American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
13th Annual ACCP Community Asthma and COPD Coalitions Symposium, CHEST 2011
Tuesday and Wednesday, October 25–26, 2011
Honolulu, Hawaii
The agenda and presentations from the 13th Annual ACCP Community Asthma and COPD Coalitions Symposium, CHEST 2011 Conference are now available.
The CHEST 2011 Conference featured experts in clinical chest medicine and brought together attendees from around the world to learn about the latest in global pulmonary infections, chest medicine, patient care and practice management strategies.
The conference included a 2-day Community Asthma and COPD Coalitions Symposium that focused on asthma and COPD management. Resources from this symposium are included below for you to download and learn about the latest in asthma care and effective asthma management strategies.
Presentations
- Welcome From EPA: Tracy Washington-Enger, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Asthma and COPD in 2011--Highlights and Controversies: Jay Peters, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center
- Assuring Quality Care for Respiratory Diseases in Your Community: What Local Physicians and Coalitions Can Do: W. Brendle Glomb, M.D., Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities: Tracey Mitchell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Programs in Action for Results: Amanda Reddy, New York State Department of Health, Healthy Neighborhoods Program; Mamta Reddy, M.D., South Bronx Asthma Partnership, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center; Tyra Bryant-Stephens, M.D., The Community Asthma Prevention Program
- Community Outreach for Asthma and COPD Coalitions in Hawaii: Valerie Chang, Hawaii COPD Coalition
- Asthma and COPD Health Disparities: Winston Liao, North Carolina Department of Public Health
- Outreach to Minority Populations: LeRoy Graham, M.D., Not One More Life, Inc.
- Learn More Breathe Better: How Local Communities Are Using National Campaign Resources to Raise Asthma and COPD Awareness: Rachael Tracy, National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health
- Asthma Action Plans-–Workshop on Developing a Community Wide Asthma Action Plan: Rachael Tracy, National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health
- Increasing COPD Awareness and Screening: Jo Ellen Wynne, COPD Alliance; Brian Carlin, M.D., COPD Alliance
- Welcome to Day Two From EPA: Tracy Washington Enger, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Michigan MATCH Program–-Asthma Disease Management: Karen Meyerson, Asthma Network of West Michigan; Tisa Vorce, Asthma Network of West Michigan
- Improving Inpatient and Outpatient Treatment of COPD: What Local Coalitions Can Do: Sidney Braman, M.D., Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- Workshop: Improving Community Management of Asthma and Guideline Implementation – (GIP Report and Healthy People 2020, Quality Measures): Tyra Bryant-Stephens, M.D., Community Asthma Prevention Program of Philadelphia; Winston Liao, North Carolina Department of Public Health
- Sustaining Your Program–-Defining Your Program’s Value: Tracy Washington Enger, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Karen Meyerson, Asthma Network of West Michigan