Globally Relevant Sessions Begin Sunday, October 31
General education sessions will begin on Sunday, October 31, 1 day sooner than in previous years. This new schedule adds a day of learning opportunities, which means:
- 5 days of clinical instruction
- 39 CME credits available
- Nearly 400 sessions
Globally relevant health topics will be presented during CHEST 2010 to increase your knowledge, help you treat a diverse patient population, and empower you to follow the lead of the ACCP President Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli, MD, FCCP: Care Locally. Reach Globally. Internationally renowned experts will present sessions addressing global health issues impacting patients in your clinic and around the world. The global focus will begin Sunday, October 31, with the sessions listed below and will continue throughout the meeting.
Globally Relevant Sessions: Sunday, October 31
8:00 am - 9:15 am
ACCP-Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute Symposium: Global Perspective on Pulmonary Vascular Disease—Congenital Heart Disease
Chairs: Stuart Rich, MD, FCCP, Skokie, IL
Kamal K. Mubarak, MBBS, FCCP, Gainesville, FL
Twin Epidemic of Diabetes and Heart Disease Among a South Asian Community
Chair: Krishnaswami Vijayaraghavan, MBBS, FCCP, Scottsdale, AZ
Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography for the Evaluation of Cardiopulmonary Failure
Chair: Paul H. Mayo, MD, FCCP, New Rochelle, NY
Update on Pleural Disease in Lung Cancer
Chair: Carla R. Lamb, MD, FCCP, Cambridge, MA
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Case-Based Learning
Chairs: Angeline A. Lazarus, MBBS, FCCP, Rockville, MD
Guangfa Wang, MD, FCCP, Beijing, Republic of China
9:45 am - 11:00 am
ACCP-Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute Symposium: Global Perspective on Pulmonary Vascular Disease—COPD
Chairs: Stuart Rich, MD, FCCP, Skokie, IL
Kamal K. Mubarak, MBBS, FCCP, Gainesville, FL
Severe Sepsis Treatment: Is It Time?
Chair: Steven Q. Simpson, MD, FCCP, Kansas City, KS
H1N1 in Advanced Lung Disease
Chair: Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, FCCP, Philadelphia, PA
Update on Global Impact of Lung Cancer
Chair: Charles A. Powell, MD, New York, NY
Telemedicine in Heart Failure Management
Chair: Krishnaswami Vijayaraghavan, MBBS, FCCP, Scottsdale, AZ
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
ACCP-Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute Symposium: Global Perspective on Pulmonary Vascular Disease—Schistosomiasis
Chairs: Stuart Rich, MD, FCCP, Skokie, IL
Kamal K. Mubarak, MBBS, FCCP, Gainesville, FL
Mass Disaster: The First Response
Chair: David J. Prezant, MD, FCCP, Brooklyn, NY
End-of-Life Issues: Where East Meets West
Chair: Hani M. S. Lababidi, MD, FCCP, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Universal Tools for Treating Tobacco Dependence
Chair: Frank T. Leone, MD, FCCP, Philadelphia, PA
Diverse Manifestations of Parasitic Lung Disease: More Than Just a Fluke
Chair: Om P. Sharma, MD, Master FCCP, Alhambra, CA
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
ACCP-Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute Symposium: Global Perspective on Pulmonary Vascular Disease—High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
Chairs: Stuart Rich, MD, FCCP, Skokie, IL
Kamal K. Mubarak, MBBS, FCCP, Gainesville, FL
Systematic Approach to Chest Imaging: Plain Films and High Resolution CT
Chair: David S. Feigin, MD, FCCP, Washington, DC
What Can Be Done vs What Should Be Done at the End-of-Life
Chair: Fidel Davila, MD, FCCP, Plano, TX
Update on Imaging and Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
Chair: David E. Ost, MD, FCCP, Houston, TX
Global Perspectives on Asthma
Chairs: Nicola A. Hanania, MBBS, FCCP, Houston, TX
Vlasis S. Polychronopoulos, MD, FCCP, Athens Greece
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
ACCP-Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute Symposium: Global Perspective on Pulmonary Vascular Disease—Pulmonary Hypertension With Hemolysis
Chairs: Stuart Rich, MD, FCCP, Skokie, IL
Kamal K. Mubarak, MBBS, FCCP, Gainesville, FL
Global Perspectives on Airway Disorders: COPD
Chairs: Sidney S. Braman, MD, FCCP, Providence, RI
Islam M. Ibrahim, MD, FCCP, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Master Pleural Clinicians: Three Interactive Case Presentations
Chair: Richard W. Light, MD, FCCP, Nashville, TN
Difficult Lung Cancer Case: An International Approach to Care
Chair: Gerard A. Silvestri, MD, FCCP, Charleston, SC
Medical Emergencies in Mass Congregations
Chair: Carlos M. Alvarado-Galvez, MD, FCCP, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Plan to attend additional globally relevant sessions throughout the meeting.