Who Should Attend?
One of the great strengths of the ATS International Conference is that it’s multidisciplinary. Beyond the Society’s three pillars—pulmonary, critical care and sleep—clinicians and researchers in many other fields attend the conference, enriching the conversation and leading to insights that ultimately improve patient care.
There are many other specialties that are well represented at the ATS International Conference and sessions of particular interest within these specialties (return mid-January to review individual session details, including session topics and speakers). Among those specialties are Allergy/Immunology; Behavioral Science; Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery; Environmental & Occupational Health; Hospitalists; Infectious Disease; Nursing; Pediatric Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep; and Thoracic Surgery.
- Pneumonia & Pleural Infection: Advances & Controversies
- Airway Remodeling & Hyperresponsiveness in Asthma
- Novel Inflammatory & Repair Pathways in COPD
- Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer & Mesothelioma
- Controversies in the Treatment of Childhood Asthma: A Pro-Con Debate
- Divergent Roles of Antigen Presenting Cells in Lung Health & Disease
- Year in Reviews: Asthma & COPD
- Inflammation & Altered Metabolism in Pulmonary Hypertension
- Mechanisms of Mucus Accumulation in COPD
- Addressing Variability in Asthma Treatment Responses: Implementing an Individualized Approach
- Critical Care in the Immunocompromised Host
- Pulmonary Adaptive Immunity: More Than Just Crossing Your T’s*
*Postgraduate course
- Pro-Con Debate on Comparative Effectiveness Research: Fool’s Gold or Promised Land?
- Implementing Lung Cancer Screening : Moving from RCTS to the Real World
- Behavioral Sciences Year in Review: Celebrating the BSA’s 20th Anniversary
- Grant Fundamentals for Clinical, Community & Public Health Researchers*
- Enhancing Patient-Centered Care & Improving Outcomes Through Motivational interviewing: A Hands-On Course*
- What Do You Do Now? Clinical Challenges at the Edge of the Evidence
- Controversies in the Treatment of Childhood Asthma: A Pro-Con Debate
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Your Patient, But Were Afraid to Ask
- Work-Exacerbated Asthma: New Developments in Clinical Approach, Epidemiology & Prevention
- Controversies in the Diagnosis & Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Cutting-Edge Debates
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Across the Spectrum of Illnesses for Patients with COPD
- Tobacco Dependence in Pediatrics: What Can Be Done to Help Our Children & Their Parents?
*Postgraduate course
- Impact of Exercise on Cardiopulmonary Status: Implications for Pulmonary Hypertension
- OSA & Cardiovascular Disease*
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET): An Evidence & Case-Based Update*
- Case-Based Approach to Diagnosing & Treating Patients with NTM Lung Infections+
- Models of Sleep Apnea Care Utilizing Portable Monitoring & Alternative Delivery Methods+
- Arrhythmogenesis & Cardiac Disease in SDB: Mechanisms & Clinical Implications
- Imaging Structure & Function in Via MRI, CT & PET
- Update on PAH: What’s New, What’s Now*
- Intermittent Hypoxia-Mediated Cardiovascular & Neuronal Protective Mechanisms
- Update on Venous Thromboembolism*
*Postgraduate course
+Workshop
Environmental & Occupational Health
- Year in Review: Environmental & Occupational Lung Disease
- Work-Exacerbated Asthma: New Developments in Clinical Approach, Epidemiology & Prevention
- Epigenetics at the Crossroads: The Intersection Between the Lung & the Environment
- The Many Faces of BOS: New Insights from Occupational Medicine to Human Transplantation
- Clinical Year in Review: Asthma, COPD & Environmental/Occupational Lung Disease
- Inhaled Exposures, Genetics & Airway Diseases: A View Toward Prevention
- Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias/Pulmonary Fibrosis: Is ‘Idiopathic’ Truly ‘Idiopathic?’
- Novel Approaches to Investigate Occupational & Environmental Causes in Common Lung Diseases*
- Evaluation of Interstitial Lung Disease: More Bang for Your Buck
- ARRA-Funded Lung Stem & Progenitor Cell Projects
- Neonatal Origins of Adult Pulmonary Disease
- Epigenetics of Lung Diseases*
*Postgraduate course
- Pneumonia & Pleural Infection: Advances & Controversies
- What are the Boundaries of Acceptable Medical Practice Near the End of Life in the ICU?
- Case-Based Approach to Diagnosing & Treating Patients with Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium Lung Infections+
- Models of Sleep Apnea Care Utilizing Portable Monitoring & Alternative Delivery Methods+
- Pulmonary & Critical Care Reviews: Built Around ABIM 2011 Modules*
- Difficult Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Infections*
- New Science in the Comprehensive Management of the COPD Patient*
- Exacerbations of COPD: Measurement, Mechanisms, Modeling & Management*
- Update on Venous Thromboembolism*
- Current & Emerging Treatments for SDB*
*Postgraduate course
+Workshop
- Going for the Cure: The Mycobacteria Case
- HIV-Associated Pulmonary Complications in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy
- Probing the Lung Microbiome in Health & Disease
- Host Defense Mechanisms in Pulmonary Infection*
- Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Update: Guidelines Plus 5
- Revisiting the IDSA-ATS CAP Guidelines: Five Years Older, But Any Wiser?
- Year in Review: Environmental & Occupational Lung Disease
- Difficult Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Infections*
- Case-Based Approach to Diagnosing & Treating Patients with NTM Lung Infections+
- Evidence-Based Innovations in TB Diagnosis & Treatment
- Year in Review: HIV, TB & Non-TB
- Critical Care in the Immunocompromised Host
- Mycobacterial & Fungal Diagnostics+
*Postgraduate course
+Workshop
- Nursing Year in Review
- Dyspnea Update & the Road Ahead
- Scientific Breakthroughs of the Year: Biomarkers for Lung Disease
- An Ounce of Prevention in Critical Care
- Controversies in the Diagnosis & Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Cutting-Edge Debates
- The Updated ATS/ERS Statement on Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Your Patient, But Were Afraid to Ask
- Extracorporeal Gas Exchange: Respiratory Failure & Beyond
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Across the Spectrum of Illness for Patients with COPD
- Tobacco Dependence in Pediatrics: What Can Be Done to Help Our Children & Their Parents?
- Pulmonary & Non-Pulmonary Manifestations of Hyperinflation in COPD: Pathogenesis & Implications for Treatment
- Pediatric Clinical Chest Rounds
Pediatric Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep
- Neonatal Origins of Adult Pulmonary Disease
- Controversies in the Diagnosis & Treatment of Sickle Cell Lung Disease
- Pediatric Non-Invasive Ventilation
- Controversies in the Treatment of Childhood Asthma: A Pro-Con Debate
- Pediatric Year in Review
- Developmental Control of Respiratory Structure & Function During the Course of Life
- Tobacco Dependence in Pediatrics: What Can Be Done to Help Our Children & Their Parents?
- Pediatric Clinical Chest Rounds
- Innovative Teaching & Evaluation Methods+
- The Physiologic Basis of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases*
- The Cellular Foundation of Pediatric Respiratory Disease*
- SDB & Associated Co-Morbidities in Children: From Bench to Bedside*
*Postgraduate course
+Workshop
- Clinical Year in Review: Quality Improvement, Lung Transplantation & Rehabilitation for Pulmonary & Critical Care Patients
- New Science in the Comprehensive Management of the COPD Patient*
- The Updated ATS/ERS Statement on Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Extracorporeal Gas Exchange: Respiratory Failure & Beyond
- Clinical Year in Review: Mechanical Ventilation, ARDS, Critical Care Update, Lung Cancer
- Implementing Lung Cancer Screening: Moving from RCTS to the Real World
- Lung Cancer: State of the Art in 2012*
- Imag(in)e the Lung: New Methodologies for Real-Time Visualization of the Lung in Experimental Animals & Patients
- Thoracic Imaging*
- Using Genomics to Understand & Treat Acute Lung Injury
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET): An Evidence & Case-Based Update*
- ATS Bronchoscopy Course*
*Postgraduate course
