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Session Type: Symposium

S03--The Need for Comprehensive CF Care to be "Ageless"

Thursday, October 23, 2025
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
Location:Flex A

Livestreamed Session

This session will address emerging issues in persons with cystic fibrosis in the era of highly effective modulator therapy. it will address the need of having primary care providers as now PwCF are expected to live longer lives and have medical issues that might resemble more the general population. It will address problems present in the aging population like cardiovascular disease and cancer and how to prevent these from an earlier age via lifestyle and screening. Finally, it will assess important aspects for adolescents and young adults as they prepare for hopefully a long and healthy life

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the how primary care provider experience and protocols can help improve health in persosns with CF
  • Address adolescent health issues and how they can lead to health outcomes later in life
  • List cardiovascular and cancer risks in the aging CF population and address preventive strategies

Presentations:

  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S03.1- CF Care Center Role in Primary Care

    Speaker: Siddhartha G. Kapnadak, MD – Univ. of Washington

  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S03.2- Emerging Issues in Caring for Adolescents and Young Adults with CF

    Speaker: Traci M. Kazmerski, n/a – University of Pittsburgh

  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S03.3- Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in PwCF

    Speaker: Yonatan Buber, Professor of Medicine – University of Washington Medical Center

  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S03.4- Cancer Screening - Adolescents and Beyond

    Speaker: Anne Stephenson, MD PhD – St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto