Lecture Hall LIVE

Update on Severe Asthma 2025

DATE: THURSDAY AND Friday, March 20-21, 2025

LOCATION: Live On-Line (with recorded presentations available for 60 days following the course)

For additional information, call Chris Fanta at 617-732-4353

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MARCH 20, 2025 – Day 1: Focus on Understanding Asthma

MARCH 20, 2025
7:30-8:00  a.m. Breakfast / Exhibit Hall Open
8:00-8:05  a.m.  Welcome and introduction to (In Person Audience)  E. Israel, MD; N. Barrett, MD
8:05-8:50  a.m.  Journal Club:Can’t Miss Articles in Severe Asthma Faculty (In Person Attendees Only)
Day 1: Focus on Understanding Asthma LIVE ZOOM LINK
8:55 a.m. -5:00 p.m. (EDT)
8:55 – 9:00  Welcome and Introduction to Online Audience. Elliot Israel, MD; Nora Barrett, MD
9:00 – 9:40

 Asthma Genetics and the Environment in Severe Asthma . Benjamin Raby, MD, MPH
9:40 – 10:20

 Diagnostic Assessment of Severe Asthma .  Nora Barrett, MD
10:20—11:00  Pathophysiologic Insights into Severe Asthma from Novel Imaging Techniques . Carrie Pistenmaa, MD
11:00—11:10 Break
11:10 – 11:50

 Indoor Environments and Asthma Exacerbations  . Adam Haber, PhD
11:50 – 12:30 p.m.  Eosinophilic Lung Disease and Asthma. Joshua Boyce, MD
12:30—02:10 Break / Lunch / Exhibit Hall Open
2:10-2:45

 Diagnostic Considerations in Children with Severe Asthma . Benjamin Nelson, MD
2:45 – 3:20  Insights from the Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP) . Bruce Levy, MD
3:20-4:05  Guest Lecture: Molecular Sub-Phenotypes in Asthma . Prescott Woodruff, MD, MPH
4:05—4:15 Break
4:15-5:00

Interactive Case Discussions . Justin Salciccioli, MBBS; Nora Barrett, MD; Elliot Israel, MD
5:00-5:30 Adjourn/Exhibit Hall Open

MARCH 21, 2025 – DAY 2: Focus on Treating Asthma

MARCH 21, 2025
7:30-8:00  a.m. Breakfast/Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 – 8:55 Meet-the-Faculty and “Can’t Miss Articles, Part II” (In Person attendees only). Faculty
Day 2: Focus on Treating Asthma
9:00 – 9:40

Managing Asthma with Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease . Tanya Laidlaw, MD

 LIVE ZOOM LINK
9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. (EDT)
9:40 – 10:20

Choosing Among the Biologics for Severe Asthma . Elliot Israel, MD
10:20—11:00

Clinical Remission in Asthma: A Goal of Guidelines Therapy? . Justin Salciccioli, MBBS
11:00—11:10 Break
11:10 – 11:45

Drivers of Asthma in School-Aged Children . Wanda Phipatanakul, MD, MS
11:45 – 12:30 Guest Lecture: Managing Severe Asthma in Children . Daniel Jackson, MD
12:30—02:10 Break / Lunch / Exhibit Hall Open
2:10-2:50

Cigarette Smoking, COPD, and Chronic Obstructive Asthma . Carrie Pistenmaa, MD
2:50 – 3:30

“Anti-Inflammatory Rescue”: Options and Challenges . Nancy Lange-Vaidya, MD, MPH
3:30-4:05

Novel Therapies: A Look into the Future . Elliot Israel, MD
4:05-4:15

Break
4:15-5:00

Case Discussions  . Jonathan Gaffin, MD, MMsc; Elliot Israel, MD; Nancy Lange-Vaidya, MD, MPH
5:00-5:30 Adjourn/Exhibit Hall Open