ATS 2024 Conference Roadmap
Pulmonary Circulation
Early Career Working Group
Saturday 5.18 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center
Sails Pavilion Terrace
A welcome event for all Early Career Professionals (residents, fellows, post docs, IP members, and other medical professionals).
IT'S (NOT) A SMALL WORLD: MOLECULAR AND PHYSIOLOGIC EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PAH
Sunday 5.19 2:15 - 4:15 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center
Room 6D (Upper Level)
MULTI-OMIC AND SINGLE CELL APPROACHES FOR ELUCIDATING CELLULAR BIOLOGY AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF LUNG DISEASE
Sunday 5.19 9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Grand Ballroom 5-6 (Lobby Level, North Tower)
PATHOGENIC CONCEPTS IN PAH REVISITED -
A MULTIGENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Monday 5.20 9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Pacific Ballroom 21-22 (Ground Floor, North Tower)
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: HEALTH DISPARITIES AND HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY IN RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
Monday 5.20 2:15 - 3:45 PM
Marriott Marquis San Diego ^Marina
Grand Ballroom 5-6 (Lobby Level, North Tower)
Scientific Symposia
COHORT STUDIES IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION -
DEFINING NOVEL PHENOTYPES
Tuesday 5.21 9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Pacific Ballroom 18-19 (Ground Floor, North Tower)
DISPARITIES AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE, AND SLEEP MEDICINE
Tuesday 5.21 2:15-4:15 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 30C-E
(Upper Level)
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES OF PH BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT - AN ATS/ERS JOINT SYMPOSIUM
Wednesday 5.22 8:15 - 9:45 A.M.
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Grand Ballroom 5-6 (Second Floor, Lobby Level, North Tower)
Wednesday 5.22 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Friday
A non-exhaustive guide to sessions and events of interest to early career professionals in pulmonary vascular disease
5.17
Postgraduate Courses
CRITICAL CARE ULTRASOUND AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Saturday 5.17 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday 5.18 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
2-day postgraduate course utilizing didactic lectures and hands-on stations that will teach bedside transthoracic echocardiogram and diagnostic ultrasound techniques to visualize LV and RV function, hemodynamic measurements, assessment of fluid status among other topics. Advanced registration and payment is required.
Pre-Conference Courses for Trainees and Early Career Professionals:
Saturday
YOU’ RE THE SWAN THAT I WANT!: A PRIMER
ON RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION
Saturday 5.18 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Learn expert technique for RHC, interpret RHC waveforms and hemodynamics, apply RHC data to the diagnosis and risk stratification of patients, and understand how this information can influence patient management decisions in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. Advanced registration and payment is required.
5.18
Sunday
5.19
Mini Symposia
BUILDING LEGO(LAND): LESSONS LEARNED FROM LARGE SCALE CLINICAL TRIALS IN PAH
Sunday 5.19 9:15 - 11:15 a.m.
San Diego Convention Center
Room 29A-D (Upper Level)
Basic Science Core
Reception for PhDs and Other Basic Science Researchers
FROM MECHANISM TO PREDICTION: APPLICATION OF METABOLOMICS ACROSS THE PULMONARY/CRITICAL CARE SPECTRUM
Sunday 5.19 3 - 5 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center
Sails Pavilion Terrace (Upper Level)
An intimate setting for networking while also allowing guests to mingle. Cocktails will be provided. Register here first. Entrance is free and first come first served; entry not guaranteed.
Sunday 5.19 2:15 - 3:45 p.m.
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Grand Ballroom 5-6 (Lobby Level, North Tower)
SURFING IN THE GREEN ROOM: DEFINING MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE
Monday 5.20 2:15 - 4:15 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center
Room 28A-B (Upper Level)
Monday
5.20
Women in Pulmonary Vascular Disease Working Group (W0W):
Strategies for Career Success by Highly Effective Women Scientists
Monday 5.20 4 - 5 p.m.
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Santa Rosa Room (First Floor, Ground Level, South Tower)
PC Assembly Membership Meeting
Monday 5.20 5-7 p.m.
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina,
Pacific Ballroom 18-19 (First Floor, Ground Level, North Tower)
PC ECWG Mixer
Monday 5.20 7:15 - 9:00 p.m.
Marriot Marquis San Diego Marina, Marina Kitchen & Bar (Second Floor, Lobby Level)
Tuesday
The Near-Peer Mentorship Model: Practical Considerations for Mentees and Mentors
Tuesday 5.21 11 - 12 p.m.
Networking Super Center
San Diego Convention Center
Sails Pavilion (Upper Level)
5.21
IMG International Medical
Graduates Networking Event
Tuesday 5.21 4 - 5 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center
Sails Pavilion Terrace
Poster Discussion Session
GASLAMP QUARTER: SHEDDING LIGHT ON VASCULAR PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS IN PAH
Tuesday 5.21 9:15 - 11:15 a.m.
San Diego Convention Center
Room 11A-B (Upper Level)
SURVEYING THE ZOO: -OMICS FOR MECHANISTIC DISCOVERY IN PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE
Wednesday 5.22 11 - 1 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center
Room 29A-D (Upper Level)
Wednesday
5.22
BALBOA PARK EXPLORERS: TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PH
Wednesday 5.22 11 - 1 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 25A-C (Upper Level)
MEET THE EXPERT: READING BETWEEN THE LINES: THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE (PH-CLD)
Networking Super Center
San Diego Convention Center Sails Pavilion (Upper Level)
Tips and Strategies in Formulating a Career Development Plan: Insight from Early Career Investigators
Wednesday 5.22 10 - 11 a.m.
From 0 to Omics: An Introductory Field Guide to Omics Research in Lung Diseases
Wednesday 5.22 12 - 1 p.m.
For a complete list of PC Assembly Programming including all meet the expert seminars, poster discussion and thematic poster sessions, visit the PC Assembly Spring 2024 Newsletter.
Explore the entire conference schedule of scientific and clinical sessions here, on the ATS2024 Mobile App, or the ATSConference365 web platform.
The PC ASsembly
Assembly Chair
Current Chair: Vinicio de Jesus Perez, MD, ATSF
Program Committee
Current Chair: Stephen Y. Chan, MD, PhD
Chair-Elect: Andrea Frump, PhD
Nominating Committee
Current Chair: Tim Lahm, MD, ATSF
Early Career Working Group
Co-Chair: Justin Lui, MD
Co-Chair: Zhiyu Dai, PhD, ATSF
Women’s Working Group
Co-Chair: Larissa Shimoda, PhD
Co-Chair: Ke Yuan, PhD
Science and Innovation Center (SIC)
Representative: Daniela Valdez-Jasso, PhD
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The PC ASsembly
PhD and Basic and Translational Scientists Working Group Committee
Representative: Jarrod Wesley Barnes, PhD, MBA
International Representative
Jurjan Aman, MD
Mid-Career Working Group
Co-Chair: Nick Rahaghi, MD, PhD
Co-Chair: Nick Kolaitis, MD, MS
Roberto Bernardo, MD, MS
Jose Pepe Arroyo, MD, PhD
Diversity, Equity & INclusion Working Group
PC Assembly Awards
Representative: Wiltz Wagner, PhD
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