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Registration Fee
There is no registration fee for this activity.

Special Accommodations
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Program Summary
Join Fernando J. Martinez, MD and Corinne R. Young, MSN, FNP-C, FCCP and stay on track to fulfill your CME requirements from the comfort of your home. Utilizing an interactive, moderator-led format, this program will present discussions with national thought leaders to help you hone your skills in the diagnosis and management of patients you are likely to encounter in your practice. You will be able to interact with the faculty in real-time to get your questions answered. The presentations will include several interactive cases and discussion sessions to keep you actively learning.

Featured Sessions

Evolving Strategies in ILD: Detection, Diagnosis, and Disease-Specific Management

• Discuss the newly-defined radiographic finding if ILAs and their implications in lung disease management
• Review the diagnostic criteria for ILD
• Individualize the management of SSc-ILD based on guidelines and patient presentation

PAH at Follow-up – For the Patients Who Don’t Achieve Low Risk

• Review the diagnostic workup for patients with suspected PAH
• Discuss initial therapy in PAH, including selecting patients for newer fixed-dose combination therapy
• Incorporate guideline- and evidenced-based approaches to adjusting therapies in patients with PAH not achieving low-risk status
• Review the landscape of emerging agents for PAH, noting mechanistic targets and available clinical data

Advancing COPD Care: Applying Latest Guidance in Clinical Practice

• Review the relationship between inflammation, exacerbation, and disease progression in COPD noting the underlying pathophysiology
• Discuss recent evidence surrounding the use of biologic agents in the management of patients with COPD, including patient populations and outcomes
• Integrate the use of biologic agents into the management of patients with COPD based on guidelines and clinical evidence for new and emerging agents

Agenda*

9:00 – 9:05 am ET
Welcome Remarks
Fernando Martinez, MD, MS and Corinne Young, MSN, FNP-C, FCCP

9:05 – 10:05 am
Evolving Strategies in ILD: Detection, Diagnosis, and Disease-Specific Management
Faculty: Corinne Young, MSN, FNP-C, FCCP
Moderator: Fernando Martinez, MD, MS

10:05 – 10:20 am
Break

10:20 – 11:20 am
Presentation Theater**: Triple Therapy in Focus; The importance of a Proactive Approach
(CME not offered)

11:20 – 11:30 am
Break

11:30 am – 12:35 pm
PAH at Follow-up – For the Patients Who Don’t Achieve Low Risk
Faculty: Ioana R Preston, MD
Moderator: Corinne Young, MSN, FNP-C, FCCP

12:35 – 12:50 pm
Break

12:50 – 1:50 pm
Presentation Theater**: New Pathways in Immunoscience—Respiratory Disease and Beyond
(CME not offered)

1:50 – 2:00 pm
Break

2:00 – 3:00 pm
Advancing COPD Care: Applying Latest Guidance in Clinical Practice
Faculty: Fernando J. Martinez, MD, MS
Moderator: Corinne Young, MSN, FNP-C, FCCP

3:00 pm
Closing Remarks

* Subject to change

** A separate URL will be used for all presentation theaters. Participants are required to exit the educational session and enter the presentation theater with the separate URL provided.

Faculty and Moderators
Fernando Martinez, MD, MS
Vice-Chair, Clinical and Translational Research
Academic Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
UMass Chan Medical School
Worcester, MA

Corinne R. Young, MSN, FNP-C, FCCP
President, Association of Pulmonary Advanced Practice Providers
Director of APP and Clinical Services
Colorado Springs Pulmonary Consultants
Colorado Springs, CO

Nurse Planner and Peer Reviewer
Marjorie Crabtree, DNP, FNP, ANP
Haymarket Medical Education
Steering Committee
Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation
Accredited Provider Program Director
Bellevue, WA

Bernadette Makar, MSN, NP
Saint Peter’s University Hospital
Coordinator House Service Program
New Brunswick, NJ
Rutgers University
Clinical Adjunct
Newark, NJ

Provided By
The National Association for Continuing Education in partnership with the Association for Pulmonary Advanced Practice Providers (APAPP).

NACE Accreditation Statement
The National Association for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

NACE Credit Designation Statement
The National Association for Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NACE AANP Provider
The National Association for Continuing Education is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 121222. This activity is approved for 3.0 contact hours (which may include hours of pharmacology).

Policy on Faculty and Provider Disclosure
Accredited education provided by the National Association for Continuing Education (NACE) must demonstrate balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. All individuals in a position to influence the content of NACE accredited education are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the previous 24-month period, regardless of relevance to the education. All relevant financial relationships and potential conflicts of interest will be mitigated prior to the activity.

The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Commercial Support
This program is supported by an educational grant from Johnson & Johnson, an independent educational grant from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc and Sanofi and by an independent medical education grant from GSK.

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