The Lancet in collaboration with the ATS will update ATS 2013 attendees on tobacco control policies in the U.S., Europe, and Asia during a Tuesday afternoon scientific symposium, C91 “The Global Burden of Tobacco Related Lung Disease.”
May 21, 2013
An Interview with Patricia W. Finn, MD, ATS President-Elect
Q: Your agenda for the coming year will focus on health equality. Can you briefly describe this concept and how the Society might address it?
A: I would describe my leadership style as collegial and collaborative. As such, I would like to call on the members for input in tac-kling the very broad issue of health equality, to which I feel passionately and personally connected.
Find Clinical Trials Information at ATS 2013
Clinicians looking to take part in the process of discovery and development of new drugs and devices will have many opportunities during ATS 2013 to connect with industry exhibitors to learn more about the latest clinical trial recruitment and research.
ATS Plenary to Feature Conversations with Luminaries
ATS luminaries Gerard “Gerry” M. Turino, MD, and Jonathan M. Samet, MD, MS, will join ATS leadership on stage for a special conversation about the Society and the larger respiratory community, past and present, during the ATS Plenary Session at 11:30 a.m. today in the Grand Ballroom (above Grand Hall) in the convention center. ATS President Monica Kraft, MD, and President Elect Patricia W. Finn, MD, have prepared questions for what should be a lively and collegial discussion.
Attendees Embrace MOC Opportunities
More than 500 ATS 2013 attendees are taking part in the ATS Adult Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Core Curriculum Maintenance of Certification Modules and the Pediatric Core Curriculum MOC Modules.