Programme

September 29, 2013

0730-0800 Registration

Updates in Lung Cancer

0800-0830 Role of Surgery in Advanced Lung Cancer (Adrian Ooi)

0830-0900 Targeted Therapy and Molecular Markers for Lung Cancer (Toh Chee Keong)

0900-0930 CT PET for Thoracic Malignancies (David Ng)

0930-1000 Tea break

Keynote I

1000-1030 What's New in Bronchoscopy and its Role in Lung Cancer (David Feller-Kopman)

Updates in Rare Conditions

1030-1100 Therapeutic options for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (Steve Yang)

1100-1130 Approach to Pulmonary Hypertension (Phua Ghee Chee)

1130-1200 Nontuberculosis Mycobacterial Infection – Diagnosis and Treatment (Kong Po Marn)

1200-1300 Lunch

Keynote 2

1300-1330 The Implication of Asthma Phenotypes on Treatment Choices (Parameswaran Nair)

Updates in Obstructive Lung Diseases

1330-1400 Managing the Patient with Advanced COPD (Noel Tay)

1400-1430 Bronchoscopic Treatment of Obstructive Airway Diseases (Lee Pyng)

1430-1500 Management of Refractory Asthma (Parameswaran Nair)

1500-1530 Tea Break

Updates in Ventilation

1530-1600 Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal (ECCOR) (Matthew Cove)

1600-1630 Practical Aspects of CPAP Therapy in OSA (Ong Thun How)

1630-1700 Towards a Standardised Nomenclature for Ventilatory Modes (Benjamin Ho)

(Updated on 16 September 2013)

Co-organized with the Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, National University Hospital.