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1st Annual Pulmonary & Critical Care Conference

This activity is designed for primary care physicians, intensivists, emergency physicians, hospitalists, and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with pulmonary and critical care disease, desiring an update in these specialty areas.

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1st Annual Pulmonary & Critical Care Conference
Friday, April 17, 2015 7:30AM-5:00PM
The Grandview, 176 Rinaldi Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

 

 

 

 

Program Schedule
This is a working agenda, it may change drastically between now and 4/17/15.

7:30am – 8:00am –        REGISTRATION

8:00am – 8:15am –         Introduction
                                            – Alain Broccard, MD

SESSION 1: Critical Care
8:15am – 8:45am –         Initial Resuscitation of 
                                             Hemodynamically Unstable Septic Patient

                                            – Samar Khan, DO

8:45am – 9:30am –         Asthma Therapy Tailored to Phenotype:
                                             Beyond the Guidelines 

                                            – Gwen Skloot, MD

9:30am – 10:15am –       Neuro Critical Care: The Role of Interventional
                                             Radiology in Neurological Emergencies

                                            – Alison Nohara, MD 

10:15am – 10:30am –     BREAK

10:30am – 11:15am –     Large Pulmonary Embolism: Role of
                                             Thrombolytics and IVC Filters

                                            – Ilona Belinskaya, MD

11:15am – 12:00pm –     When and How to Use Non-Invasive Mechanical
                                             Ventilation: Key Principles

                                            – Francis Castiller, MD

12:00pm – 1:00pm –      LUNCH

SESSION 2: Pulmonary/Sleep
1:00pm – 1:45pm –         Point of Care Ultrasound: 
                                             The 21st Century Stethoscope?

                                            – Alain Broccard, MD 

1:45pm – 2:30pm –        Advanced Bronchoscopy: What Internists Should
                                             Know About It 
                     

                                             – Tim Collins, DO and Hary Suseelan, MD 

2:30pm – 3:00pm –        Pulmonary Artery Hypertension
                                             – Tim Collins, DO 

3:00pm – 3:15pm –        BREAK 

3:15pm – 4:00pm –        Cough: Approach and Treatment
                                             – Hary Suseelan, MD 

4:00pm – 4:30pm –        Lung Cancer Screening            
                                            – Michelle Ross-King, MD

4:30pm – 5:00pm –        Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer in 2015
                                            – Cliff Connery, MD

 

VBMC Nurses must also submit RTA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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