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Irish Thoracic Society

Annual Scientific Meeting 2025

 

Thursday 20th November 2025
13.30 – 16.30

ITS Specialist Registrar Training – Main Auditorium Lettermore Suite

  • 13:00 – 13:30 – Light Refreshments 
  • 13:30 – 14:15 – PCD and Bronchiectasis – Prof Melissa McDonnell, Dr Padraig Hawkins
  • 14:15 – 15:00 – Venous Thromboembolic Disease – Dr Ruth Gilmore
  • 15:00 – 15:30 –  Coffee Break
  • 15:30 – 16:15 – Vaccines and more: Case based discussions – Prof. Anto O’Regan
  • 16:15 – 16:30 – Discussion
17.15 – 21.15 ITS Case Study Forum
Co- Chairs: 
Dr Michael Henry, Cork University Hospital, Dr Robert Rutherford, University Hospital Galway
17.15 – 18.15

Case Poster Review 

  • Dr Michael Henry, Cork University Hospital. 
  • Dr Robert Rutherford, University Hospital Galway
  • Prof. Marcus Kennedy, Cork University Hospital 
  • Dr Nazia Chaudhuri, Altnagelvin Area Hospital 
 
View Case Poster Board List Here
18.15 – 19.15 Buffet Dinner – Bay Brasserie, Galway Bay Hotel
19.15 – 20.30

Oral Presentations – Main Auditorium Lettermore Suite

  1. Elucidating the Masked Diagnosis- GLILD masquerading as Asthma Exacerbations in a CVID patient – Presented by Dr Mehr Ali Khan and Dr Zaeem Sohail Jafar, Tallaght University Hospital 
  2. Plastic Bronchitis: A Rare Cause Of Life Threatening Airway Occlusion – Presented by Dr Edward Morrin, Beaumont Hospital Dublin
  3. The Diagnostic Odyssey: A Case of Severe Multi-System Complications in a Woman with Unicentric Castlemans Disease – Presented by Dr Tara Byrne, University Hospital Galway 
  4. When Tuberculosis Turns Critical: A Rare Constellation of Severe Complications – Presented by Dr Zainab Afzal,  Beaumont Hospital Dublin
  5. Were we Dup-ed?: Chroniceosinophilic pneumonia in a patient with difficult to treat asthma -Presented by Dr Gary McGowan, Cork University Hospital
20.30 – 21.15 Drinks Reception and Prize-giving – Seascape Lounge
 

Friday 21st November 2025
08:00 – 08.30 Registration, Refreshments & Meet the Industry
08:30 – 09.15 Poster Review I – View Poster Board List Here
09.15 – 10.30 Parallel Poster Discussions 1 – View Invite List Here
  1. Asthma – Main Auditorium Lettermore Suite
Chairs

Dr Ruth Cusack, University Hospital Galway

Dr Mike Harrison, University Hospital Galway
  2. ILD –  Inishturk Suite 
Chairs

Dr Kate O’Reilly, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

Professor Anthony O’Regan, University Hospital Galway
  3. TB/CF/Infection – Inisheer Suite
Chairs

Professor Melissa McDonnell, University Hospital Galway

Professor Laura Gleeson, St James’s Hospital Dublin
  4. Sleep – Inishmore Suite
Chairs

Dr Fatma Gargoum, University Hospital Galway

Dr Ciara Gough, Sligo General Hospital
10.30 – 11.00 Refreshments & Meet the Industry
11.00 – 11.45

Guest Lecture – Lettermore Suite

Co- Chairs: Dr Katherine Finan, Sligo General Hospital , Professor Eddie Moloney, Tallaght University Hospital 

Professor James Chalmers – Big news for Bronchiectasis in 2025

Chair of Respiratory Research, University of Dundee

Chief Editor of the European Respiratory Journal
11.45 – 12.45

Oral Session 1 – Lettermore Suite

Co- Chairs: Professor Eddie Moloney, Tallaght University Hospital, Dr Katherine Finan, Sligo General Hospital

1. Asthma

Development of a multi-modal model to predict asthma outcomes using digital monitoring tools – Presented by Dr Ciara Ottewill, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

2. ILD

Clinical Characteristics and Genetic Results from a Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis Clinic – Presented by Dr. Aoife Carolan, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

3. TB/CF/Infection

A view of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) in a tertiary referral centre in Ireland – Presented by Dr.James O’Hanlon, University Hospital Galway

4. Sleep

Management Outcomes of Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (AHI 5-15) in a Tertiary Sleep Clinic. A 3-year Retrospective Review – Presented by Dr Aimee Wallace, Mercy University Hospital
12.45 – 14.15 Lunch & Meet the Industry
13.00 – 14.15 

Lettermore Suite

  • 13:00 – 13:15 ITS AGM
  • 13:15 – 14:15 – ITS Business Meeting
14:15 – 15:00

Poster Review 2 – View Poster Board List Here

5. Lung Cancer/Pleural/Surgery

6. General Respiratory 

7. COPD
15:00 – 16.15 Parallel Poster Discussions 2 –  View Invite List Here
  5. Lung Cancer/Pleural/Surgery – Inisheer Suite
 Chairs

Professor David Breen, University Hospital Galway

Professor Karen Redmond, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
  6. General Respiratory – Main Auditorium Lettermore Suite
 Chairs

Dr Hilary McLoughlin, Portiuncula Hospital

Mr. Craig McDonnell, Senior Respiratory Physiologist, Tallaght University Hospital

Ms. Aoife Sheehan, Senior Physiotherapist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
  7. COPD – Inishturk Suite
Chairs 

Professor Sinead Walsh, University Hospital Galway

Professor Imran Sulaiman, Beaumont Hospital Dublin
16.15 – 16.45 Refreshments & Meet the Industry
16.45 – 17.30

Guest Lecture – Main Auditorium Lettermore Suite

Co- Chairs: Prof. Des Murphy, Cork University Hospital, Professor Karen Redmond,  Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

The Changing Face of COPD care in Ireland
Professor Breda Cushen, National Clinical Lead Respiratory, Health Service Executive
17.30 – 18.30

Oral Session 2 – Main Auditorium Lettermore Suite

Chair: Prof. Des Murphy, Cork University Hospital,  Professor Karen Redmond, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

5. Lung Cancer/Pleural/Surgery

The parapneumonic pleural effusion niche skews macrophages toward an M2 phenotype with enhanced thrombogenic potential – Presented by Dr Emma McNally, Trinity College Dublin

6. General Respiratory

A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Inhaler Disposal – Presented by Ms. Emily O’Carroll Marangos, Ulster University

7. COPD

Spirometry Data from an Irish Lung Cancer Screening Cohort – Undiagnosed Airflow Obstruction – Presented by Dr Conor Hayes, Beaumont Hospital Dublin.
19.15 – 20:15 Gala Drinks & Trad Music Reception – Atlantic Bar, Galway Bay Hotel
20:15 – Late

Gala Dinner, Prize-giving and Presentation of Award for Outstanding Contribution to Respiratory Medicine –

Lettermore Suite, Galway Bay Hotel.
   
  Affiliate Forums and Parallel Meetings
10.00 – 17.00 ITS Paediatric Forum  – Inishmaan Suite
11.00 – 12.30 ANAIL Forum – Inishturk Suite
11.00 – 12.30 IICMP Respiratory Faculty Forum – Inishmore Suite
11.00 – 12.30 CPRC Forum – Inisheer Suite
13.00 – 14.15 ITS AGM and Business Meeting –  Main Auditorium Lettermore Suite
13.15 – 14.15 Irish Pleural Group Meeting – Inishturk Suite
 

Saturday 22nd November 2025
07.45 – 09.15 ITS Run and Coffee Club – Galway Prom 
09.30 – 10.15 Refreshments & Meet the Industry
10.15 – 11.00

Guest Lecture – Main Auditorium Lettermore Suite

Chair: Professor David Breen, University Hospital Galway

Professor Philippe Astoul – Management of Malignant Pleural Pathologies
Why do not perform medical thoracoscopy?

Head of Thoracic Oncology, Pleural Diseases and Interventional Pulmonology, Aix-Marseille University, France
11.00 – 11.30 Refreshments
 11.30 – 12.15

Guest Lecture – Main Auditorium Lettermore Suite 

Chair: Professor Melissa McDonnell, University Hospital Galway

Professor Francis Finucane – A Two-Pronged Approach to Obesity

Consultant Endocrinologist, University Hospital Galway and Professor of Medicine, University of Galway
12.15 – 13.00

Guest Panel Session – Main Auditorium Lettermore Suite 

Chair: Professor Melissa McDonnell, University Hospital Galway

ILD – Now and the Future

Dr Nazia Chaudhuri, Consultant Respiratory Medicine, Altnagelvin Area Hospital & Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Ulster

Prof. Killian Hurley, Consultant Respiratory Medicine, Beaumont Hospital & Associate Professor of Medicine, RCSI

Ms. Lynn Fox, Advanced Nurse Practitioner ILD, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Bay Brasserie
 14.00 Event Close