Greetings from the Pulmonary Vascular Disease NetWork at CHEST! Dr. Jean Elwing, NetWork Chair, and Dr. Vijay Balasubramanian, NetWork Vice-Chair, would like to provide some updates on recent projects and planned education that we are excited to share with you!
Updates in Pulmonary Vascular Disease NetWork education/awareness:
Our Pulmonary Vascular Disease (PVD) NetWork joined together and prepared a very interesting and interactive roundtable discussion on pulmonary hypertension in the setting of interstitial lung disease for our NetWork Featured Lecture, entitled “Pulmonary Vascular NetWork Roundtable Discussion: Pulmonary Hypertension Related to Interstitial Lung Disease: Review of the INCREASE Trial and Practical Applications.” Our discussion began with a review of pulmonary hypertension and interstitial lung disease by our steering committee members, Drs. Stephen Mathai and Oksana Shlobin. This was followed by an interactive discussion by members of our steering committee and CHEST PVD NetWork.
If you missed the session, the recording will be available soon on the NetWork’s session page, only accessible for registrants, in the CHEST 2021 platform along with:
Check out our NetWork’s latest article, "Cascade testing in PAH: Is there a role?," by steering committee member, Sandeep Sahay, MD, FCCP, and Jean Elwing, MD, FCCP, in the latest CHEST Physician®issue.
CHEST 2021
Missed the NetWork Featured Lecture? Registrants can view “Pulmonary Vascular NetWork Roundtable Discussion: Pulmonary Hypertension Related to Interstitial Lung Disease: Review of the INCREASE Trial and Practical Applications” soon on the CHEST 2021 platform until October 1, 2022, plus explore NetWork Bites and other relevant content. If you haven’t registered for CHEST 2021 yet, you still can for a very limited time to gain access to more than 200 educational sessions. Register now.
COVID-19 resources
Explore the COVID-19 Resource Center to find curated content to help you during the pandemic. Browse through clinical resources, access key research related to the management of patients with COVID-19, view recorded webinars, and more.
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Jean Elwing, MD, FCCP The current Chair for the Pulmonary Vascular Disease NetWork is Dr. Jean Elwing, the Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at the University of Cincinnati. She took on the role of Chair of the NetWork at CHEST 2019. Her clinical and research focus is pulmonary vascular disease.
Vijay Balasubramanian, MD, FCCP The current Vice-Chair for the Pulmonary Vascular Disease NetWork is Dr. Vijay Balasubramanian, the Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at UCSF Fresno. He took on the role of Vice-Chair of the NetWork in 2019. Dr. Balasubramanian’s clinical and research focus is pulmonary vascular disease and interstitial lung disease. He is very excited about the opportunity to work with our Pulmonary Vascular Disease NetWork members this coming year.
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