This annual event gathers pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, respiratory care professionals and others interested in the diagnosis and management of diseases of the chest. This program provides a strong educational platform encouraging discussion and debate while providing updates in contemporary and cutting edge topics. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own cases for open discussion.

 

DAY 1, Aug  13, 2021
	Topic	Speaker
7:15 AM	Registration,  Exhibits and Breakfast
	Victor J. Test MD FCCP, Session Moderator
7:55 - 8:00 am	Welcome, Announcements, History of KOPPA	E. Islam, V. Test, C. Yarbrough
8:00 - 8:45 am	Management of Malignant Pleural Disease	Micheal Sobieszczyk, MD, MAJ MC USA
8:45 - 9:30 am	Walk the Line: Pulmonary Rehabilitation for the Patient with COPD	Tasnim Lat, DO
9:30 - 9:45 am	Refreshment Break & Exhibits
9:45-10:30 am	Achieving Optimal PEEP in ARDS: Evidence based review of PEEP Optimization:  ARDSnet, Driving Pressures,  Stress Index and Transpulmonary Driving Pressure.	Adam Hayek, MD
10:30-11:15 am	Transgender Medicine and Sleep	Lilit Sargsyan, M.D.
11:15 - 12:30 pm	Lunch and Exhibits
12:30 - 1:15 pm	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Antifibrotics and Future Therapeutic Directions	Rodeo Abrencillo, MD
1:15 - 2:00 pm	Fellow Case Reports
2:00 - 2:15 pm	Refreshment Break & Exhibits
2:15 - 3:15 pm	KOPPA BUSINESS MEETING
3:15 - 4:00 pm
4:00 - 4:15 pm	Refreshment Break & Exhibits
4:15 - 5:00 pm
DAY 2, Aug  14, 2021
	Topic	Speaker
7:55 - 8:00 am	Announcements	E. Islam, V. Test
	Ebtesam Islam PhD, MD, FCCP, Session Moderator
8:00 -9:00 am	Ethical Challenges in the Management of Patients on ECMO	Robert J. Walter, MD, DHCE, FACP, FCCP
9:00 - 10:00 am	Update on Treatment of Severe Asthma Beyond Inhalers	Diego Maselli, MD, FCCP
10:00 - 10:15 am	Refreshment Break & Exhibits
10:15 - 11:15 am	Post-Acute COVID -19 Syndrome and Post-COVID Clinic	Dharani Narendra, MD, FCCP
11:15 - 12:15 pm	Management of Atypical Mycobacterium Infections	Meiling Thi, MD
12:15 - 1:15 pm	Lunch and Exhibits
1:15 - 2:15 pm	Assessment and Risk Stratification of the PAH patient	Victor J. Test MD FCCP
2:15 - 3:15 pm	Fellow Case Reports
3:15 - 3:30 pm	Refreshment Break & Exhibits
3:30 - 4:30 pm	KOPPA Business Meeting
4:30 - 5:30 pm