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Scientific Assembly for

Pediatrics

San Diego, CA February 28, 2013

Mission Statement • To promote the respiratory health of children and

adolescents and to improve the care of children with respiratory disease through research, education, patient care, and advocacy.

• To advise the ATS on child health issues and work together with other national and international organizations toward our common mission of improving the health of children

Pediatric Assembly Executive Committee Assembly Chair Howard Panitch, MD, Elkins Park, PA Assembly Chair -Elect Robin Deterding, MD, Aurora, CO Immediate Past Chair Thomas Ferkol, MD, Saint Louis, MO Program Chair Carolyn Kercsmar, MD, Cincinnati, OH Nominating Committee Chair Marie Egan, MD, New Haven, CT Planning Chair Debra Boyer, MD, Boston, MA Program Chair-Elect Jim Chmiel, MD,PhD, Cleveland, OH

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY PEDIATRIC ASSEMBLY

Membership Chair Adrienne Prestridge, MD, Chicago, IL Web Director Wan Tsai, MD, Ann Arbor, MI Assembly International Relations Committee Chair Enrico Lombardi, MD, Florence, Italy Education Working Group Clement Ren, MD, Rochester, NY


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Pediatric Assembly: Current and future project topics


Current Peds ATS Projects Evaluation of respiratory mechanics and function in the pediatric and

neonatal intensive care unit (PI: Sarath Ranganathan) All day workshop at ATS. Document in early draft form Pediatric chronic home ventilation (PI: Ann Halbower and Laura Sterni)

Symposium on non-invasive ventilation at ATS. Workshop to develop guidelines on Pediatric chronic home ventilation at ATS. GRADE being done now. Document to be finished later in the year Guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of recurrent wheezing in

infancy (PI: Clement Ren and Charles Ester) Determined project was just too large for one manuscript. Focusing on evaluation of infant wheezing in this document. Planning on submitting another proposal focusing on the management of infant

wheezing. Day long workshop scheduled at ATS Care of the child with pulmonary hypertension (PI: Steven Abman) Pulmonary hypertension phenotypes (PI: Raed Dweik) Draft is in progress. Breakfast meeting at ATS

Flexible bronchoscopy of the pediatric airway (PI: Al Faro ) Literature evaluation underway All day workshop at ATS


Current ATS Projects (PEDS secondary)

ATS Research Statement on Recent Advances in Tobacco Addiction and Smoking Cessation (PI: A. White)

ATS/ERS Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI): Deriving global multi-

ethnic reference values for the transfer factor of carbon monoxide (TLCO) in the lungs (PI: Brian Graham)

Revision of the ATS/CDC/IDSA 2003 TB Treatment Statement (PI:

Payam Nahid)


Other Pediatric Assembly Activities

• Founders Award • 2 new awards:

• Clinician Educator Award • Robert B. Mellins Young Physician Scientist Award

• IPPN Web Page • Education Working Group

• To establish the educational agenda for the Pediatric Assembly, both within the International Conference curriculum and beyond the meeting itself, and to facilitate educational projects and curricula with other Assemblies within the ATS


Pediatric Assembly: International Members

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Pediatric Assembly: International Members Iran Ireland Japan Kuwait Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico Netherlands Nigeria Norway New Zealand Philippines Poland Romania South Africa Saudi Arabia Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey UAE United Kingdom Uruguay Zambia

Antilles Argentina Austria Australia Bosnia Brazil Canada Chile China Columbia Costa Rica Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Greece Guatemala Israel Italy Honduras Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia


Pediatric Assembly International Relations Committee

Objectives

o Increase the participation and leadership of international ATS members within the Assembly

o Increase the international ATS contacts and cooperation

o Develop clinical guidelines, care pathways, and consensus documents that would be applicable to children worldwide

o Develop or advance multinational clinical investigations and translational research collaborations

Enrico Lombardi, Florence, ITALY, Chair

Ian Balfour-Lynn, London, UK

Teresa Bandeira, Lisbon, PORTUGAL

Nicole Beydon, Paris, FRANCE

Hannah Blau, Petah Tikva, ISRAEL

Robin Deterding, Denver, USA

Ernst Eber, Graz, AUSTRIA

Ralph Epaud, Créteil, FRANCE

Thomas Ferkol, St. Louis, USA

Gesine Hansen, Hannover, GERMANY

Gunilla Hedlin, Stockholm, SWEDEN

Nizar Kherallah, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Larry Lands, Montreal, CANADA

Conrado Llapur, Tucuman, ARGENTINA


Carlos José Mendoza Fox, Lima, PERU

Howard Panitch, Philadelphia, USA

Paulo Márcio Pitrez, Porto Alegre, BRAZIL

Petr Pohunek, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC

Bruce Rubin, Richmond, USA

Paul Seddon, Brighton, UK

Peter Sly, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA

Renato Stein, Porto Alegre, BRAZIL

David Wensley, Vancouver, CANADA

Gary Wong, Hong Kong, CHINA

Özge Yilmaz, Manisa, TURKEY

Hasan Yuksel, Manisa, TURKEY

Heather Zar, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA

Zorica Zivkovic, Belgrade, SERBIA




National Delegates British Thoracic Society Ian Balfour Lynn French Society for Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology Ralph Epaud German Society for Pediatric Pulmonology Gesine Hansen Israeli Society for Pediatric Pulmonology Hannah Blau Italian Society for Pediatric Pulmonology Enrico Lombardi South African Thoracic Society Heather Zar Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Peter Sly


Pediatric Assembly International Relations Committee International Pediatric Pulmonary Network (IPPN) Webpage

IPPN Webpage

“Home" for pediatric pulmonologists and critical care pediatricians from around the globe

A common voice on many issues regarding child lung health as well as a central hub where resources and information can be easily accessed

Links with (potentially all) national Pediatric Pulmonology Societies around the world

Research studies and opportunities for international collaborations

Discussion of difficult cases

Links with clinical guidelines, patient organizations, and pediatric foundations


Pediatric Assembly: Junior Membership

Membership Committee Increase participation in established committees Conference facilitators and moderators Partnership with PEPTDA Partnership with CFF Establishment of awards to facilitate career advancement

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