Daily Programme

Sponsored Symposium 1 (SS1)
ResMed

Big data - the new cornerstone of precision medicine
– Mr Brett McLaren

Welcome Address by:

• Prof Dr Roslina Abdul Manap
  President, Malaysian Thoracic Society
   
• Dr Nurhayati Mohd Marzuki
  Organising Chairperson, MTS Annual Congress 2017

PLENARY 1 (P1)

The Future of Pulmonary Hypertension
– Prof Dr Paul Corris

Chairperson: Prof Roslina Abdul Manap

SYMPOSIUM 1 (S1)

S1A – Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease

1. The impact of environmental factors on lung defences – Dr Roslan Harun
2. Climate change and lung disease – Dr Hooi Lai Ngoh
3. Occupational ILD – Assoc Prof Dr Victor CW Hoe

S1B – Ethics and Medicolegal Matters

1. Palliative care: when, where and how? – Dr Lam Chee Loong
2. Implementing a culture of safety – Mr Vivek Anand
3. Combating pseudoscience – Dr Suhazeli Abdullah

S1C – Difficult asthma in children

1. Children with difficult asthma, who are they? – Prof Dr Dominic Fitzgerald
2. Severe allergic asthma – Dr Rus Anida Awang
3. Recognizing and managing brittle asthma in children – Prof Dr Dominic Fitzgerald

SYMPOSIUM 2 (S2)

S2A – Tuberculosis I

1. Review of National Tuberculosis Control Programme – Dr Mohamad Naim Abdul Kadir
2. Patient-centred TB care – Ms Mildred Fernando
3. Contact tracing and Latent TB infection in children – Dr Tan Kah Kee

S2B – Pulmonary manifestations of systemic disease

1. Sarcoidosis – Dr Anantham Devanand
2. Pleural disease – Dr Fauzi Anshar
3. Lung-dominant connective tissue disease – Assoc Prof Raja Jasmin

S2C – Inherited Metabolic and Genetic Diseases in children

1. Inherited Metabolic diseases: What the paediatrician should know? – Dr Ngu Lock Hock
2. Inherited Metabolic diseases: Management of respiratory complications – Dr Su Siew Choo
3. Congenital skeletal abnormalities and respiratory insufficiency – Prof Thong Meow Keong

SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM 2 (SS2)
Company: AstraZeneca

Asthma: Time to Up Our Game
– Prof Martyn Partridge

SYMPOSIUM 3 (S3)

S3A – Pleural Disease

1. Malignant pleural effusion: AMPLE TIME or ASAP – Prof Dr Gary Lee
2. Empyema – Dr Asma Navasakulpong
3. VATS - when to call a surgeon – Dr K.M. John Chan

S3B – Sleep-disordered breathing

1. Obstructive sleep apnoea and the metabolic syndrome – Dr Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail
2. When to call a neurologist – Prof Dr Nortina Shahrizaila
3. Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome – Dr Lalitha Pereirasamy

S3C – Primary immumedeficiency (PID) and respiratory complications

1. Overview of Primary immunodeficiency disease – Prof Lokman Mohd Noh
2. Laboratory investigations in Primary Immunodeficiency disease – Dr Adiratna Mat Ripen
3. Respiratory complications in Primary Immunodeficiency disease – Dr Dayang Zuraini Sahadan
4. Optimal management for children with Primary Immunodeficiency disease – Assoc Prof Intan Hakimah Ismail

SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM 3A (SS3A)
Company: GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical

Expert Discussion on efficacy of bronchodilators and inhaler devices for COPD Management
– Prof Dato’ Dr Hj Abdul Razak Muttalif
– Dr Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail

SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM 3B (SS3B)
Company: Sanofi Pasteur 
Influenza disease burden in chronic respiratory patients and the role of influenza vaccination
– Assoc Prof Dr Pang Yong Kek

SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM 4A (SS4A)
Company: Roche
Biomarkers in lung cancer. How they support imaging, differential diagnosis and treatment monitoring 
– Prof. Dr. Rafael Molina

SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM 4B (SS4B)
Company: Pfizer
Defining the role of A 5th Generation Cephalosporin In CAP 
– Prof Thomas P. Lodise

Sunrise Session: Emerging treatments for bronchiectasis
– Asst Prof Dr Sanjay Chotirmall

PLENARY 2 (P2)

Lung disease of prematurity and long term outcome 
– Prof Dr Dominic Fitzgerald

SYMPOSIUM 4 (S4)

S4A - Asthma

1. Difficult asthma: What is it and what to think about before escalating treatment? – Prof Martyn Partridge
2. The role of biomarkers in asthma management – Dr Hilmi Lockman
3. Improving patient outcomes in asthma – Dr Helmy Haja Mydin

S4B - Non-invasive ventilation

1. The role of transnasal insufflation – Dr Sewa Duu Wen
2. Home BiPaP in the management of COPD – Dr Kow Ken Siong
3. Neuromuscular diseases – Dr Asiah Kassim

S4C - Current Childhood Asthma Phenotypes

1. Asthma phenotypes in children – Assoc Prof Jessie Anne de Bruyne
2. Genetics in childhood asthma – Dr Alison Ting Yih Hua
3. Phenotype focused management, is it practical? – Prof Dr Dominic Fitzgerald

SYMPOSIUM 5 (S5)

S5A - Lung cancer

1. Lung cancer screening – Dr Anantham Devanand
2. Re-biopsies in known cases of lung cancer – Dr Pathmanathan Rajadurai
3. Immunotherapy in lung cancer – Prof Liam Chong Kin

S5B - Respiratory infections

1. MDRO in the critically ill – Dato' Dr Mahiran Mustafa
2. Me, Myself and my microbes: A precision approach to the lung microbiome – Asst Prof Sanjay Chotirmall
3. Preparing for the next flu pandemic – Dr Nurhayati Rosli

S5C - Congenital airway and diaphragm defects in children

1. Congenital airway and diaphragm defects: From common to rare – Dato Dr Zakaria Zahari
2. Acute management of diaphragmatic defects – Prof Lucy CS Lum
3. Intermediate and long-term complications of diaphragmatic defects – Assoc Prof Surendran Thavagnanam

1210-1300

SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM 5 (SS5)
Company: Boehringer Ingelheim

Heritage Meets Innovation – Meeting patient’s needs in the changing world of COPD management
– Prof Klaus Rabe

Adult Multi-disciplinary case discussions

• Case 1:
  Presenter: Dr Nurashikin Mohammad
  Radiologist: Dr Zuhanis Abdul Hamid
  Respiratory Physician: Dr Andrea Ban Yu-Lin
   
• Case 2: 
  Presenter: Dr Muhammad Amin Ibrahim 
  Radiologist: Dr Zuhanis Abdul Hamid
  Pathologist: Dr Nor Salmah Bakar
  ​Respiratory Physician: Dr Mohd Arif Mohd Zim
   
• Case 3: 
  Presenter: Dr Zul Amali Che Kamaruddin
  Radiologist: Dr Zuhanis Abdul Hamid
  Pathologist: Dr Nor Salmah Bakar
  Respiratory Physician: Dr Azza Omar
   

Paediatric Multi-disciplinary case discussions

• Case 1: 
  Presenter: Dr Nurul Zamil Mohd Muzzamil
  Radiologist: Assoc Prof Dr Roziah Muridan
  Respiratory Paediatrician: Dr Mariana Daud
   
• Case 2: 
  Presenter: Dr Mohd Shafie Hashim
  Radiologist: Assoc Prof Dr Roziah Muridan
  Respiratory Paediatrician: Dr Mariana Daud
   

SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM 6 (SS6)
Company: Novartis

Importance of exacerbation prevention in COPD
– Prof Dr Kai- Michael Beeh

SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM 7 (SS7)
Company: GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical

Is Once Daily the practical choice for asthma maintenance?
– Dr Celeste Mae Lardizabal-Campomanes

MTS GALA DINNER

Launch of Asthma Malaysia
Launch of LFM Coffee table book
Prize giving for best paper and poster awards

Sunrise Session: ATS Discovery Series: Mechanical Ventilation: From Vesalius to VILI
– Dr Arthur Slutsky

PLENARY 3 (P3)
The National Strategic Plan for Tobacco Control
– Dr Noraryana Hassan

SYMPOSIUM 6 (S6)

S6A - Tuberculosis II

1. Drug-resistant TB – Dr Maria Tarcela Gler
2. HIV/TB co-infection – Dr Leong Kar Nim
3. New drugs and regimens for TB treatment – Dr Maria Tarcela Gler

S6B - Interventional Respiratory Techniques

1. Navigational bronchoscopy – Assoc Prof Tidi Hassan
2. Pleural interventions – Prof Dr Gary Lee
3. Airway stenting – Prof How Soon Hin

S6C (Paediatrics) - Craniofacial deformity and its impact on the respiratory system

1. Common craniofacial syndromes and their comorbidities – Mr Mohd Ali Mat Zain
2. Management of airway complications in craniofacial syndromes – Assoc Prof Anna Marie Nathan
3. Management of other co-morbidities in craniofacial syndromes – Mr Azmi Alias

1010-1130

SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM 8 (SS8)
Company: Mundipharma

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