Wednesday October 11
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Addictions, Smoking and Vaping, Ken Capek, MPA, RRT
10:45 am – 11:45 am
Disaster Planning: Improving Patient Safety (mandatory), Ken Capek, MPA, RRT
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Refreshment break
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Impacts from Environmental Asthma, Ameesha Mehta-Sampath, M.PH, LEED-AP
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Lung Transplantation for Respiratory Failure, Martin Streuber, MD
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Rivers Deep, Mountains High – Fundamentals of Diving and Altitude Medicine, Andrew Martin, MD, FCC
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Vendor reception
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Boogie Nights
Thursday, October 12
7 am – 8:30 am
Exhibit hall / breakfast
8:45 am – 9:45 am – Breakout Session 1
I Breathe In Strength; I Breathe Out Weakness – Neuromuscular Diseases, Martin Landsang, MD
Modern Bioethics for Children (mandatory), Colin O’Reilly, DO, FAAP, FACOP, FCCM
10:00 am – 11:00 am – Breakout Session 2
An update on Telemedicine in Respiratory Care, Al Heuer, PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT, FAARC and Ben Cortese, BS, RRT
Zika Update (mandatory), Colin O’Reilly, DO, FAAP, FACOP, FCCM
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Exhibit hall / Raffle / Student hour
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Awards / NJSRC / Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Keynote Address, Natalie Napolitano, MPH, RRT-NPS, AE-C, CTTS, FAARC
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm – Breakout Session 3
Keeping the Railroad on Track, Federico Cerrone, MD, FAASM, FCCP
TBA, John A. Rutkowski, MBA, MPA, RRT, FACHE, FAARC and CCM Student Presentation
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Breakout Session 4
Definitive Noninvasive Management of Patients with Ventilatory Pump Failure, John Bach, MD
TBA, John A. Rutkowski, MBA, MPA, RRT, FACHE, FAARC and CCM Student Presentation
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm – Breakout Session 5
Mechanical Ventilation: Oral and Interprofessional Care, Lenny Nyangwara, MSM, RRT
Excellence Defines Us: An update from the NBRC, Bob Joyner PhD, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FAARC
6:00 pm
Sputum bowl / cocktail hour
Friday, October 13
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Non-invasive Ventilation and COPD, Tim Dixon, CRT
9:45 am – 10:45 am
An Interdisciplinary COPD Discharge Education Program to Decrease 30-day readmission rates, Moira Kendra, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, MA
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Oxygen: The Breath of Life, Navdeep Brar, MD, FCCP
Agenda subject to change.
