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65th Annual

Koppa Conference

August 10-11, 2012
Mo Ranch
Hunt, TX

Preliminary Program

Friday, August 10, 2012  
7:45 - 8:00 AM OPENING REMARKS
W. Claibe Yarbrough, MD
8:00 - 9:00 AM Making Sense of the COPD Guidelines
Nick Hanania, MD
9:00 - 10:00 AM Ablative Therapy for Asthma
Gary Weinstein, MD
10:00 - 10:15 AM Break
10:15 - 11:15 AM Converting to 24/7 ICU Coverage
Christopher Spradley, MD
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Morbidly Obese ICU Patients - Do they do worse?
Rich Castriotta, MD
12:15 - 1:00 PM Lunch / View Exhibits
1:00 - 2:00 PM Ethics Dilemmas: Cases and Discussion
W. Claibe Yarbrough, MD
2:00 - 3:00 PM Presentation 1*: Airway Closures and Potpourri
Roberto Casal, MD, Moderator
3:00 PM Break / View Exhibits and Go to River
6:00 PM Group Banquet and Story Telling
*Presentations: Attending and Fellow Cases / with discussions

 

Saturday, August 11, 2012  
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast and View Exhibits
8:00 - 8:15 AM OPENING REMARKS and Housekeeping
James A. Barker, MD
8:15 - 9:15 AM Robotic Lung Cancer Surgery
Kemp Kerstine, MD
9:15 - 10:15 AM Lung Cancer Markers
John Battaile, MD
10:15 - 10:30 AM Break / View Exhibits
10:30 - 11:30 AM ECMO for ARDS and POST CODE?
Stephen Derdak, DO
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM BUSINESS MEETING
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 PM Presentation 2*: Sleep Surprises
Shirley Jones, MD, Moderator
2:00 - 3:00 PM Presentation 3*: Pulmonary Infections and Potpourri
Rick Winn, MD, Moderator
3:00 PM Break for river floating and fellowship
6:00 PM Outdoor BBQ Riverside
8:00 PM Attend Crider, TX Rodeo and Dance
*Presentations: Attending and Fellow Cases / with discussions