California Thoracic Society

Please join us for a special ZOOM presentation and LIVE Q&A on April 9th at 4pm PT. Topic: Interstitial Lung Disease Educational Series Discover a framework for interstitial lung disease (ILD) classification, review the ILD diagnostic work-up, and learn the importance of early ILD detection.... Justin Oldham, MD, MS, from the University of California at Davis, will take us on a deep dive into ILD. Click here to register https://bit.ly/2QOwAJo Developed by the California Thoracic Society in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. See more

The California Thoracic Society is excited to publicly release its COVID-19 Weekly Informational Zoom Video briefings. As California reached peak hospitalization rates and many parts of the state exceeded maximum ICU capacity, CTS launched these collaborative forums where experts can share knowledge, resources, and ideas to assist each other and the community in devising solutions to meet surge capacity and to save the greatest number of lives possible. Watch the videos and join the discussion https://bit.ly/3c9jVYC

By CTS President Laren Tan read his original article here https://www.linkedin.com//covid-19-vaccine-2020-2021-lare/

SPARK! An informal network of PCCM/S women physicians and respiratory clinicians in California invites you to Sharing Our Strength Saturday JAN 23 2021 from 1230 - 230

Call for ABSTRACTS and CASE REPORTS! The California Thoracic Society (CTS) poster competition is open to all trainees and early career professionals, including residents, fellows, nurses/NPs, and respiratory therapists who reside in the state of California. We are calling for both scientific research abstracts and case reports pertaining to pulmonary medicine, thoracic imaging, thoracic surgery, critical care, or sleep medicine. If you have a great case or research abstract you are submitting to ATS, please feel free to submit your abstract to the CTS poster competition as well! You can present the same case/research at BOTH conferences. Please submit your abstract or case report by December 28, 2020 at 5:00 pm PDT by completing the online submission form found here https://bit.ly/37gz60M

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0831-6 "currently there is no clear way to (1) prevent trainees from joining toxic labs, (2) help trainees who are already in such labs, or (3) reform or remove such PIs from academia." "WHY NOT?"