• Conference Brochure
• Conference Agenda
• Conference Speakers/Committee

Agendas are subject to change because we are always striving to improve the quality of your educational experience. MD Anderson may substitute faculty with comparable expertise on rare occasions necessitated by illness and/or scheduling conflicts, conflicts and so forth.

Please let us know what specific topics, issues or questions you wish to see addressed or emphasized in this activity.

Fax CME/Conference Management at 713-794-1724 or email: register@mdanderson.org. All responses will be forwarded to the Program Chair for consideration.

Course Description

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is pleased to provide an intensive hands-on, two-day course designed to review the current concepts and recent advances in interventional pulmonology as it pertains to the cancer patient, and to introduce new technologic advances that have revolutionized the diagnosis, staging, and management of lung cancer.

Malignancies involving the lungs continue to provide a significant challenge to chest physicians. With the exponential increase in technology, several minimally-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are becoming feasible. As the largest cancer center in the world, MD Anderson is able to offer a depth and breadth of clinical experience and training that few can match. With a distinguished faculty made up of the world’s top experts, this course is designed to provide the participant with a state-of-the-art review of the principles and practices of interventional pulmonology in patients with thoracic malignancies.

In addition to attending interactive didactic sessions, participants will also receive extensive practical instruction in selected techniques utilizing in vivo animal models. Instructional group size is limited in order to maximize interaction and individual “hot zone” time.  Additional instruction can be individualized for those wishing to emphasize particular techniques. Endobronchial Ultrasound techniques will be particularly stressed and participants should be able to acquire the cognitive and technical skills to safely perform Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided transbronchial Needle Biopsies upon course completion.

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

• Utilize appropriate lung cancer screening techniques according to national guidelines and standards (knowledge, competence);
  
• Assimilate the therapeutic options for management of airway tumors (knowledge, competence);
  
• Interpret the available evidence for adjunctive therapies in the palliative and curative management of lung cancer (knowledge, competence);
  
• Utilize the principles of evidence based medicine in evaluating new technologies (knowledge, competence);
  
• Demonstrate the ability to perform Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration on a porcine model and to perform other aspects of cytological diagnosis (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes);
  
• Perform endobronchial stenting on a porcine model (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes);
  
• Incorporate evidence based best practices for the management of recurrent malignant pleural effusions (knowledge, competence, performance)
  

Educational Methods

• Lecture/Didactic
• Interactive Case Discussions
• Skills-Based Demonstration
• In Vivo Wet Lab Stations
• Question-and-Answer Sessions - (Audience Response System)

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CME Certificates and Attendance Verification

Certificates awarding AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM or certificates documenting attendance will be emailed when an individual completes the online CME Verification process after the conference. To obtain a CME certificate, physicians must complete the online evaluation questionnaire and CME Verification for each session.

A record of attendance (certificate) will be provided online to other health care professionals for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies, or other professional associations.

Disclosure

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has implemented a process whereby everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest that could potentially affect the information presented. MD Anderson also requires that all faculty disclose any unlabeled use or investigational use (not yet approved for any purpose) of pharmaceutical and medical device products. Specific disclosure will be made to the participants prior to the educational activity.

Physician Payments Sunshine Act

MD Anderson complies with the Physician Payments Sunshine Act as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Accordingly, we may be required to collect information on transfer of value provided to any covered recipient under the ACA.

On-site registration opens at 7:00 am on Thursday, February 20, 2020 in the foyer outside Onstead Auditorium on Floor 3 of the Mitchell Building (BSRB). 

The opening session of the conference will begin at 7:20 am on Thursday, and the conference will adjourn at 4:45pm on Friday, February 21, 2020.

Advanced registration is encouraged as space and materials are limited. Please see the registration form for applicable fees.

The conference registration fee includes tuition, breakfasts, breaks, lunches, and the welcome reception.

Registration Fees for Conference Only

PHYSICIANS

Full Course Registration: Includes Live Didactic and Lab Sessions 

Received prior to 1/30/20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,950.00

Received on or after 1/30/20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,350.00

Live Didactic: Includes Didactic Sessions

Received prior to 1/30/20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00

Received on or after 1/30/20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,200.00

PHYSICIANS-IN-TRAINING (Requires a Letter of Verification from Department Chairman)

Full Course Registration: Includes Live Didactic and Lab Sessions

Received prior to 1/30/20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00

Received on or after 1/30/20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,200.00

Live Didactic: Includes the Didactic Sessions

Received prior to 1/30/20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $900.00

Received on or after 1/30/20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,100.00

The registration fee, minus a $50 administrative handling fee, is refundable if a written request is received on or before January 30, 2020.  No refunds will be granted after that date.  The request for a registration refund must include the tax identification number of the company or institution if registration was paid by a company or institution check.  For additional information, contact CME/Conference Management at 713-792-2223 or toll free at 866-849-5866.

The Department of CME/Conference Management reserves the right to cancel activities prior to the scheduled date if low enrollment or other circumstances make it necessary. Each registrant will be notified by mail, email, or at the phone or fax numbers given on the registration form.

Accommodations:

• A block of rooms has been reserved for course attendees at the Houston Marriott Medical Center Hotel, 6580 Fannin St., Houston, Texas 77030.
• Early hotel reservation is suggested. 
• When you make reservations, be sure to mention the MD Anderson IP Course 2020 to be assured of receiving the special conference rate of $209.00.  Please add 17% for state and local taxes.
• The Marriott reservations phone number is 713-796-0080 or 1-800-228-9290. (Online reservation code IPCIPCA to be assured of receiving the special meeting rate of $189.00 single or double occupancy.  Please add 17% for state and local taxes.
• Reservations and deposits received after Jan. 29, 2020 will be confirmed if space is available and at currently published hotel guest room rates.

Ground Transportation

Houston is served by two airports, George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) and William P. Hobby (HOU). The following forms of ground transportation are available to and from the airports to the Medical Center.

Taxis: estimated fare; $55 - $65 USD (one way) Hobby/Medical Center

Taxis: estimated fare: $65 - 80 USD (one way) Houston IAH/Medical Center

Yellow Cab Company (713) 236-1111

United Cab Company (713) 699-0000

Lyft - (Bush IAH)
Lyft - (Hobby Airport)

Uber - (Bush IAH)
Uber - (Hobby Airport)

Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas

Parking is located at the intersection of Bertner Avenue and Moursund Street in the John P. McGovern Commons Building, which is directly behind the George and Cynthia Mitchell Basic Sciences Research Building. The cost for parking is $13.  There is an EasyPay Stations on the first floor, instead of a cashier.  The EasyPay Station is a self-serve payment station and will take cash or credit cards. You feed your ticket into the machine, it tells you how much you owe, you then pay that amount and the machine returns your "paid" ticket.  Take the "paid" ticket to the exit gate and feed it into a machine there to raise the gate and exit the garage.

Take the elevators to the first floor. Walk through the breezeway into the Basic Science Research building and the elevators are directly inside. Take the elevator to the third floor. Turn to the right as you exit the elevators. 

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• Driving directions

Houston Visitors Information

Photographing, audio taping and video taping are prohibited. 

Contact the Department of CME/Conference Management if you have any special dietary or ADA accommodation needs.

• Local phone: 713-792-2223
• Toll-free: 866-849-5866
• Email: register@mdanderson.org