2023
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Taste of San Diego Will Whet Appetites for ATS 2024
During the Taste of San Diego, the San Diego Tourism Authority will serve light bites and refreshments on Tuesday afternoon in the ATS Super Center. The International Conference will return to “America’s Finest City” in May 2024.
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Tuesday Keynote to Address Physicians’ Role in Reducing Firearm Violence
Three experts in firearm violence and injury intervention and prevention—Emmy Betz, MD, MPH; Fatimah L. Dreier, MSc, MBA; and Joseph V. Sakran, MD, MPA, MPH—will discuss how doctors and policymakers can help minimize gun violence through advocacy and other actions.
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Survey Results Illuminate Path Toward a More Diverse and Inclusive Workforce
Terri A. Laguna, MD, MSc, and other experts will unveil findings from a recent ATS diversity, equity, and inclusion survey that highlights the importance of a diverse workforce and how it contributes to improved outcomes for patients.
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Experts to Review the Biological Impact of COVID-19 Across Every Age Group
Three years after its emergence, SARS-CoV-2 continues to affect communities around the world. Lael Yonker, MD, previews an expert discussion on identifying and treating COVID-19 and the long-term impact of the disease across the lifespan.
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Experts to Explore Post-COVID Rehabilitation
The COVID-19 pandemic brought many unanswered questions and uncertainty about the effects of long COVID. Frits Franssen, MD, PhD, will chair a symposium that will explore COVID recovery treatments and whether pulmonary rehabilitation or natural recovery is more effective.
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Second Critical Care Core Curriculum Session to Provide Best Practices in the ICU for Unique Patient Populations
Tuesday’s session will discuss the identification and management of opportunistic infectious pathogens in the ICU. Co-chairs Edward Kilb, MD, and Diana Kelm, MD, ATSF, preview what to expect.
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Interactive Panel to Discuss Research Integrity and Lessons Learned from the Tuskegee Experiment
Participants in the Tuskegee Experiment were intentionally misinformed, and effective medication was withheld despite being available. Panelists will share insights about this medical breach of ethics and examine lessons learned to avoid similar missteps in research, said session Co-chair Maroun Matta, MD.
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Oxygen Delivery Issues Underscore Need for Advocacy by Clinicians, the ATS
Patients who rely on medical oxygen are often provided the cheapest option for the medical equipment company rather than the best option, said Nicholas Kolaitis, MD, MS. He is part of a panel on the potential of clinician advocacy to effect change to improve the quality of life for these patients.
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Clinical Year in Review 3 to Highlight Latest Papers in Asthma, Sarcoidosis, Sepsis, Sleep Disorders
The Clinical Year in Review will continue with the third of four sessions highlighting the most impactful papers across pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Michelle Sharp, MD, MHS, and other experts will discuss recent literature in asthma, sarcoidosis, sepsis, and sleep disorders.
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Keynote Address Highlights the Power of Science to Improve Health Disparities
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, identified the adverse effects of health disparities and outlined how science can provide the best defense against these imbalances. Engaging the community and standardizing the measurement of social and demographic factors that affect health are all part of the equation too.
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Diversity Forum Speaker Calls for DEI Initiatives to Reclaim Excellence, Remain Hopeful for the Future
Horace Delisser, MD, brought his message of hopeful awareness to the attendees of the ATS Diversity Forum. “DEI is under assault in the wider society and in medicine,” he said. He offered a framework for researchers and providers to reclaim DEI in the name of excellence.
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Young Researchers to Pitch Innovative Ideas in BEAR Cage
The ATS Drug/Device, Discovery and Development Committee will host its ninth annual BEAR Cage competition, where three finalists will share their research findings and inventive ideas for judges. This year’s BEAR Cage finalists are Marco Almeda, MD, Ananth Charya, MD, MS, and Sreyankar Nandy, PhD.
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Opening Ceremony Keynote Speaker Envisions an Evolution in Health Care in 10 Years
The ATS Opening Ceremony keynote speaker Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, comes back from the “future” to look at how health care can evolve from what we envision now. He challenged members to be optimistic and to remember that people will always be people, not just patients.
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ATS Amplifies Contributions of Women by Featuring DC-Based Woman-Owned Business at Women’s Forum
Refiloe Masekela, MD, and Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo, MD, PhD, will share career insights at the Women’s Forum, and attendees will receive a memento from the woman-owned business Cheers in a Box.