test, MD, FCCP

This session will explore methods for clinical assessment and risk stratification of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. We will look at clinical, laboratory and scoring systems.

Moderator: William F. Kelly, MD, FCCP

In a future world battered by a pandemic, economic travails, and 24/7 zoom meetings, you and 5 peers must race toward Jupiter. Buckle up, mask up, and engage! Bring your thinking cap, as you and your team will have to exercise your knowledge and problem-solving skills on medical knowledge-based puzzles. Come jump into this hyperspace adventure of a lifetime! What could possibly go wrong?
While exercising your knowledge in the CHEST Escape Room, learn about the CHEST Foundation, our work in antiracism and health disparities, and how you can help support our efforts!