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Symposium

S26--From Just Surviving to Thriving: Unraveling the Complex Tapestry of CF & Aging

Saturday, September 28, 2024

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET

Location:210 A-C

Chair(s)

Stefanie Krick, MD PhD

Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Elizabeth Tullis, MD FRCPC

University of Toronto

This symposium is targeted to providers as well as scientists interested in the affect of aging on the CF population looking into new emerging concepts in basic, clinical and translational research and discussing aging related comorbidities and future changes in the care concepts of the elderly CF population.

Learning Objectives:

Review emerging concepts in basic, clinical, and translational aging research and how they apply to people with CF.
Define new comorbidities and complications that arise in an older CF population.
Describe how the CF population will change in the future and how an aging CF population will impact current CF care models.

Presentations:

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET

S26.1- Patient Video
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET

S26.2- Emerging Complications in the Aging CF Population
Speaker: Anne L. Stephenson, MD PhD – St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET

S26.3- Impact of Aging on CF Care Models
Speaker: Nicholas Simmonds, MD (Res) FRCP (he/him/his) – Royal Brompton Hospital
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET

S26.4- Tomorrow's CF Landscape: Forecasting Patient Numbers, Disease Severity, & Treatment Outcomes
Speaker: Sanja Stanojevic – Dalhousie University