Thursday March 12, 2026

Non-CME Program

10:00 am – 11:00 am: Brunch with presentation - Location: Portola Hotel, The Club Room, Sponsored by: Sanofi & Regeneron

Topic: Choose Dupixent When Triple Inhaled Therapy is Not Enough
Speaker: Tariq Cheema, MD

COPD Medical Management, Pathogenesis, and Epidemiology

CME Program

Location: Monterey Convention Center (Floor 2), Steinbeck 1

11:00 am - 11:45 am: Keynote Address –The Immunology of Obstructive Lung Disease

Frank Sciurba, MD (University of Pittsburgh) – This speaker will discuss the immunology of COPD and discuss novel approaches to anti-inflammatory medications and biologic therapy in COPD.

11:45 am - 12:10 pm: Diagnosis and Case Finding in COPD

Stephanie Christenson, MD (UC San Francisco) – This speaker will discuss the diagnosis of COPD and new approaches for case finding using screening questionnaires, spirometry, and peak expiratory flow.

12:10 pm - 12:35 pm: Epidemiology of COPD

Laura Myers, MD (Kaiser) – This speaker will discuss the global, US, and California burden of COPD, the regional variability of COPD, and how COPD prevalence varies by social determinants of health.

12:35 pm – 1:00 pm: Update on the treatment algorithm of COPD from the 2025 GOLD Report

Anil Ghimire, MD (UCSF Fresno) – This speaker will discuss the updated 2025 GOLD Report on COPD and how to approach therapy in this population with the current available modalities.
1:00 pm - 1:10 pm - Question and Answer

1:10 - 2:10 pm: Lunch Location: Portola Hotel, The Club Room

Non-Medication Based Management in COPD

2:10 pm – 2:35 pm: Oxygen and Non-Invasive Ventilation in COPD

Solmaz Ehteshami-Afsha, MD (Stanford) – This speaker will discuss the benefits of oxygen supplementation in COPD and the nuances of non-invasive ventilation in patients with COPD.

2:35 pm – 3:00 pm: Endobronchial valves in COPD

Madhav Chopra, MD (University of Arizona–Tucson) – This speaker will discuss when to use endobronchial valves in COPD and the benefits and limitations of endobronchial valves.

3:00 pm – 3:25 pm: Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

Richard Casaburi, MD PhD (Harbor-UCLA) – This speaker will discuss how pulmonary rehabilitation can improve outcomes in patients with COPD, and how virtual pulmonary rehabilitation programs can benefit patients with COPD.

3:25 pm – 3:50 pm: Heterogeneity in COPD from diagnosis to ventilation

Brooks Kuhn, MD (UC Davis) – This speaker will discuss the various phenotypes of COPD and how this impacts ventilation. They will also cover how to measure and treat ventilation heterogeneity in COPD.
3:50 pm – 4:00 pm – Question and Answer

Coffee Break with exhibitors: 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

In the Weeds of COPD

4:30 pm – 4:55 pm: Genetics in COPD

Russell Buhr, MD PhD (UC Los Angeles) – This speaker will discuss various genetic factors associated with COPD, including Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, and how clinical management differs in those with genetic-associated COPD.

4:55 pm – 5:20 pm: Pulmonary Hypertension from COPD

Yuri Matusov, MD (Cedars-Sinai) – This speaker will discuss how patients with COPD can develop Pulmonary Hypertension the management of PH-COPD, and upcoming trials focused on PH-COPD.

5:20 pm – 5:45 pm: Lung Transplant for COPD

Julia Maheshwari, MD (UC San Francisco) – This speaker will discuss the referral criteria for lung transplantation in patients with COPD, and how transplantation can improve quality of life for patients with COPD.

5:45 pm – 6:10 pm: Population Health Approach to COPD

Krystal Craddock, MSRC RRT (UC Davis) - This speaker will discuss how health system approaches can improve care for patients with COPD.
6:00 pm – 6:10 pm – Question and Answer

Non-CME Program

Conference Meet and Greet Welcome Reception and Presentation

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm: Location: Portola Hotel, The Club Room, Sponsored by: GSK
Topic: Are Your Patients at Greater Risk of COPD Exacerbations? It Is Time to Rethink Management for COPD With an Eosinophilic Phenotype
Speaker: Ronald Balkissoon, MD, MSc, DIH, FRCPC

Friday March 13, 2026

 

Non-CME Program

7:00 am – 7:45 am: Breakfast with presentation - Location: Portola Hotel, Bonsai Ball Room, Sponsored by: AstraZeneca

Topic: TBD
Speakers: Lauren Eggert, MD (UCSF)

Advances in Interventional Pulmonary

CME Program

Location: Portola Hotel, De Anza III

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

8:10 am – 8:55 am: Keynote Address – Evolution of Bronchoscopy in Diagnosing Lung Nodules

Christine Argento, MD (Johns Hopkins) - This speaker will discuss the recent advances in bronchoscopy from radial EBUS, to electromagnetic navigation, to robot technologies, and how advancement has improved lung nodule diagnosis.

8:55 am – 9:20 am: Implications of the new TNM9 staging for lung cancer

Colleen Channick, MD (UC Los Angeles) - This speaker will discuss the new TNM staging system, how staging is currently performed, and how to approach staging in the patient with suspected lung cancer.

9:20 am – 9:45 am: Management of Central Airway Obstruction

Raed Alalawi, MD (Arizona-Phoenix) - This speaker will discuss how interventional pulmonary practitioners can manage and treat central airway obstruction.

9:45 am – 10:10 am: The Changing Landscape of Pleural Disease Management

Joon Chang, MD (Stanford) - This speaker will discuss advances in management of pleural disease by the interventional pulmonologist including when to use an intrapleural catheter, and when to use.
10:10 am – 10:20 am: Question and Answer
10:20 am – 10:50 am: Break

Remote Monitoring in Lung Disease and Sleep Medicine

10:50 am – 11:15 am: Developing a home spirometry program

Steven Hays, MD (UC San Francisco) - This speaker will discuss how to approach the development of a home spirometry program to monitor lung disease, how to use digital health technologies to integrate results into the EHR.

11:15 am – 11:40 am: Home Non-Invasive Ventilator Monitoring

Christal Hawkins, RRT (UC San Diego)  - This speaker will review how to monitor home non-invasive ventilators for compliance and for adequate control of sleep disordered breathing.

11:40 am – 11:55 am: Pro: Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation is Ready for Prime Time

Aimee Kizziar, RRT (UC Davis) - This speaker will argue in favor of virtual pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

11:55 am – 12:10 pm: Con: Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation is not ready for Prime Time

Julia Rigler, BA. RRT (UC San Francisco) - This speaker will argue against virtual pulmonary rehabilitation programs.
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm: Question and Answer

12:20 pm – 1:00 pm: Awards Ceremony

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch Location: Portola Hotel, De Anza I & II

Hands On Session:

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm:
Robotic Bronchoscopy Raed Alalawi, MD (Arizona-Phoenix) & Joon Chang, MD (Stanford)
Cough Monitoring Lauren Eggert, MD (UCSF)
Endobronchial Ultrasound Pranjal Patel, MD (Stanford)
Home NIV Krystle Leung, MD (Stanford)

3:00 pm – 3:20 pm: Break

Approach to Symptom Management in the Pulmonary Patient

3:20 pm – 3:45 pm: Addressing the Unmet Needs of Refractory Chronic Cough

Krishna Sundar, MD FCCP FAASM ATSF (UC Davis) - This speaker will discuss the etiology behind refractory chronic cough and the treatment approaches for management.

3:45 pm – 4:10 pm: Frailty in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Jonathan Singer, MD MPH (UC San Francisco) - This speaker will discuss the concept of frailty and how it impacts health in patients with lung disease. The speaker will also discuss how frailty can change as lung disease is treated.

4:10 pm – 4:35 pm: Palliative Care for the Patient with Chronic Lung Disease

Grace Amadi, MD (UC Davis) - This speaker will discuss how palliative care teams can benefit patients with chronic various lung disease including ILD, COPD, and pulmonary hypertension.

4:35 pm – 5:00 pm: Palliative Care for the Patient with Critical Illness

B. Corbett Walsh, MD, MBE (UC Los Angeles) - This speaker will discuss how palliative care teams can benefit the inpatient with advancing lung disease, the importance of advance care planning, and palliative care in the intensive care unit.

5:00 pm – 5:10 pm: Question and Answer

Non-CME Program

Women in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Food and beverages will be served - Location: Bonsai Ball Room
Forum Leaders: TBD

Saturday March 14, 2026

Non-CME Program

7:00 am – 7:45 am: Breakfast with presentation - Location: Portola Hotel, Bonsai Ball Room, Sponsored by: Boehringer Ingelheim

Topic: JASCAYD ® (nerandomilast) tablets: An Update to the Treatment Landscape
Speakers: Dr. Toby Maher (USC)

Advances in Management of the Patient with Sepsis

CME Program

Location: Portola Hotel, De Anza III

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

8:10 am – 8:55 am: Keynote Address – Phenotyping and Personalized Medicine in Sepsis

Angela Rogers, MD (Stanford) - This speaker will discuss phenotyping in the patient with sepsis and septic shock and how close we are to precision medicine in managing sepsis.

8:55 am – 9:20 am: Incorporating Artificial Intelligence Decision Making in Identifying Sepsis

Gabriel Wardi, MD (UC San Diego) - This speaker will describe how artificial intelligence can be used to identify the septic patient before they present with end stage symptoms to impact care earlier in the course of illness.

9:20 pm – 9:35 pm: Pro: The Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Early Management Bundle (SEP-1) Bundle Saves Lives

Sean Townsend, MD (CPMC-Sutter) - This speaker will argue the benefits of the SEP-1 Bundle/how it saves lives.

9:35 pm – 9:50 pm: Con: The Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Early Management Bundle (SEP-1) Bundle Does Not Save Lives

Natalie Achamallah, MD, MS (Cottage Health) - This speaker will argue the against the SEP-1 Bundle/highlight its limitations.

9:50-10:00 am Question and Answer
10:00 am – 10:30 am: Break

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

10:30 am – 10:55 am: When to refer to an ECMO center and when to deploy ECMO

Nida Qadir, MD (UC Los Angeles) - This speaker will discuss the evidence behind the use of ECMO in patients with respiratory failure and when providers should consider referral to an ECMO center and when centers should use ECMO.

10:55 am – 11:20 am: What about ECMO to go?

Mazen Odish, MD (UC San Diego) - This speaker will discuss the advent of mobile ECMO services, how they can help improve patient care, and the use of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

11:20 am – 11:45 pm: Ventilator Strategies for the patient on ECMO

Abirami Kumaresan, MD (Cedars-Sinai) - This speaker will discuss the how ventilator strategies may differ in the patient on ECMO and how different ECMO configurations impact which ventilator strategy to use.

11:45 pm – 12:10 pm: What you need to know about pediatric ECMO

Kathleen Ryan, MD (Stanford) - This speaker will discuss the utility of ECMO in neonates and children, and the complexities of management in children who needs mechanical support.
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm: Question and Answer
12:20 pm – 1:20 pm: Lunch Location: Portola Hotel, De Anza I & II

Hands-On Session:

1:20 pm – 2:20 pm:
Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitors Abirami Kumaresan, MD (Cedars-Sinai)
ECMO Machines Mazen Odish, MD (UC San Diego)
ECMO Placement David Gordon, DNP & Brianna Zuckerman, NP (UC San Francisco)
Ventilator Settings and Portable ventilators Joe Van Vleet, RT (UC Los Angeles) & Theresa Cantu, RT (Valley Children’s)

2:20 pm – 2:45 pm: Break

Inpatient and Pulmonary Complications of Cancer Care

2:45 pm – 3:10 pm: Pulmonary Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Husham Sharifi, MD (Stanford) - This speaker will discuss the pulmonary complications that arise after HCT, in particular the development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and approaches to management.

3:10 pm – 3:35 pm: Pulmonary Vascular Complications of Malignancy

Naomi Habib, MD (Norton Thoracic Institute) -  This speaker will discuss the Pulmonary Vascular Disease complications of malignancy including PA sarcoma, pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy, and medications that can cause PAH.

3:35 pm – 4:00 pm: Drug induced Interstitial Lung Disease and Pneumonitis During Cancer Therapy

Weijia Chua, MD (Stanford) -  This speaker will discuss the pulmonary complications of interstitial lung disease and pneumonitis that develop after chemotherapy and targeted immunotherapy

4:00 pm – 4:25 pm: Respiratory Complications of Acute Leukemia

Hugh Davis, MD (City of Hope) - The speaker will discuss various oncologic emergencies, how they are recognized, and how they are managed in the acute setting.

4:25 pm – 4:35 pm: Question and Answer

Non-CME Program

Trainee Poster Competition

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Location: Portola Hotel, De Anza I & II, Sponsored by: Verona Pharma – Food and beverages will be served

 

Sunday March 15, 2026

Non-CME Program

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Board and Faculty Breakfast with Presentation - Location: Portola Hotel, The Portola Room, Sponsored by: Insmed

Topic: BRINSUPRI: The First and Only FDA-Approved Treatment Specifically for Bronchiectasis
Speakers: Richard Belkin, MD

Resident/Fellows Track Symposium

Location: Portola Hotel, Bonsai Room

Pathways for Emerging Leaders

9:00 am – 9:20 am Map the Leadership Landscape: Clinical perspective.

Lekshmi Santhosh, MD (UCSF) The speaker will focus on ways trainees can develop as leaders during training by leading a clinical team, demonstrating leadership aptitude as chief residents/fellow or through other clinical opportunities.

9:20 am – 9:40 am Leadership opportunities as a clinical educator

Tisha Wang, MD (UCLA) The speaker will discuss ways to identify one’s default leadership style, how residents/fellows can find leadership opportunities in the clinical educator pathway, and how to get connected to professional societies.

9:40-10:00 am Question and Answer

Resilience and Practical Habits for Sustainable Clinicians

10:00 am – 10:15 am: Shift Work and Sleep

Shazia Jamil, MD (Scripps) This speaker will discuss the science behind shifting sleep schedules and ways to help

adjustments during rotations.

10:15 am – 10:30 am: How to navigate personal/family life “blend” with work life

Lauren Eggert, MD (UCSF) This speaker will discuss tips to developing strategies during training that will continue to serve

you throughout your career.

10:30 am – 10:45 am: Saying “No” Without Burning Bridges

Brooks Kuhn, MD (UC Davis) This speaker will discuss how one can make the most of their non-clinical time to serve career

aspirations, when and how to say no

10:45-11:00 am Question and Answer

11:00 am – 12:15 pm: Problem-Based Learning (NON-CME)

Sponsored by: Sanofi & Regeneron

Topic: PBL COPD Case Participant Guide: A 57-Year-Old Female with COPD Experiencing Worsening Symptoms
Speakers: Reymond Panettieri, MD

12:15 pm – 12:30 pm: Wrap-Up