Essential Knowledge in Interventional Pulmonology Series 

The American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP) Essential Knowledge in Interventional Pulmonology Series provides clinicians with concise, up-to-date reviews of important topics in the field of IP. This three-year alternating rotation of primary topics includes pleural disease, airway-based therapeutics, and diagnostic bronchoscopy.

Year one of this series, presented in 2023, focused on a variety of topics relevant to malignant pleural disease. Year two, presented in 2024, featured key updates and advancements in airway-based therapeutics. Please see the links below to view the lectures from both years. Clinical reviews on these topics are also being published in the Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology.

Videos:

August 22, 2024
Essential Knowledge in IP Series II: Airway stents: Update 2024
1. Stenting outcomes : what’s the data? (Jose de Cardenas, MD)
2. Preventing and navigating airway stent complications (Ara Chrissian, MD)
3. Benefits and Limitations of newer stenting approaches (Yaron Gesthalter, MD)

August 22, 2024
Essential Knowledge in IP Series II: Update on Curative-intent Bronchoscopy for Airway Tumors
1.When and why to consider curative intent bronchoscopy (Audra Schwalk, MD)
2.Technical review of modalities for curative intent bronchoscopy (Abhinav Agrawal, MD)

3.Outcomes and complications of curative intent bronchoscopy (Van Holden, MD)


August 25, 2023
Essential Knowledge in IP Series: Malignant Pleural Disease Part 1
1. The utility of clinical scoring systems in malignant pleural disease (Erin DeBiasi, MD)
2. Advances in Imaging and Biomarkers (Udit Chaddha, MD)

3. Updates in Malignant Mesothelioma (Shelby Stewart, MD) 

August 25, 2023
1. Indwelling Pleural Catheters: weighing the costs and benefits (Jasleen Pannu, MD)
2. Multimodal approach to the management of malignant pleural effusions (Reza Ronaghi, MD)
3. The status of targeted therapies in the management of malignant pleural disease (Labib Debiane, MD)