The Brigham Board Review in Pulmonary Medicine 2014

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
  Caroline Owen, 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
  Bartholome R. Celli, MD
• Bronchiectasis and Bronchiolitis
  Christopher H. Fanta, MD
• Cystic Fibrosis Update
  Ahmet Z. Uluer, DO

Interstitial Disorders

• Interstitial Lung Disease: An Overview, 2014
  Ivan O. Rosas, MD
• BOOP, RB-ILD, BIP and EG
  Gary R. Epler, MD
• Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
  David C. Christiani, 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
  Sunita Sharma, MD
• Eosinophilic Lung Diseases, Including Churg-Strauss Syndrome and ABPA
  Christopher H. Fanta, MD

Pulmonary Vascular Diseases

• Pulmonary Embolism: Pathophysiology and Management
  Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD
• Idiopathic 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
  Anne L. Fuhlbrigge, MD, MS
• Sleep Deprivation and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Robert L. Owens, MD
• Lung Transplantation
  Hilary J. Goldberg, MD
• Respiratory Complications of Neuromuscular Weakness
  Robert Brown, MD

Approach to the Pulmonary Patient

• Cough and Hemoptysis (Not available)
  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, PhD
• Fundamentals of Pulmonary Imaging
  Beatrice Trotman-Dickenson, MD
• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
  David Systrom, MD
• Pulmonary Pathology I
  Lester Kobzik, MD
• Pulmonary Pathology II
  Robert F. Padera, Jr., MD, PhD
• Ethical Issues in Pulmonary Medicine
  Alexandra F.M. Cist, MD

Specific Pulmonary Boards Review Topics

• Pulmonary Pearls (Not available)
  Christopher H. Fanta, MD
• Challenging Pulmonary Consults
  Barbara A. Cockrill, MD
• Pulmonary Board Review Questions, Part I
  Michael Cho, MD
• Pulmonary Board Review Questions, Part 2
  G. Matthew Hunninghake, MD

Course Directors

Christopher H. Fanta, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA