2024
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Investigators to Share Data from Three Late-Breaking Clinical Trials for the First Time at ATS 2024
“Breaking News: Clinical Trial Results in Pulmonary Medicine” will feature recent breakthroughs in treating and managing pulmonary diseases on Monday, May 20. The leaders of three large phase two and phase three trials will present the results of their research for the first time in a public forum. International Conference Committee Chair-Elect Jennifer Taylor-Cousar, MD,…
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Young Researchers to Pitch Their Innovative Ideas at 10th Annual BEAR Cage
Eno-Obong Essien, MD; Michael Miller, MD; and Julio Huapaya, MD, MHS, will compete for a grand prize of $10,000 in a live pitch session where they will showcase their innovative ideas for a panel of judges comprised of veterans of translational science on Monday, May 20.
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Trudeau Medalist Looks Back on Paradigm-Shifting Discovery in Autoimmunity and Legacy of Providing Opportunities for Underrepresented Groups in Medicine
David S. Wilkes, MD, was recognized as the 2024 recipient of the Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the ATS, during the Respiratory Health Awards on Sunday. Dr. Wilkes sat with ATS Conference News before Sunday’s ceremony to discuss his accomplished career and offer insights for others that helped lead to his…
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Opening Ceremony: Doctor-Comedian Recounts How Humor Helped Him Through Medical Crises
William Flanary, MD, better known for his on-stage persona Dr. Glaucomflecken, kicked off the ATS 2024 Opening Ceremony on Saturday, May 18. The doctor-comedian delivered a humorous and harrowing account of his own medical issues and how humor, his wife, and care providers helped him survive.
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Monday Keynote Recounts Gripping Developments of Mechanical Ventilation and Intensive Care Units
In her book, The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care, Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, traced the origins of mechanical ventilation and the ICU back to a polio epidemic in 1952. Dr. Wunsch will recount this gripping story of historic innovation in medicine during Monday’s Keynote Series session.
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Nursing Year in Review to Examine How Implementation Science Helps Close Gaps in Patient Care
The Monday, May 20, session of the Nursing Year in Review will explore the ongoing challenges and opportunities for implementation science — promoting the uptake of best practices based on knowledge gained from clinical and translational research — in critical care, pulmonary, and sleep medicine.
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First Critical Care Core Curriculum Session to Cover Identification and Management of Cardiac Conditions
The first session of the Adult Critical Care Clinical Core Curriculum begins on Tuesday, May 21, emphasizing cardiac considerations in critical care. Tuesday’s presentations will discuss managing unstable arrhythmias in the ICU, pulmonary embolisms, right ventricular failure, and the use of vasopressors for hemodynamic support.
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Final Adult Sleep Clinical Core Curriculum Session to Examine Key Innovations in Sleep Medicine
The final session of the Adult Sleep Clinical Core Curriculum will cover several recent innovations in sleep medicine on Monday, May 20. Session presentations will explore cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, new developments in pediatric sleep testing, and strategic interventions to improve patients’ sleep in care facility settings.
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Pediatric Clinical Core Curriculum Explores the Pulmonologist’s Role in the PICU
The Pediatric Clinical Core Curriculum kicked off with its first (of three) session on Sunday, May 19, and continues on Monday, May 20. This year’s curricular theme is assessing the pulmonologist’s role in the pediatric ICU.
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Port of San Diego Celebrates Refreshed Tree Canopy, Improved Air Quality in Embarcadero Park With Donation by the ATS, AstraZeneca & Breathe Southern California
The Port of San Diego, the San Diego Convention Center, the ATS, AstraZeneca, Breathe Southern California, and other partners, teamed up to plant 27 new trees in Embarcadero Marina Park North along the San Diego Bay waterfront, donating twenty Tipuana tipu trees and seven pink Coral Gum trees to the Port of San Diego. Leaders…
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