NCTS/WFU Advanced Lung Disease Conference

Sat Nov 7 (8 am – 1:15) (Innovation Quarter)

7:30-8:00 Registration

8:00 – 8:10 Introduction (Hector Sanchez, MD, NCTS President)

8:10-8:55 Pneumonia in Advanced Lung Disease: Why Patients Do Worse—and What We Can Do Better Infections - Keynote (Charlie DelaCruz, MD, PhD, Univ Pitt)

8:55--9:35 Advanced COPD (J Bon, MD WFU)

9:35-10:10 Cystic Lung Disease ‘Hole’-y lungs in the Holy City’ – Aravind Menon, MD (MUSC)

10:10- 10:40 Break

10:40 - 11:10 ILD Exacerbations - Luke Neilans, MD (Atrium, CMC)

11:10 – 12:10 Workshop – Personalizing Airway Clearance Therapy in Bronchiectasis: A Phenotype-Driven Hands-on Workshop (Chad Marion, DO, PhD, Anna Wood, RRT, John Essick, RRT))

12:10 – 1:15 Lunch/exhibits/posters

Sat Nov 7 4:00 – 6:00 PM (Graylyn Hotel)

4:00 – 6:00 Advances in Mucus Biology and Treatments Workshop

4:00 - 4:05 Moderator (S Tilley, MD UNC)

4:05 - 4:30 Mucus biology (M Kesimer, PhD UNC)

4:30 - 4:45 Sputum collection, N Alexis, PhD UNC)

4:45 - 5:00 Use of CAAT PRO to characterize mucus/cough in asthma (Tilley)

5:05 – 5:20 CT scans and mucus plugging (J Mammarappallil, PhD, MD)

5:20 – 6:00 Bronchoscopic rheoplasty – D Krimsky, MD; J Mammarappallil, PhD, MD)

Sunday Nov 8 (Innovation Quarter)

9:00 – 9:45 ECMO – Elias Pratt, MD (Duke)

9:45 – 10:30 Tackling the Hidden Enemy: Pulmonary Hypertension in Parenchymal Lung Disease, Veeranna Maddipati, MD (ECU)

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:30 Phenotyping Patients in ARDS -Clark Files (WFU)

11:30 – 12:45 Workshop Mastering Home NIV: From Basics to Best Practices (W Mansour, MD, Mark Sollars, RT)