American Lung Association in Hawaii : 2010 Annual Symposium

10th Annual Symposium:

Current Concepts in Pulmonary and Critical Care

February 14-17, 2010

Presidents' Day Weekend

Participants outside of the USA,

please download this registration form

or contact us at HTS@ala-hawaii.org

2365 Ka'anapali Parkway

Lahaina, Hawaii 96761 (island of Maui)

The Westin Maui Ocean Villas

6 Kai Ala Drive

Lahaina, Hawaii 96761 (island of Maui)

Group Reservations Center: (808) 921-4651

(IMPORTANT: Must specify that you are attending the 10^th Annual Symposium to qualify for negotiated room rate)

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The American Lung Association in Hawaii (ALAH) and the Hawaii Thoracic Society have negotiated a special guestroom rate of $209/night (or $239/night with ocean view) + tax for 10th Annual Symposium attendees at the Westin Ka'anapali Ocean Resort Villas, which is about 2 miles north of the symposium venue. There are a limited number of rooms available at this rate, though, so make your reservations early (negotiated room rate expires at noon HST on January 25, 2010).

The American Lung Association of Hawaii and the Hawaii Thoracic Society are presenting their 10th Annual Symposium entitled Current Concepts in Pulmonary and Critical Care. The material is presented in a 4-day symposium format with didactic lectures and question-and-answer sessions.

The program is designed to cover a broad spectrum of clinical pulmonary and critical care topics. Participants are to understand the principles of diagnosis and treatment of common and unusual conditions for which recent new management strategies are available. The Symposium is designed to meet education needs of physicians and allied health professionals in pulmonary and critical care medicine, thoracic surgery, allergy, infectious diseases, family practice, and internal medicine.

Speaker	Topic 1	Topic 2	Topic 3	Topic 4
Barry Make, MD	AECOPD - Why All The Sudden Interest?	Can We Improve Survival in COPD?	COPD Phenotypes - Are They Important?	Oxygen Therapy - And You Thought You Knew It All
John Beamis, MD	Update on Therapeutic Bronchoscopy	Intervential Pulmonology Options for Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion	EBUS. Is It That Great and How Does One Learn It?	Questions from the Essential Bronchoscopist
Peter Pare, MD	Genetics of Asthma and COPD	Differences and Similarities in Lung Structure and Function in COPD and Asthma	Advances in Lung Imaging for COPD	Mechanism of Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness
Jesse Hall, MD	Using Ventilator Waveforms to Assess Patients with Respiratory Failure	Animating Patients with Respiratory Failure to Speed Functional Recovery	ARDS 2010: Bench to Bedside Understandings of Management	What is the Evidence Supporting Specific Management Strategies for the Patient with Severe Sepsis?
Jeffrey Glassroth, MD	Community Acquired Pneumonia in the US	Nontuberculous Mycobacteria:The Other Mycobacteria You Need To Know About	Pulmonary Embolic Disease: New Tools For An Old Problem
Barbara Phillips, MD, MSPH	Update of Literature in Sleep	Sleep and Women	Sleep Apnea and Driving
Shigeru Kohno, MD	The Differences Between the Japanese and US Guidelines for CAP and HAP

John Beamis, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine

Chair, Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Lahey Clinic Medical Center

Boston, MA

Jeffrey Glassroth, MD

Vice Dean and Chief Academic Officer

Professor of Medicine

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Jesse Hall, MD

Professor of Medicine

Chief, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

University of Chicago Medical School

Chicago, IL



Shigeru Kohno, MD

Professor, Division of Molecular & Clinical Microbiology

Nagasaki University Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Director, Nagasaki University Hospital

Nagasaki, Japan



Barry Make, MD

Professor of Medicine

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Respiratory Care

National Jewish Health

Denver, CO



Peter Pare, MD

Professor of Medicine

Department of Medicine and Pathology

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC



Barbara Phillips, MD, MSPH

Professor of Medicine

Department of Internal Medicine

University of Kentucky

Director, Sleep Disorders Center

Good Samaritan Hospital

Lexington, KY

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