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Living with IPF Patient Symposium - Charleston, South Carolina - March 23, 2007

"Living with IPF" Seminar
March 23, 2007

1:00 p.m.   Making the Diagnosis of IPF
                  STEVEN SAHN, M.D.
                  Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,
                  Allergy and Clinical Immunology
                  Professor of Medicine
                  Medical University of South Carolina

1:25 p.m.   Pathology and Possible Causes of IPF
                  KEVIN O. LESLIE, M.D.
                  Consultant, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
                  Professor of Medicine
                  Mayo Clinic

1:50 p.m.   Genetics and Their Role in Understanding IPF
                  MARK STEELE, M.D.
                  Associate Professor
                  Duke University Medical Center

2:15 p.m.   Insomnia: No Snoring Matter
                  QANTA AHMED, M.D.
                  Associate Director, Sleep Laboratory
                  Medical University of South Carolina

3:05 p.m.   Update on Clinical Trials
                  STEVEN SAHN, M.D.

3:30 p.m.   Lung Transplantation
                  STEVEN NATHAN, M.D.
                  Director, Advanced Lung Disease Program
                  Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program
                  Inova Fairfax Hospital

3:55 p.m.   Oxygen and Respiratory Therapy for Pulmonary Fibrosis
                  KIMBERLY PULLEN, RRT, CPFT
                  Respiratory Therapist
                  Medical University of South Carolina

4:20 p.m.   Exercise and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
                  MARY LESTER, RRT, RCP
                  Pulmonary Rehabilitation Educator
                  Medical University of South Carolina

4:45 p.m.   Shades of Blue: Grief & Depression in Chronic Illness
                  RAMITA BONADONNA, Ph.D., APRN, BC
                  Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Nursing
                  Medical University of South Carolina

5:10 p.m.   Patient Support & Advocacy
                  TERESA GEIGER
                  Vice President, Patient Outreach & Advocacy
                  Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis

 

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