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The Temple Lung Center at ATS 2026

Follow Temple faculty and fellows as they present at this year’s American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference.

May 15 - 20 | Orlando, Florida

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Authorities in the field, including internationally renowned pulmonologist Gerard J. Criner, MD, board member for the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), an author of the GOLD guidelines, and Director of the Temple Lung Center in Philadelphia, PA presented at the following sessions:

Friday, May 15, 2026

PG4 SARCOIDOSIS: WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW TODAY

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Ticketed Educational event featuring Chair, and faculty presenter, Rohit Gupta, MBBS, FCCP

Sunday, May 17, 2026

A22 Immunological Insights in ILD and Transplant Outcomes

9:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Poster Board # 506 Molecular Landscape of Lung Cancer Arising in Lung Transplant Recipients
Isam Albaba; Fatema Hashem; Ayse Guvenilir; Jackson Kollasch; Joseph N. Bodor; Fatima Anjum


A28 Clinical, Cardiovascular, and Epidemiological Insights Into Pulmonary Embolism, CTEPH, and Lung Injury

9:15 - 11:15 AM

Poster Board # 821 Analysis of Baseline Right Ventricular Load in Bridge to Lung Transplant Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Configuration Changes
Alex Kurtzman; Jared A. Daar; Jamey Moore; Ashwin Karanam; Sean M. Baskin; Parth Rali; Parag B. Desai; Stephen Dachert, MD

Poster Board # 809 Short-term Outcomes of Veno-arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in High-risk Pulmonary Embolism: A Multicenter Real-world Analysis
Asritha Garapati; Giorgi Chilingarashvili; Lijo Chacko. Illipparambil; Mario Naranjo Tova; Alex Kurtzman; Jared A. Daar; Seyedmohammad Pourshahid; Parag B. Desa; Sheila E. Weaver; Jamey Moore; Avilash Mondal; Yanika Wolfe; Hammad Arshad; Parth Rali


A32 Mapping the Asthma Landscape: A Deep Dive Into Comprehensive Phenotyping and Inhaled Innovations

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

# P1425 Periconception Eosinophil Count Is Independently Associated With Asthma Exacerbations During Pregnancy
Christian Cardillo; Kartik V. Shenoy; Ashwin Karanam


A34 Charting the Unseen Trails Leading to COPD

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

# P1496 Mepolizumab Reduces the Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations in a Wide Spectrum of Patients: Pooled Results From Phase III Randomized Controlled Trials
Gerard J. Criner; Henrik Watz; Joel Schamroth; Steven Gould;Arunangshu Biswas; Fernando J. Martinez

# P1497 Tezepelumab Was Associated With Lower Rates of COPD-related Healthcare Resource Utilization in Patients With Moderate to Very Severe COPD With Elevated Blood Eosinophil Counts: Results From the Phase 2a COURSE Study
Gerard J. Criner; Diego Jose. Maselli, ; Meilan K. Han; Michael Bradley. Drummond; Claudio Marchese; Christopher S. Ambrose; Nestor A. Molfino; Sandhia Ponnarambil

# P1498 Effect of Tezepelumab on Systemic Corticosteroid Use for Exacerbations in Patients With Moderate to Very Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Blood Eosinophil Count: The COURSE Study
Gerard J. Criner; Geoffrey L. Chupp; Meilan K. Han; Dave Singh; Claudio Marchese; Nestor A. Molfino; Yuko Matsunaga; Sandhia Ponnarambil; Christopher S. Ambrose


A35 Decoding Parenchymal Lung Disease: Interstitial and Vasculitic Insights

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

# P769 Case of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis Treated With Mepolizumab
Avani Gandhi; Sean Duffy


A39 Pharmacologic Therapies and Trials in ILD

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

# P811 Higher Corticosteroid Dose Linked to Shorter Hospitalization in Acute Exacerbations of Systemic Autoimmune Related Disease Associated Interstitial Lung Diseases
Jamey Moore; Alex Kurtzman; Asritha Garapat; Annika Sundlol; Lyan Chang Sedano; Rebecca Li; Alekhya Madiraju; Stephen Dachert; Aamir Ajmeri


A40 Case Reports in Rare Lung Diseases

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

# P855 The Histopathological Mimic: Distinguishing Igg4-related Fibrosing Mediastinitis From Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor
Jamey Moore; Cherie Erkmen; Rohit Gupta


A41 Case Reports in Oncologic Therapy–Related Pulmonary Toxicity

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

#P250 Severe Multiorgan Immune Related Adverse Events Following Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
Taylor Caton; Ria Patel; Alex Kurtzman; Parag B. Desai


A48 Learning From the Transplant Experience: Outstanding Cases

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

# P1314 POEMS Syndrome Presenting After Lung Transplantation: Expanding the Differential
Ria Patel; Alex Kurtzman; Parag B. Desai


A51 Metabolism Off the Rails: Thyroid Crisis, DKA, and Metabolic Derangements

# P988 Sugar, Shock and Swollen Brain: The Adult Diabetic Ketoacidosis Case That Defied the Pediatric Rule
Jennifer Hopkins; Alex Kurtzman; Jamie L. Garfield, MD


A53 BELOW THE DIAPHRAGM: CASE REPORTS OF CRITICAL ILLNESS OF THE ABDOMEN

# P1061 A Case of a 35-Year-Old Patient With Chronic Infections Related to Intravenous Drug Use Resulting in AA Amyloidosis and End-Stage Renal Disease 
Christopher Rudmann; Kaniza Zahra Abbas; Ahmed Wahaj; Jamie L. Garfield, MD


A55 Optimizing Ventilatory Support Across the Spectrum of Acute Respiratory Failure

# P1108 High Mechanical Power on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Implications for Mortality and Post-transplant Recovery in Double Lung Transplant
Jamey Moore; Alex Kurtzman; Jared A. Daar; Sean M. Baskin

# P1109 Rethinking Mechanical Power Targets During Perioperative Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Lung Transplant Recipients
Jamey Moore; Jared A. Daar; Alex Kurtzman; Sean M. Baskin


A66 Patterns in the Park: Population Trends, Risk Factors, and Outcomes in Pulmonary Vascular Disease

# P1856 Echocardiographic Grading of Right Heart Dysfunction and Its Relationship to Pulmonary Embolism Management
Taylor Caton; Kaitlynn Motley; Parth Rali


A74 Senescence, Tissue Mechanics, and Fibro-Inflammatory Crosstalk in Lung Fibrosis

# P79 Stiffness-Dependent Alveolar Type II Cell Senescence in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Karim Bahmed; Chih-Ru Lin; Khanutsanan Woranam; Jonathan Jeger; Loukmane Karim; Hassan Hayek; Sudhir Bolla; Nathaniel Marchetti; Gerard J. Criner; Beata Kosmider


A75 Late Breaking Abstracts in Clinical Problems

# P1979 Association Between Hospital Utilization and 6mw Heart Rate Metrics From the Hiflo Study
Truong-An Andrew. Ho; Stephen Dachert; Lii-Yoong Helga. Criner; Priya Walia; Andrew Beltran; Erika Helgeson; Helen Voelker; Sarah Lindberg; Stephanie Yerkes; Gerard J. Criner

# P1996 Quantitative CT Analysis Demonstrates Progressive Structural Remodeling in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: A Longitudinal Case Series
Kristine Lagana; Rohit Gupta; Jin Sun Kim


A80-2 From Cell Circuits to Screening Strategies: Uncovering Novel Molecular Mechanisms and Accelerating Lung Cancer Screening Implementation

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

# P288 Underdiagnosis and Undertreatment of COPD in Individuals Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening the Temple Healthy Chest Initiative
Stephen Dachert; Lijo Chacko; Seyedmohammad Pourshahid; Lii-Yoong Helga. Criner; Keerthi Pannala; Clare Bolton; Sarah Doffman; Gerard J. Criner

# P289 Relationship Between TH2 Inflammation and Quantitative CT Findings of Emphysema and Airway Wall Thickness in Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening Temple Healthy Chest Initiative (Thci)
Stephen Dachert; Lijo Chacko. Illipparambil; Seyedmohammad Pourshahid; Lii-Yoong Helga. Criner; Keerthi Pannala; Clare Bolton; Sarah Doffman; Gerard J. Criner

# P290 Impact of Race Gender and Smoking Status on Quantitative CT Parameters in Individuals Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening the Temple Healthy Chest Initiative (Thci)
Stephen Dachert; Seyedmohammad Pourshahid; Lijo Chacko; Lii-Yoong Helga. Criner; Keerthi Pannala; Clare Bolton; Sarah Doffman; Gerard J. Criner

# P291 Impact of Race, Gender and Smoking Status on Airflow Obstruction, Respiratory Symptoms and Th2 Inflammation in Individuals Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening the Temple Healthy Chest Initiative
Stephen Dachert; Seyedmohammad Pourshahid; Lijo Chacko; Lii-Yoong Helga. Criner; Keerthi Pannala; Clare Bolton;Sarah Doffman; Gerard J. Criner

# P293 Association Between Blood Eosinophil Levels, Symptoms, and Exacerbations in a Lung Cancer Screening Cohort the Temple Healthy Chest Initiative
Lijo C. Illipparambil; Stephen Dachert; Seyedmohammad Pourshahid; Lii-Yoong Helga. Criner; Keerthi Pannala; Clare Bolton; Sarah Doffman; Gerard J. Criner

# P292 Concordance Between Blood Eosinophil Count and Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide in a Lung Cancer Screening Cohort: The Temple Healthy Chest Initiative
Lijo C. Illipparambil; Stephen Dachert; Seyedmohammad Pourshahid; Lii-Yoong Helga. Criner; Keerthi Pannala; Clare Bolton; Sarah Doffman; Gerard J. Criner

#P295: Comparison of the Temple Healthy Chest Initiative (THCI) Cohort With the National Lung Screening Trial (nlst) and Nelson Lung Cancer Screening Populations
Seyedmohammad Pourshahid; Stephen Dachert; Lijo Chacko. Illipparambil,; Sara Hosseini; Keerthi Pannala; Lii-Yoong Helga. Criner; Clare Bolton; Sarah Doffman; Gerard J. Criner

# P294 The Temple Healthy Chest Initiative: A Contemporary, Diverse, and Digitally Integrated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Cohort Compared With Landmark Population Studies
Seyedmohammad Pourshahid; Stephen Dachert; Lijo Chacko. Illipparambil,; Sara Hosseini; Keerthi Pannala; Lii-Yoong Helga. Criner; Clare Bolton; Sarah Doffman; Gerard J. Criner


Session A102: Outbreak: Multisystem Presentations Spanning Dermatologic, Endocrine, Hematologic, Infectious, and Metabolic Disorders, Often Marked by Diagnostic and Therapeutic Complexity

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board #413: A Case of Rapid Onset Secondary Sclerosing Cholangitis Following Veno-venous ECMO
Taylor Caton; Kaniza Zahra Abbas; Ashwin Karanam


A108 Acute to Long COVID: Phenotypes, Mechanisms, and Long-Term Cardiopulmonary Consequences

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # 306 Hidden in Plain Sight: Decoding Covid-19 Phenotypes Based on Clinical and Quantitative CT Findings
Annika Sundlof; Tyler Rafferty; Sam Peterson; Huaqing Zhao; Daniel Salerno

Monday, May 18, 2026

B103 The Matrix: Challenging Cases Centered on Diagnostic Uncertainty and Ethical Decision-Making, Including Medication-Related Complications, Neurologic and Oncologic Disease, and Pregnancy-Associated Critical Illness

2:15 PM – 4:15 PM

PB # 916 Feasibility of Left Internal Jugular Vein Cannulation for Bi-caval Dual Lumen Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Patient With Complex Vascular Anatomy
Makayla Testa; Alexander Kurtzman; Roh Yanagida; Sean M. Baskin; Parag Desai


B106 Clinical and Epidemiological Insights Into Pulmonary Hypertension: Trends, Treatments, and Outcomes

2:15 PM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # 1013 Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling in Myositis-Interstitial Lung Disease: Radiomic and Serologic Insights Into Immune-Mediated Pulmonary Hypertension
Omar Al Omari; Ria Patel; Giorgi Chilingarashvili; Parth Rali; Shameek Gayen; Aamir Ajmeri

Poster Board # 1004 Single Lung Transplant for Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis and Severe Pulmonary Hypertension- Should the Severity of Pulmonary Hypertension Dictate the Terms?
Ahmad Raza; Nayab Nadeem; Bilal Haider. Lashari; Roh Yanagida; Yoshiya Toyoda; Sheila E. Weaver; Francis C. Cordova


B109 Cellular, Genetic, and Developmental Drivers of COPD, Emphysema, and Sarcopenia

2:15 PM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # 703 Flavored Electronic Cigarette Aerosol Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Human Primary Alveolar Type II Cells
Beata Kosmider; Lamyae El Khalki; Kai-Wen Wang; Sudhir Bolla; Nathaniel Marchett; Gerard J. Criner; Russell P. Bowler; Karim Bahmed


B15 Precision Medicine for COPD: Charting the Course for Novel Treatments and Clinical Success

9:15 AM – 11:15 AM

Pegtarazimod (RLS-0071) Decreases Supplemental Oxygen Need in a Phase 2 Proof-of-Concept Trial in Hospitalized Participants With Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AE-COPD)
Gerard J. Criner; Jeffrey David. Marshall; Ruxana T. Sadikot; Neel Krishna; Kenji Cunnion

Pegtarazimod (RLS-0071) Reduces Inflammatory Biomarkers in Hospitalized Participants With Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AE-COPD)
Gerard J. Criner; Jeffrey David. Marshall; Ruxana T. Sadikot; Neel Krishna; Kenji Cunnion


B34 Frontiers in Lung Transplant: Exploring Immunity and Rejection

9:15 AM – 4:15 AM

Poster Board # P1104 Chronic Allograft Dysfunction: Risk, Timing, and Donor-derived Cell-free DNA Patterns in Diabetic Lung Transplant Recipients
Alonso Jose. Marquez; Omar Al Omari; Eric Balaban; Zehra Dhanani; Fatima Anjum

Poster Board # P1107) When Rejection Mimics Vasculitis: A Case of C-ANCA Positivity and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage After Lung Transplantation
Jin Sun Kim; Ashwin Karanam; Kartik V. Shenoy; Francis C. Cordova;Fatima Anjum; Gerard J. Criner


B41 From ChatGPT to Cryobiopsy: Modern Tools and Insights in ILD

9:15 AM – 4:15 AM

Poster Board # P75 Comparison of Patients Hospitalized With Systemic Autoimmune Related Disease Interstitial Lung Disease in Relation to the Presence of a Defined Rheumatologic Illness
Asritha Garapati; Annika Sundlof; Alex Kurtzman; Jamey Moore; Lyan Chang Sedano; Alekhya Madiraju; Rebecca Li ; Shameek Gayen; Stephen Dachert; Aamir Ajmeri

Poster Board # P76 Evaluating Open-Access Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT) for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Interpretation: A Two-Reader Validation Pilot Study
Kaniza Zahra Abbas; Gilbert D'Alonzo; Lijo Chacko. Illipparambil; Parag B. Desai; Parth Rali

Poster Board # P77) Evaluating Open-Access Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT) for Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation: A Two-Reader Validation Pilot Study
Kaniza Zahra Abbas; Gilbert D'Alonzo; Lijo Chacko. Illipparambil; Parag B. Desai; Parth Rali

Poster Board # P78 Dissociation Between Hemodynamic and Spirometric Progression in Listed Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients: A Single-Center Pilot Analysis
Kaniza Zahra Abbas; Taylor Caton; Christopher Rudmann; Shameek Gayen; Mario Naranjo Tovar; Sheila E. Weaver, DO; Rohit Gupta; Parth Rali

Poster Board # P108 Exploring Disparities in Acute Exacerbations of Systemic Autoimmune Related Interstitial Lung Disease at an Urban Quaternary Referral Center
Annika Sundlof; Alex Kurtzman; Jamey Moore; Asritha Garapati; Lyan Chang Sedano; Alekhya Madiraju; Rebecca Li; Shameek Gayen; Stephen Dachert, MD; Aamir Ajmeri


B58 Assessing Lung Health in the Real World

9:15 AM – 4:15 AM

Poster Board # P1032 Assessing the Relationship Between Emphysema Progression and Emphysema Hole-Size Using Quantitative CT Analysis in Patients Undergoing Yearly Lung Cancer Screening: The Temple Healthy Chest Initiative
Lily Deng; Stephen Dachert; Michaela A. Seigo; Gerard J. Criner


B64 Clots, Hearts, and Pressure: Navigating the Maze of PE, PH, and RV Dysfunction Case Reports

9:15 AM – 4:15 AM

Poster Board # P1801 Catheter Directed Thrombolysis for Pulmonary Embolism in Lung Transplant
Avani Gandhi; Parth Rali; Kartik V. Shenoy; Vladimir Lakhter; Fares A. Qtaishat


B67 Staying on the Ride: Longitudinal Outcomes in Pulmonary Embolism and Pulmonary Hypertension

9:15 AM – 4:15 AM

Poster Board # P1860 One-Year Outcomes Following Veno-ArterialExtracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: A Multicenter Real-World Analysis
Asritha Garapati; Giorgi Chilingarashvili; Lijo Chacko. Illipparambil; Mario Naranjo Tovar; Alex Kurtzman; Jared A. Daar; Seyedmohammad Pourshahid; Parag B. Desai; Sheila E. Weaver; Jamey Moore; Avilash Mondal; Yanika Wolfe; Hammad Arshad; Parth Rali

Poster Board # P1866 Real World Longitudinal Outcomes of Sotatercept in Group 1 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients
Krunal Patel; Parth Rali; Mario Naranjo Tovar; Shameek Gayen; Sheila E. Weaver


B68 Reading the Gauges: Precision Hemodynamics and Physiologic Signals in Pulmonary Vascular Disease

9:15 AM – 4:15 AM

Poster Board # P1883) Small Vessel Volume Predicts Severity of Pulmonary Hypertension in Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema
Hussain Siddiqi; Parth Rali; Sheila E. Weaver; Shameek Gayen


B79 Pulmonary Fibrosis: Bench to Bedside

9:15 AM – 4:15 AM

Poster Board # P187 Temporal Relationship Between Hemodynamic Progression and Quantitative Computed Tomography (CT) Remodeling in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Lung Transplant Candidates
Kaniza Zahra Abbas; Taylor Caton; Christopher Rudmann; Shameek Gayen; Mario Naranjo Tovar; Sheila E. Weaver; Rohit Gupta; Parth Rali

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

C41 When the Lungs Bleed: Case Reports in Vasculitis, Lupus, and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # P246 Multimodal Immunosuppression and V-V ECMO Support in Immune-Mediated Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage: Two Cases Including Anakinra Use for HLH/MAS
Lily Deng; Annika Sundlof; Suzanna Talento; Parag B. Desai


C47 Lung Transplantation 2026: Allocation, Outcomes, and the Road Ahead

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # P1387 Early Detection of Antibody- and Cmv-related Allograft Injury Using Impulse Oscillometry After Lung Transplantation
Eric Balaban; Alonso Jose. Marquez; Fatima Anjum

Poster Board # P1398 Quantitative CT Evaluation of Native Lung Remodeling and Lung Cancer Risk After Single-lung Transplantation
Isam Albaba; Fatema Hashem; Ayse Guvenilir; Jackson Kollasch; Fatima Anjum

Poster Board # P1399 Outcomes of Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder Following Lung Transplantation: A High-Volume Single Center Experience
Kaniza Zahra Abbas; Isam Albaba; Fatima Anjum

Poster Board # P1400 Right Ventricular Dysfunction During VV ECMO Bridge to Lung Transplantation: An Analysis of Real-world Echocardiographic Surveillance 
Jared A. Daar; Alex Kurtzman; Jamey Moore; Parag B. Desai; Parth Rali; Ashwin Karanam; Shameek Gayen; Sean M. Baskin; Orion Garcia; Brian Fox; Stephen Dachert

Poster Board # P1401 Safety of Belumosudil in Lung Transplant Recipients With Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction
Jamey Moore, Kevin Carney, Nur Kazzaz, Stephen Dachert, Gerard J. Criner

Poster Board #P1402 Real World Effectiveness of Belumosudil in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction After Lung Transplantations
Jamey Moore, Kevin Carney, Nur Kazzaz, Stephen Dachert, Gerard J. Criner

Poster Board # P1403 Lung Transplant Outcomes in Scleroderma With Esophageal-Gastric Disorders
Fred Bien-Aime, Shameek Gayen, Stephen Dachert, Rachel Criner

Poster Board # P1404 Light Chain Disease: An Overlooked Determinant of Post-lung Transplant Complications
Jakub Halicki, Fatima Anjum


C50 ADDING FUELS TO THE FIRE: CASES OF VIRAL TRIGGERS AND HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTOCYTOSIS

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # P1478 A Case of a 32-year-old Patient With Rapidly Progressive Viscerocutaneous Kaposi Sarcoma Resulting in Kaposi Sarcoma Cytokine Inflammatory Syndrome
Christopher Rudmann, Kaniza Zahra Abbas, Ahmed Wahaj, Jamie L. Garfield


C51 HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS, ONCOLOGIC AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE COMPLICATIONS

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # P1591 Running on Empty: A Case of Severe Subacute Anemia Leading to Circulatory Shock
Ahmed Wahaj, Alexander Kurtzman, Christopher Rudmann, Joseph Franzen


C53 TOXIC EXPOSURES: WHEN THINGS GO SIDEWAYS

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # P876 Rasburicase-Induced Methemoglobinemia in an Acutely Hypoxic Patient: A Case Report
Shivani Kumar, Alexandra Meeter, Ria Patel, Ann Wilfred, Sean Duffy


C64 THE RIGHT SIDE RIDES THE STORM: ADAPTATION, FAILURE, AND RECOVERY OF THE RIGHT VENTRICLE IN PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # P1275 Single Lung Transplant for Pulmonary Fibrosis With Severe Group 3 Pulmonary Hypertension - A Descriptive Analysis of Post-transplant Echocardiographic Measures of Right Ventricular Size and Function
Ahmad Raza, Nayab Nadeem, Bilal Haider. Lashari, Roh Yanagida, Yoshiya Toyoda, Francis C. Cordova, Sheila E. Weaver


C65 MANY STORIES, ONE DISEASE: THE DIVERSE FACES OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # P1302 Real World Treatment Stability With Sotatercept in Group 3 Chronic Lung Disease Pulmonary Hypertension Patients
Krunal Patel, Mario Naranjo Tovar, Parth Rali, Shameek Gayen, Sheila E. Weaver

Poster Board # P1303 Novel Real World Use of Sotatercept in Group 3 Chronic Lung Disease Pulmonary Hypertension Patients
Krunal Patel, Parth Rali, Mario Naranjo Tovar, Sheila E. Weaver, Shameek Gayen


C66 MAPPING THE MAGIC: NONINVASIVE IMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGIC SIGNALS IN PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # P1312 Quantitative Analysis of Computed Tomography Chest Predicts Presence of Pulmonary Hypertension in a Cohort of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients
Fatima Dollar, Shameek Gayen

Poster Board # P1314 A Comparative Evaluation of CT and Echocardiographic Parameters as Noninvasive Screening Tools for Group 3 Pulmonary Hypertension in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients
Nidhi Shah, Rebeccah Overton, Jacob Liss, Ghanwa Khawaja, Maruti Kumaran, Parth Rali, Shameek Gayen


C73 SEEING IS BELIEVING: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LUNG IMAGING

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Poster Board # P354 Quantitative CT Predictors of Pneumothorax After Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction: The Role of Air Trapping and Lobar Volume Interactions
Isam Albaba, Ethan Deller, Ayushi Lalwani, Stephen Dachert, Gerard J. Criner

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

D23 MOLECULAR PROFILING TO PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES — INTEGRATING PHENOTYPES AND REAL-WORLD DATA IN ILD

8:15 AM – 10:15 AM

Poster Board # 413 Characteristics of Patients With Acute Exacerbation of Autoimmune Related Interstitial Lung Disease Requiring Mechanical Ventilation or Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Alex Kurtzman, Jamey Moore, Annika Sundlof, Asritha Garapati, Lyan Chang Sedano, Alekhya Madriraju, Rebecca Li, Shameek Gayen, Stephen Dachert, Aamir Ajmeri

Poster Board # 422 Comparison of Clinically Diagnosed Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Associated Interstitial Lung Disease and Other Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases-Associated Interstitial Lung Diseases
Anugya Mittal, Suzanna Talento,Celine Bennett, Stephen Dachert, Shameek Gayen, Aamir Ajmeri


D104 THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN: AIRWAY AND CARDIAC INSTABILITY, COMPLICATED BY PROCEDURAL CHALLENGES, RENAL FAILURE, AND TRANSPLANT CONSIDERATIONS

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Poster Board # 307 Redirected Venous Flow Leading to Severe Hypoxemia: The Flow Phenomenon After Lung Transplantation
Jamey Moore, Jared A. Daar, Alex Kurtzman, Lijo C. Illipparambil, Ashwin Karanam


D109 NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASES

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Poster Board # 905 Small Vessel Volume Predicts Pulmonary Hypertension in Sarcoidosis
Kristine Lagana, Shameek Gayen