UT San Antonio
Long School of Medicine

Agenda

TimeTopic/Speaker
7:30 am – 8:00 amRegistration & Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:30 amDifficult to Treat/Uncommon Infections in the ICU 
Matthew Brigmon, MD
8:30 am – 9:00 amAsthma Mimickers: When the Diagnosis Isn’t Asthma
Michal Sobieszczyk, MD
9:00 am – 9:30 amThe Impact of Obesity on Lung Health and Critical Illness
Yasmine Khairandish, MD
9:30 am – 10:00 amNeuromuscular Diseases and Non-Invasive Ventilation Strategies
Angela Birdwell, DO
10:00 am – 10:15 amBreak 
10:15 am – 11:15 am

Panel on PERT/CTEPH 

PH (risk stratification, management CTEPH)
Liwayway (Li) Andrade, MD

ECMO
Cameron Harrison, MD

Interventional Radiology
Andrew Chesley, MD

Cardiology 
Anand Prasad, MD

Moderator: Rodolfo Estrada Anzueto, MD

11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Optimizing Patients for Lung Transplant Success 

Lung Transplant Candidacy
Maria I. Velez, MD

Optimizing Weight/Nutrition/Rehab
Eric Ortiz, MDS, RD, LD, CCTD

Surgical Perspectives
Jason Gauthier, MD

Palliative Care
Jennifer LaCoss, MD

Moderator: Lara Jones, DO

12:15 pm – 1:15 pmLunch and Networking
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Lightning Updates in Pulmonary and Critical Care 

  • ILD: Rafia Zulfikar, MD
  • Bronchiectasis: John Suder, MD
  • Sepsis: Marcos I. Restrepo, MD, MSc, PhD
  • Asthma/COPD: Diego Maselli, MD
  • PH: Rodolfo Estrada Anzueto, MD
  • Moderator: Jesse Sherratt, DO
2:30 pm – 3:30 pmBuilding a Successful Lung Mass Clinic and Expanding Cancer Screening
Sheila Habib, MD, Robert Maximos, MD