Only 5 days left to take advantage of savings of $100 USD on general session registration for the 20th WCBIP/WCBE.
Early registration discount of $50 is available until MARCH 31. As a WABIP member, you get an additional $50 off general sessions. Therefore, register now and save $100 total (compared to registering on or after April 1 as a non-member, general sessions only)
WABIP members: LOG IN to get your coupon code and take advantage of the full discount when registering via the below link.
wcbip.org/register
You can still also register for the following Skills Lab:
- Endobrochial Ultrasound Brochoscopy (EBUS)
- Rigid Bronchoscpopy
- Small and Large Bore Chest Tube Insertion and Introduction to Pleuroscopy
- Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Organized by the WABIP, IBES and Mayo Clinic, the 20th WCBIP/WCBE will be held at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota on June 13-16, 2018. This biennial scientific meeting will offer the newest information about advances in technologies, education, and research to help you care for patients with lung, airway, and pleural disorders.
Abstract submissions are still open for the 20th WCBIP/WCBE. Abstracts must be in the areas of interventional pulmonology, laryngology, pleural diseases, tracheobronchology, thoracic surgery, and/or esophagology, and must be sent to us no later than April 1, 2018 (extended).
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April 1, 2018
Abstract submission deadline
Early registration discount ends
May 15, 2018
Special hotel rates offer ends
June 13, 2018
WABIP Board of Regents meeting
Opening ceremony |
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Target Audience
Physicians and care providers who care for patients with disorders of the larynx, pharynx, esophagus, and lungs. This event is designed to provide education for otolaryngologists, gastroenterologists, pulmonologists, and thoracic surgeons.
Learning Objectives
Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Describe the appropriate strategies for diagnosis, staging, tissue acquisition preparation and interpretation, and treatment, including standard chemotherapy, molecular targeted therapy and immunotherapy, for late stage lung cancer
- Describe the appropriate evaluation and diagnosis of pulmonary nodules including various navigational technologies, and bronchoscopic ablation technologies.
- Describe the latest approaches to the diagnosis and management of diffuse lung disease including the use of imaging, cryobiopsies, surgical lung biopsies and anti-fibrotic therapy.
- Define the proper management of malignant and benign airway diseases including tracheobronchial esophageal fistulas, tracheobronchomalacia, idiopathic subglottic stenosis, and tuberculosis induced stenosis using various airway stents, lasers and surgical options including tracheal transplantation.
- Describe the appropriate management of pleural diseases including complicated pleural effusions, malignant pleural effusion, empyema, and exudative pleural effusions of uncertain etiology using small bore chest tubes, tunneled pleural catheters, lytic therapy, pleuroscopy and video assisted thoracic surgery.
- Describe the implementation of a lung cancer screening program in high risk populations.
- Describe the appropriate evaluation and treatment of various pediatric benign and malignant airway disorders including airway foreign bodies, tracheobronchomalacia, tracheobronchostenosis, and tracheobronchial fistulas.
- Define the appropriate management of various esophageal disorders including gastroesophageal reflux, esophageal strictures and eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Describe the management of difficult asthmatics including the use inhalation strategies, monoclonal antibodies and bronchial thermoplasty.
- Define the use of the various bronchoscopic lung volume reduction devices in the management of severe emphysema.
- Define the educational requirements for Interventional Pulmonary training programs, and curriculum for pulmonary procedure courses.
- Describe the evaluation and management strategies for disorders of the mediastinum including fibrosing mediastinitis.
- Describe the current approaches to management of laryngotracheal stenosis and vocal cord dysfunction.
- Define the airway complications of lung transplantation and their appropriate management.
Visit the official congress site at:
www.wcbip.org
We look forward to seeing you in Rochester next June.
  
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