The ATS 2026 International Conference offers a robust scientific program highlighting cutting-edge advancements in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. This includes several Postgraduate Courses, Scientific Symposia, and Meet the Expert sessions addressing new developments and considerations in critical care, as listed below. A curated list of clinical and scientific sessions related to these topics is also available on the ATS365 platform. For more information on these and other sessions to be presented May 15–20 in Orlando, Fla., visit the online Advance Program.
- PG2 ULTRASOUND UNLOCKED: ADVANCING ULTRASOUND PRACTICE AND INSTRUCTION
- PG3 BRONCH DAY 2026: A COMPREHENSIVE, HANDS-ON GUIDE TO BASIC BRONCHOSCOPY, EBUS, AND GUIDED BRONCHOSCOPY
- Respiratory Innovation Summit
- PG12 SUPPORTING THE FAILING HEART: MCS AND VA-ECMO FOR THE PRACTICING INTENSIVIST
- PG19 WAVE GOODBYE TO CONFUSION: RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION AND WAVEFORM INTERPRETATION
- PG17 FROM VENTILATOR SETUP TO LIBERATION: PRACTICAL FOUNDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION AT THE BEDSIDE
- A26 JOINT PEDIATRICS / CRITICAL CARE: PHYSIOLOGY, PHENOTYPES, AND TRAJECTORIES IN ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
- A25 CONTAGION: CASE REPORTS HIGHLIGHTING ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND IMMUNE-MEDIATED LUNG DISEASE, WITH A FOCUS ON VENTILATOR MANAGEMENT AND EXTRACORPOREAL SUPPORT
- A29 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, EXERCISE AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
- A24 ALGORITHMS IN ACTION: APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACROSS PULMONARY DISEASES
- A14 SEPSIS AND THE INJURED LUNG: DEFINING MECHANISMS AND IMPROVING PATIENT SURVIVAL
- A17 DATA-DRIVEN ICU MANAGEMENT IN ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE: PHYSIOLOGY, PRAGMATIC TRIALS, AND LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEMS
- A37 UNDER PRESSURE: CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASES, DIAGNOSES, AND MANAGEMENT
- A33 FROM THE DARK SIDE TO THE LUNG SIDE: THE EPIC BATTLE AGAINST ARDS AND INFECTION
- A77 NEURO-RESPIRATORY INTERACTIONS: A CRITICAL CONNECTION
- A78 CASE REPORTS IN LUNG STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION I
- A72 CASE REPORTS FROM THE PULMONARY REHABILITATION ASSEMBLY
- A55 OPTIMIZING VENTILATORY SUPPORT ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
- A56 HEMODYNAMIC COLLAPSE IN CRITICAL ILLNESS: PREDICTION, PHYSIOLOGY, AND RESCUE THERAPIES
- A51 METABOLISM OFF THE RAILS: THYROID CRISIS, DKA, AND METABOLIC DERANGEMENTS
- A52 CLINICAL CHALLENGES IN PNEUMONIA AND RESPIRATORY SUPPORT
- A53 BELOW THE DIAPHRAGM: CASE REPORTS OF CRITICAL ILLNESS OF THE ABDOMEN
- A49 THE USUAL SUSPECTS: COMMON BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN CRITICAL CARE
- A50 UNCOMMON AND EMERGING INFECTIONS IN THE ICU
- A58 LARGE-SCALE ANALYSES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
- A12 DO NO HARM, UNLESS THE AI SAYS OTHERWISE – AI ETHICS, A PRO/CON
- A4 HOST-DIRECTED THERAPEUTICS IN SEPSIS: LESSONS LEARNED AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
- Roadmap to Clean Air and Healthier Lungs
- MTE8 ADVANCING PULMONARY REHAB: RESPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINING ACROSS CARE SETTINGS
- ME101 COMMUNICATING AND TEACHING ABOUT UNCERTAINTY IN CLINICAL, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH SETTINGS
- MTE1 TRIALS IN THE TRENCHES? PRACTICALITIES OF INITIATION AND CONDUCT OF CLINICAL TRIALS IN CRITICALLY ILL POPULATIONS
- Towards a Global Framework for Lung Health – The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) Lung Health Taskforce
- MD5 UPDATES ON ARDS, PNEUMONIA, AND SPESIS PHENOTYPING CONSORTIUM
- MD1 RED JOURNAL IN ACTION 1: EARLY CAREER LUNG RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
- Counting Down Towards 2030: Heralding Better Prevention and Treatment Strategies for Eliminating Tuberculosis
- A104 JOINT CC / RCMB BENCH-TO-BEDSIDE: NOVEL INSIGHTS INFORMING CLINICAL TRANSLATION IN ACUTE LUNG INJURY
- A106 YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME: BASIC, GENETIC, AND OMICS RESEARCH TO ADVANCE CHILDREN’S RESPIRATORY HEALTH
- A102 OUTBREAK: MULTISYSTEM PRESENTATIONS SPANNING DERMATOLOGIC, ENDOCRINE, HEMATOLOGIC, INFECTIOUS, AND METABOLIC DISORDERS, OFTEN MARKED BY DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC COMPLEXITY
- A103 BEYOND ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL: DOSE, TIMING, AND CONTEXT IN MODERN DAY CRITICAL CARE
- A97 PRECISION SEPSIS: HOST-RESPONSE PHENOTYPES AND TARGETED THERAPEUTIC PATHWAYS
- A99 DIFFERENT DELIVERY AND NEW POPULATIONS: CLINICAL TRIALS OF PULMONARY REHABILITATION
- A96 SEDATION, DELIRIUM, AND MOBILITY: INTERACTING PATHWAYS SHAPING RECOVERY AFTER CRITICAL ILLNESS
- A94 CARE WITHOUT BORDERS: PULMONARY HEALTH IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD
- A86 ILLNESS & IDENTITY: SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION & THE ETHICS OF CARE
- CC2 ADULT CRITICAL CARE CLINICAL CORE CURRICULUM
- Strengthening the Healthcare Workforce for Respiratory Care in the Global South: Lessons from the Paolo Chiesi Foundation supported initiatives
- Buenos Dias ATS Talk: Hot Topics in Pulmonary Vascular Disease: From Acute PE to Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension
- B27 BREATH OF FRESH AIR: JOURNEY FROM DIAGNOSIS TO RECOVERY IN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE
- B25 VARIATION, VULNERABILITY, AND VALUE IN CRITICAL CARE EPIDEMIOLOGY
- B38 TRAINING THAT TRANSLATES: EDUCATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE
- B40 BSHSR LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACTS
- B74 PULMONARY REHABILITATION ACROSS DIFFERENT SETTINGS AND DISEASES
- B75 DETERMINANTS OF SEVERITY AND RESOLUTION IN ACUTE LUNG INJURY AND TRANSPLANT REJECTION
- B48 NEUROCRITICAL EMERGENCIES AT THE EXTREMES OF EXCITATION AND SUPPRESSION
- B49 WHEN THE SAC FILLS: CARDIAC INFECTION AND PERICARDIAL CRISIS
- B50 BROKEN PUMPS AND LEAKING VALVES: ACUTE ISCHEMIC AND STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE
- B51 WHEN THE RHYTHM BREAKS AND PRESSURE BUILDS: ARRHYTHMIAS, ANEURYSMS, AND BRASH
- B54 BEYOND THE LUNGS: MULTISYSTEM DETERMINANTS OF OUTCOMES IN CRITICAL CARE
- B55 SEDATION, MOVEMENT, AND MEANING: ICU PRACTICES THAT DEFINE RECOVERY
- B52 LEFT, RIGHT, AND UPSIDE DOWN: HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK
- B53 SELECTED CASE REPORTS IN AUTOIMMUNE, AIRWAY, AND DERMATOLOGIC DISEASE
- B59 RECENT INNOVATIONS IN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE DISEASE MANAGEMENT
- B58 ASSESSING LUNG HEALTH IN THE REAL WORLD
- B5 NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO THE COMPLEMENT INFLUENCE ON LUNG MICROENVIRONMENT IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASE
- B11 QUESTION EVERYTHING: RETHINKING CONVENTIONAL APPROACHES TO CAP
- B4 WORDS MATTER: THE POWER OF LANGUAGE IN SHAPING CRITICAL CARE
- The Underrecognized Burden of Asthma in Low and Middle-Income Countries
- MTE17 COPD AND HOMEBASED NIV — INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW CMS COVERAGE DETERMINATION
- ME102 ICU ROUNDS AS LEARNING LABS: PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR THE ICU EDUCATOR
- MTE26 PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO INCORPORATING NOVEL AI TECHNIQUES INTO CLINICAL/TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
- MTE16 TEACHING IN THE TRENCHES: MASTERING BEDSIDE EDUCATION IN HIGH-ACUITY SETTINGS
- MTE15 POTENTIAL AND PITFALLS OF AI FOR CLINICIANS AND EDUCATORS
- MTE18 FACILITATING SLEEP DURING CRITICAL ILLNESS AND BEYOND
- MTE23 FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING: POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS & TRAINEES IN HIGH-ACUITY SETTINGS
- The Changing Landscape of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Latest Updates
- MD15 WHEN THE FUNDING STOPS: NAVIGATING RESEARCH IN A SHIFTING LANDSCAPE
- B104 DELIVERING CRITICAL CARE: SYSTEMS, TIMING, AND OPERATIONAL DECISIONS
- B103 THE MATRIX: CHALLENGING CASES CENTERED ON DIAGNOSTIC UNCERTAINTY AND ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING, INCLUDING MEDICATION-RELATED COMPLICATIONS, NEUROLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC DISEASE, AND PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED CRITICAL ILLNESS
- B108 IMPROVING FUNCTION, STRENGTH AND OUTCOMES THROUGH PULMONARY REHABILITATION
- B96 PLACE, POWER, AND PRE-MORBIDITY: CONTEXTUAL DRIVERS OF CRITICAL ILLNESS
- B100 ALLOGRAFTS GONE WILD: CELLS, SIGNALS AND THE DRAMA OF LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
- B82 PRECISION VS PRAGMATISM: STRIKING BALANCE IN THE ICU
- B90 DECODING BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA: INTEGRATING HUMAN TRIALS, TRANSLATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY, AND NEXT-GEN MODELING TO ADVANCE PRECISION MEDICINE
- B81 NURSING YEAR IN REVIEW: NAVIGATING CARE TRANSITIONS IN PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE, AND SLEEP
- CC4 ADULT CRITICAL CARE CLINICAL CORE CURRICULUM
- Fly High Together: WINGS: Women’s International Network in Global Thoracic Science
- C24 PRECISION SIGNALS IN SEPSIS AND ACUTE LUNG INJURY: PHENOTYPES, PREDICTION, AND PERSONALIZED TREATMENT
- C17 DIVERSE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES: ADDRESSING COMPLEX QUESTIONS IN PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE, AND NURSING RESEARCH
- C15 MICROBIAL MAESTROS: TOWARDS MECHANISMS OF MICROBIOME INFLUENCE IN LUNG DISEASE
- C16 MARKETS AND MANDATES: HEALTH POLICY AND PULMONARY OUTCOMES
- C22 DELAYS, DETOURS, AND DECISIONS: EXAMINING CRITICAL CARE DELIVERY AND OUTCOMES
- C36 WORDS, WIRES, AND WISDOM: COMMUNICATION AND CARE IN THE ICU
- C38 LIVING WITH LUNG DISEASE WORLDWIDE: CARE, BURDEN, AND ADAPTATION
- C74 THE LUNG UNDER SIEGE: INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION
- C48 NON-INFECTIOUS ACUTE LUNG INJURY AND ARDS
- C49 OLD DOGS AND NEW TRICKS: MEDICATION-RELATED TOXICITY FROM ESTABLISHED TO EMERGING THERAPIES
- C56 STRENGTHENING CRITICAL CARE DELIVERY: EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
- C53 TOXIC EXPOSURES: WHEN THINGS GO SIDEWAYS
- C54 FROM EARLY DETECTION TO OUTCOMES IN SEPSIS
- C55 TRENDS, DISPARITIES, AND PRACTICE PATTERNS IN CRITICAL CARE
- C50 ADDING FUELS TO THE FIRE: CASES OF VIRAL TRIGGERS AND HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTOCYTOSIS
- C51 HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS, ONCOLOGIC AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE COMPLICATIONS
- C52 HIGH STAKES AND TIGHT SPACES: ADVANCED PROCEDURAL DECISION-MAKING, THORACIC EMERGENCIES, AND PREGNANCY IN CRITICAL CARE
- C59 CASE REPORTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
- C8 SEEING THE DIFFERENCE: USING IMAGING TO DEFINE COPD SUBGROUPS
- C9 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF RECOVERY
- C13 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOUR PATIENT IS EXPECTING: PREGNANCY IN PCCM
- C5 FROM CANNULAS TO CONCEPTS: THE PRACTICE, EVIDENCE AND SCIENCE OF VV-ECMO
- Early Insults and Lung Trajectories
- MTE27 FROM FLATLINE TO FIRST DRAFT: A NARRATIVE RESUSCITATION WORKSHOP FOR BURNOUT RECOVERY
- MTE28 PERSONALIZED SLEEP HEALTH: A METABOLIC MEDICINE FRONTIER
- MTE34 TO PNEUMONITIS AND BEYOND: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF DYSPNEA FROM IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS
- ME103 BLENDING TRADITION AND TECH: NAVIGATING LEARNING RESOURCES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
- INCREASING RESEARCH CAPACITY FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
- C105 PERSONALIZING RESPIRATORY SUPPORT IN ARF AND ARDS: MECHANISMS, MONITORING, AND MODELING
- C107 ADVENTURES IN ACUTE LUNG INJURY, REPAIR AND DEVELOPMENT
- C97 NOVEL APPROACHES AND UNDERSTANDING TO SKELETAL MUSCLE, REHABILITATION AND ACUTE RECOVERY
- C98 NEW INSIGHTS INTO COPD PATHOGENESIS
- C102 FROM KNOWING TO DOING: EDUCATING AND IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED PULMONARY CARE
- C84 ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN CRITICAL ILLNESS: FROM MECHANISMS TO THERAPIES
- C85 ATS GUIDELINES AND CLINICAL STATEMENTS: CONTROVERSIES IN RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND ILA/ILD
- C90 ADVANCING HYPOXEMIA ASSESSMENT AND OXYGEN ACCESS: U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
- C91 PRIMARY PALLIATIVE CARE IN PULMONARY-CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE: A ‘PALLIPULM’ FRAMEWORK FOR EDUCATION, PRACTICE, AND POLICY
- D25 FROM ABCDEF TO AFTERCARE: ICU PRACTICES AND MECHANISMS THAT SHAPE RECOVERY
- D14 IMMUNE-ENDOTHELIAL BIOLOGY AND TARGETED THERAPEUTICS IN ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
- D12 INEQUITIES BY DESIGN: SOCIAL AND STRUCTURAL DRIVERS OF PULMONARY HEALTH
- D22 FROM SCREENING TO SURVIVAL: UNEQUAL PATHS IN PULMONARY CARE
- D4 OPTIMIZING CRITICAL CARE THROUGH LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEMS: COMPONENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS
- D9 THE SCIENCE OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE ICU: HIGH HOPES, MIXED RESULTS
- D8 THERAPEUTIC ACUTE INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA: TRANSLATION FROM ANIMAL MODELS TO HUMANS WITH INJURY OR DISEASE
- D104 THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN: AIRWAY AND CARDIAC INSTABILITY, COMPLICATED BY PROCEDURAL CHALLENGES, RENAL FAILURE, AND TRANSPLANT CONSIDERATIONS
- D93 TURNING POINTS IN CRITICAL ILLNESS: TRAJECTORIES, TIMING, AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES
- D101 INFLAMMATION AND RESILIENCE: HOST RESPONSES IN LUNG INJURY AND INFECTION
- D82 THE AGE OF INCLUSION: BUILDING BETTER CRITICAL CARE TRIALS FOR OLDER ADULTS
- MD27 KEY RESULTS OF HYBRID EFFECTIVENESS-IMPLEMENTATION TRIALS INVOLVING ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
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