Lecture Hall LIVE
Update on Severe Asthma 2026
DATE: Monday and Tuesday, March 16-17, 2026 (EDT)
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
MARCH 16, 2026 – Day 1: Focus on Understanding Asthma
| MARCH 16, 2026 (EDT) | ||
| 7:00 a.m. | Registration / Exhibit Hall Open Special Product Presentation with breakfast provided |
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| 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 | On-Demand Video Morning Lectures |
| 8:30-8:35 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction |
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| Day 1: Focus on Understanding Asthma | ||
| 8:35 – 9:00 | “Can’t Miss Articles” in Severe Asthma |
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| 9:00 – 9:40 | ||
| 9:40 – 10:20 | ||
| 10:20—10:40 | Break | |
| 10:40 – 11:20 | Managing Asthma with Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease |
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| 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 |
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| 12:05 – 12:40 p.m. | Occupational Exposures and Severe Asthma |
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| 12:40—01:40 | Break / Lunch / Exhibit Hall Open Special Product Presentation with lunch provided |
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| 12:50-1:30 |
Starting at the Top: A Different Approach to Severe Asthma and CRSwNP S. Mustafa,MD |
On-Demand Video Afternoon Lectures |
| 1:40-2:20 |
Asthma Genetics and the Environment in Severe Asthma |
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| 2:20-2:55 | Diagnostic Considerations in Children with Severe Asthma |
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| 2:55 – 3:15 | Break | |
| 3:15-3:50 | Guest Virtual Lecture: Bronchiectasies and Asthma: Is There an Overlap? |
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| 3:50-4:35 |
Guest Lecture: Precision Medicine Approaches to Severe Asthma: Lessons from the PreCISE Trial |
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| 4:35-5:20 |
Interactive Case Discussions (Dx) |
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| 5:20-6:00 | Exhibit Hall Open | |
MARCH 17, 2026 – DAY 2: Focus on Treating Asthma
| MARCH 17, 2026 (EDT) | ||
| 7:00 a.m. | Registration / Exhibit Hall Open Special Product Presentation with breakfast provide |
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| Day 2: Focus on Treating Asthma | ||
| 7:40 – 8:20 |
Fasenra: One Approach, Many Patients:Addressing Eosinophilic Inflammation J. Leung, MD |
On-Demand Video
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| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Choosing Bi and tri specific antibodies: the wave of the future? |
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| 9:00 – 9:40 |
Choosing Among the Biologics for Severe Asthma |
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| 9:40—10:20 |
Guest Virtual Lecture: Clinical Remission in Asthma:What is it? Is it an achievable Goal of Therapy? |
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| 10:20—10:40 | Break | |
| 10:40 – 11:20 |
Guest Lecture: Asthma, anxiety, and depression |
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| 11:20 – 12:00 | Eosinophilic Lung Disease and Asthman |
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| 12:00 – 12:40 | Guest Virtual Lecture: Managing Severe Asthma in Children |
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| 12:40—01:40 | Break / Lunch / Exhibit Hall Open Product Theatre with lunch provided |
On-Demand Video Afternoon Lectures |
| 12:50-1:30 |
Type 2 Inflammation and the Lungs: Implications for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Asthma M. Sharpe, MD |
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| 1:40-2:20 |
Cigarette Smoking, COPD, and Chronic Obstructive Asthma |
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| 2:20 – 3:00 | ||
| 3:00-3:20 |
Break |
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| 3:20-4:00 |
“Anti-Inflammatory Rescue”: Options and Challenges |
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| 4:00-4:35 |
Severe Asthma, the Biologics, and Population Health Management |
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| 4:35-5:20 |
Interactive Case Discussions (Rx) |
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| 5:20-6:00 | Adjourn/Exhibit Hall Open | |