2012 Patient Symposium

Saturday, September 15, 2012 - 10:00am to 4:00pm EST

The Pulmonary Divisions of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, are proud to host 

A SYMPOSIUM FOR THOSE LIVING WITH
IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Saturday, September 15, 2012


AGENDA
 

10:00am - 10:30am
Check-in

10:30am - 10:50am
Welcoming and Opening Remarks

10:50am - 11:15am
A Decade of IPF Research, What have we learned
Dr. Joseph Zibrak, BIDMC

11:15am - 11:40am
New Directions for IPF Treatment, Understanding the Basis for Current Clinical Trials
Dr. Andrew Tager, MGH

11:40am - 12:00pm
Cough
Dr. Peter LaCamera, St. Elizabeth's

12:00pm - 12:45pm
Lunch

12:45pm - 1:15pm
Lung Transplantation
Dr. Isabel Neuringer, MGH

1:15pm - 1:45pm
Quality of Life and Complimentary Therapies
Nutrition - Hannah Dalpiaz, BWH
Oxygen Therapy - Matt Babine
Dyspnea and End of Life - Marry Buss, BIDMC

1:45pm - 2:00pm
Break

Small Group Options (Panels will rotate through the small groups):

2:00pm - 2:40pm
Quality of Life Panel
Hannah Dalpiaz, Matt Babine, Teresa Barnes, Ivan Rosas

2:40pm - 3:20pm
Establishing an IPF Support Group
Hilary Goldberg, Katy Black, Rachel Knipe

3:20pm - 4:00pm
Clinical Research Q&A
Joseph Zibrak, Andrew Tager, Souheil El-Chemaly, Fiona Gibbons