Worcester Pulmonary Symposium
Beechwood Hotel Worcester, MA Map
INTENDED AUDIENCE
The annual symposium is intended for advance learners in the scientific and clinical field of adult and pediatric pulmonary and critical care medicine including pulmonologists, primary care physicians, pulmonary fellows, nurses and respiratory therapists.
GOAL
Improve manage care, patient care, knowledge and competency in new advances in the treatment of pulmonary and critical care medicine.
OBJECTIVES
- Understand the Interventional Pulmonary approach to malignant central airway obstruction and malignant pleural effusions
- Identify 3 conditions in indoor environments that place occupant’s health at risk
- Understand the use of Biomarkers of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and their potential use in disease management
PROGRAM
7:30 a.m. Registration and Exhibits
8:50 Welcome and Introduction
Peter Bagley, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director Memorial Campus Critical Care Unit
University of Massachusetts Memorial Healthcare
Worcester, Massachusetts
9:00 Interventional Pulmonary Approach to Lung Cancer
Speaker: Andres F. Sosa, MD,
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Pulmonary, Division of Pulmonary,
Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center-University Campus
Worcester, Massachusetts
9:50 Indoor Air: Is Your Building Making You Sick?
Speaker: James M. Seltzer, MD,
Chief, Department of Allergy and Immunology
Reli ant Medical Group
Worcester, Massachusetts
10:35 Break and Exhibits
11:00 Update on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Speaker: Ivan O. Rosas, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
11:45 Break and Exhibits
12:00 p.m. Symposium & Lunch
Moderator: Peter Bagley, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director Memorial Campus Critical Care Unit
University of Massachusetts Memorial Healthcare
Worcester, Massachusetts
1:00 Sign Out/ Evaluations
