Location: WakeMed, Raleigh NC Date: TBA Agenda: This will be a half day on a Friday afternoon to discuss 30-day readmissions for COPD with a multidisciplinary approach from multiple institutions. This will be a great educational and collaborative event.  

The lung cancer update for primary care will be held at 3 different locations in NC in 2019. Lung Cancer is one the leading causes of death in NC and more effective strategies are now available in all aspects of lung cancer. Primary care physicians are key providers in the prevention and screening of lung […]

AGENDA (September 21, 2019)
7:45 Registration
8:15 Welcome – Jason Thomason, MD – President & Eric Nelson, PhD (Research Committee)
8:30-9:30 Sponsor Perspectives
Dance Biopharm Rebecca Boone, VP Clinical Operations, Dance Pharm. Pharmaceutical company perspective. Delivery devices for inhaled formulations in trials
GlaxoSmithKline - Courtney Crim, MD Group Director, Medical, Respiratory The pharmaceutical company perspective.
The CF Foundation Patricia Burks, Director, Clinical Affairs. Conducting clinical trials of drug treatments and new approaches for cystic fibrosis.
Wake Forest School Of Medicine Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Office of Sponsored Programs Selvin Ohene, CTSI
The Wake Forest 60 day challenge - accelerating the pre-contract time-line process, from sponsor inquiry to signing the agreement.
9:30 – 10:30 Panel Discussion – Sponsor Perspectives
10:30 –10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Site Perspectives

Southeastern Research Center of Salem Chest Specialists, Winston-Salem Jason Thomason, MD, FCCP, D-ABSM Starting from scratch in a single specialty, private practice office. A few pearls and pitfalls.
Atrium Health, Carolinas Medical Center Department of Family Medicine, Hazel Tapp, Ph.D. Director of Research. Center for Primary Care Research and Professor Family Medicine Will present on asthma (COACH, PCORI funded work),
AGENDA con’t (September 21, 2019)
10:45 – 11:45 Site Perspectives cont’
Atrium Health, Carolinas Medical Center Department of Family Medicine, Charlotte Hazel Tapp, Ph.D. Director of Research. Center for Primary Care Research and Professor Family Medicine Will present on asthma (COACH, PCORI funded work), and COPD (NHLBI CAPTURE) trials. Research in a primary care network.
First Health of the Carolinas, Pinehurst Medical Center, Southern Pines Michael Pritchett, D.O., M.P.H., Director of Thoracic Oncology, Director, Chest Center of the Carolinas. Trial experience of pioneering use of intraoperative cone-beam CT (CBCT) to assist with biopsy of peripheral nodules.
Principal Investigator- Wilmington PMG Research and Wilmington Health Douglas Lee, M.D. Site-based clinical trials network model.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Brad Drummond, M.D., Assoc. Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Director, Obstructive Lung Diseases C&T Research Center. Active in COPD and other disease drug clinical trials and in pulmonary clinical research.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Wendy Moore, MD Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunologic Diseases. NIH and industry sponsored clinical trials in asthma in academic centers.
11:45- 12:30 Lunch (provided)
12:30 - 1:00 Site’s Perspectives cont’
1:00 – 2:00 Panel Discussion
2:00 Adjournment

The lung cancer update for primary care will be held at 3 different locations in NC in 2019. Lung Cancer is one the leading causes of death in NC and more effective strategies are now available in all aspects of lung cancer. Primary care physicians are key providers in the prevention and screening of lung […]

NCTS 2019 Annual Educational Conference Brochure 7.8.19

2023 Annual Educational Conference This is the fifth annual educational conference by the North Carolina Thoracic Society. We provide high quality educational programs that benefit lung health professionals, their patients, research and public health efforts. Importantly, we serve as a society that provides a mechanism for healthcare providers to meet, learn, and collaborate with their […]

NCTS Specialty Conference- Interstital Lung Diseases This live educational conference will cover current topics in interstitial lung diseases including managing comorbidities, lung transplantation, progressive ILD, checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis, patient cases, new technologies, patient advocates, and Year in Review.