For the past several years, the ATS has offered an increasing number of sessions and events that emphasize career development at its annual International Conference.
Archives for October 2013
Conference to Feature Sessions on Research Efforts, Clinical Trials
Each year, many attendees come to the annual American Thoracic Society’s International Conference for the latest clinical trial information because findings may have immediate or near-immediate implications for their practices.
Don’t Miss Opportunities to Network and Meet New Colleagues!
More than 15,000 people are expected to attend the 2010 American Thoracic Society’s International Conference in New Orleans.
Exhibit Hall Adds Features to Better Meet Attendees’ Needs
The Exhibit Hall at ATS 2010 will, as in years past, feature more than 150 pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, publishers, public interest organizations and healthcare recruiters whose products and services help the respiratory community.
Assembly Leaders Highlight Not-To-Be-Missed Presentations
The American Thoracic Society’s 13 assemblies have highlighted these abstracts as some of the most interesting to be presented at the 2010 International Conference in New Orleans.
Experts to Examine Impact of H1N1
One of the best-attended sessions at ATS 2009 was one that addressed the emerging influenza A (H1N1) virus.
Symposium to Focus on Smoking Regulation, Cessation
Smoking regulation and tobacco control are not merely domestic issues, said Mary Ellen Wewers, Ph.D, M.P.H., chair of the ATS Tobacco Control Committee. “The ATS is also involved in how we can take a comprehensive approach by partnering with nations around the globe in addressing tobacco dependence,” she said.
President’s Symposium to Focus on Comparative Effectiveness Research
This year’s President’s Symposium will focus on comparative effectiveness research (CER), an area that has received considerable interest from Congress, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), said ATS President J. Randall Curtis, M.D., M.P.H.
ICU Physician to Give Keynote at Opening Ceremony
Bennett deBoisblanc, M.D., who was medical director of the ICU at Charity Hospital in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, will deliver the inaugural keynote address at the opening ceremony, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 15.
Foundation to Honor Healthcare Heroes, Heroines of Katrina
Healthcare professionals who tended to the medical needs of the New Orleans community in the wake of Hurricane Katrina will be recognized by the Foundation for the ATS at its second annual dinner benefitting the Society’s Research Program on Saturday, May 15, at 7 p.m.