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78th Massachusetts Thoracic Society Meeting 
April 10, 2025

2025 Chadwick Medal Recipient

The Massachusetts Thoracic Society is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025 Henry D. Chadwick Medal, to be awarded at the 78th Annual Meeting on April 10th, 2024.

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Hardy Kornfeld, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 

UMass Memorial Medical Center

Program for 2025

8:25-8:30am: Welcome Remarks

8:30am: Updates in ECMO 2025

Haval Chweich, MD,

Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

9:10am: Advances in Clinical Research in COPD/Pulmonary Fibrosis

                Fernando J. Martinez, MD, MS

                Academic Chief, Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School 

9:50am    Break

10:00am: Rising Star

Viral Shah, MD, PHD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Daniel Wallman, MD,

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Lindsey Bazzone, MD, PHD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

10:50 AM – 12:00 PM

L. Jack Faling Best cases 

Moderated by: Lauren Kearney, M.D.

Case: 1

              Speaker: Suong Nguyen, M.D. UMass Chan Memorial

                Panelist 1: Felicia Chen, M.D. Boston University Medical Center

 Case 2:

              Speaker: Anish Bhatnagar, M.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital 

                Panelist 2: Victor Manuel Pinto-Plata, M.D. Lahey Clinic

Case 3:

             Speaker: Jonathan Chang, M.D. Boston University Medical Center

               Panelist 3: Stephen J.  Krinzman, M.D. UMass Memorial 

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  

 

LUNCH

                        

AFTERNOON SESSION  

 

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM  

Stem Cells and Lung Regeneration: "What Every Pulmonologist Should Know” 

Speaker: Darrell Kotton, M.D. Boston University Medical Center

 

1:40 PM -2:20PM  

Chadwick Intro and Talk

Moderated by: Peter Barkin, M.D.  

Introduction: David Center, M.D. 

Awardee and speaker:  Hardy Kornfeld, M.D.  

 

2:20 PM – 2:30 PM 

 

BREAK                          

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM  

Advocacy Session: How can we advocate for policies to improve our patients’ health?

Moderated by: Christopher Worsham, M.D., PhD 

Speaker: Carole Allen, MD, MBA 

Speaker: Emily Cleveland Manchanda, M.D., MPH 

Speaker: Casey Rojas, JD, MBE 

                         

3:20 PM – 4:30 PM 

PERT panel – Incorporating evidence into management of Intermediate Risk Pulmonary Embolism 

Moderated by: Rey Chakraborty, M.D. 

Speaker: Burton Shen, M.D. 

Panelist: Josanna Rodriguez- Lopez, M.D. 

Panelist: Nathaniel Langer, M.D. 

Panelist: Elizabeth Klings, M.D. 

Panelist: Gregory Piazza, M.D., MS

Panelist: Julie C. Bulman, M.D. 

4:30 PM – 5:10 PM 

 

Q &A session

                        

 

Course Evaluation Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2CQ9TM5

Apr 10, 2025, 8:20 AM
Somerville

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Thoracic Society and the Massachusetts Thoracic Society. The American Thoracic Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Thoracic Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

 

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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