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Memorial Hermann Hospital
Respiratory Care Services Department
2007 Annual Fall Symposium

We are pleased support of the 2007 Fall Symposium at Memorial Hermann Hospital. The fall symposium is two days of intensive and informative lectures covering a wide range of topics from High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation to living with chronic disease to bedside monitoring. Each lecture will be delivered by a distinguished expert in their field, many lecturers who have presented all over the world.



Lectures:
  Airway Pressure Release Ventilation   Sue Pilbeam, MS, RRT, FAARC
  Advanced Assessments Using Ultrasound Leading to Interventions in Respiratory Care   Richard Sheldon, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAARC
  Respiratory Care: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We Need to Be   Forrest Bird, MD, PhD
  Pulmonary Embolism: A Potential Visit to the Pearly Gates   Vijay Deshpande, MS, RRT, FAARC
  Mechanical Ventilation in Mass Casualty Situatons: A Plea For Common Sense Thinking   Richard Branson, MS, RRT, FAARC
  New Respiratory Care Technologies   Russell Acevedo, MD, FAARC, FACP, FCCM, FCCP
  New Modes of Ventilation   Daniel W Chipman, RRT
  Noninvasive Ventilation: First Choice in the ICU?   NIck Hill, MD
  Management of ARDS: Randomized Controlled Trials, Lung Recruitment, and the Setting of PEEP   Robert Kacmarek, PhD, RRT, FAARC
  Take Heart America: The Science of Improving Outcomes After Sudden Cardiac Death   Keith Lurie, MD
  Thriving Not Just Surviving: A Patients Perspective for Living with Mechanical Ventialtion   Barbara Rogers
  New Advances in Neonatal Mechanical Ventialtion   Amir Khan, MD

Guest Faculty:
  Forrest Bird, MD, PhD, ScD   A Physicist, Pathophysiologist, Teacher, Lecturer, and Pioneer
  Barbara Rogers   President, Respiratory Resources, Inc.
Director, Breethezy
  Daniel Chipman, RRT   Assistant Director Respiratoyr Care
Massachusetts General Hospital
  Vijay Deshpande, MS, RRT, FAARC   Assistant Professor, Retired
Georgia State University
  Susan P Pilbeam, MS, RRT, FAARC   Clinical Application Speialist
Maquet, Inc.
  Russell A Acevedo, MD, FAARC, FACP, FCCM, FCCP   Clinical Professor of Medicine
Upstate Medical University
Medical Director, Respiratory Care Department
Crouse Hospital
  Robert Kacmarek, PhD, RRT, FAARC   Accociate Professor of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Director of Respiratory Care
Massachusetts General Hospital
  Nicholas S. Hill, MD   Chief, Pulmonary & Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Pulmonary & Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Tufts-New England Medical Center
  Amir Khan, MD   Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Director of Respiratory Care
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
  Richard L Sheldon, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAARC   Clinical Professor of Medicine
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Medical Director of the Crafton Hill College's
School of Respiratory Care
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
The University of California at Riverside's School of Bio-Science
Vice-President for Medical Affairs
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
  Keith G Lurie, MD   Professor of Internal and Emergency Medicine
Graduate Faculty in Biomedical Engineering
  Richard D Bransson, MS, RRT, FAARC   Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Critical Care Research
Department of Surgery and Critical Care Research
University of Cincinatti


Click on this here to download a copy of the program which includes information on how to participate.

Additional information can be found in the Classes & Events section on the Memorial Hermann Hospital web page. (http://www.memorialhermann.org/calendarofevents/default.htm)


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