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Full Schedule

  • Friday, October 24, 2025
  • 6:00 AM - 6:30 PM PDT
    Meditation & Quiet Room
  • 6:00 AM - 6:30 PM PDT
    Registration Open
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    AF--Adult Fellows
    Chair: Natalie E. West, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins University
    Chair: Joseph M. Pilewski, MD – University of Pittsburgh
    Facilitator: Shalini Vadalia, MD – MedStar/Georgetown - Washington Hospital Center
    CLIN
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    PF--Pediatric Fellows
    Chair: Felix Ratjen, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), FERS – The Hospital for Sick Children
    Facilitator: Chandra Swanson, MD – Boston Children's Hospital
    CLIN
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    W16--Host Response to CF Airway Infections
    Chair: Sophia Goldman, BSc – McGIll University
    Chair: Tania Wong, PhD – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
    IMI
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    W17--Extrapulmonary Manifestations & Mechanisms
    Chair: Katherine Kutney, MD – Case Western Reserve University
    Chair: Agnieszka Swiatecka-Urban, MD – University of Virginia
    EPPPTAC/CFTR
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG13--Double Take: Challenging CF Cases Worth Another Look
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG14--Delivering CF Care in Low & Middle Income Countries
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG15--A New Spin on Classic CF Nutrition Care
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG16--APP Grand Rounds- Enhancing Lives Through Expertise: The Integral Role of Advanced Practice Providers in CF Care
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG17--Seeing More Than CF 3.0
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG18--Psychology/Psychiatry Networking & Knowledge
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG19--Everything You Ever Wanted to Know (& more!) About CFTR Variant Interpretation
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG20--It's Important to be Dense: Nutrition & Exercise to Improve Bone Density & Working with Other Endocrine Issues
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG21--Social Work Networking & Knowledge
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG22--Tech in Research
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM PDT
    RFPT06--New Advances in Stem Cell Biology
    Chair: Shingo Suzuki – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Chair: Finn Hawkins, MB BCh – Boston University/Boston Medical Center
    PTAC/CFTRAPPTT
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM PDT
    RFPT07--Topics Related to Health Equity, Cost, Access, & International Issues
    Chair: Grant Turner – UCLA
    Chair: Tijana Milinic, MD – University of Washington
    HEACSW/PSYCH
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Coffee Break
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Exhibit & Poster Hall Open
  • 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM PDT
    TPS04--Lungs & Beyond
    Chair: Kadambari Vijaykumar, MD – University of Alabama-Birmingham
    Chair: Milene T. Saavedra, Denver, USA – National Jewish Health
    CLIN
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W18--Bringing Health Equity into Care
    Chair: Leah Ratner, MD – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Global Health Equity
    Chair: Olivia M. Stransky, MPH – University of Pittsburgh
    HEACSW/PSYCHCLIN
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W19--Epidemiology & Clinical Impact of Infection in CF
    Chair: Drake C. Bouzek, MD – University of Iowa
    Chair: Jordanna Hoppe – University of Colorado
    IMICLIN
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W20--Cutting-edge Clinical Trials: Insights & Updates
    Chair: Jane E. Gross, MD PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chair: Lisa Bendy, MBA, RRT, RPFT, CCRC – Indiana University
    CLIN
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W21--Updates in Care
    Chair: Lucy Wadsworth, BSc(HONs) – Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, UK
    Chair: Karen Hamill, PT, DPT – UCLA
    PT&RT
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W22--Reprogramming Immune Dysfunction in CF
    Chair: Camilla Margaroli – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Chair: Clemente J. Britto, MD – Yale University
    APPTTIMI
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W23--Enhancing Care Improvements for the Changing CF Landscape
    Chair: Ambika Shenoy, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Chair: Dana Albon, MD MS FCCP ATSF – University of Virginia
    CLIN
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W24--New Psychosocial Interventions
    Chair: Tess Smith-Thomas, PhD – University of Kentucky
    Chair: Annie Thomas-Diceman – St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
    SW/PSYCH
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W25--What Does This Button Do? - Innovations in CF Pharmacotherapy
    Chair: Lori Chen, BScPharm, ACPR – The Hospital for Sick Children
    PHARM
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W26--Best Abstracts in Endocrinology
    Chair: Kara S. Hughan, MD MHSc – UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
    Chair: Andrea Roe, MD, MPH – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    CLIN
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W27--LEAPP in the Best Abstracts in Nursing & Advance Practice Providers
    Chair: Cynthia J. Brady, DNP – University of Minnesota
    Chair: Sarah Dykes, DNP, CPNP-PC – Doernbecher Children's Hospital
    Chair: Jacquelyn M. Spano, DNP, RN, CPNP, CCRC – Stanford University
    NRS
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W28--Nutritional Breakthroughs: A Workshop on Evidenced-based Nutrition
    Chair: Ryan Juel, MS, RD, LD, CACFD – WVU Medicine
    Chair: Kay Vavrina, MPA, RD, LD, CACFD – University Health
    NTR
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W29--Don’t STOP Believing: Solutions to Readthrough of PTCs
    Chair: Margarida D. Amaral, PhD – FCUL-Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa
    Chair: Kari Thrasher, PhD – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
    PTAC/CFTR
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    TPS04--Lungs & Beyond
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM PDT
    Poster Session: All Odd Numbered Posters
  • 12:15 PM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Visit Exhibits and Posters (Refreshments Available)
  • 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM PDT
    FSC05--A Conversation with Kecia Nelson
  • 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM PDT
    FSC06--A Conversation with Greg Sawicki
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PDT
    Navigating the Past, Present, and Future of CFTR Dysfunction Through Sweat Chloride
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PDT
    Junior Investigators Competition: Top 5 Best Abstract in Clinical Research
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PDT
    Junior Investigators Competition: Top 5 Best Abstract in Basic Science
  • 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM PDT
    Poster Session: All Even Numbered Posters
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM PDT
    FSC07--A Conversation with Katie McDonald
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM PDT
    FSC08--A Conversation with Janet Garbarz
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    TPS05--Biomarkers of Disease Severity & Outcome Measures of Therapeutic Efficacy
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    TPS05--Biomarkers of Disease Severity & Outcome Measures of Therapeutic Efficacy
    Chair: Don B. Sanders, MD – Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health
    Chair: Jennifer Guimbellot, MD, PhD – Arkansas Children's Hospital/Arkansas Children's Research Institute
    APPTTCLIN
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S13--CF Endocrinology Across the Lifespan
    Chair: Maria Rayas, MD – University of Texas Health San Antonio
    Chair: Juan Pablo Perdomo Rodriguez, MD – University of Florida - Gainesville
    CLIN
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S14--Molecular Basis of Persistent Infection
    Chair: Megan Kiedrowski, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Chair: Robert Ernst, PhD – University of Maryland - Baltimore
    IMI
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S15--From Crisis to Care: Tackling the Lung Transplant Journey
    Chair: Katherine Papia, LCSW – Northwell Health
    Chair: Natacha D. Emerson, PhD – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
    SW/PSYCH
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S16--The Promise of Nucleic Acid-Based Therapies in CF: Progress & Prospects
    Chair: Deepika Polineni, MD, MPH – Washington University in St. Louis
    Chair: Patrick T. Harrison – Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    PTAC/CFTR
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S17--Early Diagnosis vs. Late Diagnosis: Compare & Contrast
    NRS
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S18--Individualizing Nutrition Care: A Health Behavior Perspective
    Chair: Jason Rocha, MD, PNS – UT Health San Antonio
    Chair: Erin Scallorn, MS, RD, LD, CDCES, CACFD, CYT-200 – Baylor Scott and white
    NTR
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S19--Don’t Sweat It: Navigating the Relationship Between Sweat Chloride & Clinical Outcomes in CF
    Chair: Nicole Mayer Hamblett, PhD – University of Washington
    Chair: Edith T. Zemanick, Aurora, CO, USA – Children's Hospital Colorado, Univ. of Colorado Anschutz Med. Campus
    CLIN
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S20--Modulator Effects on Different Organ Systems
    Chair: Daniel Zeve, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
    Chair: Kimberly Watts, MD, MS – Advocate Children's Hospital
    EPPPTAC/CFTR
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S21--For Your Consideration: A Debate on De-escalating Therapies?
    Chair: Melissa Richmond, MPT – Vancouver, Canada
    Chair: Dabney Eidson, RRT-NPS – Wellstar MCG Health Children's Hospital of Georgia
    PT&RT
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S22--Cell Biology Meets Gene Therapy: Challenges of Restoring CFTR Expression in the Lung
    Chair: Amy P. Wong, PhD – University of Toronto & The Hospital for Sick Children
    Chair: Juan Ianowski, PhD – University of Saskatchewan
    APPTTPTAC/CFTR
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S23--Year(s) in Review
    Chair: Erica Roesch – Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
    Chair: Kathleen J. Ramos, MD – University of Washington
    CLIN
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S24--Beyond Boundaries: Protecting & Supporting Optimal Care for all people with CF
    Chair: Dana Albon, MD MS FCCP ATSF – University of Virginia
    Chair: Gregory Sawicki, MD MPH – Boston Children's Hospital
    Chair: Nathan Salter, MSW, LICSW-S, PIP – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    HEACSW/PSYCHNRS
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S25--The New L is Liver
    Chair: Shilpa Sood, MBBS – Boston Children's Health Physicians
    Chair: Yonathan Fuchs, MD – Yale University
    CLIN
  • 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM PDT
    PL2--A Breath of Fresh Age: Redefining Growing Older with CF
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
    Black Professional in CF Affinity Group
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
    LGBTQIA+ Professionals in CF Affinity Group
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
    Hispanic Professionals in CF Affinity Group