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Session includes invitee/speaker with CF. Others with CF encouraged to participate virtually.
Session includes invitee/speaker with CF. Others with CF encouraged to participate virtually.
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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, October 25, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Registration Open
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    W30--Gene Editing: Delivery of Gene Editors
    Chair: Gregory Newby – Johns Hopkins University
    Chair: Sriram Vaidyanathan, PhD – Nationwide Children's Hospital
    PTAC/CFTR
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    W31--Microbial Ecology & Polymicrobial Interactions of CF Airway Infection
    Chair: Sarah E. Clark, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Chair: Fabrice Jean-Pierre, PhD – University of Sherbrooke
    IMI
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG23--Living Audit Ready
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG24--Off the Beaten Path: Non-Traditional Approaches to Optimizing Pharmacy Care
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG25--Hot Topics
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG26--Nutrition in the Life Course Perspective: Women & Health
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG27--On the Road Again; Transitions Through the Lifespan of the CF Patient
  • 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    Special Session--Strategies to Navigate an Academic Career in CF
    Chair: Jennifer Goralski, MD – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chair: Rebekah F. Brown, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Chair: Katherine A. Despotes, n/a – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    CLINHEAC
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT
    CC01--From the Editors' Desks: Best of CF Publications
    Chair: Patrick A. Flume, MD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Chair: Bonnie W. Ramsey, MD – University of Washington School of Medicine
    CLIN
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT
    CC02--Navigating Fear & Stress Through Medical Procedures
    Chair: Meghan Marsac, PhD – University of Kentucky
    Chair: Carol Chace, LICSW – Children's National Hospital, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20010
    SW/PSYCH
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT
    CC03--Complex Nutrition/GI Cases: Navigating the Extremes and Everything in Between
    Chair: Ala Shaikhkhalil, MD – Danat Al Emarat Hospital
    Chair: Clarissa Morency, RD, LD, CACFD – Baylor College of Medicine
    NTRCLIN
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT
    CC04--The Wild World of CF Genetics
    Chair: Elinor Langfelder Schwind, MS, CGC – Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health
    Chair: Deanna Green – Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
    CLIN
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT
    CC05--Troubleshooting Complex Cases Dealing with Social Determinants of Health & Complex Insurance Issues
    Chair: Jenn Stewart, APRN, FNP-C – University of Utah
    Chair: Lyndsay Marriott, BSN, RN, CPN – The University of Kansas Health System
    NRSHEACSW/PSYCH
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT
    CC06--It's Complicated: A Review of Complex Patients Therapies & Outcomes
    Chair: Amy Pridgen, PT MPT – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Chair: Carolina Herrera, RRT – Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    PT&RT
  • 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Exhibit & Poster Hall Open
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    TPS06--Nourishing Horizons: Innovations in GI, Endocrine, & Nutrition in CF
    Chair: Keerthana Kesavarapu – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    Chair: Gretchen Garlow, MS, LDN – Massachusetts General Hospital
    NTRCLIN
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    TPS06--Nourishing Horizons: Innovations in GI, Endocrine, & Nutrition in CF
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    S26--Charting the Course: Tackling the Challenges of Healthcare Accessibility
    Chair: Kirby Smith, CPhT Adv CHW – University of Missouri
    Chair: Brian O'Sullivan, MD – Geisel School of Medicine
    HEACSW/PSYCHPHARM
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    S27--Phage is the Rage: Demystifying Phage Therapy
    Chair: Isaac Martin, MBBS, MRCPCH, MD(Res) – The Hospital for Sick Children
    Chair: Jonathan Koff – Yale University
    IMI
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    S28--Sexual & Reproductive Health in CF
    Chair: Ellen Meier, CPNP, APRN – Children's Mercy Kansas City
    Chair: Christine Decker-Hughes, BSN, RN, IBCLC, CPN – UC San Diego Health
    NRS
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    S29--Diagnostic Challenges Across the Lifespan
    Chair: Alex Gifford, MD – UH Cleveland Medical Center / Rainbow Babies and Children's
    Chair: Amy Dettori, MD – University of Washington / Seattle Children's Hospital
    CLIN
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    PTAC/CFTR: Mechanistic Insight Into CFTR Function & Modulation
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    S30--Mechanistic Insight Into CFTR Function & Modulation
    Chair: David Sheppard – School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
    Chair: Christine E. Bear, PhD – The Hospital for Sick Children
    PTAC/CFTR
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    S31--It's New & Improved! Innovations in RT/PT
    Chair: Gina Collins, MPH, RRT – Inova Fairfax Hospital
    Chair: Lisa Morrison, BSc – West of Scotland Adult CF Unit
    PT&RT
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    S32-- Gene Delivery: Targeted Nonviral Delivery to Airway Epithelial Cells
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    S32--Gene Delivery: Targeted Nonviral Delivery to Airway Epithelial Cells
    Chair: Alexandra Piotrowski-Daspit, Ph.D. – University of Michigan
    Chair: Stephen L. Hart – Department of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health,London, UK
    PTAC/CFTR
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W32--Lung Health in CF
    Chair: Spencer Poore, MD MSCS – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Chair: Shijing Jia, MD – University of Michigan
    CLIN
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W33--Beyond Modulators: Essential PT/RT Care for Advanced CF Lung Disease – Bridging Patient Experience, Registry Data, & Transplant Pathways
    Chair: DeeAnna Serna, RRT-NPS, AE-C – University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
    Chair: John D. Lowman, PhD, PT, CCS – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    PT&RT
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W34--Restoring Airway Surface Physiology in CF
    Chair: Viral Shah, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School
    Chair: Mahmoud Abou Alaiwa, M.D. – University of Iowa
    APPTT
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W35--Navigating GI & Hepatic Challenges in CF: Current Insights & Future Directions
    Chair: Folashade Jose, MD – Levine Children's Hospital
    Chair: Lauren Lazar, MD – UT Southwestern
    CLIN
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W36--Risky Behaviors in Adolescents & Young Adults with CF
    Chair: Kimberly Pasley, PsyD – Nationwide Children's Hospital
    Chair: Colette Bucur, MSN, CNP – Cleveland Clinic Children's
    NRS
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W37--Managing CF, One Transition at A Time
    Chair: Brynn Arnall, LMSW – Michigan Medicine
    Chair: Emily Muther, PhD – University of Colorado SOM/Children's Hospital Colorado
    SW/PSYCH
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Poster Removal
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    LL07--Advocacy 101- How to Speak Up for Your Patients
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    LL08--Let's Get Physical: HIIT It Up
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    LL09--Different Plans Toward the Same Destination: Tailoring Treatment to Patient Preferences
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    LL10--Career Development: How to Review a Manuscript & Respond to a Manuscript Review
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    LL11--Systemic Challenges to Care & Workarounds
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    LL12--Antibiotics Strategies in the Post-modulator Era, A Pro/Con Discussion
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Roundtables: Group 1
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Roundtables: Group 2
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Roundtables: Group 3
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Special Session-- CFF Research Funding Strategy & Priorities
    Speaker: John Clancy, MD – Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    Speaker: Steven Rowe
  • 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM PDT
    PL3--Until It’s Done for Everyone: Addressing Health Disparities & Transforming the International Landscape of Cystic Fibrosis Care
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
    Closing Event