Deep Breaths: Updates from CHEST

Host: Michael E. Greenberg, MD, MPH Guest: Randy Young, MD Despite widespread eligibility, only half of Americans received their flu vaccine last year, and only 55% have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr. Randy Young joins host Dr. Michael Greenberg to discuss the latest coadministration guidelines and how they could impact vaccination rates. This episode is produced in partnership with t...

Host: Matthew P. Bars, MS, CTTS, NCTTP Guest: Michael C. Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA Guest: Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD Dr. Matt Bars is joined by his two colleagues: Dr. Laura Crotty Alexander, Associate Professor of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine at the University of California San Diego, and Dr. Michael Fiore, Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin and Director of the University of Wi...

Host: Timothy Aksamit, MD Guest: Amy Levinger, MSN, FNP-C Guest: David E. Griffith, MD The prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease in the United States has almost doubled between 2008 and 2015. But despite this increase, its diagnosis can often be delayed, which is why pulmonary nurse practitioner Amy Levinger and Dr. David Griffith join Dr. Tim Aksamit to discuss the diagno...

Host: Xavier Soler, MD, PhD Guest: Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP To help us address the current lack of awareness of uncontrolled or symptomatic asthma in all stages of the disease, Dr. Xavier Soler is joined by Dr. Nicola Hanania, Associate Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Director of the Airway Clinical Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Together, they’ll discu...

Host: David E. Griffith, MD Guest: Amy Levinger, MSN, FNP-C Guest: Timothy Aksamit, MD The care team supporting a patient with mycobacterium avium complex, or MAC, lung disease is just as important as the treatment itself. Joining Dr. David Griffith to discuss how we can provide optimal treatment using established guideline-based strategies all while protecting patients’ quality of life are Dr. Ti...

Host: Megan Carreon, MHA, RRT Guest: Amy Levinger, MSN, FNP-C Guest: Timothy Aksamit, MD There are numerous factors that contribute to an overall wellness of patients with of NTM refractory MAC lung disease. Listen in as Megan Carreon, Assistant Professor with the Division of Respiratory Care at UT Health San Antonio, Texas, sits down with pulmonary nurse practitioner Amy Levinger from NYU Langone...

Host: Tom Corbridge, MD, FCCP Guest: Navitha Ramesh, MD, FCCP Now that long-acting muscarinic receptor antagonists (LAMAs) have entered the scene, Dr. Tom Corbridge is joined by Dr. Navitha Ramesh, a pulmonologist and critical care physician at UPMC, to review some patient cases demonstrating how LAMAs may be changing the way we approach step-up treatment for some patients with asthma. A non-promo...

Host: Tom Corbridge, MD, FCCP Guest: Matt Hegewald, MD FCCP With uncontrolled asthma placing such a tremendous burden on our patients and our society, how can we use the latest treatment guidelines to help alleviate that burden? Dr. Matt Hegewald is here to talk about the new and emerging guideline-based treatments for uncontrolled asthma, like long-acting muscarinic antagonists. A non-promotional...

Host: Tom Corbridge, MD, FCCP Guest: Gary T. Ferguson, MD, F.C.C.P Listen in as Dr. Tom Corbridge and Dr. Gary Ferguson discuss the challenges physicians and patients face when there is an underreporting of COPD symptoms. Together, they’ll also explore the ways physicians can overcome these obstacles and give their patients the appropriate treatment. This episode is supported in part by an unrestr...

Host: Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP Guest: Neil J. Freedman, MD Coming from the 2019 annual CHEST conference in New Orleans, Dr. Nicola Hanania joins Dr. Neil Freedman to discuss the advances in the diagnosis and treatment of COPD as well as the updated GOLD guidelines that were covered at the conference.

Host: Anoop Nambiar, MD Guest: Joshua Mooney, MD, MS At the 2019 CHEST annual conference, Dr. Anoop Nambiar got a chance to catch up with Dr. Joshua Mooney, who highlighted the conference’s key takeaways on interstitial lung disease, like recently developed screening tools, lung transplant technologies, self-care strategies for patients, and more. Along with strategies and the latest treatment app...

Host: Kristina Montemayor, MD Guest: Natalie E. West, MD Guest: Allison Lambert, MD Drs. Natalie West and Allison Lambert join Dr. Kristina Montemayor on the floor of the 2019 CHEST annual conference to talk about the sweat chloride test, CFTR modulator therapies, and other emerging strategies for diagnosing and treating patients with cystic fibrosis. In this episode, Drs. West, Lambert, and Monte...

Host: Sandhya Khurana, MD, FCCP Guest: Monica Kraft, MD, FCCP Recorded live at the 2019 annual CHEST conference in New Orleans, Dr. Monica Kraft joins Dr. Sandhya Khurana to talk about how the new available biologics are going to fit into the severe asthma treatment landscape along with other highlights from the conference. Find out what Dr. Khurana and Dr. Kraft think you should do right now to i...