For respiratory health professionals, caring for patients who are immigrants and possibly undocumented is not a matter of politics. However, there are unique considerations and best practices that providers should apply when treating this patient population. The final Keynote Series session at ATS 2024 will feature a multifaceted panel discussion on immigrant health, moderated by…

Investigators believe their efforts to improve the health of orangutans may also advance approaches to human respiratory disease. During the Plenary Session on Tuesday, May 21, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, veterinarian Nancy Lung, VMD, MS, and ICC chair-elect Jennifer Taylor-Cousar, MD, MSCS, ATSF, will discuss the research.

The Adult Critical Care Clinical Core Curriculum will wrap up on Wednesday, May 22. The session will feature three presentations highlighting care guidelines for patients with cardiac conditions and best practices for cardiac support devices that intensivists are likely to encounter in the clinical setting but might not be confident operating alone.

The Clinical Year in Review will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 21 and 22. Each session in the four-part series will feature four speakers, highlighting four to six of the most relevant articles in their respective fields of expertise from the previous year.

ATS is one of seven specialty societies to be awarded a grant from the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) and CDC to increase COVID-19, influenza, and routine vaccination rates among high-risk adult patients nationally. In support of this initiative, ATS 2024 will feature multiple opportunities to discuss strategies to increase vaccine adoption, including a…

On Tuesday, May 21, ATS 2024 San Diego will host “Caring for the Healers” to discuss the determinants of health care workforce well-being, identify groups at an increased risk for mental health issues, and share strategic interventions to help health care workers struggling with burnout. Session co-chair Meshell Johnson, MD, previewed this topic with ATS…

A 2013 European Respiratory Society and American Thoracic Society paper asserted that further research and treatment options for severe or therapy-resistant asthma were “increasingly recognized as a major unmet need.” To continue the dialogue and advance this critical work, ATS 2024 will host “Emerging Strategies in Severe Asthma in 2024 and Beyond” on Tuesday, May…

Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, and Matthew Decamp, MD, PhD, presented Sunday’s Fran Comi Keynote Lecture at the ATS 2024 International Conference, discussing the exciting potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care and the biases to avoid while utilizing the technology.