Day Of Event Details

MPS2020 - The 75th Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Pulmonary Section will be held on March 25, 2020 at the Boston Marriott Newton Hotel

Agenda

7:00 AM REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS & EXHIBITION VIEWING
Timothy Wu, MD, Morning Moderator, MPS President
Peter Barkin, MD, Afternoon Moderator, MPS2020 Course Director, MPS Vice President
Michelle Caul, Eastern Division Director, Health Promotion, American Lung Association

7:45 AM MPS MEETING & WELCOME REMARKS
8:15 AM Data Sharing in the Context of Clinical Trials, Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D.
9:05 AM Early Disease Detection for Pulmonary Fibrosis: New Insights, Gary M. Hunninghake, M.D., MPH, Associate Physician; Director, Interstitial Lung Disease Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
10:05 AM ABSTRACT/RESEARCH PRESENTATION

10:15 AM REFRESHMENTS & EXHIBITION VIEWING
10:40 AM L. JACK FALING BEST CASE SESSION: Moderated by: Kai Saukkonen, M.D., Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
11:40 AM Spotlight Lecture: Effects of Climate Change from a Pulmonary Perspective, Mary B. Rice, M.D., MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
12:10 PM LUNCH & EXHIBITION VIEWING
1:00 PM PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
1:40 PM Pulmonary Manifestation in Neuromuscular Diseases, Robert Brown, M.D., Director, Respiratory Acute Care Unit; Director, Pulmonary Function Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital
2:30 PM ABSTRACT/RESEARCH PRESENTATION
2:40 PM REFRESHMENTS &EXHIBITION VIEWING
3:00 PM The Vicissitudes of Vaping, Henry L. Dorkin, M.D., FAAP, Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Harvard Medical School; Director, Division Clinical Research Program; Co-Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center; Co-Director (Pediatrics), Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital
3:50 PM Joan Tourigney Memorial Lecture: Intakes and Outbreaks, Eric Rubin, M.D., PhD, Chair, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease; Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
4:40 PM Closing Remarks

Accreditation, Educational Goal and Learner Objectives

PHYSICIANS: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) and the American Lung Association. TUSM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. TUSM designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

RTS: An application has been made to the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for continuing education contact hours for respiratory therapists.

NURSES: This activity has been submitted to the Connecticut Nurses’ Association for approval to award contact hours. The Connecticut Nurses’ Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurse Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Requirements for Successful Completion: To receive CE credit, participants must sign-in, attend the activity and complete and submit the activity evaluation provided in syllabus materials. Partial credit will be awarded for attending one or more presentations. Certificates/statements of credit will be emailed within 6 weeks of the activity. Check back for additional accreditation information.

Educational Goal: The goal of the activity is to improve the care of patients with pulmonary and critical care related issues by providing health professionals with increased knowledge and skills around new advances, best practice, treatments and services.

Disclosures for Faculty - Course Directors, Planning Committee, Speakers and Others in a Position to Control the Content: Disclosure information will be provided to participants prior to the beginning of the educational activity.

Commercial Support and Exhibitors: The organizers gratefully acknowledge supporters and exhibitors. A list of commercial supporters and exhibitors will be provided to participants prior to the beginning of the educational activity.

ADA/OEO Nondiscrimination Policy: Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) and the ALA Northeast consider all applicants and activity participants without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religious creed, sex or sexual orientation. TUSM and ALA Northeast are Equal Opportunity Employers. TUSM and ALA Northeast do not discriminate on the basis of a disability in admissions, access to treatment, or employment in their programs and activities as identified in the American with Disabilities Act. Please let us know in advance if you require any accommodations.
To view the policy on Privacy and Confidentiality for TUSM OCE, please see: https://medicine.tufts.edu/education/continuing-education/policies
For questions regarding CME, please contact Tufts University School of Medicine - Office of Continuing Education at med-oce@tufts.edu or 617-636-6579. For questions regarding RT and Nursing CE, please contact ALA NE at Michelle.Caul@lung.org.