
March 22, 2024 30th Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Conference
A Quality Symposium- Inova’s Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Conference is a full day comprehensive event that offers top-quality education and the opportunity to virtually connect with expert faculty.
Cutting Edge Advances - This event will include discussions covering the latest in pulmonary and critical care medicine and directly focus on updates pertaining to the delirium management, pulmonary fibrosis, chronic cough, and pulmonary complications of cancer care. In addition, this conference will provide an update on COPD.

Target Audience
This Symposium is Intended for Physicians in the Following Medical Specialties:
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Critical Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Family Practice
- Thoracic Surgery
It may also be of Interest to:
- Respiratory Care Practitioners
- Physician Assistants
- Nurses, Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
- Allied Health Care Professionals Interested in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine

Learning Objectives
Identify the indications for post resuscitation neuromonitoring.
Identify the interpretation of pulmonary CT scan for the pulmonologist.
Formulate different management methods in treating a patient with chronic cough.
As is the case with many regional and national medical conferences, we are trying to get back to a full in-person conference. We would ask that you strongly consider attending in person—it truly adds to the collegiality of the experience for all of us. Lecturers like speaking to an engaged in-person audience, especially when they have travelled across the country to attend our conference. It also gives many of us the chance to see colleagues we haven’t seen in a few years and an opportunity to talk with nationally known speakers after their lectures.
Session | Presenter | Time |
Registration Check-In & Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 7:30 – 7:50 a.m. |
Opening Remarks | Eric Libre, MD, FACP, FCCP & Hussain Dhanani, MD | 7:50 – 8:00 a.m. |
Update on Lung Cancer Treatment and Managing Treatment-Related Pulmonary Complications | Anne Melzer, MD | 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. |
Evaluation of Chronic Cough | Richard S. Irwin, MD, Master FCCP | 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
Break with Exhibitors |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
The Delirium Revolution: Our Lynchpin to Finding the Person in the Patient | E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
Update on COPD Diagnosis and Management | Gerard J. Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP | 11:30 – 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch with Exhibitors & Inova Schar Oncologist Update |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
The Fearless ICU: Creating a Culture of Healing and Transformation | Sergio Zanotti, MD, FCCM | 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. |
Neuromonitoring to Guide Care in ICU and Survivors of Sudden Cardiac Arrest | Edilberto Amorim, MD | 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. |
Interpretation of the Chest CT for the Pulmonologist | Mark S. Parker, MD, FACR | 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
Pulmonary Unknown Cases | Mark S. Parker, MD, FACR | 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks | Eric Libre, MD, FACP, FCCP & Hussain Dhanani, MD | 5:30 p.m. |
Conference Requests:
Conference dress is business casual and we ask that you bring a sweater or jacket for your personal comfort during the meeting should the room be too cold for your comfort. If you have a dietary need or request, please email [email protected] no later than March 15 2023.
Persons with disabilities who may need auxiliary aids or services should send a request to [email protected] so that appropriate arrangements can be made in advance. Requests should be make no later than March 15, 2023.
Travel
Parking:
Parking will be validated while onsite. Please park in the BLUE parking lot and bring your ticket inside for validation.
Once you have parked, walk across the street to the Professional Services Building entrance, where you will be screened. Then follow signs for the Physicians Conference Center (PCC).
Or enter in at the Physicians Conference Center (PCC) doors.
Hotel Accommodations:
Archer Hotel Falls Church
8296 Glass Alley, Fairfax, VA 22031
Go to INOVA Booking Link
- (https://archerhotel.com/falls-church/book/inova)
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Book Your Special Rate”
- Go to Calendar and Click on Arrival and Departure Dates
- Then click Search
- Reservations will require a credit card for guarantee – with the exceptions of those being direct billed
Reservations can also be made online using the PROMO Code 8296INOVA or via phone at 571-327-2277
- (www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=Inova%5EI55%60WASFP%60&app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes)
- 3111 Fairview Park Dr, Falls Church, VA 22042
- (703) 849-9400
Program Directors:
Eric Libre, MD, FACP, FCCP
Chief, Pulmonary Section
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Hussain M. Dhanani, MD
Director Critical Care Ultrasound
Interim Associate Director, Critical Care Services
Inova Medicine Service Line
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Inova Mt Vernon Hospital
System Chair Patient Blood Management
Speaker Disclosure Statement:
Inova Health System’s Office of Continuing Medical Education adheres to ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity, including faculty, program directors, and planners are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities as defined by ACCME. All relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Hussain Dhanani, MD
Eric Libre, Eric Libre, MD, FACP, FCCP
Edilberto Amorim, MD
Gerard Criner
Eugene Ely, MD, MPH
Richard Irwin
Anne Melzer, MD, MS.
Mark Parker, MD, FACR
Sergio Zanotti Cavazzoni, MD, FCCM
Inova CME Accreditation
The Inova Office of Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Medical Society of Virginia to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
The Inova Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physicians may claim up to 8 credits in Type 1 CME on the Virginia Board of Medicine Continued Competency and Assessment Form required for renewal of an active medical license in Virginia.
Available Credit
- 8.00 ABS MOC
- 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Thank you Exhibitors! Our event would not be possible without the generous support from our sponsors.
- ANI Pharmaceuticals
- AstraZeneca
- Biodesix
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Electromed, Inc.
- Grifols
- GSK
- Insmed
- Johnson & Johnson
- Melinta Therapeutics
- Merck
- Sanofi & Regeneron
- Takeda
- Verona Pharma
Interested in Exhibiting?
To confirm your space as an exhibitor, complete the exhibitor registration form and return to [email protected].

In-Person Exhibit Booth: $3,000
- Downstairs location
- 6' undraped table with two chairs
- Conference registration for two representatives
- Verbal recognition the day of the conference with signage, podium mention and on screen during the conference
- Company name recognition on:
- Exhibitor page on event website
- Marketing emails
- Introduction slides, break slides, and closing slides
- Post event follow up attendee email
- Attendee registration list
Questions? Email Christina Fontana for more information.
Price
Registration Information:
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As is the case with many regional and national medical conferences, we are trying to get back to a full in person conference. We would ask that you strongly consider attending in person—it truly adds to the collegiality of the experience for all of us. Lecturers like speaking to an engaged in-person audience, especially when they have travelled across the country to attend our conference. It also gives many of us the chance to see colleagues we haven’t seen in a few years, and an opportunity to talk with nationally known speakers after their lectures.
Are you an Inova Employee?
You can register via cost center.
Once receiving approval from your department leader, enter your cost center into the ‘coupon’ field while registering (or checking out). If it doesn’t apply, please email [email protected] for additional assistance. Your sponsoring department will be charged the cost of registration after the event.
Refunds:
Refunds will be allowed up a to week before the event. Refund requests need to be submitted in writing to [email protected].