EPC 2021
Thursday, September 30, 2021
4:25 – 4:30 PM
Introduction and conference objectives
Sidney Braman, MD
4:30 – 5:00 PM
2020 Asthma guideline: Update from the National Asthma Education and
Prevention Program
Mario Castro, MD
5:00 – 5:30 PM
Characterization of severe asthma: Identifying the high-risk patient
Michael Wechsler, MD
5:30 – 6:00 PM
Patient and ventilator interactions – Why can’t we all just get along?
Curtis Sessler, MD
6:00 – 6:15 PM
Panel Discussion: Q & A
Friday, October 1, 2021
7:45 – 8:15 AM
SMART therapy: How to and for whom?
Mario Castro, MD
8:15 – 8:45 AM
Clinical practice guidelines for the management of pain, agitation, and delirium in adult
patients in the intensive care unit
Curtis Sessler, MD
8:45 – 9:15 AM
Future biologics for asthma -Where do we stand?
Rey Panettieri, MD
9:15 – 9:30 AM
Panel Discussion: Q & A
9:30 – 10:15 AM
Breakout Session – PBL 45-year-old asthmatic woman with eosinophilia and pulmonary
infiltrates
Mario Castro, MD Sidney Braman, MD,
Rey Panettieri, MD Michael Wechsler, MD
10:15 – 11:00 AM
Coffee Break: Visit exhibits and posters
11:00 – 11:25 AM
Unraveling Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA): Clinician awareness,
diagnosis, and management
Michael Wechsler, MD
11:25 – 11:30 AM
Discussion: Q & A
11:30 – 11:55 PM
Occupational asthma
Lawrence Mohr Jr., MD
11:55 – 12:00 PM
Discussion: Q & A
12:00-12:25 PM
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Diagnosis and management
Ganesh Raghu, MD
12:25 – 12:30 PM
Discussion: Q & A
1:30 – 2:15 PM
Breakout Session – PBL: Interstitial Lung Disease
Maria Padilla, MD, Ganesh Raghu, MD,
Franck Rahaghi, MD, Marilyn Glassberg, MD
2:15 – 2:40 PM
2020 Delphi consensus recommendations for a treatment algorithm in pulmonary
sarcoidosis
Franck Rahaghi, MD
2:40 – 3:05 PM
Progressive fibrosing lung disease: Diagnosis and management
Ganesh Raghu, MD
3:05 – 3:15 PM
Discussion: Q & A
Saturday, October 2, 2021
7:45 – 8:10 AM
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: Is it PPFE or apical capping?
Maria Padilla, MD
8:10 – 8:15 AM
Discussion: Q & A
8:15 – 8:40 AM
Sleep apnea: Practical lessons for the pulmonologist
Anas Hadeh, MD
8:40-8:45 AM
Discussion: Q & A
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM
Breakout Session – PBL – COPD
Sidney Braman, MD, William Corrao, MD,
Barry Make, MD, Rey Panettieri, MD
9:30 –10:15 AM
Coffee Break: Visit exhibits and posters
10:15 – 10:40 AM
When to prescribe inhaled corticosteroids for COPD
Barry Make, MD
10:40 – 10:45 AM
Discussion: Q & A
10:45 - 11:10 AM
Post-COVID pulmonary complications
Marilyn Glassberg, MD
11:10 - 11:15 AM
Discussion: Q & A
11:15 – 12:30 PM
Lung cancer: Case-based discussion
Charles Powell, MD and Momen Wahidi, MD
1:30 – 1:55 PM
Malignant pleural effusions and pleural infections: Management strategies
Momen Wahidi, MD
1:55 - 2:20 PM
Pulmonary toxicities associated with oncologic immunotherapies: Recognition and ASCO
management guidelines
Charles Powell, MD
2:20 - 2:30 PM
Discussion: Q & A
Sunday, October 3, 2021
8:15 – 9:00 AM
PBL 60-year-old man with chronic cough
Sidney Braman, MD and Peter Dicpinigaitis, MD
9:00 – 9:30 AM
Group 3 Pulmonary hypertension: Pathogenesis and therapeutic approaches
David De La Zerda, MD
9:30-11:00 AM
Academic CME Symposium
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