Adult and pediatric pulmonology is one of the pillars of the American Thoracic Society.  Throughout the conference, there are many sessions on COPD, asthma, and other major lung disease, as well as sessions on rare lung diseases, for clinicians and researchers.  (Return mid-January to review individual session details, including session topics and speakers.)

Pulmonary

• COPD in Non-Smokers: The Forgotten Epidemic
• The Importance of Communication in Creating Partnerships for Patient-Centered Care
• Racial Disparities in Pulmonary & Critical Care
• Obesity & Clinical Implications for the Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Physician
• Incorporating Ultrasound & Echocardiography into ICU Practice*
• Sleep in Chronic Lung Disease: Challenges of Sleep & Breathing
• Charting the Future of Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Cutting-Edge Debates
• Occupational Lung Diseases in US Military Personnel Deployed to Iraq & Afghanistan
• What’s New in LTBI Treatment?
• Improving Communication & Resolving Conflict at the End of Life+
• Lung Cancer in 2011: The State of the Art*
• Pediatric Year in Review
• Understanding & Identifying Non-Adherence to Better Treat Asthma, COPD & OSA
• Comparative Effectiveness Research; Why Now?
• Global Health & Pulmonary Medicine: Voices from the Field
• Cutting-Edge Technology for the Diagnosis & Management of Pneumonia
• Cystic Fibrosis: From Basic Research to the Bedside

*Postgraduate course
+Workshop