Scientific Program

The Annual Conference of the Israeli Association of Pediatric Pulmonology-Webinar Meeting

Session 1

Chair: Karin Yaacobi-Bianu, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa

11:30-11:35 Congress Opening and Greetings

Malena Cohen-Cymberknoh, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

11:35-11:50 The influence of facemasks on gas exchange during brisk walks

Ophir Bar-On, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit,
Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petah Tikva

11:50- 12:20 Childhood Pneumonia-– a global perspective.

Heather Zar, MD
Dept. of Pediatrics and Child Health at Red Cross Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa

12:20- 12:35 New GINA Guidelines: Solidly Evidence- Base ?

Israel Amirav, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology Unit; Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

12:35-12:50 The effect of fluticasone furoate/Vilanterol on exercise induced bronchoconstriction in adolescents

Ronen Bar-Yoseph, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa

12:50-13:15 Revisiting the airway epithelium at single cell resolution

Moshe Biton, PhD
Dept. of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

13:15-13:45 LUNCH

 

Session 2

Chair: Moran Lavie, MD,
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit, Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

13:45- 14:00 Now they know how many kids it takes to fill the Hadassah sleep lab

Joel Reiter, MD and Alex Gileles-Hillel, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit and Sleep Lab,
Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

14:00- 14:15 Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in adolescence following extremely premature birth

Nofar Amitai, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit,
Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petah Tikva

14:15-14:30 Real-time effects of COVID19 pandemic lockdown on pediatric respiratory patients

Michal Cahal, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit,
Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

14:30-14:45 Sudden onset of facial swelling

Dvir Gatt, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit,
Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva

14:45 Closing remarks

Meir Mei-Zahav MD
Head, The Israeli Association of Pediatric Pulmonology

The Annual Israeli Cystic Fibrosis Society Conference- Webinar Meeting

Session 1

Chair: Inbal Golan-Tripto; Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva

11:00-11:05 Congress Opening and Greetings

Malena Cohen-Cymberknoh, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit and CF Center,
Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

11:05-11:20 Comparison of CF patients carrying residual function mutations with patients homozygous for minimal function mutations - Data from the European CF Registry

Meir Mei Zahav, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Institute and Graub CF Center,
Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petah Tikva

11:20- 11:35 Baseline CF disease severity has an adverse impact on pregnancy and infant outcomes, but does not impact disease progression

Bar Gindi Reiss, MD
Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University,
and CF Center, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

11:35- 11:50 Advanced Cystic Fibrosis – crossroads in care

Joel Weinberg, MD
CF Center,
Schneider Children's Medical Center and Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva

11:50-12:05 Outcomes of persistent inflammation after pseudomonas eradication in early CF

Oded Breuer, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit and CF Center,
Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

12:05 – 12:20 The old and the new in inhaled antibiotic therapy

Michal Shteinberg, MD
Pulmonary Unit and CF Center,
Carmel Medical Center, Haifa

12:20-12:35 Gastrointestinal outcome measures before and after TRIKAFTA therapy in CF patients carrying the F508del mutation

Michael Wilschanski, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit and CF Center,
Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

12:35 – 12:50 Social work in the shadow of COVID19 (talk in Hebrew)

Dr. Friedman Rachel and Mery Fasja, MSW
CF Centers of Carmel Medical Center and Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer

12:50-13:20 LUNCH

 

Session 2

Chair: Joel Reiter, MD; Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem

13:20- 13:35 The Israeli CF Database - 2018

Meir Mei Zahav, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit and Graub CF Center,
Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petah Tikva

13:35-13:45 Trikafta- a tale of one patient

Michal Gur, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology Unit and CF Center,
Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa

13:45-14:00 Triple combination therapy- The Israeli experience

Adi Dagan, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit and CF Center,
Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer

14:00-14:25 Restoring CFTR function from early life: what can we expect to achieve?

Jane Davies, MD
Paediatric Respirology & Experimental Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

14:25- 14:40 Anti-Sense Oligonucleotides (ASOs) as splicing modulators in organoids – novel insights into a potential therapy

Noemie Stanleigh, PhD
Department of Genetics, Life Sciences Institute, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

14:40-14:55 CFTR Restoration by ELX-02 Across CF Nonsense Genotypes: Utilizing Patient-Derived Organoids to Survey Responsive Alleles

Matt Goddeeris, PhD
Vice President, Research, Eloxx Pharmaceuticals

14:55-15:20 Cell Therapy for CF

Scott H. Randell, PhD
Marsico Lung Institute (MLI) Tissue Procurement and Cell Culture Core; UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina

15:20-15:35 Anxiety in the Reign of Corona

Dr. Eddie Landau
Graub CF Center,
Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petah Tikva

15:35 Closing remarks

Malena Cohen-Cymberknoh, MD, Hadassah Medical Center and
Eitan Kerem, MD, Head, The Israeli Cystic fibrosis Society