Regional Meeting

Utah Thoracic Society Meeting

Alumni Hall, Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Health Sciences Education Building 10N 1900E, Salt Lake City UT, 84112

Program

3.00 to 3.15pm       Welcome and Inaugural Address
                                  Krishna M Sundar MD, President, Utah Thoracic Society, University of Utah
 
3.15 to 4.00pm       Managing Referrals for Expert Care
                                  Moderated by: Laura Frye MD; Michael Lanspa MD
 
3.15 to 3.30pm      Lung Transplantation
                                 Matthew Morrell, MD, Director of Lung Transplant Program, University of Utah
 
3.30 to 3.45pm     Interstitial Lung Disease
                                Mary Beth Scholand, MD, University of Utah
 
3.45 to 4.00pm     Pulmonary Hypertension
                                Lynette Brown MD, PhD, Intermountain Health Care
 
4.00 to 5.00pm     Healthcare Advocacy
                                Moderated by: Emily Beck, MD; Karl Sanders, MD
 
4.00 to 4.30pm     Air Pollution in Utah, Facts & Controversies
                                Robert Paine III, MD, University of Utah
 
4.30 to 5.00pm     Opportunities to Improve Air Pollution on the Wasatch Front
                                Kerry Kelly PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Utah
 
5.00 to 6.00pm     Dinner and Refreshments
 
5.30 to 6.30pm     Novel Strategies in Healthcare
 
“Correcting Mistakes from My Pulmonary Fellowship 30 Years Ago: Reevaluating the Role of IPAP in Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea”
William Noah, MD (past PCCM fellow, Univ Utah)
Founder and Senior Medical Director, Sleep Centers of Middle Tennessee; CEO, Sleep Res
Moderated by: Thomas Cloward, MD; Robert Farney, MD