1st, 2nd and 3rd December – Killashee Hotel Naas

Thursday 1st December 2022

13.00 –14.00ITS Specialist Registrar Study Day Registration & Lunch
14.00 – 16.50ITS Specialist Registrar Training - Fountain Suite
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17.30 – 20.30ITS Case Study Forum – Rathaskar Suite

Chairs:
Dr Brian Kent - St James' Hospital, Dublin
Dr Emer Kelly - St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin
Dr Fatma Gargoum - Galway University Hospital, Dublin
Dr Liam Cormican - Connolly Hospital, Dublin
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17.30 – 19.00ITS Case Study Poster Review – Rathaskar Reception
19.00 – 20.30ITS Case Study Oral Presentations – Rathsakar Suite
20.30Dinner and Prize-giving – Rathaskar Suite

Friday 2nd December 2022

07.30 – 08.00 Registration, tea and coffee (Exhibition Room)
08.00 – 09.00Poster Review I - Rathaskar Reception Area
09.00 – 10.15Parallel Discussions
Chairs1. Asthma – Fountain Suite
Dr Patrick Mitchell – Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin
Dr Dorothy Ryan- Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Chairs2. Interstitial Lung Disease – Belling Suite
Professor Killian Hurley - Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Dr Eoin Judge - Connolly Hospital, Dublin
Chairs3. Lung Cancer – Boardroom 1
Dr Parthiban Nadarajan – St James’s Hospital Dublin
Professor Karen Redmond – Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin
Chairs4. Patient Care – Blue Room
Dr Stanley Miller- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin
Ms Aoife Folliard – Mayo University Hospital, Mayo
Chairs5. TB, Pleural and Sleep Disorders - Moore Abbey
Dr David Curran - Mercy University Hospital, Cork
Dr Laura Gleeson – St.James’s Hospital, Dublin
10.15 – 10.45Tea and Coffee / Exhibition Viewing - Thomson & Ainsworth Suite
10.45 –11.45Poster Review II - Rathaskar Reception Area
11.45 – 13.00Parallel Discussions
Chairs6. Cystic Fibrosis – Moore Abbey
Professor Barry Plant – Cork University Hospital, Cork
Dr Suzanne Carter – St Vincents University Hospital Dublin
Chairs7. COPD – Belling Suite
Dr Sarah O’Beirne – St. Michaels & St Vincents Hospitals, Dublin
Dr Ian Counihan – Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
Chairs8. COVID-19 – Blue Room
Dr Barry Kennedy – St James’s Hospital, Dublin
Dr. Deirdre Fitzgerald, Tallaght University Hospital
Chairs9. General Respiratory – Boardroom 1
Dr Hilary McLoughlin – Portiuncula University Hospital, Co Mayo
Dr John Kiely –Mallow General Hospital, Co Cork
Chairs10.Telehealth – Innovation Hub
Dr Imran Sulaiman – Beaumont Hospital Dublin
Dr Tidi Hassan – Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
13.00 – 14.30Lunch and ITS AGM – Fountain Suite
14.30 – 16.30Oral Presentations – Rathaskar Suite
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ChairsProfessor Silke Ryan – St Vincent's University Hospital Dublin
Professor Anthony O’Regan – Galway University Hospital Galway
16.30 – 17.00Tea and Coffee / Exhibition Viewing - Thomson & Ainsworth Suite
17.00 – 18.00ITS Guest Lecture I – Rathaskar Suite
Developments in Sarcoidosis Pathogenesis and Treatment
Dr Elliott Crouser, Professor of Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine
ChairsDr Ruairi Fahy – St James’s Hospital Dublin
Dr Kate O’Reilly – Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin
19.00 – 19.45Drinks Reception – Old House
To Include Presentation of Awards
20.00 – lateGala Dinner – Rathaskar Suite
To Include Presentation of the ITS Award for Outstanding Contribution to Respiratory Medicine

Friday 2nd December 2022 - Affiliate Meetings

13.00 –17.00ITS Paediatric Forum – Blue Room
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14.30 –16.30CPRC (Pulmonary Physiotherapy) Forum – Moore Abbey Suite
15.30 – 17.00ANÁIL Forum – Fountain Suite
14.30 - 16.30Respiratory Physiology (IICMP Respiratory Faculty) – Belling Suite

Saturday 3rd December 2022

09.00 – 09.30Registration, tea and coffee
09.30 –10.15ITS Pro/con debate
'E-cigarettes are more harm than good'
Dr Des Cox – Children’s Health Ireland
Dr Emer Kelly – St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
ChairProfessor Luke Clancy, Tobacco Free Research Institute
10.15–11.00Guest Lecture II
Role of the Pathologist in the Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Diseases
Professor Aurelie Fabre, Consultant Histopathologist, UCD Full Clinical Professor UCD School of Medicine, St Vincent’s University Hospital Dublin
ChairsDr Nazia Chaudhuri – Western Healthcare Trust, Altnagelvin Hospital, N. Ireland
Professor Killian Hurley – RCSI, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
11.00 –11.30Tea and Coffee
11.30 –12.15Guest Lecture III
What Physiology is Essential to the Respirologist in 2022?
Professor Franco Laghi, Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Loyola University Chicago and Hines VAH
ChairDr Brian Canavan – St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny
12.15 –12.45Guest Lecture IV
Integrated Respiratory Care: Seamless End-to-End Patient-Centred Care
Dr Stanley Miller, National Clinical Lead Respiratory, Consultant Respiratory Physician Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin
ChairsDr Aidan O’Brien – University Hospital Limerick, Limerick
Dr Susan Foley – Waterford University Hospital, Waterford
12.45Meeting close