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LECTURE HALL

2024 | Simmons College, MA

8th Annual Board Review and Update in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Day 1 : Pulmonary Medicine

07:30 AM – 09:00 AM On-site Only

09:25 A.M. – 12:35 P.M. EST

 

On-Site only:

07:30 -08:00       Continental breakfast
08:00 -08:05       Welcome/introduction B. Levy & G. Weinhouse  
08:05 -09:00     Live Lung Ultrasound Workshop with Demonstration L. Palmer

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Welcome & Introduction – Live and Live-streamed:

09:25 -09:30       Welcome and introduction (on-line) B. Levy & G. Weinhouse

Obstructive Lung Diseases:

09:30–10:05       Current Asthma Management Strategies  E. Haley
10:05–10:40       COPD: Current and emerging management strategies C. Hersh
10:40–10:50       Break
10:50–11:25        Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Clinical Medicine J.Drazen
11:25–12:00        Post-COVID dyspnea—evaluation and management D. Systrom
12:00–12:35       Prevention&Treatment of VenousThromboembolism S. Goldhaber

12:45 – 01:45 P.M.

BREAK / STUDY HALL

On-Site only:

12:45 -01:45       Meet-the-Professor Lunch: Introduction to Pulmonary Genetics and Genomics M. Raby 

02:00 – 05:05 p.m.

2:00–2:35         Pulmonary pathology for the boards B. Padera  
2:35–3:10         Chest Imaging Pearls A. Hunsaker
3:10–3:45         Interdisciplinary Approach to Interstitial Lung Diseases G. Hunninghake
3:45–3:55         Break
3:55–4:30         Pulmonary Involvement in Rheumatic Diseases P. Dellaripa
4:30–5:05         Cystic Lung Disease S. El-Chemaly  

Day 2 : Pulmonary Medicine

07:30 AM – 09:00 AM On-site Only

09:30 A.M. – 12:35 P.M.
On-Site only:

07:30 -08:00       Continental breakfast
08:00 -09:00       Echocardiogram Workshop with Demonstration E. Platz & L. Palmer 
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Lung Cancer:

9:30–10:05         Lung Cancer screening and approach to the lung nodule A. Ramaswamy
10:05–10:40       Lung Cancer: State of the Art treatment D. Kwiatkowski
10:40–10:50       Break

Selective Topics:

10:50–11:25       Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Non-Invasive Ventilation K. Ismail
11:25–12:00       Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Infections D.Solomon
12:00–12:35       Interventional Pulmonology M. Shafiq

12:35 – 01:45 P.M.

BREAK / STUDY HALL

On-Site only:

12:45 -01:45       Meet-the-Professor Lunch:   B. Levy 

02:00 – 05:05 p.m.

Dinner at 07:30 PM On-site Only

Critical Care Medine

Cardiac critical care:

2:00 – 2:35        Current treatment of Cardiogenic Shock B. Bergmark
2:35 – 3:10         Pulmonary HTN and RV dysfunction A. Waxman
3:10 – 3:45         Life-Threatening Cardiac Arrhythmias in the ICU A. Tadros
3:45 – 3:55         Break
3:55 – 4:30         Blood pressure and oxygen targets in the ICU  G. Weinhouse
4:30 – 5:05         Reducing ICU Delirium J. Devlin

On-Site Only: 7:30 PM       Dinner with Special Guest  B. Brown

Day 3 : Critical Care Medicine

07:30 AM – 09:25 AM On-site Only

09:30 A.M. – 12:35 P.M.
On-Site only:

07:00 -07:30       Continental breakfast 
07:30 -09:25       Interactive Discussion: Best Medical ICU Cases from the Brigham 2023 A. Massaro et al. 
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Respiratory Failure and Sepsis:

9:30–10:05         Update:ARDS and respiratory failure  A. Massaro
10:05–10:40       State of the Art Sepsis management  B. Baron
10:40–10:50       Break
10:50–11:25       Chronic Critical Illness  K.Haley

Extrathoracic Critical Care:

11:25–  12:00     Toxidromes  P. Chai
12:00–12:35      Renal Replacement Therapy: Choices and Outcomes   K. Christopher

12:35 – 01:45 P.M.

BREAK / STUDY HALL

On-Site only:

12:45 -01:45       Meet-the-Professor Lunch: “Can’t Miss’ Articles in Critical Care”
K. Walker & Hassan Sajjad 

02:00 – 05:05 p.m.

2:00–2:35           Massive Gastrointestinal BleedingJ. Saltzman
2:35–3:10           Considerations in the management of critically ill obese patients  C.Apovian  
3:10–3:45           Bleeding and Clotting Emergencies in the ICU J. Connors
3:45–3:55           Mini-Break
3:55–4:30           Acute Stroke R. Mahajan
4:30–5:05           Prophylactic Strategies in the ICU  K. Haley