Brigham and Women’s Hospital Board Review

The Most Up-to-Date Therapeutic Strategies

Get state-of-the-art information on major areas in pulmonary medicine, prep for exams, and learn how to put optimal therapeutic strategies to use in your practice. This CME board review course shows you the latest techniques to treat respiratory infections, lung diseases, interstitial disorders, pulmonary vascular diseases, and more:

• Understand clinical problems reflected in the curriculum for the ABIM pulmonary disease subspecialty board examination
• Summarize major areas in pulmonary medicine, including respiratory physiology, genetics, and cell and molecular biology
• Review pulmonary function testing, fundamentals of pulmonary imaging, cardiopulmonary exercise testing

CME and Board Prep at Your Convenience

The Brigham Board Review in Pulmonary Medicine is available online or via audio MP3 CDs, so you can earn credits from the comfort of your home or office and prepare for the ABIM Pulmonary Disease subspecialty Board examination. This CME program provides you with a maximum of 31 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ and 31 MOC points.

 

General Introduction

• Review of Respiratory Physiology – Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD

• Genetics and Genomics for the Pulmonary Physician – Benjamin Raby, MD, MPH

• Cell and Molecular Biology – Patrick Burkett, MD, PhD

Respiratory Infections

• Pneumonia: Community and Hospital Acquired – Rebecca M. Baron, MD

• Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Infections – Edward Nardell, MD

• Fungal and Parasitic Infections – James H. Maguire, MD

• Pulmonary Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts – Francisco Marty, MD

Obstructive Lung Diseases

• Asthma: Pathobiology and Assessment – Bruce D. Levy, MD

• Asthma: Treatment, Including Acute Exacerbations – Elliot Israel, MD

• COPD: Pathobiology and Assessment – Craig P. Hersh, MD

• COPD: Treatment, Including of Exacerbations – Miguel Divo, MD

• Bronchiectasis and Bronchiolitis – Christopher H. Fanta, MD

• Cystic Fibrosis Update – Ahmet Z. Uluer, DO

Interstitial Disorders

• Interstitial Lung Disease: An Overview, 2018 – Ivan O. Rosas, MD

• BOOP, RB-ILD, BIP and EG – Gary R. Epler, MD

• Occupational and Lung Diseases and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis – Robert McCunney, MD

• Lung Disease in the Rheumatic Diseases – Paul F. Dellaripa, MD

• Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) – Elizabeth P. Henske, MD

• Non-infectious Pulmonary Infiltrates in the Immunocompromised Host – Elizabeth B. Gay, MD

• Eosinophilic Lung Diseases, Including Churg-Strauss Syndrome and ABPA – Katherine H. Walker, MD, MSc

Pulmonary Vascular Diseases

• Pulmonary Embolism: Pathophysiology and Management – Gregory Piazza, MD

• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis – Aaron B. Waxman, MD, PhD

• Pulmonary Vasculitides – Manuela Cernadas, MD

Other Respiratory Conditions

• Lung Cancer, Including the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule – Gerald L. Weinhouse, MD

• Pleural Disease – Scott Schissel, MD, D.Phil

• Sleep Deprivation and Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Carolyn D. D’Ambrosio, MD

• Polysomnography and PAP Management – Rohit Budhiraja, MD, MBBS

• Lung Transplantation – Hilary J. Goldberg, MD

• Respiratory Complications of Neuromuscular Weakness – Robert Brown, MD

• Mesothelioma – Raphael Bueno, MD

Approach to the Pulmonary Patient

• Cough and Hemoptysis – Christopher H. Fanta, MD

• Pre-operative Pulmonary Assessment – Gerald L. Weinhouse, MD

Special Topics

• Interventional Pulmonology – Colleen Channick, MD

• Pulmonary Function Testing: Physiology and Application – Scott Schissel, MD, D.Phil

• Fundamentals of Pulmonary Imaging – Andetta Hunsaker, MD

• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing – David Systrom, MD

• Pulmonary Pathology I – Robert F. Padera, Jr., MD, PhD

• Pulmonary Pathology II – Robert F. Padera, Jr., MD, PhD

• Ethical Issues in Pulmonary Medicine – Kathleen J. Haley, MD

• Pulmonary Pearls – Christopher H. Fanta, MD

• Challenging Pulmonary Consults – Barbara A. Cockrill, MD

• Pulmonary Board Review Questions – Michael H. Cho, MD