While many ATS 2018 attendees have been gearing up for the conference, some have already been hard at work. They came early to participate in programs for early career professionals— the Student Scholars Program, the Resident Boot Camp, and the ATS Fellows Track Symposium.
2018 Conference Daily
Welcome!
Welcome to ATS 2018, the intellectual crossroads of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine!
ATS 2017 Annual Report Highlights Global Impact and Initiatives
In 2017, the ATS made important advances in its global initiatives. Here are some of the international highlights from the past year drawn from the ATS 2017 Annual Report.
ATS Debuts Critical Care Board Review Book
Fellows preparing for the ABIM critical care certification exam on Nov. 12 now have a new resource: the ATS Review for the Critical Care Boards.
MyATS Launches Collaboration Feature
Last December, ATS launched Phase I of the MyATS web platform, an online portal that allows ATS members to customize their web experience by identifying their “favorite” web pages on the ATS website and saving them in their MyATS dashboard. This month, ATS is launching Phase II, which focuses on expanding members’ abilities to collaborate.
An Exciting Time in Pleural Disease Management
In recent years, multicenter randomized clinical trials have addressed the best approach to common clinical dilemmas in pleural disease management, including malignant pleural effusion, pleural infection, tuberculous pleural effusion, and pneumothorax. The Tuesday symposium State-of-the-Art Pleural Disease Management: Clinical Trials Changing Care Practice addresses these advances.
Recognizing CLAD May Improve Transplant Results
Chronic lung allograft dysfunction is nothing new. It even has an established acronym, CLAD. But emerging data show a pathophysiology that is more complex than many clinicians or researchers realize. CLAD comes in multiple phenotypes and at least two distinct flavors.
Connect With Colleagues at Networking Events
Expanding your knowledge and network are primary objectives of the ATS 2018 International Conference, where you will find world-class educational programming as well as numerous opportunities for networking.
Bibbins-Domingo to Discuss Communities at Risk
The annual ATS Diversity Forum’s featured speaker is Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS, who will address career and diversity issues followed by a question-and-answer period.
Earn MOC Points and CME Credits
ATS 2018 attendees are able to earn up to 44.5 American Board of Internal Medicine MOC Medical Knowledge points and 10 American Board of Pediatrics Part 2 MOC
Self-Assessment points.