Which of these early career investigators will walk away with $10,000? With eyes on the prize, the three finalists will compete in a Shark Tank-style presentation to determine the winner during the ATS BEAR Cage Competition.
2019 Conference Preview
PAR Meet the Experts: Taking Charge
The ATS PAT will host its 13thannual Meet-the-Experts patient-family forum during ATS 2019. The event gives patients the opportunity to learn from and speak with leading physicians, researchers, and community organizers about specific lung disease topics.
PAR Offers Resources, Networking
ATS 2019 attendees will be able to talk to patients and patient advocates at 14 Public Advisory Roundtable (PAR) booths.
Discover Your ATS at the ATS Center
The Exhibit Hall is full of new and exciting things to discover, including the ATS Center. Don’t skip this valuable resource.
Put Your Best Face Forward
How you present yourself, even virtually—maybe especially virtually—says so much about you. Your headshot is your introduction and your first impression. Put your professional image in the hands of, well, professionals.
Don’t Miss the Best in Specialty Research and Education
Big things happen in Dallas, and the ATS 2019 International Conference is no exception. At ATS 2019, you’ll hear from world-renowned clinicians and scientists who will bring you cutting-edge research and share the latest scientific findings in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
Register by March 13 to Save Big
They say everything is bigger in Texas—including your early bird discount for the American Thoracic Society 2019 International Conference, May 17-22, in Dallas.
If you register by March 13, you’ll be rewarded with the lowest rate for the conference—a savings of $185* off the cost of a full member registration onsite. Registering now has other benefits as well. You can secure your reservations to ticketed events, purchase tickets for the annual ATS Foundation Research Program Benefit, and select your hotel accommodations.
Keynote Speakers, Lecturers Bring Big Science
Big data, data sharing, and decision-making are just a few of the themes you can expect from keynote speakers and lecturers at the ATS 2019 International Conference. These renowned speakers with diverse backgrounds will present cutting-edge research on a variety of timely topics hand-selected for the pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine community.
ATS 2019: Apex of a Global Conversation
The ATS 2019 truly is an international conference. About 40 percent of the attendees will travel to Dallas from nearly 100 countries. Many of those attendees will be chairing events, and many more will be presenting their research. In fact, more than 1,900 abstracts will be presented by international researchers.
Rounds Honored With Breathing for Life Award
Sharon Rounds, MD, will be presented with the Breathing for Life Award at the annual ATS Foundation Research Program Benefit on Saturday, May 18. Dr. Rounds is professor of medicine and of pathology and laboratory medicine at Brown Medical School and staff pulmonary/critical care physician at the Providence VA Medical Center.