ATS 2020 Advance Program

3:25 Novel Pharmacologic Targets for COPD I.D. Pavord, MD, Oxford, United Kingdom 3:45 Questions and Answers 3:55 Closing Remarks J.M. Bon, MD, MS, ATSF, Pittsburgh, PA CLINICAL POSTGRADUATE COURSE PG7 PLEURAL DISEASE IN 2020: WHAT’S NEW? Pre-registration and additional fees required. Continental breakfast and box lunch included. Attendance is limited. Member: $350 In-Training Member: $200 Non-Member: $425 In-Training Non-Member: $300 Assemblies on Clinical Problems; Pulmonary Infections and Tuberculosis; Thoracic Oncology 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Target Audience Specialists and trainees in pulmonary and critical care medicine, infectious disease physicians, intensivists, general practitioners, research scientists and related health care professionals including surgeons and nurses. Objectives At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to: • describe the investigation of patients with pleural disease, including pleural fluid analysis, advanced ultrasound and the role of invasive diagnostic strategies; • understand and describe diagnosis and management of malignant pleural disease, including pleural fluid mangement strategies; • describe current evidence and best practice in assessment and management of infectious pleural disease, including tuberculosis and bacterial etiologies. This course will describe the latest, evidence-based approach to diagnosis and management of a broad range of pleural disease, from recognized world experts. The session will provide a strong base from which clinicians can go on to provide excellent, rational and evidence based patient focused care in pleural disease. Chairing: D.J. Feller-Kopman, MD, Baltimore, MD 8:00 Pleural Physiology: Why Are Patients with Effusions Breathless? Speaker To Be Announced 8:20 Investigation of the Undiagnosed Effusion: Established and New Biomarkers V.B. Antony, MD, Birmingham, AL 8:50 Thoracoscopy and Pleural Biopsy: When and in Whom? D.J. Feller-Kopman, MD, Baltimore, MD 9:20 Advanced Ultrasound C.B. Laursen, MD, PhD, Odense, Denmark 9:50 Break 10:20 Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion (Incl. ATS Guidelines) N. Maskell, DM, Bristol, United Kingdom 10:50 Interesting Cases in Malignant Effusion N. Maskell, DM , Bristol, United Kingdom 11:10 Mesothelioma Latest Trials and Biomarkers A. Bibby, MBChB, BSc(Hons), DTM, Bristol, United Kingdom 11:35 Updates in the Management of Pneumothorax R. Hallifax, PhD, Oxford, United Kingdom 12:00 LUNCH 12:55 Management of Empyema N. Rahman, BM BCH, MSc, Oxford, United Kingdom 1:25 Interesting Cases in Pleural Infection N. Rahman, BM BCH, MSc, Oxford, United Kingdom 1:45 Management of Pleural TB and Unusual Pleural Disease C.F.N. Koegelenberg, MD, PhD, Cape Town, South Africa 2:15 Break ATS 2020 • Philadelphia, PA 8 FRIDAY • MAY 15