ATS 2012
ATS 2012 ● May 18-23 ● Moscone Center
747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Friday 5/18
Maria I. Ramirez – Postgraduate Course, [PG7] EPIGENETICS OF LUNG DISEASES
[2:45 PM] Histone Modification
Friday, May 18, 2012 – 8:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Room 2001 (West Building, Level 2), Moscone Center
Kevin Wilson: Speaker, Development of Official ATS Documents,
Friday, May 18th, 12:30-4:00 pm,
Yerba Buena 5, Marriott Marquis, San Francisco
Saturday 5/19
Jay Mizgerd – Postgraduate Course, [PG20] HOST DEFENSE MECHANISMS IN PULMONARY INFECTION
[11:00 AM] Neutrophils In Pulmonary Immunity And Host Defense To Bacteria
Saturday, May 19, 2012 – 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Room 2020 (West Building, Level 2), Moscone Center
Kevin Wilson: Co-chair and Speaker,
Developing Performance Measures from ATS Guidelines,
Saturday, May 19th, 8:00am-4:30 pm,
Sierra Suite B, Marriott Marquis, San Francisco
Sunday 5/20
Darrell Kotton: Scientific Symposium, [A8] ARRA-FUNDED LUNG STEM AND PROGENITOR CELL PROJECTS
[9:25 AM] Characterization Of Human Hematopoietic And Endodermal Progenitors Derived From IPSC
Sunday, May 20, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 2006-2008 (West Building, Level 2), Moscone Center
Renda Wiener: Poster Discussion Session – Poster Presentation, [A22] PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPIRATORY HEALTH OUTCOMES
[Poster Board # 404] Emotional Distress Associated With Incidental Pulmonary Nodules: Results From A Multi-Center Patient Survey
Sunday, May 20, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM Poster Viewing: 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM
Discussion: 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 2014 (West Building, Level 2), Moscone Center
Arjun Guha: Poster Discussion Session – Poster Presentation, [A28] LUNG DEVELOPMENT: BENCH TO BEDSIDE
[Poster Board # 216] Neuroepithelial Bodies In The Developing Airways Of The Mouse Lung Are Surrounded By A Distinct Population Of Secretory Precursors
Sunday, May 20, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM Poster Viewing: 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM
Discussion: 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 309 (South Building, Esplanade Level), Moscone Center
Emily Porter (for Julie Payne): Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation,
[A35] RECENT ADVANCES IN PHAGOCYTE BIOLOGY
[Poster Board # G21] In Vivo NF-kB Activity In A Mouse Model With RelA-Deficient, Lentivirally Transduced Alveolar Macrophages
Sunday, May 20, 2012 – 8:15AM – 4:30PM Poster Viewing: 10:45-12:30
Area G (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Kazuko Yamamoto (for Praveen Govender): Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation,
[A35] RECENT ADVANCES IN PHAGOCYTE BIOLOGY
[Poster Board # G28] An Essential Role For Myeloid RelA In Basal Lung Homeostasis
Sunday, May 20, 2012 – 8:15AM – 4:30PM Poster Viewing: 10:45-12:30
Area G (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Renda Wiener: Thematic Poster Session- Facilitator,
[A39] IMPROVING QUALITY IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Sunday, May 20, 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM,
Area C (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Liz Klings: Thematic Poster Session- FACILITATOR
[A58] CLINICAL EVALUATION OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Sunday, May 20, 2012 – 8:15AM – 4:30PM Poster Viewing: 10:45-12:30
Area F (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Charles Dumont: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation,
[A60] COPD: OMICS
[Poster Board # J131] Airway Gene Expression Is Associated With The Radiographic Extent Of Emphysema In COPD
Sunday, May 20, 2012 – 8:15AM – 4:30PM Poster Viewing: 10:45-12:30
Area J (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Dana Kretschman: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation,
A66 – MODELING, MECHANICS AND GAS EXCHANGE
Rate Of FEV1 Decline In Healthy Adults: Defining The Upper Limit Of Normal In The Framingham Heart Study
Sunday, May 20, 2012 – 8:15AM – 4:30PM
Radhika Dixit: Mini Symposium – Oral Presentation, [A97] MODELING REMODELING: HOW DISEASE AFFECTS THE AIRWAYS
[2:45 PM] The Contribution Of Mesothelial-Derived Cells To Lung Development
Sunday, May 20, 2012 – 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Room 3016-3018 (West Building, Level 3), Moscone Center
Kevin Wilson: Speaker, ATS Presidential Symposium; Drugs, Regulatory Agencies and Guidelines: The Challenges of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis,
Sunday, May 20th, 2:00-4:30 pm,
Room 304-306, Esplanade Level, Moscone Center, San Francisco
***TRUDEAU MEDAL***
The Trudeau Medalist is an individual with lifelong major contributions to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lung disease through leadership in research, education, or clinical care. This award was established in 1926 and is given in honor of Edward Livingston Trudeau, a founder and the first president of the American Lung Association.
Awardee: David M. Center, MD, Boston, MA
Introducer: Jeffrey Berman, MD, Boston, MA
The ATS International Conference 2012 Awards Session will be held on
Sunday, May 20 from 4:45 PM-6:30 PM
Room 102-103-104 (South Building, Lower Level), MOSCONE CENTER
Monday 5/21
Hap Farber: Moderator, Mini Symposium – Oral Presentation, [B19] UPDATE IN CLINICAL TRIALS OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
[9:45AM] Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)-Specific Therapy At Time Of Worsening To Functional Class IV In Patients From The REVEAL Registry
[10:00AM] The PROSPECT Registry: Study Design, Patient Characteristics, And Treatment Patterns
Monday, May 21, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 2006-2008 (West Building, Level 2), Moscone Center
Sohera Syeda: Poster Discussion Session – Poster Presentation, [B23] OUTCOMES, HEALTH SERVICES AND PATIENT-CENTERED RESEARCH IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
[Poster Board # 207] State-Level Variations In The Usage Of Tracheostomy
Monday, May 21, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM Poster Viewing: 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM
Discussion: 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 309 (South Building, Esplanade Level), Moscone Center
Kahkeshan Hijazi: Poster Discussion Session – Poster Presentation, [B25] SMOKING ACROSS THE RESEARCH SPECTRUM: SYMPTOMS, GENETICS, AND QUALITY OF LIFE
[Poster Board # 401] Nasal Epithelial Gene Expression Profiles Reflect The Host Response To Smoking Cessation
Monday, May 21, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM Poster Viewing: 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM
Discussion: 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 2014 (West Building, Level 2), Moscone Center
Yannbor Lin: Poster Discussion Session – Poster Presentation, [B28] EMERGING BIOMARKERS OF COMPLEX LUNG DISEASES
Upper Airway Gene Expression As A Biomarker Of Active And Secondhand Smoke Exposure
Monday, May 21, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 3009 (West Building, Level 3), Moscone Center
Rebecca Kusko: Poster Discussion Session – Poster Presentation, [B28] EMERGING BIOMARKERS OF COMPLEX LUNG DISEASES
Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Of The Lung Transcriptome In Emphysema And IPF Using RNA-Seq
Monday, May 21, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 3009 (West Building, Level 3), Moscone Center
Katrina Steiling: Poster Discussion Session – Poster Presentation, [B28] EMERGING BIOMARKERS OF COMPLEX LUNG DISEASES
A Bronchial Airway Gene Expression Signature Of COPD That Is Reflective Of Lung Tissue Disease Processes And Is Reversible With Inhaled Steroids
Monday, May 21, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 3009 (West Building, Level 3), Moscone Center
Kazuko Yamamoto: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation, [B55] HOST DEFENSE IN PULMONARY INFECTION AND TUBERCULOSIS
[Poster Board # G31] Innate Immune Responses Of Type I Alveolar Epithelial Cells During Pneumonia
Monday, May 21, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area G (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Kristie Hilliard: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation, [B55] HOST DEFENSE IN PULMONARY INFECTION AND TUBERCULOSIS
[Poster Board # G34] The Hepatic Acute Phase Response Regulates Pulmonary Inflammation During Pneumonia
Monday, May 21, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area G (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Marisa Ramirez (for Yuxia Cao): Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation,
[B65] EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF LUNG CELL FUNCTION
[Poster Board # H11] H3K27me3 Demethylases Jmjd3 And/Or UTX Contribute To Activating Expression Of Endoderm & Early Lung Developmental Transcription Factors Foxa2 & Gata6
Monday, May 21, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area H (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Andrew Wilson: Meet the Professor Seminar, [MP516] GENE THERAPY FOR LUNG DISEASES: A POSTPONED DREAM WHOSE TIME HAS COME?
[12:00 PM] Gene Therapy For Lung Diseases: A Postponed Dream Whose Time Has Come?
Monday, May 21, 2012 – 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Room 262 (South Building, Mezzanine), Moscone Center
Radhika Dixit: 2012 ATS Respiratory Structure & Function Assembly Abstract Excellence Award/RSF Meeting – for The Contribution Of Mesothelial-Derived Cells To Lung Development
Monday May, 21st from 5-7 pm in the Yerba Buena Ballroom 9 on the Lower B2 level
Marriott Marquis, San Francisco ***Congratulations Radhika!***
PULMONARY CENTER RECEPTION
7:30PM – Monday, May 21, 2012.
Please contact Raquel McDonald-Henry at (617) 638-4861 or raqmcd@bu.edu
Tuesday 5/22
Wellington Cardoso: Scientific Symposium, [C7] DEVELOPMENTAL CONTROL OF RESPIRATORY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION DURING THE COURSE OF LIFE
[8:40 AM] Mechanisms Of Lung Development: Relevance To COPD
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 3016-3018 (West Building, Level 3), Moscone Center
Darrell Kotton: Science & Innovation Center (SIC), forum for networking, learning & consulting
[12:00 PM-1:00 PM] Expert Consultation: Pulmonary stem cells
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Moscone Center, Exhibit Hall A
Renda Wiener: Scientific Symposium – Moderator, [C10] IMPLEMENTING LUNG CANCER SCREENING: MOVING FROM RCTS TO THE REAL WORLD
Tuesday, May 22, 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM,
Room 132-133 (North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Renda Wiener: Scientific Symposium – Oral Presentation, [C10] IMPLEMENTING LUNG CANCER SCREENING: MOVING FROM RCTS TO THE REAL WORLD
[9:05 AM] Communicating With Patients About Results Of Lung Cancer Screening
Tuesday, May 22, 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM,
Room 132-133 (North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Todd Davidyock: Poster Discussion Session – Poster Presentation, [C28] DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
[Poster Board # 413] Use Of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing To Differentiate Between Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension And Pulmonary Venous Hypertension Related To Diastolic Dysfunction - Poster Viewing: 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM
Sunday, May 20, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM - Discussion: 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 2014 (West Building, Level 2), Moscone Center
Lynnae Hyatt: Thematic Poster Session/Presentation [C35] BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA
[Poster Board # G65] Myeloid Deficiency Of Brf1 Limits Inflammatory Cytokine mRNA Expression During Pneumonia
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area G (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Fadie Coleman: Thematic Poster Session/Presentation [C35] BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA
[Poster Board # G67] Heterogeneity In Activation Of Macrophage NF-kB By Patient Isolates Of Pneumococci
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area G (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Melissa Tukey: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation, [D48] Bronchoscopy for Benign Disorders
Population Based Trends In Bronchoscopy and Transbronchial Lung Biopsy from 2000 to 2009
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area H (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Hap Farber: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation, [C63] MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
[Poster Board # D49] Long Term Ambrisentan Therapy In Patients With HIV Infection: A Meta-Analysis From The Ambrisentan Studies
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area D (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
J. Beane & J.F. Brothers: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation, [C67] TRANSLATIONAL “OMICS” DISCOVERIES IN LUNG DISEASE
[Poster Board # J2] Identification Of Lung Disease‐Associated Novel Transcripts And Alternative Splicing By RNA‐Sequencing
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area J (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Josh Campbell: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation, [C71] MAJOR IMPACT OF MICRO-RNA FUNCTION
[Poster Board # J123] Characterizing The Small RNA Transcriptome Associated With COPD And ILD Using Next Generation Sequencing
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area J (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Jay Mizgerd: Mini Symposium – Oral Presentation
[4:15 PM] Innate Immunity In Influenza And Postinfluenza Pneumonia.
[C95] NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO INFLUENZA PATHOGENESIS
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Room 3016-3018 (West Building, Level 3), Moscone Center
Sharon Chinthrajah: Mini Symposium – Oral Presentation
[3:30 PM] The Acute Phase Response Limits Inflammatory Cytokine Expression During Influenza Infection
[C95] NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO INFLUENZA PATHOGENESIS
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Room 3016-3018 (West Building, Level 3), Moscone Center
Melissa Tukey: Poster Discussion Session – Poster Presentation, [C103] Pathogenesis, Biomarkers, and Risk Factors For Interstitial Lung Disease: From Bench to Bedside.
Room 131, Tuesday May 22nd 2:00 to 4:30 (viewing time 2:00 to 3:00, discussion 3:00 to 4:30)
Wednesday 5/23
Jesus Paez-Cortez: Poster Discussion Session – Poster Presentation, [D28] DEVELOPMENTAL SIGNALING REBORN IN ADULT LUNG DISEASE
[Poster Board # 404] Intracellular Jagged1 Dependent Notch 3 Receptor Activation In Embryonic Lung Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Regulates The Physiological Properties Of Pulmonary Artery Vascular Smooth Muscle
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Poster Viewing: 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM Discussion: 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Room 2014 (West Building, Level 2), Moscone Center
Nathalie Ahyi: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation, [D40] SEPSIS
[Poster Board # E76] Stat3 Mediates Secretory Protein Expression In The Liver During Pneumonia And ER Stress
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Room: Area E (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Dana Kretschman: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation,
D52 – CASE REPORTS: PLEURAL DISEASES
Recurrent Pleural Effusion Caused By Catamenial Hemothorax In A Patient With Multiple Sclerosis
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM
Melissa Tukey: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation, [D68] PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASES: CLINICAL CASES
[Poster Board # H3] Here Today Gone Tomorrow: Recurring And Remitting Pregnancy-Associated Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Room: Area H (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Ryan Martin: Thematic Poster Session/Presentation, [D76] ALVEOLAR EPITHELIUM: NOVEL TOOLS AND PHENOTYPES
[Poster Board # A37] T1Alpha Interacts With Myh9, A Non-Muscle Myosin, In Type I Lung Epithelial Cells
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area A (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Laertis Ikonomou: Thematic Poster Session/Presentation, [D76] ALVEOLAR EPITHELIUM: NOVEL TOOLS AND PHENOTYPES
[Poster Board # A40] Generation And Characterization Of An Nkx2-1-GFP Reporter Mouse Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area A (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Hector Marquez: Thematic Poster Session- Poster Presentation, [D77] AIRWAY CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND INJURY: TWO SIDES OF A COIN
[Poster Board # F55] Regulation Of Airway Smooth Muscle Phenotype By Retinoic Acid In The Lung
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Poster Viewing: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Area F (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Allan Walkey: Mini Symposium – Oral Presentation, [D94] NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION AND WEANING BY THE BAY
[2:45 PM] Utilization Of Non-Invasive Ventilation In Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure From 2000-2009: A Population-Based Study
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Room 304-306 (South Building, Esplanade Level), Moscone Center
Liz Klings: Mini Symposium – Oral Presentation, [D97] PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: NEW INSIGHTS INTO CAUSES AND TREATMENTS?
[3:45 PM] An Elevated Tricuspid Regurgitant Jet Velocity in Sickle Cell Disease Is Associated With Polymorphisms In Genes Impacting Innate Immunity
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Room 3006-3008 (West Building, Level 3), Moscone Center
Darrell Kotton: Moderator, Mini Symposium,
[D99] REPAIR BY STEM CELLS: PARACRINE MECHANISMS AND INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS (IPSCS)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Room 3020-3022 (West Building, Level 3), Moscone Center
- Finn Hawkins: Mini Symposium – Oral Presentation
[3:15 PM] Derivation Of Lung Progenitors From Pluripotent Stem Cells
- Amulya Iyer: Mini Symposium – Oral Presentation
[3:45 PM] Patient-Specific Treatment Of Long QT Syndrome Based On Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Disease Modeling
Melissa Tukey: Poster Discussion Session – Poster Presentation, [D102] Quality Improvement In Critical Care Medicine
An End to See One, Do One, Teach One? Early Experiences With The Development Of A Medical Procedure Service.
Room 131, Wednesday May 23rd 2:00-4:30 PM (viewing time 2 to 3, discussion 3 to 4).

