Advanced Lung Disease Symposium

Dallas, TX US
February 7, 2026

The Advanced Heart and Lung Disease Symposia will feature two educational tracks focused on enhancing participants' knowledge and equipping them with practical strategies for the latest advancements in the diagnosis and management of heart and lung diseases.

Target Audience

  • Physicians - $285
  • Physician Assistant - $245
  • Nurse Practitioner - $245
  • Nurse - $199
  • Fellows - $199
  • Residents - $199
  • Other - $199

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe the current therapy of strategies of heart failure as related to obesity, pregnancy and diabetes.
  • Compare new treatments and devices for heart failure management
  • Consider outcomes of great debates on controversies in heart failure management
  • Integrate into practice the clinical pearls and pitfalls of recognition and management of cardiogenic shock
  • Evaluate the data regarding new therapeutics in multiple disciplines within pulmonary medicine, including asthma, obstructive lung disease, interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary hypertension
  • Review updates in lung transplantation
  • Compare the data on conservative management versus advanced therapeutics including ECMO, transplantation, catheter directed lysis.
  • Review the current state of lung nodule evaluation and then apply in practice appropriate novel diagnostic modalities available.
  • Review updates on the treatment and management of pulmonary embolism.      
  • Interpret the emerging modalities in the field of interventional pulmonology for the purpose of providing improved patient outcomes.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    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.
  • 6.75 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/17/2025
Course expires: 
03/10/2026
Event starts: 
02/07/2026 - 7:00am CST
Event ends: 
02/07/2026 - 4:45pm CST
Part of: 
2026 Advanced Heart and Lung Disease Symposia
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TimePulmonary and Critical Care Symposium
  
 Session 1
7:00Registration, Breakfast and Exhibits
7:50Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:00Asthma mimics (VCD, Hyer eosinophilic, obstruction, alpha 1, PCD, etc.) - Mark Millard, MD
  
8:45Inflrammation Interrupted: New Thoughts and Novel Therapeutics in Bronchiectasis - Frederick Jung, MD
  
  
9:45Morning Break and Exhibits
  
 Session 2
10:15Feathers are for the Birds: Recognizing and Treating Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis - Susan Mathai, MD
  
11:00No Room to Breathe: Endotracheal Intubation Decisions when Survival is at Stake - John Vassaur, MD
  
  
12:00Lunch
  
 Session 3 
1:00COPD rx; Invasive Management of COPD - EBVs - Abhishek Kumar, MD
  
2:00Sleep Disorders - Bhavna Sharma, MD
  
2:45Break and Exhibits
  
 Session 4
3:15Sarcoid - Yolanda Mageto, MD
  
  
4:00PERT Power and the CTEPH Challenge: A Story of Clots, Plots, and Docs Who Won't Stop - Abdurrahman Husain, MD
  
4:45Closing Remarks and Adjourn
The Westin Dallas Galleria
13340 Dallas Parkway
Dallas, TX 75240
United States

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  6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NURSING ACCREDITATION:  Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Available Credit

  • 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    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.
  • 6.75 Attendance
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Cancellation and Refund Policy

Refunds (less $50 administrative fee) will be provided to registrants who cancel their registration two weeks prior to the course if cancellation by registrant becomes necessary. Refunds will be processed in the same form of payment as registration was received.

Right to Cancel or Postpone

Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) reserves the right to cancel or postpone any course due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event that BSWH must cancel or postpone this course, the registration fee will be fully refunded.  BSWH is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline, travel or lodging agencies.