Telephone #:  415-655-0003         Access Code #:2661 213 5545    Password:  Lecture

OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:  (1) Discuss the history of bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology, (2) Review the scope of practice of interventional pulmonology,

3) Review the indications, contraindications, techniques, and updates for:

• Bronchoscopic techniques for peripheral nodules
• Robotic-assisted bronchoscopy
• Transbronchial cryobiopsy
• Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction

4) Discuss new investigational procedures for COPD:

• Bronchial Rheoplasty
• Metered Cryospray
• Targeted Lung Denervation

FACULTY DISCLOSURE:  Justin Jacobs, DO, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

PLANNER DISCLOSURE:  Austin Metting, MD and Tresa McNeal, MD, have no relevant financial relationship(s) with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.  Michael Volk, MD was a consultant for Bausch Health.

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

ACCREDITATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION:  The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC:  Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

For information, please contact Denise Ralston at Denise.Ralston@BSWHealth.org