Pulmonary Medicine

The purpose of the conference is to discuss recent research, explore opportunities for new collaborations, and identify the most important needs and priorities for future programs in stem cell, cell therapy, and bioengineering approaches to explore lung biology and/or prevent and treat lung diseases. Optional Pre-conference workshop: Hands-on Training in State-of-the-Art Methods in Stem Cells, Cell Therapies, and Bioengineering - July 7, 2025.

The congress also will include a special visionary session with the annual Addario Keynote Lecture and an expert panel discussion on coming trends in lung cancer therapy over the next decade. As in previous years, cutting-edge lectures, multidisciplinary case-based tumor boards, and question-and-answer sessions will allow participants to engage with international and national experts as they share their perspectives and personal experiences of clinical challenges and ongoing controversies

The format for this course will be lecture-style presentations, with case studies. There will be ample time for questions and answers,The goal of this training is to build capacity with community providers by providing guidelines for screening and treating persons for TB infection.

Participants can choose clinical or technical track during the last 2 hours on the 2nd day of the course. Clinical track participants will practice reviewing and generating clinical interpretations of CPET data using sample cases. Technical track participants will receive a deeper analysis of calibration and procedures for ensuring technical validity of the CPET, instruction on data collection procedures and troubleshooting technical errors, and practice on procedures related to exercise testing

There will be cutting-edge discussions on ECMO, mechanical circulatory support, and neuromonitoring; breakout sessions focusing on ICU systems, team dynamics. Participants will hear from experts in the field, discuss the developments in an informed panel of discussions. The organizers will look at technological advances that will become routine in the near future.