Pre-Recorded

Case-based Discussion Session

ILD and Friends

A proactive approach to the diagnosis of patients with ILD and early comprehensive medical care is critical to their prognoses. Dynamic interaction between pulmonologists, pulmonary pathologists, and thoracic radiologists improves diagnostic agreement for ILD. While most academic medical centers conduct routine multidisciplinary discussions to aid in decision-making, this expertize may not be readily available in the community setting. This interactive session aims to mock real-world multidisciplinary discussions, providing community pulmonologists a template they can emulate at their own institutions. We will focus on the key question of whether to biopsy or not, given the morbidity/mortality associated with surgical lung biopsy.

Understand the principles of a multidisciplinary case discussion in the diagnosis of ILD.

Apply a consistent, effective strategy to ILD/IPF diagnosis.