Event Schedule

1:00 PM Registration, Refreshments & Exhibition Viewing

1:55 PM Welcome Remarks
Welcome by the American Lung Association
Asher Qureshi, MD
CPS President
Robyn Scatena, MD, FCCP
CPS2019 Committee Chair, Norwalk Hospital

2:00 PM
Sleep Science and Wearable Devices
Ana C. Krieger, MD, MPH, Sleep Specialist, Weill Cornell Medicine

3:00 PM
Does Peak Inspiratory Flow Rate Matter In Patients With COPD?
Curtis Mello, MD, MPH, FCCP, Associate Physician-in Chief, Southcoast Health Medicine Care Center; Medical Director of Southcoast Hospital, Intensivist Program; President/Medical Director, Infinity Medical Research, Inc.

4:00 PM Refreshments & Exhibition Viewing

4:30 PM
Electronic Cigarettes from the Pulmonologist Perspective
Mario F. Perez, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, UConn Health

5:30 PM Annual Meeting & Buffet Dinner

6:00 PM
Critical Care Ultrasound Cases
Evan Nadler, MD, Fellow, UConn Health Center
Zubin Bham, MD, Fellow, Norwalk Hospital

7:00 PM Evaluations and Depart

*Talks and speakers are provided as a guide only. Organizers reserve the right to make changes to the final program.