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. Key On-Going Clinical Trials in Asthma and Respiratory Disease  Faculty (In Person Attendees Only)   E.Israel, MD, A. Nori-Sarma, MD, W. Phipatanakul, MD
Day 1: Focus on Understanding Asthma

8:55 – 9:00 (video) 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 Drivers of Asthma in School-Aged Children  Wanda Phipatanakul, MD
11:00—11:10 Break
11:10 – 11:50

Indoor Environments and Asthma Exacerbations   Adam Haber, PhD
11:50 – 12:30 p.m. Pathophysiologic Insights into Severe Asthma from Novel Imaging Techniques Carrie Pistenmaa, 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 “Can’t Miss Articles” in Severe Asthma (In Person attendees only) Faculty
Day 2: Focus on Treating Asthma
9:00 – 9:40

(video) Managing Asthma with Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease  Tanya Laidlaw, MD

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

Eosinophilic Lung Disease and Asthma  Joshua Boyce, MD
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
5:00-5:30 Adjourn/Exhibit Hall Open