Rescue Lung Society 2024 Conference – OCTOBER 25 & 26, HYATT REGENCY BOSTON HARBOR AND VIRTUALLY
Join Us for the Rescue Lung Society Annual Conference
October 25, 26, 2024
Theme: Lung Cancer Screening Today and Tomorrow
Join us in person or virtually to listen and interact with world renowned faculty on timely and critical topics in lung cancer screening. The conference agenda includes speaker and panel discussions on CT lung screening in clinical practice, CT lung screening quality indicators, stigma, screening criteria and addressing disparities, research, clinical trials and studies, cancer screening biomarkers and AI, and advocacy and legislative initiatives.
CME will be offered.
Location:
Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor and virtually
101 Harborside Drive, Boston, MA 02128
Registration – Early registration ends on October 10th 2024. – https://rescuelungsociety.wildapricot.org/event-5773158
Submit abstracts for the poster session by Sep 30th, 2024 – https://form.jotform.com/241586270820153
Learn more about our sponsorship opportunities and exhibitor packages
Sponsor and exhibitor registration link:
https://rescuelungsociety.regfox.com/2024-rls-conference-registration
Agenda
Friday October 25, 2024
7:00am – Breakfast and Registration
8:00am – Welcome – Jacob Sands
8:10am – Session I – Lung Cancer Screening in Clinical Practice – Moderator – David Baldwin
- Primary care physician engagement and outreach/Networks
Jennifer Lewis, Vanderbilt University
- Improving Adherence
Mary Pasquinelli, University of Illinois
- Managing Incidental Findings
Debra Dyer, National Jewish Health
- Rural Outreach
Mike Gieske, St. Elizabeth Cancer Center
- Challenges in Implementing new ACS guidelines – no time since quit
Eric Hart, NorthWestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
- What are complication rates for CTLS invasive procedures and best practices for reducing them
Elliot Servais, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
- Pulmonary nodule clinics
Ray Osarogiagbon, Baptist Cancer Center
- Screening lung cancer survivors without a smoking history
Raja Flores, Mount Sinai Health System
- Q&A
10:30am – 10:50am – Break
10:50am – Discussion – Pros and Cons – Centralized vs PCP referred vs hybrid models
Peter Mazzone, Cleveland Clinic
Andrea McKee, Radiation Oncology Associates, PA / Rescue Lung Society
11:20am – Session II – CT Lung Screening Quality Indicators – Moderator: – Carey Thomson
- Review and Recommendation – IASLC Perspective
Martin Tammemagi, Brock University
- Rescue Lung Society program quality metrics
Shawn Regis, Rescue Lung Society
- CT Lung Screening proposed HEIDIS measures
Ella Kazerooni, University of Michigan
- Is there an acceptable benign resection rate? Pro and Con
Dan Raz, City of Hope
Mara Antonoff, MD Anderson
- Q&A
12:50pm – 2:00pm – Lunch and Visit Exhibitors
2:00pm – Session III – Stigma – Moderator: Jamie Ostroff
- What is the impact of stigma on patients?
Jill Feldman, EGFR Resistors
- Reframing Lung Cancer in Public Discourse: The Role of the Lung Cancer Stigma Communications Assessment Tool (LCS-CAT)
Lisa Carter-Bawa, Hackensack Meridian Health
- Lung Cancer Stigma in Europe
Anne-Marie Baird, Lung Cancer Europe
- Impact of Tobacco Control Policy on lung cancer stigma – pro-con discussion
Matthew Steliga, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Andrea Borondy Kitts, Rescue Lung Society
- Q&A
3:30pm – 3:50pm – Break
3:50pm – Session IV – Screening Criteria and Addressing Disparities – Moderator: Matt Smeltzer
- Lung Cancer Risk Prediction – Indigenous Models for Heterogenous Populations
Martin Tammemagi, Brock University
- CTLS in New Zealand Focusing on Screening Indigenous Population
Sue Crengle, University of Otago
- Disparities in eligibility using pack years criteria
Alexandra Potter, American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative
- Simplify eligibility criteria to “if ever smoked” vs age/smoking history vs individual risk prediction models -pro/con
Doug Wood, University of Washington
Kevin ten Haaf, Erasmus
5:30pm – 6:30pm – Reception and Visit Exhibitors
6:30pm – 8:30pm – Dinner
Saturday October 26, 2024
7:00am – Breakfast and Registration
8:00am – Brady McKee Excellence in Lung Cancer Screening Award – Andrea McKee
8:30am – Session V- Research, Clinical Trials, and Studies – Moderator: Harry de Koning
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- Notification of Coronary Artery Calcium on Lung Screening CT: a New Way to Reduce Risk of Cardiac Events
David Maron, Stanford
- Impact of a community support program on adherence to LCS follow-up in an urban environment
Farouk Dako, University of Pennsylvania
- HIV and risk of lung cancer
Randi Williams, Georgetown University Medical Center
- INSPIRE Lung Cancer Screening Study for High-risk Black Women Who May Not Meet the 2021 USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility Criteria in Boston and Chicago
Jeff Yang – Massachusetts General Hospital
- Lung Cancer Screening in Asians that never smoked
Elaine Shum, NYU Langone Health
- LuCNeSS Study – lung cancer in those who never smoked
AJ Piper, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
10:30am – 11:00am – Break
11:00am – Session V- Research, Clinical Trials, and Studies – Continued
- Boston Firefighters CT Lung Screening program
Erica Warner, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Expanding LCS criteria in the VA population
Lucy Spalluto, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
11:50am – 1:00pm – Lunch and Visit Exhibitors
1:00pm – Session VI -Lung Cancer Screening, Biomarkers and AI – Moderator: Luis Montuenga
- Risk Prediction with Biomarkers
Hana Zahed, IARC
- The SUMMIT Study
Monica Mullin, University College London and University of British Columbia
- Sybil
Allison Chang, Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Breathomics
Renelle Myers, University of British Columbia
- Imaging and clinical data
Joey Bargo, Baptist Health and Thynk Health
2:40pm – 3:00pm – Break
3:00pm – Session VII — Advocacy and Legislative Initiatives – Moderator: Andrea Ferris
- Outreach and Awareness –American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative – point of tobacco sale lung cancer screening and Plus1 Initiatives
Deepti Srinivasan, American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative
- Lung Cancer Policy Network – Global Policy Initiatives
Eleanor Wheeler, Lung Cancer Policy Network
- GO2 Foundation – US Policy Initiatives
Anita McGlothlin, GO2 Foundation
4:00pm – Close Out and Final Thoughts – Jacob Sands
Thank You To Our Sponsors
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Rescue Lung Society
2024 RLS Conference
October 25, 2024 - October 26, 2024
Boston, MA
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Rescue Lung Society. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Professions in scope for this activity are listed below.
Amedco Joint Accreditation Provider Number: 4008163
Physicians
Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians. Physicians
should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.