Tenth Annual Review and Update in Pulmonary, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine

  • Continuing Education
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Registration Deadline: November 8

Gain up-to-date, practical knowledge in this three-day hybrid course—designed for busy clinicians and trainees—featuring expert-led lectures, board review sessions, hands-on ultrasound workshops, and flexible in-person or online attendance options.

  • Live Online or In Person

Participants may attend either virtually or in person.

Simmons College, Boston, MA

$895

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Continuing Education Credits

Earn up to:
43.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
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Three Days

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Overview

Our 10th Annual Review and Update in Pulmonary, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine will provide a review of key topics in Pulmonary, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine as well as an update on recent noteworthy clinical advances, with an emphasis on knowledge and skills useful in medical practice. The course is designed to meet the educational needs of pulmonologists, intensivists, pulmonary and critical care fellows, residents in training, and allied health professionals (especially nurse practitioners and physicians assistants) specializing in these areas. The 3-day course is divided equally between pulmonary and critical care medicine, with topics that include airway diseases, pulmonary vascular diseases, interstitial lung diseases, lung cancer, respiratory failure, shock, and multiple selected topics in ICU management. The program includes embedded Board Review questions and dedicated Board Review sessions, as well as multiple complementary pre-recorded lectures in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine available for download. 

Our course is offered in hybrid format, with the option to attend either in-person or entirely on-line. In-person attendance will be at Simmons College in Boston. For in-person attendees we will provide special ultrasound workshops, interactive Critical Care case discussions, and daily Meet-the-Professor luncheons. 

Learning Objectives

  • Evaluate recent advances in the assessment and treatment of pulmonary diseases and the critically ill patient
  • Better treat the spectrum of critical illnesses encountered in patients in intensive care units
  • Apply updated knowledge in pulmonary medicine in preparation for board certification/recertification

Developed and Offered By:

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital logo
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Participant Types

Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Specialty Physicians

Schedule

All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Day 1

Thursday, November 6, 2025

On-Site: Continental Breakfast

7:30-8:00 am

On-Site: Welcome/Introduction

Gerald Weinhouse; Bruce Levy

8:00-8:05 am

On-Site: Update: Biologics in Asthma

Ayobami Akenroye

8:05-8:35 am

On-Site: COPD: The GOLD Standard

Craig Hersh

8:35-9:10 am

On-Site: Cystic Lung Diseases

John Kennedy

9:10-9:45 am

Break

9:45-10:00 am

Virtual: Pulmonary Genetics and Genomics 2025

Benjamin Raby

10:00-10:35 am

Virtual: State of the Art prevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism - a moving target

Behnood Bikdeli

10:35-11:10 am

Virtual: “Rapid sequence information” Emerging therapies: What’s the data?

Elias Jabbour; Kevin Dube

11:10 am-12:10 pm

Break

12:10-12:30 pm

On-Site: Meet-the-Professor Lunch: How imaging can shape treatment of lung disease

Louisa Palmer

12:30-1:30 pm

Break

1:30-2:00 pm

Virtual: Pulmonary Pathology

Robert Padera

2:00-2:35 pm

Virtual: Chest Imaging Pearls

Andetta Hunsaker

2:35-3:10 pm

Virtual: ILD: what’s new in diagnostics and treatment

Gary Hunninghake

3:10-3:45 pm

Break

3:45-3:55 pm

Virtual: The approach to the patient with PA hypertension

Aaron Waxman

3:55-4:30 pm

Virtual: Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection

Paul Sax

4:30-5:05 pm

Adjourn

5:05-5:30 pm

Pre-Recorded: Pulmonary Involvement in Rheumatic Diseases

Paul Dellaripa

5:30-6:10 pm

Pre-Recorded: Pneumonia

Rebecca Baron

6:10-6:50 pm

Pre-Recorded: Bronchiolitis and non-CF bronchiectasis

Manuela Cernadas

6:50-7:30 pm

Pre-Recorded: Sarcoidosis and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Rachel Putman

7:30-8:10 pm

Pre-Recorded: Lung Transplantation

8:10-8:50 pm

Pre-Recorded: Cystic Fibrosis in the Adult

Ahmet Uluer

8:50-9:30 pm

Pre-Recorded: Pulmonary Medicine Board Questions/Selected Topics

Rebecca Sternschein

9:30-10:10 pm

Pre-Recorded: Pulmonary Vasculitides

Paul Dellaripa

10:10-10:50 pm

Pre-Recorded: Assessment and management of the patient with chronic cough

Paul Dieffenbach

10:50-11:30 pm

Pre-Recorded: Occupational lung disease

Robert Mccunney

11:30 pm-12:10 am

Day 2

Friday, November 7, 2025

Break

7:30-8:00 am

Virtual: Lung Cancer screening and approach to the lung nodule

Anuradha Ramaswamy

8:00-8:35 am

Virtual: Lung Cancer: State of the Art treatment

David Kwiatkowski

8:35-9:10 am

Virtual: “Rapid sequence information” Upper airway issues for the pulmonologist to consider

Christopher Dwyer; Regan Bergmark; Thomas Carroll

9:10-10:10 am

Break

10:10-10:30 am

Virtual: Evaluation and management of diaphragm dysfunction

Taro Minami

10:30-11:05 am

Virtual: An epoch review of polysomnography

Khalid Ismail

11:05-11:25 am

Virtual: Non-surgical management of tracheobronchomalacia

Majid Shafiq

11:25-11:45 am

Virtual: Pulmonary rehab for non-COPD patients

Nancy Lange-Vaidya

11:45 am-12:05 pm

Break

12:05-12:25 pm

On-Site: Meet-the-Professor Lunch: Echocardiogram for the intensivist

Louisa Palmer

12:25-1:25 pm

Break

1:25-1:55 pm

Virtual: Current treatment of Cardiogenic Shock

Brian Bergmark

1:55-2:30 pm

Virtual: Life-Threatening Cardiac Arrhythmias in the ICU

Thomas Tadros

2:30-3:05 pm

Break

3:05-3:15 pm

Virtual: Ventilator graphics and troubleshooting

3:15-3:50 pm

Virtual: Palliative Care in the ICU

Katherine Walker

3:50-4:25 pm

Virtual: Anxiety and its contribution to overall symptom burden in the critically ill

Maureen Cassady

4:25-5:00 pm

Pre-Recorded: Endocrine Emergencies in the ICU

Athanasios Bikas

5:00-5:40 pm

Pre-Recorded: Obstetrical Critical Care

Sarah Rae Easter

5:40-6:20 pm

Pre-Recorded: OSA: Diagnosis and Management

Rohit Budhiraja

6:20-7:00 pm

Pre-Recorded: Pulmonary Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

Lindsey Baden

7:00-7:40 pm

Pre-Recorded: Interpretation of Integrated Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

David Systrom

7:40-8:20 pm

Pre-Recorded: Drug-induced lung disease

Gerald Weinhouse

8:20-9:00 pm

Pre-Recorded: Critical Care Board Questions/Selected Topics

Rebecca Sternschein

9:00-9:40 pm

Pre-Recorded: Non-sleep apnea sleep---Parasomnias and narcolepsy

Michael Stanchina

9:40-10:20 pm

Pre-Recorded: Nocturnal Non-Invasive Ventilation

Khalid Ismail

10:20-11:00 pm

Pre-Recorded: Management of severe asthma

Elliot Israel

11:00-11:40 pm

Pre-Recorded: Interventional pulmonology

Majid Shafiq

11:40 pm-12:20 am

Pre-Recorded: Anxiety and its impact on dyspnea and the overall symptom burden experienced by pulmonary patients

Maureen Cassady

12:20-1:00 am

Pre-Recorded: Critical care issues in patients with substance use disorders

Joji Suzuki

1:00-1:40 am

Day 3

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Continental Breakfast

7:30-8:00 am

On-Site: Interactive Discussion: Best Medical ICU Cases from the Brigham 2024-2025

Anthony Massaro

8:00-9:25 am

Virtual: Update: ARDS and respiratory failure

Anthony Massaro

9:25-10:05 am

Break

10:05-10:20 am

Virtual: Sepsis 2025

Chanu Rhee

10:20-10:55 am

Virtual: “Rapid sequence information

Jeremy Degrado; Gerald Weinhouse

10:55 am-12:00 pm

Virtual: Renal Replacement Therapy: Choices and Outcomes

Gearoid McMahon

12:00-12:35 pm

Break

12:35-1:00 pm

On-Site: Meet-the-Professor Luncheon: A.I. in critical care

Raja-Elie Abdulnour

1:00-1:45 pm

Break

1:45-2:00 pm

Virtual: Nutrition support in the critically ill

Cagney Cristancho

2:00-2:35 pm

Virtual: Management unique to the chronically critically ill

Kathleen Haley

2:35-3:10 pm

Virtual: Management of acute stroke in the ICU

Rahul Mahajan

3:10-3:45 pm

Closing Remarks

Gerald Weinhouse

3:45-3:55 pm

Pre-Recorded: Ethical Dilemmas in the ICU

Kathleen Haley

3:55-4:35 pm

Pre-Recorded: ICU Pain Management and Opioid Stewardship

Paul Szumita

4:35-5:15 pm

Pre-Recorded: Acute Hepatic Failure in the ICU

Anna Rutherford

5:15-5:55 pm

Pre-Recorded: Bleeding and Clotting Emergencies in the ICU

Jean Connors

5:55-6:35 pm

Pre-Recorded: Toxidromes

Peter Chai

6:35-7:15 pm

Pre-Recorded: Considerations in the management of critically ill obese patie

Dong Wook Kim

7:15-7:55 pm

Pre-Recorded: State of the Art in Management of Challenging Pleural Effusions

Majid Shafiq

7:55-8:35 pm

Faculty

Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.

Raja-Elie Abdulnour, MD

Maureen Achebe, MD, MPH

Ayobami Akenroye, MBChB, MPH, PhD

Lindsey Baden, MD

Rebecca Baron, MD

Brian Bergmark, MD

Athanasios Bikas, MD, PhD

Regan Bergmark, MD

Bikdeli, MD

Rohit Budhiraja, MD

Thomas Carrol, MD

Maureen Cassady, MD

Manuela Cernadas, MD

Peter Chai, MD, MS

Jean Connors, MD

Cagney Cristancho, MD

Jeremy Degrado,  

Paul Dellaripa, MD

John Devlin, PharmD

Paul Dieffenbach, MD

Miguel Divo, MD

Kevin Dube, PharmD

C. Dwyer, MD

Sarah Rae Easter, MD

Craig Hersh, MD

Gary Hunninghake, MD, MPH

Andetta Hunsaker, MD

Khalid Ismail,  MD

Elliot Israel,  MD

Elias Jabbour, MD

Dong Wook Kim, MD

John Kennedy, MD, MS

Michael Klompas, MD, MPH

David Kwiatkowski, MD

Nancy Lange-Vaidya, MD

Bruce Levy, MD

Rahul Mahajan, MD, PhD

Gearoid McMahon, MBChB

Robert Padera, MD, PhD

Louisa Palmer, MBBS

Rachel Putman

Benjamin Raby, MD, MPH

Anuradha Ramaswamy, MD

Anna Rutherford, MD, MPH

Paul Sax, MD

Raghu Seethala, MD, MS

Majid Shafiq, MD, MPH

Michael Stanchina, MD

Joji  Suzuki, MD

David Systrom,  MD

Paul  Szumita, PharmD

Thomas Tadros, MD, MPH

Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH

Katherine Walker, MD, MS

George Washko, MD, MS

Aaron Waxman, MD, PhD

Location

Venue

Simmons College
Boston, MA

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Role Standard Price
Physician (MD/DO) $895.00
Nurse (RN/APRN) $695.00
PA $695.00
Resident/Fellow $695.00
Allied Health Professional / Other $695.00
Course Fee is for both in-person and live online options.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Harvard Medical School 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.

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 43.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For the purpose of recertification, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board and American Nurses Credentialing Center accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education). We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 3.75 credits of Risk Management Study. This includes: 

1.50 credit(s) of Opioid Education and Pain Management Training 

1.00 credit(s) of End-of-Life Care Education 

Please check your individual state licensing board requirements before claiming these credits. 

The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the European Union of Medical Specialties website.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine Core Competencies:

  • Provide Patient-Centered Care
  • Employ Evidence-Based Practice

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) / Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:

  • Patient Care and Procedural Skills
  • Medical Knowledge
  • Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

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CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is calculated based on submission of a preliminary agenda and may be subject to change.

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