Scientific Program

 

THURSDAY 10th November, 2016

10:00-12:30

Professional group meetings:

CF Center physicians- Open to all Physicians

CF nurses

CF dieticians

CF psychologists and social workers

12:30-13:30

Light Lunch

Congress opening and greetings

Session A: Patient evaluation tools & CFTR Function

(Session conducted in English)

Chairs: Dr. Malena Cohen-Cymberknoh, MD, and Prof. Hanna Blau, MBBS

13:30-13:35

Welcome and Introduction

13:35-13:45

Clinical and research opportunities of LCI measurements in CF

Oded Breuer MD, CF Center, Hadassah Medical Center, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem

13:45-13:55

What does LCI add to the management of CF?

Patrick Stafler, MD, Graub CF Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petah Tikva

13:55-14:05

Panel Discussion - The Role of LCI in CF: Research tool or every day use?

Lea Bentur, Hanna Blau, Eitan Kerem

14:05-14:20

Electrophysiological tests in CF diagnosis: Nasal Potential Difference is more predictive than sweat test.

Hana Goldstein Dropiyvsky, MD, Hadassah Medical Center, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem

14:20-14:35

Inspiratory Capacity in Cystic Fibrosis – A silent predictor of lung deterioration.

Daphna Vilozni, PhD, The National Center for CF, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer

14:35-15:05

Respiratory and metabolic consequences of vitamiv D deficiency

Noah Lechtzin, MD, M.H.S, Assistant Director , Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore USA

15:05-15:35

Exercise and physical activity in CF: the secret of success

Larry C. Lands, MD, PhD, Director, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine & Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, McGill University Montreal, QC Canada

15:35-16:00

Coffee Break and Exhibition

Session B: Multidisciplinary CF Care

Chairs: Dr. Moran Lavie, MD and Dr. Rachel Friedman

(Session conducted in Hebrew)

16:00-16:15


Sleep in CF

Joel Reiter MD, CF Center, Hadassah Medical Center, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem

16:15-16:30

Sleeping with end stage lung disease in Cystic Fibrosis
Lavie Moran, MD, The National Center for CF, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer

16:30-16:45

Coping with a second diagnosis in a CF adolescent

Edwina Landau, PhD, Graub CF Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petah Tikva

16:45-17:00

The use of “tele-health” (text messaging and video communications) for

patients with cystic fibrosis: A pilot study

Michal Gur, MD, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus

17:00-17:15

...."But I know him since he was 12 years old": Adult patients- what else can we learn about them?

Shifra Kurtz, MSW,  CF Center, Hadassah Medical Center, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem

Mery Fasja, MSW, The National Center for CF, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer

 

17:15-17:35

A patient support group to improve adherence & coping strategies for adult Cyctic fibrosis patients who are working or participate in higher education

Rachel Friedman,PhD, and Michal Shteinberg, MD, PhD,  CF Center, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa

17:35-17:55

Keeping Secrets- Challenges for CF Patients and Families

Shoshi Palmor Haspel, PhD, CF Center, Hadassah Medical Center, Mt. Scopus,

Jerusalem

 

Friday 11th November, 2016

 

07:30-08:30

Registration

 

Session C: CFTR from "bench to bed side "

Chairs: Prof. Lea Bentur, MD and Prof.  Michael Wilschanski, MD

(Session conducted in English)

 

08:30-08:45

CFTR functional measurements correlate with clinical improvements in CF patients with non G551D gating mutations treated with Ivacaftor

Michal Shteinberg, MD, PhD, CF Center, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

 

08:45-09:00

The Israeli CF Registry Annual Data

Meir Mei Zahav,  MD, Graub CF Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petah Tikva

 

09:00-09:20

Respiratory tract organoids in stem cell treatment of CF

Chava Rozen, MD, Dept. Immunology, Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot

 

09:20-09:50

Lung and Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in CF mice

Yair Reisner, PhD, Immunology, Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot

09:50-10:10

"Targeting inflammation-is  it safe?"

Malena Cohen- Cymberknoh, MD, CF Center, Hadassah Medical Cebter, Jerusalem

 

10:10-10:40

Playing with fire without getting burned: controlling inflammation in CF

Larry C. Lands, MD, PhD, Director, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine & Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, McGill University Montreal, QC Canada

 

10:40-11:10

Can we eradicate resistant organisms?

Noah Lechtzin, MD, M.H.S, Assistant Director , Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA

11:10-11:40 Coffee Break and Exhibition 

 

Session D: The Israeli experience with CFTR restoring therapies

Chairs: Dr. Micha Aviram, MD and Dr. Galit Livnat, MD

(Session conducted in Hebrew)

 

 

11:40-12:00

The Ivacaftor experience in Israel

Galit Livnat,  MD, CF Center, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa & Adi Dagan, MD, The National Center for CF, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer

 

12:00-12:15

The Israeli  experience with Orkambi

Dario Prais, MD, Graub CF Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center,

Petah Tikva

 

12:15-12:25

A remarkable off-label response to Ivacaftor 

Hannah Blau, MBBS, Graub CF Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center,

Petah Tikva

 

 

12:25-12:35

CFTR restoring  therapies and Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis

Huda Mussaffi, MD, Graub CF Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center,

Petah Tikva

 

12:35-12:50

Omalizumab in Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Moshe Ashkenazi, MD, The National Center for CF, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer

12:50-13:10

Emerging Therapies for CF Liver Disease

Michael Wilschanski, MD, CF Center, Hadassah Medical Center, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem

 

13:10-13:25

Yes or no to NO

Lea Bentur, MD, and Karin Yakoby-Bianu, MD, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus

13:25-13:35

Achromobacter xylosoxidans in CF patients: prevalence and clinical significance (The Schneider Experience)

Ophir Bar-On, MD, Graub CF Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petach Tikva

 

 

13:35-13:50

Nation-wide genetic analysis for molecularly unresolved cystic fibrosis cases in a multi-ethnic society: Implications for pre-conception screening and post-natal diagnosis

Ori Inbar, PhD, The CF Foundation, Israel

 

13:50

Lunch   

 
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