Schedule

All times listed below are Eastern Daylight Time.

Monday, April 28, 2025

Morning Program
7:45am to 8:00am
Welcome

David J. Kanarek, MD

8:00am to 8:40am
GERD in Pulmonology

David J. Kanarek, MD

8:40am to 9:20am
Cystic Fibrosis: Understanding CFTR and New Treatment

Isabel Neuringer, MD

9:20am to 10:00am
Beyond Cystic Fibrosis: Diagnosis and Management of Non-CF Bronchiectasis

Christopher Richards, MD

10:00am to 10:10am
Break
10:10am to 10:50am
Lung Transplantation 2025: Referral, Patient Selection, Lung Allocation, and COVID

Brian Keller, MD

10:50am to 11:30am
Exercise and Cardiopulmonary Disorders: Indications and Interpretation

C. Corey Hardin, MD, PhD

11:30am to 12:10pm
Q & A Session with Speakers

Drs. Hardin, Kanarek, Keller, Neuringer, and Richards

12:10pm to 1:00pm
Break
Afternoon Program
1:00pm to 1:40pm
Pulmonary Pathology: Interstitial Lung Disease

Lida Hariri, MD, PhD

1:40pm to 2:20pm
Looking Deeper: Patterns and Insights from Chest Radiology

Amita Sharma, MBBS

2:20pm to 3:00pm
Evolving Concepts in the Diagnosis and Management of Connective Tissue Disease-Associated ILD

Barry Shea, MD

3:00pm to 3:10pm
Break
3:10pm to 3:50pm
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Pigeons, Farmers, and Hot Tubs, Oh My!

Rachel Knipe, MD

3:50pm to 4:30pm
Treatment Challenges of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

Robert Hallowell, MD

4:30pm to 5:10pm
Diagnosis and Management of IPF: When, Why, and How to Use the Newest Drugs

Grace Peloquin, MD

5:10pm to 6:00pm
Q & A Session with Speakers

Drs. Hallowell, Hariri, Knipe, Peloquin, and Shea

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Morning Program
8:00am to 8:40am
ARDS: State-of-the-Art Strategies to Protect the Lung

Jehan Alladina, MD

8:40am to 9:20am
Noninvasive Respiratory Support for Acute Respiratory Failure: Less May NOT Be Best

Carolyn La Vita, MHA, RRT

9:20am to 10:00am
Novel Ventilator Modes: The Hype and the Reality

Carolyn La Vita, MHA, RRT

10:00am to 10:10am
Break
10:10am to 10:50am
Sedation, Analgesia and Early Mobility: The State of the Art in 2025

Crystal M. North, MD

10:50am to 11:30am
After the ICU: Post-ICU Care Syndrome and Recovery

George Alba, MD

11:30am to 12:10pm
Q & A with Speakers

Drs. Alba, Alladina, North, and Carolyn La Vita, MHA, RRT

12:10pm to 1:00pm
Break
Afternoon Program
1:00pm to 1:40pm
From Ancient Egypt to Balanced Crystalloids: Medicine’s Attempts to Manage Sepsis

Eric Schmidt, MD

1:40pm to 2:20pm
Fluid Responsiveness

David Ziehr, MD

2:20pm to 3:00pm
Vasopressors in Septic Shock: Old Friends and New

Jason Griffith, MD

3:00pm to 3:10pm
Break
3:10pm to 3:50pm
Approach to Empiric Antibiotics in the ICU

Alyssa Letourneau, MD

3:50pm to 4:30pm
Approach to the Immunocompromised Critically Ill Patient

Lisa Bebell, MD

4:30pm to 5:10pm
Renal Replacement Therapy in the ICU: What and When to Start (or Not)

Andrew Allegretti, MD

5:10pm to 6:00pm
Q & A with Speakers

Drs. Allegretti, Bebell, Griffith, Letourneau, Schmidt, and Ziehr

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Morning Program
8:00am to 8:40am
Common Neurologic Issues in the ICU

Sahar Zafar, MD

8:40am to 9:20am
TTM and Neuroprognostication after Cardiac Arrest

David Greer, MD

9:20am to 10:00am
Surgical Emergencies in the Medical ICU

Noelle Saillant, MD

10:00am to 10:10am
Break
10:10am to 10:50am
Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit

Jonah Rubin, MD

10:50am to 11:30am
Advanced Cardiac Support in the ICU

David Dudzinski, MD

11:30am to 12:10pm
Q & A with Speakers

Drs. Dudzinski, Greer, Rubin, Saillant, and Zafar

12:10pm to 1:00pm
Break
Afternoon Program
1:00pm to 1:40pm
New Approaches to the Unexplained Chronic Cough

Kai Saukkonen, MD

1:40pm to 2:20pm
Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease

David Christiani, MD

2:20pm to 3:00pm
The Microbiome and Lung Disease

Peggy Lai, MD

3:00pm to 3:10pm
Break
3:10pm to 3:50pm
Pneumonia (Community and Hospital Acquired): Using the Newest Guidelines to Provide Evidence-Based Care

Joshua Metlay, MD, PhD

3:50pm to 4:30pm
Prognosis and Uncertainty in the ICU

Emily Rubin, MD

4:30pm to 5:10pm
Palliative Care in Advanced Lung Disease

Bethany-Rose Daubman, MD

5:10pm to 6:00pm
Q & A with Speakers

Drs. Christiani, Daubman Lai, Metlay, Rubin, and Saukkonen

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Morning Program
8:00am to 8:40am
Pleural Disease: 2025 Updates

Fayez Kheir, MD, MSc

8:40am to 9:20am
Interventional Pulmonology in 2025

Erik Folch, MD

9:20am to 10:00am
Interventional Bronchoscopy in COPD: Valves, Coils, and Beyond

Colleen Keyes, MD, MPH

10:00am to 10:10am
Break
10:10am to 10:50am
A Strategic Approach to the Management of Pulmonary Nodules

Angela Frank, MD, MPH

10:50am to 11:30am
Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Traditional Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy, and Immunotherapies

Jaime Schneider, MD, PhD

11:30am to 12:10pm
Q & A with Speakers

Drs. Folch, Frank, Keyes, Kheir, and Schneider

12:10pm to 1:00pm
Break
Afternoon Program
1:00pm to 1:40pm
COPD 2025

Walter O'Donnell, MD

1:40pm to 2:20pm
Asthma: What’s New in 2025

Miranda Theodore, MD

2:20pm to 3:00pm
New Therapeutics in Lung Disease: The Age of Immunotherapy

Benjamin Medoff, MD

3:00pm to 3:10pm
Break
3:10pm to 3:50pm
Aspergillus Lung Disease

Rod Rahimi, MD

3:50pm to 4:30pm
Tuberculosis in 2025

Jodian Pickney, MD

4:30pm to 5:10pm
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease: Navigating the Labyrinth

Rocío Hurtado, MD, DTM&H

5:10pm to 6:00pm
Q & A with Speakers

Drs. Hurtado, Medoff, O'Donnell, Pickney, Rahimi, and Theodore

Friday, May 2, 2025

Morning Program
8:00am to 8:40am
Thrombotic Mechanisms and Antithrombotic Agents: How Do the New Oral Agents Fit in 2025?

Rachel Rosovsky, MD, PhD

8:40am to 9:20am
Pulmonary Embolism: An Update

Alison Witkin, MD

9:20am to 10:00am
Pulmonary Hypertension: Categorization and Evaluation

Josanna M. Rodriguez-Lopez, MD

10:00am to 10:10am
Break
10:10am to 10:50am
Pulmonary Hypertension: Management

Alexandra “Sasha” Wong, MD

10:50am to 11:30am
Vasculitis and ANCA

John L. Niles, MD

11:30am to 12:10pm
Q & A with Speakers

Drs. Niles, Rodriguez-Lopez, Rosovsky, Witkin, and Wong

Afternoon Program: Sleep Medicine for Pulmonologists
1:00pm to 1:40pm
Obstructive Sleep Apnea

James Mojica, MD, FAASM

1:40pm to 2:20pm
Complex Sleep Apnea 2025

James Mojica, MD, FAASM

2:20pm to 2:30pm
Break
2:30pm to 3:10pm
Sleep Diagnostics

Katherine Dudley, MD

3:10pm to 3:50pm
Noninvasive Ventilation

Katherine Dudley, MD

3:50pm to 4:00pm
Break
4:00pm to 4:40pm
Q & A Session

Drs. Dudley and Mojica