Program
The 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society
President : Koichiro Tatsumi, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
Schedule : April 12-14, 2019
Venue : Tokyo International Forum
Theme : Efforts toward Epoch-making Innovation in Respiratory Medicine
-The Formation of the Human Chain Network-
Keynote Lecture
Ryozo Nagai (Jichi Medical University, Japan)
Invited Lecture
- Alveolar Macrophages:past, present, and future
Bruce C. Trapnell (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, U.S.A.)
- The pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension:From insight to novel biomarkers and personalized treatment
Harm Jan Bogaard (VU University Medical Center, the Netherlands)
- Progress in understanding genetic mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis
Timothy S. Blackwell (Vanderbilt University, U.S.A.)
- Circulating Exosomes and Sleep Apnea Morbidity:Biomarkers or Effectors?
David Gozal (University of Missouri School of Medicine, U.S.A.)
- Advances in Lung Transplantation and Interventional Pulmonology - A Decade of Innovation at the Toronto General Hospital
Kazuhiro Yasufuku (Toronto University, Canada)
Presidential Lecture
Koichiro Tatsumi (Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University)
International Symposium
- Update on pathogenesis in COPD
Chairs:
Kazuhiro Ito (National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, U.K.)
Hisatoshi Sugiura (Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)
ATS Albert van der Vliet (University of Vermont, U.S.A.)
ERS Kazuhiro Ito (National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, U.K.)
APSR Han Pin Kuo (Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taiwan)
JRS Hisatoshi Sugiura (Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan) - Recent Advances in ARDS
Chairs:
Polly Parsons(Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, USA)
Sadatomo Tasaka (Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)
ATS Steven M. Dudek (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
ERS Stefan Uhlig (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
APSR/KATRD Younsuck Koh (Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Korea)
JRS Takeshi Kawasaki (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) - Lung injury and repair in pulmonary fibrosis
Chairs:
Yasuhiko Nishioka(Tokushima University, Japan)
Timothy S. Blackwell (Vanderbilt University, U.S.A.)
ATS Harold Collard (University of California San Francisco, USA)
ERS Gisli Jenkins (University of Nottingham, UK)
APSR/KATRD Sung Woo Park (University Bucheon Hospital, Korea)
JRS Jun Araya (Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan) - Pathobiology in pulmonary hypertension
Chairs:
Harm Jan Bogaard (Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Netherlands)
Masayuki Hanaoka(Shinsyu University, Japan)
ATS Norbert F. Voelkel (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
ERS Irene M Lang (Medical University of Vienna, Austria)
APSR Yuichi Tamura (International University of Health and Welfare, Mita Hospital, Japan)
JRS Seiichiro Sakao (Chiba University, Japan) - What is sleep apnea?
Chairs:
Kingman P. Strohl (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
Motoo Yamauchi (Nara Medical University, Japan)
ATS Kingman P. Strohl (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
ERS Mary Morrel (Imperial College, London, UK)
APSR Doug McEvoy (Flinders University, Australia)
JRS Motoo Yamauchi (Nara Medical University, Japan)
ATS President Lecture
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome:The Past, Present and Future
Polly Parsons (ATS President,University of Vermont Medical Center, USA)
ERS Special Lecture
IPF:links between biomarkers and comorbidities
Carlos Robalo Cordeiro (ERS General Secretary,University of Coimbra, Portugal)