Update on Severe Asthma 2026
- Continuing Education
Elevate your expertise in severe asthma by engaging with a multidisciplinary, two-day hybrid course that explores cutting-edge assessment strategies, emerging treatments, and complex comorbidities across pediatric and adult populations. Gain practical insights through in-depth lectures, guideline updates, and case-based discussions designed for clinicians dedicated to advancing asthma care.
- Live Online or In Person
This course is taught online or in person.
Simmons College | 300 Fenway, Boston MA 02115
$275 Save with early registration
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Continuing Education
Earn up to:
23.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
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Overview
Assessment and management of severe asthma are issues currently at the forefront of modern asthma investigation and care. This two-day, live, hybrid (in-person and on-line) course will provide insights from a multidisciplinary team representing the Severe Asthma Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Our focus will include both pediatric and adult patients with asthma. We will devote one day to assessment of severe asthma and complicating illnesses and one day to its treatment, including novel approaches to management. Lectures will cover topics in the immunology and genetics of severe asthma; aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease; eosinophilic lung diseases including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, occupational asthma, obesity and asthma, and special considerations in school-age children. Presentations on the contribution of gastroesophageal reflux disease, upper airway obstruction, and sinusitis/nasal polyposis will be given by a gastroenterologist, voice specialist, and otolaryngologist, respectively. We will focus on the treatment of asthma, including recent GINA and NAEPP Guidelines, modern biologics, and novel therapies in development. We will review in depth our protocol for the evaluation of severe asthma and have opportunity to discuss interesting cases of severe asthma. This course is appropriate for allergists, pulmonologists, and other specialists with an interest in the management of severe asthma.
Learning Objectives
- Systematically evaluate difficult-to-control asthma.
- Identify specific severe asthma phenotypes/endotypes.
- Utilize novel asthma therapeutics with confidence.
Developed and Offered By:
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.
Who Should Participate
Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Internal Medicine, Otolaryngology
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Monday, March 16, 2026
Product Theatre with breakfast provided
7:30-8:30 am
Welcome and Introduction
8:30-8:35 am
“Can’t Miss Articles” in Severe Asthma
8:35-9:00 am
Asthma Genetics and the Environment in Severe Asthma
9:00-9:40 am
Diagnostic Assessment of Severe Asthma
9:40-10:20 am
Break
10:20-10:30 am
Towards an Understanding of Type-2-Low Asthma
10:30-11:10 am
Is the Primary Prevention of Asthma in Sight? Presentations and Round-Table Discussion
11:10-11:55 am
Occupational Exposures and Severe Asthma
11:55 am-12:30 pm
Product Theatre with lunch provided
12:30-1:30 pm
Asthma Insights: The View from the Airways
1:30-2:10 pm
Break
2:10-2:20 pm
Diagnostic Considerations in Children with Severe Asthma
2:20-2:55 pm
Bronchiectasies and Asthma : Is There an Overlap?
2:55-3:30 pm
Guest Lecture: Precision Medicine Approaches to Severe Asthma: Lessons from the PreCISE Trial
3:30-4:15 pm
Interactive Case Discussions
4:15-5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Product Theatre with breakfast provided
7:30-8:30 am
The "Next Big Thing" in Severe Asthma - What May Lie Ahead
8:30-9:00 am
Choosing Among the Biologics for Severe Asthma
9:00-9:40 am
Clinical Remission in Asthma: What is it? Is it an Achievable Goal of Therapy?
9:40-10:20 am
Break
10:20-10:30 am
Asthma, Anxiety, and Depression
10:30-11:10 am
Eosinophilic Lung Disease and Asthma
11:10-11:50 am
Guest Lecture: Managing Severe Asthma in Children
11:50 am-12:30 pm
Product Theatre with lunch provided
12:30-1:30 pm
Obesity, Diabetes, and Asthma
1:30-2:10 pm
Cigarette Smoking, COPD, and Chronic Obstructive Asthma
2:10-2:50 pm
Break
2:50-3:00 pm
"Anti-Inflammatory Rescue": Options and Challenges
3:00-3:40 pm
Severe Asthma, the Biologics, and Population Health Management
3:40-4:15 pm
Case Discussions
4:15-5:00 pm
Pre-Recorded Lectures
| Asthma Mimics: Consider Tracheobronchomalacia | A. El-Boueiz & M. Shafiq |
| New Recommendations for the Interpretation of PFTs | N. Lange-Vaidya |
| Airway Oscillometry in Adults and Very Young Children | A. El-Boueiz, P. Moschovis |
| Exercise-Induced Asthma | T. B. Kinane |
| Gastroesophageal Reflux and Severe Asthma | C. Velez |
| Laryngeal Disordered Breathing Mimicking Severe Asthma | T. Carroll & L. Gordon |
| Treating Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyposis | A. Maxfield |
| Occupational Exposures and Severe Asthma | R. Mccunney |
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.
Course Directors
Elliot Israel
MD | Course Director
- Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ayobami Akenroye
MBChB, MPH, PhD | Course Co-Director
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Clinical Allergist and Immunologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Nancy Lange-Vaidya
MD, MPH | Course Director
- Instructor in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Benjamin Medoff
MD | Course Director
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Nora Barrett, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Joshua Boyce, MD
Albert L. Sheffer Professor of Medicine in the Field of Allergic Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Thomas Carroll, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
James Chalmers, MBChB, PhD, FRCPE, FERS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Dundee School of Medicine
Adel El Boueiz, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Chris Fanta, MD
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dinah Foer, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Steve Georas
Professor of Medicine, Environmental Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center
Lindsey Gordon, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Craig Hersh, MD
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
T. Bernard Kinane, MBChB, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Peggy Lai, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Tanya Laidlaw, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bruce Levy, MD
Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic, Harvard Medical School
Alice Maxfield, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter Moschovis, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kari Nadeau MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Ben Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Ian Pavord, DM, FRCP, FERS, FMedSci
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford
Wanda Phipatanakul, MD
S. Jean Emans, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
Benjamin Raby, MD, MPH
Leila and Irving Perlmutter Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
Sejal Saglani, MD, FRCPCH, FMedSci
Professor of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College London
Majid Shafiq, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Christopher Velez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Scott Weiss, MD
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Course Fees
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You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment. Prices include CME credit, electronic syllabus. Recordings will be available for 60 days after the course has ended. At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration.
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| Role | Course Fee | Early Registration Course Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Physician (MD/DO) | $350.00 | $275.00 |
| Nurse (RN/APRN) | $275.00 | $200.00 |
| PA | $275.00 | $200.00 |
| Psychologist | $275.00 | $200.00 |
| Resident/Fellow | $150.00 | $75.00 |
| Social Worker | $275.00 | $200.00 |
| Student | $100.00 | $25.00 |
| Allied Health Professional / Other | $275.00 | $200.00 |
Accreditation
The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.00 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.
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.