Lecture Hall LIVE

Update on Severe Asthma 2026

DATE: Monday and Tuesday, March 16-17, 2026

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

For additional information, please contact us at severeasthma@bwh.harvard.edu

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MARCH 16, 2026 – Day 1: Focus on Understanding Asthma

MARCH 16, 2026
7:00  a.m.  Registration / Exhibit Hall Open
Special Product Presentation with breakfast provided
7:40-8:20  a.m.  Conversations in Severe Asthma: Exploring a New Biologic Treatment Option in Patients with an Eosinophilic Phenotype  Y. Goldman, MD LIVE ZOOM LINK
7:40 a.m. -5:20 p.m. (EDT)
8:30-8:35  a.m. Welcome and Introduction  E.Israel, MD
Day 1: Focus on Understanding Asthma
8:35 – 9:00 “Can’t Miss Articles” in Severe Asthma * Faculty
9:00 – 9:40

Asthma Insights: The View from the Airways  * B.Medoff, MD

9:40 – 10:20

Diagnostic Assessment of Severe Asthma *  N. Barrett, MD

10:20—10:40 Break
10:40 – 11:20 Managing Asthma with Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease  * T. Laidlaw, MD
11:20 – 12:05

Virtual panel discussion: Is the Primary Prevention of Asthma in Sight? *  A. Akenroye MD, K. Nadeau MD, S. Weiss MD,  and W. Phipatanakul, MD

12:05 – 12:40 p.m. Occupational Exposures and Severe Asthma R. McCunney, MD
12:40—01:40 Break / Lunch / Exhibit Hall Open
Special Product Presentation with lunch provided 
12:50-1:30

Starting at the Top: A Different Approach to Severe Asthma and CRSwNP* S. Mustafa,MD

1:40-2:20

Asthma Genetics and the Environment in Severe Asthma        * B. Raby, MD

2:20-2:55 Diagnostic Considerations in Children with Severe Asthma * J. Gaffin, MD
2:55 – 3:15 Break
3:15-3:50 Guest Virtual Lecture: Bronchiectasies and Asthma: Is There an Overlap? * J. Chalmers, MD
3:50-4:35

Guest Lecture: Precision Medicine Approaches to Severe Asthma: Lessons from the PreCISE Trial * S. Georas, MD

4:35-5:20

Interactive Case Discussions (Dx) * A. Akenroye, MD, E. Israel, MD, W. Phipatanakul, MD, & B. Medoff, MD

5:20-6:00 Exhibit Hall Open

MARCH 17, 2026 – DAY 2: Focus on Treating Asthma

MARCH 17, 2026
7:00 a.m. Registration / Exhibit Hall Open
Special Product Presentation with breakfast provide
Day 2: Focus on Treating Asthma
7:40 – 8:20

Fasenra: One Approach, Many Patients:Addressing Eosinophilic Inflammation * J. Leung, MD

LIVE ZOOM LINK
7:40 a.m. -5:20 p.m. (EDT)
8:30 – 9:00

Choosing Bi and tri specific antibodies: the wave of the future? * A. Akenroye, MD

9:00 – 9:40

Choosing Among the Biologics for Severe Asthma * E. Israel, MD

9:40—10:20

Guest Virtual Lecture: Clinical Remission in Asthma:What is it? Is it an achievable Goal of Therapy?  I. Pavord, MD

10:20—10:40 Break
10:40 – 11:20

Guest Lecture: Asthma, anxiety, and depression * E. S. Brown, MD

11:20 – 12:00 Eosinophilic Lung Disease and Asthman * J. Boyce, MD
12:00 – 12:40 Guest Virtual Lecture: Managing Severe Asthma in Children * S. Saglani, MD
12:40—01:40 Break / Lunch / Exhibit Hall Open
Product Theatre with lunch provided
12:50-1:30

Type 2 Inflammation and the Lungs: Implications for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Asthma  * M. Sharpe, MD

1:40-2:20

Obesity, Diabetes, and Asthma  * D. Foer, MD

2:20 – 3:00

Cigarette Smoking, COPD, and Chronic Obstructive Asthma *C. Pistenmaa, MD

3:00-3:20

Break

3:20-4:00

“Anti-Inflammatory Rescue”: Options and Challenges  * N. Lange-Vaidya, MD

4:00-4:35

Severe Asthma, the Biologics, and Population Health Management * A. Ayobami, MD

4:35-5:20

Interactive Case Discussions (Rx) * A. Ayobami, MD, J. Gaffin, MD, E. Israel, MD & B. Medoff, MD

5:20-6:00 Adjourn/Exhibit Hall Open