ERS - Virtual school on rare lung diseases

Event is organised in collaboration with ERN-LUNG

Date: 30 January, 2024

Online

Fees: €250 for ERS members, €240 for early career ERS members

Organisers:

• M. Kreuter
• M. Wijsenbeek
• V. Cottin
• M. Humbert

Content:

Session 1: Get the basics right

• Chairs: C. Vancheri

• Challenging rare cases: An interdisciplinary warm-up - N. Sverzellati
• Learnings from a rare diseases expert centers - horses and zebras
• How extrapulmonary diseases affect the lungs - M. Kreuter
• Basics in genetics for pulmonologists - D. Montani
• Patient associations view on rare lung diseases - P. Powell, N. Maeva
  

Session 2: Specific rare lung diseases I

• Chairs: W. Wuyts, M. Wijsenbeek

• Interstitial lung diseases - E. Bargagli
• Ultra rare lung diseases - V. Cottin
• Rare forms of Pulmonary Hypertension - M. Delcroix

Session 3: Round table on ILD and PH

• Chairs: E. Bargagli, E. Nossent

• Discussion - M. Humbert, V. Cottin, S. Harari, M. Delcroix, N. Maeva

Session 4: Specific rare lung diseases II

• Chairs: T. Welte, J. Chorostowska-Wynimko

• Rare paediatric lung diseases - M. Griese
• Cystic fibrosis and transition in pulmonology - M. Stahl
• Non CF-bronchiectasis - J. Chalmers
• Primary ciliary dyskinesia - J. Lucas

Session 5: Round table on bronchiectasis

• Chair: H. Omran

• Round table discussion on bronchiectasis - J. Chalmers, M. Griese, M. Stahl, J. Lucas

Session 6: Rare lung cases

• Chairs: V. Cottin, E. Bendstrup

• Rare lung cases: Participants' challenging cases - N. Sverzellati, M. Molina Molina , M. Koziar Vasakova, C. McCarthy, M. Griese

Session 7: Specific rare lung diseases III

• Chairs: V. Müller

• Alpha-1 antitrypsin and other rare obstructive lung diseases - M. Miravitlles

Session 8: Diagnosing and treating rare obstructive lung diseases

• Chair: F. Trudzinski, G. Verleden

• Round table by case discussions - F. Meloni, R. Bals, J. Chalmers

Session 9: Rare thoracic cancers

• Chair: V. Müller

• Rare primary lung cases - J. Cadranel

Link to detailed program

Faculty:

• R. Bals
• E. Bargagli
• E. Bendstrup
• J. Cadranel
• J. Chalmers
• J. Chorostowska-Wynimko
• V. Cottin
• M. Delcroix
• M. Griese
• S. Harari
• M. Humbert
• M. Koziar Vasakova
• M. Kreuter
• J. Lucas
• N. Maeva
• C. McCarthy
• F. Meloni
• M. Miravitlles
• M. Molina Molina
• D. Montani
• V. Müller
• E. Nossent
• H. Omran
• P. Powell
• M. Stahl
• N. Sverzellati
• F. Trudzinski
• C. Vancheri
• G. Verleden
• T. Welte
• M. Wijsenbeek
• W. Wuyts