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Forward5th Annual State-of-the-Art Lung Nodule Symposium: From Detection to Resection 2026
This symposium is designed to deepen your expertise in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of lung nodules. Attendees will explore the latest advancements, research, and best practices in the field. In addition to educational sessions, the event offers valuable networking opportunities with fellow physicians, nurses, and pharmacist and other healthcare professionals. Participants will gain practical tools and insights that can be immediately applied in clinical practice. The symposium emphasizes the importance of staying current in a rapidly evolving specialty.
This conference is being held in person and virtually.
NOTE: Please note this activity will be presented 8:00am – 4:30pm CST / 9:00am - 5:30pm EST
Target Audience
This activity is designed for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Apply evidence-based practices in the diagnosis, imaging, and management of lung nodules, including updates on screening protocols and advanced imaging techniques.
- Evaluate emerging technologies such as AI-driven risk stratification, optical coherence tomography, and confocal laser endomicroscopy for their clinical utility in lung nodule assessment.
- Compare multidisciplinary approaches to lung nodule treatment, including interventional pulmonology, thoracic surgery, and intratumoral therapies, to optimize patient outcomes.
Course summary
- 6.75 American Board of SurgerySuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
- 6.75 ABS Self-Assessment
- 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 6.75 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 6.75 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.75 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 6.75 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
- 6.75 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 6.75 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Pharmacy TechnicianAurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 6.75 ABIM MOC Part IISuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
07:30-08:00 | Registration, Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Fair |
| Session 1: Lung Cancer Screening and Early Detection |
07:45- 08:00 | Welcome and Introduction |
8:00-8:20
| Updates in Lung Cancer Screening |
08:20 – 08:40
| Building an Incidental Lung Nodule Program |
08:40– 09:00
| Lung Nodule Risk Stratification and Biomarker Classifiers |
9:00-9:20
| Artificial Intelligence in Lung Nodule Imaging |
9:20-9:40
| rEBUS & Ultrathin Bronchoscopy |
9:40-10:00 | Cone-Beam CT and Augmented Fluoroscopy |
10:00– 10:20 | Coffee Break / Exhibit Fair |
| Session 2: Optimizing Diagnosis |
10:20– 10:40 | Pathology Updates in Lung Nodule Evaluation |
10:40– 11:00 | The Impact of Cone-Beam CT in Peripheral Bronchoscopy |
11:00– 11:20 | Breath Hold & Apneic Oxygenation During Robotic Bronchoscopy |
11:20– 11:40 | The Novel UCP-EBUS in Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Staging |
11:40-12:00 | Never Lose the Target: Real-Time Radial EBUS-Guided Cryobiopsy |
12:00 – 12:45
| Lunch Break / Exhibit Fair |
| Session 3: Management of Early Lung Cancer |
12:45-1:05 | Cryoablation: Treat and Resect |
1:05-1:25 | Surgery in Early Stage Lung Cancer |
1:25-1:45 | From Procedure to Payment: Navigating Billing and Coding in Interventional Pulmonology |
1:45- 2:05
| Lung Nodule Year-in-Review: Key Studies and Updates from 2026 |
2:05-2:20 | Point-Counterpoint Debate: Should All High-Risk Pulmonary Nodules Be Biopsied? |
2:20-2:45 | Break/Exhibit Fair |
| Session 4: Rapid-Fire Clinical Pearls |
2:45-3:00 | Sybil and AI: Redefining Lung Cancer Risk Prediction |
3:00-3:20 | Point Counterpoint Debate—When Technology Changes the Equation: Should We Biopsy Sub-8 mm Pulmonary Nodules? Mounir Ghali, MD, DAABIP |
3:20-3:35
| The Non-Diagnostic Bronchoscopy: What Happens Next? |
3:35-3:50
| Beyond Diagnostic Yield: Molecular Adequacy in Peripheral Bronchoscopy |
3:50-4:05 | The Lung Nodule Phenotype: A Practical Classification for Clinical Decision-Making |
4:05-4:20 | Panel Discussion and Audience Questions |
4:20 | Closing Remarks |
| Name of individual with credentials | Job title | Hospital affiliations/Company names |
| Carla Lamb, MD FACP FCCP | Director of Interventional Pulmonary Medicine Director of Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Program Director of Bronchoscopy Diplomate of AABIP President of American Association for Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP) | |
| Neeraj Desai, , MD, MBA, FACP, FCCP, D-AABIP | Medical Director, Bronchoscopy Medical Director, Interventional Pulmonology UIC Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship Director Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine | Endeavor Health Endeavor Health University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt | ||
| Chris Kapp, MD | Assistant Professor of Medicine Associate Program Director for IP Fellowship | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
| Imran Uraizee, MD | Associate Pathologist and Cytopathologist Department of Pathology | Midwest Diagnostic Pathology, SC Advocate Christ Medical Center |
| Mohammed Munavvar, MD, DNB, FRCP (Lon), FRCP (Edin) | Consultant Chest Physician/ Interventional Pulmonologist Honorary Clinical Professor Honorary Visiting Professor Honorary Senior Lecturer Head, Assembly 14 | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals University of Central Lancashire University of Greater Manchester University of Manchester European Respiratory Society |
| Kevin Haas, MD | Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Associate Program Director - Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Director, Interventional Pulmonary | Jesse Brown VA Chicago |
| Mahir Khan, MD | Hematology/Oncology Physician | Advocate South Chicagoland |
| Sameer Arbat, MBBS, MD, FCCP | Interventional Pulmonologist Chair, Media Committee | One Healthcare, Nagpur, India World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology |
| Miguel Angel Ariza Proto, MD | Interventional Pulmonologist Vice President | Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA) Spanish Association of Respiratory Endoscopy (AEER) |
| Ali Jiwani, MD MCs | Director of Interventional Pulmonary | Orlando Health Care Institute |
| Jennifer D. Duke, MD, MSCI | Assistant Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery | Vanderbilt University |
| Mary Pasquinelli, DNP, APRN, CTTS | Director, Lung Screening Program | University of llinois at Chicago / UI Health |
| Alexander Chen, MD | Director, Interventional Pulmonology Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Washington University School of Medicine |
| Paul Gordon, MD | Thoracic Surgeon, Director Thoracic Oncology | Advocate Christ Medical Center |
| Sonali Sethi, MD, FCCP | Director, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Staging Program Program Director for Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship & Fellows Procedural Training President, American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP) | Cleveland Clinic |
| Kim French | ||
| Mounir Ghali, MD, DAABIP | Director, Interventional Pulmonology Division Vice Section Chief, Pulmonology Chief of Thoracic Division for the Cancer Network of West Michigan | University of Michigan Health - West |
| Emily Ball, PharmD, BCCCP | Medical ICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist | Advocate Christ Medical Center |
| Essam Mekhaiel, MD, FCCP, DAABIP | Interventional Pulmonologist & Pulmonary Critical Care Physician Director of Interventional Pulmonology | Advocate Christ Medical Center |
| Ashley Lemmon, MSN, RN, CAPA | Coordinator, Medical Staff Professional Development | Advocate Southland PSA: Advocate South Suburban Hospital/Advocate Christ Medical Center/Advocate Trinity Hospital |
Disclosure
Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum 6.75 hours of CPE credit for (pharmacists and pharmacy technicians). CPE credit can be claimed on the AAH CE platform within 60 days of activity completion and information will be provided to CPE Monitor. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacy UAN: JA0006327-0000-26-137-L01-P
Pharmacy Technician UAN: JA0006327-0000-26-137-L01-T
Board Recognition Statement(s)
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
Available Credit
- 6.75 American Board of SurgerySuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
- 6.75 ABS Self-Assessment
- 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 6.75 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 6.75 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.75 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 6.75 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
- 6.75 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 6.75 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Pharmacy TechnicianAurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 6.75 ABIM MOC Part IISuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Price
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| Early bird registration until 10/16 @3:00 pm CT | Registration after 10/16 @3:00 pm CT | |
| Physician | $90.00 | $150.00 |
| NP, PAs, APRNs | $45.00 | $75.00 |
| RNs, Fellows, Residents | Free - must have coupon to register | Free - must have coupon to register |
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Cancellation and Refund Policy
Cancellation/Refunds/Substitutions
- Cancellations must be in writing (email)
- Registrants cancelling between two weeks and five full business days prior to the first day of the event are "refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee."
- No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than five full business days prior to the event.
- No refunds or credit will be given for no-shows.
- No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.
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