The RIGID & Robotics: Hands-on Course in Interventional Pulmonology - April 25, 2025

Houston, TX US
April 25, 2025

The RIGID & Robotics at the Mitie Lab Houston Methodist 

Endorsed by the World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Overview: 

The RIGID and Robotics at Houston Methodist is a hands-on cadaver course that will be held on May 3, 2024, at the Mitie Lab in Houston Methodist, Houston Texas. 

Houston Methodist is pleased to provide a 1-day intensive hands-on cadaver course in Rigid Bronchoscopy and Robotics. The course is held at state-of-the-art MITIE Lab of Houston Methodist Hospital. 

The Course is focused on hands-on cadaver Rigid Bronchoscopy training with all its aspects that include managing the benign and malignant airway disease with Rigid Bronchoscope techniques of reopening the airway, tumor resection, utilizing mechanical and various ablative therapies, especially LASER. It also focuses on Silicone and non-silicone Stent Placements including T-Tubes and Y Stents. 4 cadavers will be used for Rigid Bronchoscopy Training by field experts with a 2:3 mentor/trainees' ratio per station. 

Also, one additional station will be dedicated to Ion Robotic Bronchoscopy with Cone-Beam CT (Computed Tomography).  

There will be an interactive didactic part to boost the learning experience of the attendees.  

Procedures: 

  1. Rigid Bronchoscopy (RB) 

  1. LASER RB 

  1. T-Tube Placement 

  1. Stent Placement and management via RB 

  1. Various Ablative Therapies applications via RB 

  1. Ion Robotic Assisted Bronchoscopy with Cone Beam CT 

 

REGISTRATION FEE: $500

Target Audience

This course should be of interest to Interventional Pulmonary physicians in training, Practicing, and in-training Pulmonologists, ENT Physicians interested in tracheal procedures and Thoracic Surgeons. 

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe Central Airway Obstruction (CAO) in both benign and malignant pathology. 

  1. Recognize best approach to manage the CAO 

  1. Demonstrate the ability to perform the intervention/ procedure based on evidence-based practice, technique, and outcomes. 

  1. Demonstrate the ability to perform RAB and cone-beam CT guidance. 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/16/2024
Course expires: 
12/30/2024
Event starts: 
04/25/2025 - 7:30am CDT
Event ends: 
04/25/2025 - 5:00pm CDT
Cost:
$500.00
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AGENDA

7: 30 a.m. Registration, breakfast and exhibits

8 a.m. Opening Remarks and Introduction - Tarek Dammad, MD, D-AABIP
8:15 Case Presentations, Panel Discussion and Interactive Learning of Rigid Bronchoscopy, ablative therapy and Airway Stenting
9:15 Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy, Case Presentations, panel discussion and interactive learning

10:00 Break

10:15 HANDS-ON WORKSHOP MORNING SESSIONS

Group One: Ion Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy
Group Two: RIGID Bronchoscopy Intubation, Maneuverability, and Dilation Technique
Group Three: RIGID Bronchoscopy T-Tube Placement, Stenting Silicone and Y
Group Four: RIGID Bronchoscopy Ablation/Resection (Mechanical and LASER Resection)
Group Five: RIGID Bronchoscopy, Stenting Silicone, SEM and Y-Stent Placement

11:45 Lunch break

12: 30 p.m. HANDS-ON WORKSHOP AFTERNOON SESSIONS

Morning workshop sessions repeat, rotating hourly from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.

4:40 Post-course Evaluation Forms
4:50 Adjournment

 

Procedures

• Rigid Bronchoscopy (RB)
• LASER RB
• T-Tube Placement
• Stent Placement and Management via RB
• Various Ablative Therapies Applications via RB
• Ion Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy with Cone Beam CT

MITIE - Houston Methodist Research Institute
6670 Bertner Avenue
5th Floor
Houston, TX 77030
United States
View more info about MITIE

Course Faculty:

Program Director:
Tarek Dammad, MD, AABIP
Director, Academic Interventional Pulmonology
Houston Methodist Hospital

Program Co-Director:
Jose Pablo Diaz-Jimenez, MD, PhD
Former WABIP Chair, Clinic Corachan
Barcelona, Spain

Speakers / Facilitators
Michela Bezzi, MD, PhD
Interventional Pulmonologist, Chief Pulmonary Department
University Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili Brescia
Brescia, Italy

Roberto Casal, MD, AABIP
Interventional Pulmonology,
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Colleen Channick, MD, AABIP
Director of Interventional Pulmonology,
University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA)

Ray Chihara, MD, PhD
Thoracic Surgery,
Houston Methodist Hospital

Septimiu Murgu, MD, FCCP, DAABIP
Professor of Medicine,
The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Anastasiia Rudkovskaia, MD, AABIP
Interventional Pulmonology,
Houston Methodist Hospital

Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS, MBA, FCCP
Chief, Section of Interventional Pulmonology,
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Fernando Santa Cruz, MD, AABIP
Interventional Pulmonology,
Houston Methodist Hospital

Available Credit

  • 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.25 Attendance

Price

Cost:
$500.00
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REGISTRATION FEE: $500

 

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