LOS ANGELES COPD SUMMIT: TOWARDS A COUNTYWIDE COALITION

THE LA COPD SUMMIT:  TOWARDS A COUNTYWIDE COALITION

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

University of Southern California

Davidson Executive Conference Center

Club Room (2nd Floor)

3415 South Figueroa Street

Los Angeles, CA  90089

AGENDA

10:30 AM - 11: 00AM

Registration at USC Davidson Conference Center, Club Room

11: 00 AM - 11:05 AM

Welcome by Enrique Chiock, BREATHE LA President and CEO

Moderator:  Neal Richman, Ph.D., BREATHE LA Director of Programs & Advocacy

11:05 AM - 11:15 AM

Paul A. Simon, M.D., MPH, Director of the Division of Chronic Disease

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

"COPD Prevalence/Mortality in LA County"

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

COPD Healthcare Delivery Models

Guy W. Soo Hoo, M.D., Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit, Pulmonary & Clinical Care Section

West Los Angeles VA  Medical Center

Brian Tiep, M.D., Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Division of Pulmonary &

Critical Care Medicine, City of Hope Medical Center

Ahmet Baydur M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine

Medical Direcetor, Respiratory Therapy Department, LAC+USC Medical Center

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Keynote lunch speker: Richard Casaburi, M.D., Professor and Chief, Division of

Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology and Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

"ADVANCES IN COPY THERAPY"

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Claudia Medina, Lung Health Educator BREATHE LA

Michael Lavallee, Better Breathers Club (TM) member

"Successful Approaches to Promoting COPD Awareness"

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Focus Group Sessions:

How do we strengthen the COPD network in LA County?

What should be our strategic priorities?

Moderators: Neal Richman, Ph.D., & Margaret Nield, Ph.D., RN

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Report back to main group

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Program Conclusion and Next Steps

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Networking Reception

For more information, please contact Claudia Medina at (323) 935-8050 x 237 or cmedina@breathela.org