Register as follow:
 Go to:
https://ccehs.upmc.com/home.jsf
 Click on Upcoming Events.
 Scroll to:
“September 16, 2014
PA-IPF Advocacy Event”
 Follow the links for
registration.
If you have any questions, please
call Terri Heinrich, 412-624-7225.
The PA-IPF Advocacy Event
This activity is sponsored by The University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine Center for
Continuing Education in the Health Sciences.
The PA-IPF
Advocacy Event
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education to provide
continuing medical education for physicians.
In honor of National IPF
Awareness
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
designates this live activity for a maximum of
3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(s)TM.
Physicians should claim only the credit
commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals are awarded 0.3
continuing education units (CEU’s) which are
equal to 3.5 contact hours.
Participation by all individuals is encouraged.
Advance notification of any special needs will
help us to provide better service. Please notify
us of your needs at least two weeks in advance
of the program by calling Terri Heinrich at 412624-7225.
This activity is targeted for Primary Care
Physicians, Pulmonologists, Physician Assistants,
Nurse
Practitioners,
Nurses,
Respiratory
Therapists
and
Pulmonary
Rehabilitation
Coordinators.
The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative
action, equal opportunity employer.
DATE: Tuesday, September 16, 2014
TIME: 8:00 am to 1:30 pm
(Registration opens 7:30 am)
LOCATION:
The Twentieth Century Club
4201 Bigelow Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Discounted room rate for overnight
stay of $132 at the Wyndham Hotel,
100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA ,
Phone: 1-412-682-6200 and indicate
“Block Code of 09156841IP.”
Cut-off date for Room Rate is August
25, 2014.
“Supported by a generous donation from
Burkhart Refractory, Inc. in memory of
Oliver Burkhart”
The PA-IPF Advocacy Event
While many interstitial lung diseases,
including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are
generally considered orphan diseases, they
are by no means rare diseases. Large
numbers of patients are now being
identified in primary care and specialty
settings due to the increased use of CT
scanning in the evaluation of respiratory
symptoms and also due to the heightened
awareness of this disease. Over the past
several years, important advances have
occurred in the understanding of disease
pathogenesis, clinical features, and the
role of diagnostic testing and therapeutics.
The goal of this educational activity is to
close
the
gap
in
knowledge
by
disseminating this new information to
practitioners who care for these patients.
Pulmonary experts from the University of
Pittsburgh Simmons Center for Interstitial
Lung Disease, Geisinger Health System,
Penn
State/Hershey
Medical
Center,
University of Pennsylvania and Temple
Lung
Center
will
present
timely
information, new research findings and the
best medical advice available to assist you
in the care and treatment of patients with
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Faculty for this activity are required to disclose all
relevant financial relationships with any proprietary
entity
producing,
marketing,
re-selling,
or
distributing health care goods or services, used on, or
consumed by, patients.
Rebecca Bascom, MD
Staff Physician
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Gerard J. Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP
Chair, Department of Medicine,
Professor, Medicine
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit and
Ventilator Rehabilitation Unit
Co-Director, Center for Inflammation,
Translational and Clinical Lung Research
Temple University
AGENDA
7:30 am:
Registration and Continental
Breakfast
8:00 am:
Welcome & Introduction
Kathleen Lindell, PhD, RN
8:10 am:
Natural History of IPF
Gerard Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP
Kevin F. Gibson, MD
8:40 am:
Professor of Medicine
Director of the Dorothy P. and Richard P.
Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease
University of Pittsburgh
Genetics & Biomarkers
Kevin F.Gibson, MD
9:10 am:
Management of IPF
Gregory Tino, MD
9:40 am:
Break
Kathleen O. Lindell, PhD, RN
Research Assistant Professor
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Quality of Life Coordinator at the
Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center
for Interstitial Lung Disease
University of Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Pilewski, MD,
Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology,
Physiology, and Pediatrics
Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Paul F. Simonelli, FCCP, MD, PhD
Director, Thoracic Medicine
Geisinger Medical Center
Gregory Tino, MD
Chief, Department of Medicine
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania
10:00 am: Transplant
Joseph M. Pilewski, MD
10:30 am: Environmental Considerations
Rebecca Bascom, MD
11:00 am: Palliative Care
Kathleen O. Lindell, PhD, RN
11:30 am: Referring Your Patient for Research
Paul F. Simonelli, FCCP, MD, PhD
12:00 noon: Lunch
1:30 pm:
CME Adjournment
You are welcome to stay for the Patient
Advocacy Event from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.