Lung Nodules 2023: Current Perspectives and Future Directions

Oak Lawn, IL US
November 17, 2023

Overview

This symposium will enhance your knowledge and expertise in the field of lung nodules. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive platform for medical professionals to delve into the latest advancements, research, and best practices in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of lung nodules.

In addition to the educational sessions, the Lung Nodule Symposium also offers ample networking opportunities. You will have the chance to connect with fellow physicians, establish valuable professional connections, and foster collaborations that can drive innovation and improve patient outcomes.

We understand the importance of staying ahead in the rapidly evolving field of lung nodules, and our goal is to empower you with the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to deliver the highest quality care to your patients. By attending this symposium, you will gain a deeper understanding of the complex nuances associated with lung nodules and acquire practical tools that can be immediately implemented in your clinical practice.

 

This conference is being held virtual via Go to Webinar & live from Advocate Christ Medical Center, Stein Auditorium

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to: utilize ways to provide up-to-date, best practices in evidence-based medicine related to current topics in the management of lung nodules.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.00 American Board of Surgery
    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.
    • 5.00 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 5.00 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 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 5.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 5.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.00 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. 5.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 5.00 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.00 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.
Course opens: 
09/18/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
11/17/2023 - 7:30am CST
Event ends: 
11/17/2023 - 3:00pm CST
Cost:
$50.00
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Program

07:30-08:30

Registration, Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Fair

08:30 -08:45

Welcome and Introduction

Essam Mekhaiel MD
Medical Director, Interventional Pulmonary, Advocate Health 

8:45-9:05

Updates on Lung Cancer Screening: Evidence to Implementation

Neeraj Desai, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine l System Medical Director, Ascension Illinois Pulmonary Endoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology Department, Director, Chicago Chest Center  UIC/CCC Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship Director

9:05-9:25

Approach to the Lung Nodule

Momen M. Wahidi, MD, MBA
Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Medical Director, Canning Thoracic Institute; Health System Director, Interventional Pulmonology

09:25 – 09:45

 

Defining Positive Diagnosis in Peripheral Pulmonary Lesion (PPL)

Septimiu Murgu, MD, DAABIP, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
he University of Chicago

09:45 – 10:05

 

Guiding the Way: Navigating the Landscape of Pulmonary Nodule Detection Platforms

Uzair Ghori, MD, DABIP
VA Milwaukee Interventional Pulmonary Director
PCCM/CCM fellowship VA site Director; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical College of WI, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin/ VA Milwaukee

10:05 – 10:30

 

Evaluating New Technologies for Bronchoscopy: Considerations, Costs, and Evolving Paradigms

Jaspal Singh, MD MHA MHS FCCP FCCM FAASM
Atrium Health and Levine Cancer Institute; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine; Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Adult Medical Specialties; Jan & Ed Brown Center for Pulmonary Medicine

10:30 – 10:55

 

Imaging Guidance for Peripheral Diagnostics: Cone Beam CT & Digital Tomosynthesis

Jonathan Kurman, MD, MBA, FCCP
Assistant Professor of Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin; Director of Interventional Pulmonology for the Froedtert & MCW Health Network

10:55– 11:25

 

Break / Exhibit Fair

11:25 – 11:50

 

Radial Probe Endobronchial Ultrasound: Complementing Virtual Reality with Reality

Alexander Chen, MD
Director, Interventional Pulmonology; Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Washington University School of Medicine

11:50-12:15

Feasibility and Diagnostic Yield of Real Time Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)

Essam Mekhaiel MD
Medical Director, Interventional Pulmonology; Advocate Health Care

12:15 – 12:35

 

Light at the End of the (Robotic) Tunnel

Hasnain Bawaadam, MD
Medical Director for Interventional Pulmonary and Respiratory Care Services ; Department of Interventional Pulmonology and Critical Care, Aurora Medical Center Kenosha; Associate Professor of Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

12:35-12:55

 

Bronchoscopic Ablation of Peripheral Lung Tumor: Where are we now?

Momen M. Wahidi, MD, MBA
Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Medical Director, Canning Thoracic Institute; Health System Director, Interventional Pulmonology

12:55– 1:40

 

Lunch Break / Exhibit Fair

1:40 – 2:00

 

Coding, Billing and Reimbursement: The Devil’s in the Details 

Kim D French MHSA, CAPPM, FCCP
Vice President. Pulmonary Service Line ; Ascension Illinois 

2:00 – 2:20

 

What’s the Best Surgical Treatment for Early-stage Lung Cancer?

Segmentectomy or Lobectomy

Paul J. Gordon, MD
Thoracic Surgeon, Director Thoracic Oncology; Advocate Christ Medical Center

2:20 – 2:50

 

Size Doesn’t Matter Skills Do

Panel Discussion

2:50 – 3:10

 

Discussion and Q&A

03:10 – 3:15

Closing Remarks

Venue

Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 W 95th St,
Stein Auditorium
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
United States

Faculty

Faculty

Essam Mekhaiel MD; Advocate Aurora Health
Paul J. Gordon, MD; Advocate Aurora Health
Susan Serratore, RN; Advocate Aurora Health
Neeraj Desai, MD, MBA, FACP, FCCP, D-AABI; Ascension Illinois
Momen M. Wahidi, MD, MBA; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Septimiu Murgu, MD, DAABIP, FCCP; The University of Chicago
Uzair Ghori, MD, DABIP; Medical College of Wisconsin/ VA Milwaukee
Jaspal Singh, MD MHA MHS FCCP FCCM FAASM; Atrium Health and Levine Cancer Institute
Jonathan Kurman, MD, MBA, FCCP; Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin
Alexander Chen, MD; Washington University School of Medicine
Hasnain Bawaadam, MD, MPH, FCCP, FRCP, D-AABIP; Aurora Medical Center Kenosha
Kim D French MHSA, CAPPM, FCCP; Ascension Illinois 

 

Disclosure

Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.

 

Accreditation

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Aurora 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 Aurora Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.00 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.

ABS MOC
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 requirement(s) 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.

Participation information will be shared with the ABIM through the ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Aurora Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Available Credit

  • 5.00 American Board of Surgery
    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.
    • 5.00 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 5.00 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 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 5.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 5.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.00 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. 5.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 5.00 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.00 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.

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Price

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This conference is being held virtually via Go to Webinar & live from Advocate Christ Medical Center, Stein Auditorium

If you plan to attend this conference virtually, you will NEED TO COMPLETE the Go To Webinar registration as well.

This conference is being held in-person at Advocate Christ Medical Center and virtually. 

Course FeeNurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Physician Assistant, Physician

RN and Trainees

(Students, Residents, and Fellows)
In-Person$50.00$0.00
Virtual$0.00$0.00

Cancellation and refund policy: All fees are nonrefundable.

Contact the Advocate Aurora Health CME Office at cme@aah.org if you have any questions or need assistance. Virtual link will be included in your confirmation email from Go to Webinar.