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61st Annual

Koppa Conference

August 8-9, 2008
Mo Ranch
Hunt, TX

Program

An Update in Thoracic Malignancies

Friday, August 8, 2008  
8:00 - 8:15 AM Introduction
Carlos A. Jimenez, MD
Associate Professor
Pulmonary Medicine
U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
8:15 - 9:15 AM Evaluation of pulmonary nodules
Bela Patel, MD
Associate Professor
Pulmonary Medicine
U.T. Health Science Center at Houston
9:15 - 10:15 AM Staging of lung cancer
Georgie Eapen, MD
Associate Professor
Pulmonary Medicine
U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
10:15 - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 - 11:30 AM Evaluation for lung resection
Rodolfo Morice, MD
Professor
Pulmonary Medicine
U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Role of pulmonary rehabilitation in cancer patients
Vickie Shannon, MD
Professor
Pulmonary Medicine
U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 PM Case presentations
Saturday, August 9, 2008  
8:00 - 9:00 AM Updating lung cancer treatment
Katherine M. Pisters, MD
Professor
Thoracic - Head and Neck Medical Oncology
U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
9:00 - 10:00 AM Update on Mesothelioma
George Blumenschein, MD
Assistant Professor
Thoracic - Head and Neck Medical Oncology
U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
10:00 - 10:15 AM Break
10:15 - 11:15 AM Update on Chemoprevention for lung cancer
Amir Sharafkhaneh, MD
Assistant Professor
Pulmonary Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Management of malignant pleural effusions
Carlos A. Jimenez, MD
Associate Professor
Pulmonary Medicine
U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
12:15 - 1:15 PM Lunch
1:15 - 3:15 PM Case presentations
Adjourn