2024 ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Thursday March 7, 2024

California Bronchiectasis and NTM Symposium

Non-CME

10:00 am – 11:00 am: Brunch with presentation - location: Club Room, Sponsored by: Insmed

Topic: Clearing the air on bronchiectasis exacerbations: Burden, causes, and management of exacerbations
Speaker: Brian Morrissey, MD Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine; University of California, Davis Sacramento, CA

CME Program

location: De Anza III

11:00 am – 11:10 am: Welcome

• Meghan Marmor MD (Stanford University), Shoshana Zha MD (UC San Francisco)

11:10 am – 11:40 am: Case 1: Pseudomonas and MRSA Colonization

• Lauren Sullivan MD (UC San Diego)

11:40 am – 12:00 pm: Making the Most of Respiratory Cultures: Bacterial and AFB

• Niaz Banaei MD (Stanford University)

12:00 pm – 12:20 pm: Management of Exacerbations

• Wael ElMaraachli MD (UC San Diego)

12:20 pm – 12:50 pm: Airway Clearance

• Jeff Tarnow RRT (UC San Francisco)

12:50 pm – 1:00 pm: Question and Answer

• Lauren Sullivan MD (UC San Diego), Niaz Banaei MD (Stanford University), Wael ElMaraachli MD (UC San Diego), Jeff Tarnow RRT (UC San Francisco)

 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch, location: Bonsai Room

 

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Cystic Fibrosis: Screening and Heterozygous Patients

• Alyssa Perez MD (UC San Francisco), Vicki Jue PharmD (UC San Francisco)

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: Who to Screen and How

• Carlos Milla MD (Stanford University)

3:00 pm – 3:10 pm: Question and Answer

• Alyssa Perez MD (UC San Francisco), Vicki Jue PharmD (UC San Francisco), Carlos Milla MD (Stanford University)

3:10 pm – 3:40 pm: Case 2: Nodular Bronchiectatic, Macrolide-Sensitive MAC Lung Disease

• Alicia Mirza MD (Stanford University)

 

3:40 pm – 4:10 pm: Break, location: Bonsai Room

 

4:10 pm – 4:40 pm: Bronchial Artery Embolization From the IR Perspective

• David Hovsepian MD (Stanford University)

4:40 pm – 5:10 pm: Connective Tissue-Related Bronchiectasis

• Jonathan Graf MD (UC San Francisco)

5:10 pm – 5:20 pm: Question and Answer

• Alicia Mirza MD (Stanford University), David Hovsepian MD (Stanford University), Jonathan Graf MD (UC San Francisco)

5:20 pm – 5:50 pm: Case 3: Mycobacterium abscessus

• Mohamed Fayed MD (UC San Francisco Fresno)

5:50 pm – 6:00 pm: Closing Remarks

 

Non-CME

7:00 - 8:30 pm Conference Meet and Greet Welcome Reception with Presentation

Food and beverage will be provided - location: Club Room, Sponsored by: Regeneron

Topic: An Option For Appropriate Patients With OCS-Dependent Asthma
Speaker: Amir Zeki, MD, MAS, Professor of Medicine University of California; Davis School of Medicine Sacramento, CA and Davis, CA

Friday March 8, 2024

Non-CME

7:00 am – 7:45 am Breakfast with presentation - location: Bonsai Room, Sponsored by: ASTRAZENECA/AMGEN
Topic: Looking from the Top Down: A New Understanding of Epithelial Alarmins in Asthma
Speaker: Shyamsunder Subramanian, MD Division Chief, Division Pulmonary/Critical Care; Sutter Health Tracy, CA

CME Program

location: De Anza III

Lung Cancer, Advanced Ventilator Topics, and Airways Diseases

Lung Cancer

8:00 am – 8:15 am: Welcome and Introduction

• Gaurav Singh MD MPH (VA Palo Alto/Stanford University), Nicholas Kolaitis MD (UC San Francisco)

8:15 am – 9:00 am: Keynote Address – Implementation of a High-Quality Lung Cancer Screening Program

• David Tom Cooke MD (UC Davis)

9:00 am – 9:30 am: Advances in Smoking Cessation

• Elisa Tong MD (UC Davis)

9:30 am – 10:10 am: Multidisciplinary Approach to Lung Cancer

• Justine Ko MD (UC San Francisco Fresno), David Tom Cooke MD (UC Davis), Elisa Tong MD (UC Davis), Brian Shaller MD (Stanford University)

10:10 am – 10:20 am: Question and Answer

• David Tom Cooke MD (UC Davis), Elisa Tong MD (UC Davis), Brian Shaller MD (Stanford University)

 

10:20 am – 10:50 am: Break, location: De Anza I & II

 

Advanced Ventilator Topics

10:50 am – 11:20 pm: Identification and Resolution of Dyssynchronous Waveforms

• Rob Bautista RRT (UC San Francisco)

11:20 am – 11:50 am: Optimizing Lung Recruitment in Challenging Populations Post-Intubation

• Alex Pearce MD (UC San Diego)

11:50 am-12:00 pm: Pro: Non-Ventilator Based Techniques are Necessary for Optimization of Lung Mechanics in Ventilated Patients?

• Brian Daniel RRT (UC San Francisco)

12:00 pm -12:10 pm: Con: Non-Ventilator Based Techniques are NOT Necessary for Optimization of Lung Mechanics in Ventilated Patients?

• Pablo Gonzalez RRT (Scripps Health)

12:10 pm – 12:20 pm: Question and Answer

• Rob Bautista RRT (UC San Francisco), Alex Pearce MD (UC San Diego), Brian Daniel RRT (UC San Francisco), Pablo Gonzalez RRT (Scripps Health)

12:20 pm – 12:30 pm: Awards Ceremony

 

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch, location: De Anza I & II

 

Hands-On

location: Portola Room

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

ICU Ventilators and Ventilator Waveforms

• Rob Bautista RRT (UC San Francisco), Lena Scotto MD (VA Palo Alto/Stanford)

Esophageal Manometry

• Pablo Gonzalez RRT (Scripps Health)

Electrical Impedance Tomography

• Alex Pearce MD (UC San Diego)

Portable Bronchoscopy

• Lindsey John RRT (UC San Francisco), Joon Chang MD (Stanford University)

 

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm: Break, location: De Anza I & II

 

All about Airways

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Small Airways Disease and Oscillometry

• Catherine Sassoon MD (VA Long Beach/UC Irvine)

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Biologics for COPD

• Stephanie Christenson MD (UC San Francisco)

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Bronchoscopic Management of Airways Diseases

• Brian Shaller MD (Stanford University)

4:30 pm – 4:40 pm: Question and Answer

• Catherine Sassoon MD (VA Long Beach/UC Irvine), Stephanie Christenson MD (UC San Francisco), Brian Shaller MD (Stanford University)

Non-CME

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Women in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, location: Bonsai Room

• Ni-Cheng Liang, MD, Scripps / Coastal Pulmonary Associates
• Food with beverages will be provided

 

Saturday March 9, 2024

CME Program

location: De Anza III

Complications of Critical Illness, Pleural Diseases, Subspecialties of Critical Care

Complications of Critical Care

8:00 am – 8:10 am: Welcome and Introduction

• Gaurav Singh MD MPH (VA Palo Alto/Stanford University), Nicholas Kolaitis MD (UC San Francisco)

8:10 am – 8:55 am: Keynote Address – The Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: Intensive Care Beyond the Unit

• Terri Hough MD (Oregon Health & Sciences University)

8:55 am – 9:25 am: Tracheal Issues in the ICU

• Jennifer Lee MD (Stanford University)

9:25 am – 9:55 am: Role of speech therapy in the ICU

• Sara Nolette MA CSD CCC-SLP (VA Palo Alto)

9:55 am – 10:05 am: Question and Answer

• Terri Hough MD (Oregon Health & Sciences University), Jennifer Lee MD (Stanford University), Sara Nolette MA CSD CCC-SLP (VA Palo Alto)

 

10:05 am – 10:30 am: Break, location: De Anza I & II

 

Pleural Diseases

10:30 am – 11:00 am: Evaluation of Recurrent Pleural Effusions

• Scott Oh DO (UC Los Angeles)

11:00 am – 11:30 am: Advances in Chest Tube Management for Malignant and Non-Malignant Conditions

• David Hsia MD (Harbor-UC Los Angeles)

11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Pleuroscopy at the Bedside

• Pravachan Hegde MD (UC San Francisco Fresno)

12:00 pm – 12:10 pm: Pro: A Surgical Approach is First Line for Lung Entrapment?

• Jeffrey Velotta MD (Kaiser Oakland)

12:10 pm – 12:20 pm: Con: A surgical Approach is NOT First Line for Lung Entrapment?

• Ai-Yui Tan MD (Cedars-Sinai)

12:20 pm – 12:30 pm: Question and Answer

• Scott Oh DO (UC Los Angeles), David Hsia MD (Harbor-UC Los Angeles), Pravachan Hegde MD (UC San Francisco Fresno), Jeffrey Velotta MD (Kaiser Oakland), Ai-Yui Tan MD (Cedars-Sinai)

 

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch, location: De Anza I & II

 

Hands-On

location: Portola Room

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

CPR Devices

• William Auyeung MD (VA Palo Alto/Stanford)

Monitors and Defibrillators

• Crystal Ives Tallman MD (UC San Francisco Fresno)

Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Devices

• Daniel Gerber MD (Stanford University/VA Palo Alto)

Pleural Catheters

• Jeffrey Velotta MD (Kaiser Oakland), Ai-Yui Tan MD (Cedars-Sinai), Ilana Krumm MD (UC San Francisco)

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm: Break, location: De Anza I & II

 

Subspecialties of Critical Care

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm: Cardiac Critical Care

• Daniel Gerber MD (Stanford University/VA Palo Alto)

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

• Crystal Ives Tallman MD (UC San Francisco Fresno)

3:45 pm – 4:15 pm: Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

• Tasce Bongiovanni MD (UC San Francisco)

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm: Sleep in the ICU

• Shazia Jamil MD (Scripps Health/UC San Diego)

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm: Question and Answer

• Daniel Gerber MD (Stanford University/VA Palo Alto), Crystal Ives Tallman MD (UC San Francisco Fresno), Tasce Bongiovanni MD (UC San Francisco), Shazia Jamil MD (Scripps Health/UC San Diego)

Non-CME

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Fellows and Trainee Reception and Poster Presentation Competition
- Food and beverages will be provided (Sponsored by: Verona Pharma), location: Club Room

 

 

Sunday March 10, 2024

Non-CME

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Board and Trainee (Residents, Fellows, Nurses and RTs) Breakfast with presentation - location: Portola Room, Sponsored by: Regeneron

Topic: COPD With Type 2 Inflammation: A Spark For Deeper COPD Understanding
Speaker:Brooks Kuhn, MD, MAS Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine; Medical Director of Respiratory Care Department; Director of Reversible Obstructive Airway Disease (ROAD) program; Co-Director, UCD Comprehensive COPD Program University of California, Davis (UC Davis),Division of Pulmonology, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine Sacramento, CA

Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Fellows Career Pathway and PBL Session

location: Bonsai Room

9:00 am – 10:00 am: Networking and Mentorship in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

• Solmaz Ehteshami Afshar MD (Stanford University) and Laura Glassman MD (UC Los Angeles) moderators; George Su (UC San Francisco), Michelle Cao DO (Stanford University), Brooks Kuhn MD (UC Davis), Jessica Goggin PhD RN (UC San Diego), Ni-Cheng Liang MD (Scripps Health); Shazia Jamil MD (Scripps Health/UC San Diego), Gaurav Singh MD MPH (VA Palo Alto/Stanford University), Katie Famous, MD, PhD (UC Los Angeles)

10:00 am – 11:00 am: What I Look for in a Fellowship Applicant/Job Applicant

• Solmaz Ehteshami Afshar MD (Stanford University) and Laura Glassman MD (UC Los Angeles) moderators; Kathryn Melamed MD (UC Los Angeles), Tisha Wang MD (UC Los Angeles)

11:00 am – 12:15 pm: Problem-Based Learning - Food and beverages will be provided - Sponsored by: Regeneron

Topic: Implications Of Systemic And Localized Type 2 Inflammation For Patients With Asthma
Speaker: Vamsi Guntur, MD, MSc Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep National Jewish Health Denver, CO

12:15 pm – 12:30 pm: Wrap-Up

• Shazia Jamil MD (Scripps Health/UC San Diego), Solmaz Ehteshami Afshar MD (Stanford University), Laura Glassman MD (UC Los Angeles), George Su MD (UC San Francisco), Tisha Wang MD (UC Los Angeles), Gaurav Singh MD MPH (VA Palo Alto/Stanford University), Nicholas Kolaitis MD (UC San Francisco)