ATS Conference

The ATS PAR dinner was held in Toronto, May, 2008

Ted Koppel, former ABC Nightline anchor; his wife, Grace Anne Dorney Koppel, who delivered the 2008 President’s Lecture; Donna Appell, R.N., chair of ATS PAR; John W. Walsh, co-founder, president and CEO of the Alpha-1 Foundation and the 2008 recipient of the ATS Public, Service Award; Bruce C. Trapnell, M.D., M.S., 2008 recipient of ATS PAR’s William J. Martin, II Distinguished Achievement Award; Eileen Rubin Zacharias, J.D., chair-elect of ATS PAR; Margaret S. Herridge, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., recipient of the 2008 PAR Excellence Award; and former ATS president William J. Martin, II, M.D.

ATS 2009 * San Diego

ATS 2009 International Conference
May 15-20, 2009
San Diego, California 

2008 American Thoracic Society International Conference

Date: May 16 - 21, 2008
Venue: Toronto (Ontario, Canada)

**ATS 2008 was held in Toronto, ON. Eileen and Paula were joined by ARDS survivor Dee Storey, and her friend, Sue, as well as ARDS Survivor Phil Cassel, at ATS PAR's Breathing Better session on Saturday, May 17, 2008. On Monday, May 19, Pastor Ian Robb spoke during a lung transplant session, addressing his history as a lung patient which began with ARDS, then pulmonary fibrosis, and finally as a double lung transplant patient. On Tuesday, May 20, Dee Storey spoke at the Public Advisory Roundtable's session, of her experience as an ARDS patient who received pulmonary rehabilitation.

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The American Thoracic Society's International Conference is the world's premier educational program for clinicians and researchers in adult and pediatric pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. With more than 400 sessions and 800 speakers, attendees can sample a broad spectrum of topics or concentrate on critical care, sleep, allergy/immunology or other specialty related to respiratory medicine.

The Advance Program will be available in January 2008 through the ATS website at www.thoracic.org. For more information, send an e-mail to .

**ATS 2009 will be held in San Diego, California.**

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The American Thoracic Society Public Advisory Roundtable
is pleased to invite you to our second annual forum

Breathing Better with the ATS

to be held on Saturday May 17, 2008 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
at The Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Canada
123 Queen Street West

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You’ll have an opportunity to hear from patients and experts inthe pulmonary community and networkwith them afterwards. The gathering will be held in conjunction with the ATS International Conference. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided at the meeting.

Please RSVP by email at your convenience but not later than March 30th, 2008.

If you have any questions contact Karen Belgiovine (212) 315­8640

ARDS Foundation has been a PAR member since 2005. ARDS Foundation President Eileen Rubin Zacharias is the current PAR Representative and incoming PAR President for 2009.

The ATS Public Advisory Roundtable (ATS PAR) is a core component of the American Thoracic Society and a mutually beneficial partnership wherein organizations that represent persons affected by respiratory diseases, sleep-related conditions, or related critical illnesses collaborate with the American Thoracic Society to advance their shared educational, research, patient care, and advocacy goals. ATS PAR bridges the patient’s perspective to the Society and provides the Board of Directors with strategic guidance to keep patients and families as a central focus of all ATS

The ARDS Foundation at Prior ATS Conferences

• ATS Conference 2007
• ATS San Diego 2006
• ATS San Diego 2005
• ATS Conference 2004
• ATS Conference 2003
• ATS Conference 2002