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No. 109 (August 2018)
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Second year's donation target reached!

On behalf of the Society, we would like to express gratitude from the bottom of our hearts to you for your generous donations to the Asian Pacific Thoracic Association (APTA), the organization registered as the legal entity of the APSR.

By the end of June 2018, the fiscal year-end of the APTA, the target number of donors was reached for the second year's requirement towards the APTA's recognition as an authorized non-profit organization (authorised NPO) to gain tax-exemption status.

When recognised as an authorised NPO, we will be required to also have 100 donors every fiscal year. We would appreciate your continued support.

Tweet your way to a complimentary registration for the Taipei Congress

Volunteer to live-tweet and upload to the APSR's social networking site (SNS) accounts during the ERS Congress 2018 in Paris.

As you may know, the APSR uses Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and we are looking for a volunteer to kindly contribute to these SNS accounts; in particular, APSR-related activities at the ERS Congress 2018 in Paris. This is an open invitation for any young APSR member to attending the ERS Congress to apply for this volunteer position.

The volunteer will be offered complimentary registration of the APSR Congress 2018 Taipei

Basic qualifications:

  • Must be APSR member
  • Aged 25-30
  • Excellent SNS skills for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
  • Good English skills
  • Planning to attend all (or most) of the ERS Congress from 15 to 19 September

Roles and responsibilities:

  • 20 live-tweets and uploads each day to the APSR's SNS accounts at Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For example:
    • opening ceremony
    • major sessions
    • APSR young investigator sessions
    • APSR session at the World Village (13:30-14:00, 16 September)
    • notices from the APSR booth
    • notices from the venue
    • etc.
  • contact the APSR Secretariat staff each day to agree the next day's schedule and receive any special instructions, either at the APSR booth or if that is not possible, by email to the APSR Secretariat APSR@theapsr.org

Token of appreciation:

Deadline for application:

  • 20 August 2018

To apply for this opportunity please submit to the APSR Secretariat APSR@theapsr.org:

  • a brief (one page) curriculum vitae
  • the dates you plan to attend the congress
  • your Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts for the APSR Secretariat to see your past tweets and uploads

Feel free to contact the Secretariat APSR@theapsr.org if you have any queries.

We are looking forward to working with you!

A warm welcome to the Bangladesh Lung Foundation

We are delighted to announce that the Bangladesh Lung Foundation (BLF) has joined the APSR as an en bloc society.

As with other en bloc societies, all BLF members are now members of the APSR and have full APSR membership rights and privileges. Many BLF members have already joined APSR assemblies. (Please see the last Coucillor's report).

The BLF conducts an amazing range of activities in the promotion of lung health for people in Bangladesh.

Innovation and initiatives by not only the Foundation but also its committed members, leads to strong confidence of a mutually beneficial relationship with sister societies throughout the region and beyond.

Dr Rashidul Hassan, President of the Bangladesh Lung Foundation, sends the following message.

"I'm delighted to write this message on behalf of all the members of the Bangladesh Lung Foundation (BLF). At the outset, we would like to extend our best wishes to all members and leadership of the en bloc societies of the APSR.

On this auspicious occasion, we would like to express our commitment to the ideals of the APSR. Our members have been regularly attending APSR congresses to quench their thirst for knowledge and to obtain updates regarding lung diseases. This has provided us a golden opportunity to interact with colleagues from the region and enhanced our capacity to provide quality care for our patients.

Unfortunately, lung health is still neglected in Bangladesh as well as within the Asia-Pacific region. This region has the highest levels of air pollution in the world. Lung health is therefore a major challenge for our population. It is imperative that air pollution should be controlled strictly. The burden of asthma and COPD is rapidly increasing owing to unplanned urbanization. Brickfields have been identified as the major source of air pollution in the country. We are hopeful that our stronger ties with other sister societies under the auspices of the APSR will enable us to draw the attention of policy makers to the problem.

Bangladesh is a high burden TB country. Despite the limitation of our resources, operational research conducted in Bangladesh laid the foundation for the shorter nine month regimen (Bangladesh regimen) for Multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis. We believe that this regimen will serve as a game changer in the management of Multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis. The BLF is eager to participate in any multi-centre research on other issues like Latent TB infection or Extra-pulmonary TB (EPTB). Other respiratory infections also pose a major challenge for our community.

Our induction in the APSR fold coincides with the tenth anniversary of our foundation. We have labeled it as the decade of dedication to lung health. We are very eager to participate in the various activities of the APSR related to creation of public awareness. We intend to observe the coming World Lung Day in a special manner with participation of APSR leadership.

As physicians, it is our responsibility to strive for the amelioration of the pain of suffering mankind. An African proverb says; "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together". We believe in going far, together with all the friends and colleagues under the APSR umbrella to achieve this objective. We would like to express our profound gratitude to the APSR secretariat team led by Mr Yamanaka.

Dr Rashidul Hassan, President of the BLF


BLF leadership (Click image to enlarge)

Air pollution position statement

An APSR-ATS joint position statement on air pollution has been submitted to AJRCCM.

On the population's health burden from air pollution in the Asia-Pacific region, Dr Yasuo Morimoto and Dr Kozo Kuribayashi took charge of the section indoor air pollution, and Dr Soo-Hee Jung and Dr Woo Jin Kim took charge of the section on outdoor air pollution.

Ten recent articles were selected and reviewed for publication in APSR Respiratory Updates.

Recent activities by Dr Morimoto
Assembly Head of Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology


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In November 2017 Dr Yasuo Morimoto, Head of APSR Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology Assembly, presented "State of PM2.5 and its risk of respiratory disease" at a respiratory conference in in Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, followed by a presentation entitled "Pulmonary toxicity of nanoparticles" at a Seoul conference on toxico-genomics.

In June 2018 he gave a further presentation entitled "Occupational health management of manufactured nanomaterials" in Incheon, Republic of Korea at a symposium on occupational lung disease at a Korea-China-Japan Conference on Occupational Health.

An e-learning education video on lung disorder due to indoor and outdoor air pollution was made under the control of the Japanese Respiratory Society and the Japan Society for Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation.

A review article entitled "Particle and gaseous matter" was submitted as a section of book on "Guidance for prevention and treatment for air pollutant-related disease".

APSR Members online access to ATS 2018 Sessions

As with their 2017 International Conference, the ATS has kindly arranged for you to benefit from recordings of some of the most popular sessions from the 2018 International Conference, sharing tremendous ATS scientific research and clinical care knowledge.

Access is free for APSR members via apsresp.org/archive/ats-2018-stream.php and is scheduled to be available until 30 August 2018

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23rd APSR Congress, Taipei
29 November – 2 December 2018

APSR World Village Session at the ERS International Congress in Paris

Sunday 16 September, 13:30–14:00, at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles

"Supporting clean air and healthy lungs in Asia-Pacific countries"
Tentative programme

  • Opening & Welcome
    Dr Kwun Fong, President of the APSR
  • World Lung Day and the Charter for lung health
    Dr Kwun Fong, President of the APSR
  • Efforts to Clean Air World (Overview on activities in the Asia-Pacific region)
    Dr Chong Jen Yu, the Taiwan Society of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
    Dr Vu Van Giap, the Viet Nam Respiratory Society
    Dr Arifin Nawas, the Indonesian Society of Respirology
    Dr Geethal Perera, the Sri Lanka College of Pulmonologists
  • Impact of air pollution on three countries and steps being taken by the societies
    Dr Wilson Yee Kwok Sang, the Hong Kong Thoracic Society
    Dr Mohammad Mosharaf Hossain, the Bangladesh Lung Foundation
    Dr Puah Ser Hon, the Singapore Thoracic Society
  • APSR 2018 Congress in Taipei, video & talk
    Dr Chong Jen Yu, President of APSR 2018 Congress
  • Closing
    Mr Yasutomi Yamanaka, Executive Manager of the APSR

Respiratory Updates

The July issue (Vol 10.7) features Bronchiectasis:

  • Adult Patients with Bronchiectasis. A first look at the US Bronchiectasis Research Registry
  • Research priorities in bronchiectasis: a consensus statement from the EMBARC Clinical Research Collaboration
  • Aetiology of bronchiectasis in adults: A systematic literature review
  • Multi-dimensional severity assessment in bronchiectasis: an analysis of seven European cohorts
  • Comorbidities and the risk of mortality in patients with bronchiectasis: an international cohort study
  • Bronchiectasis severity is an independent risk factor for vascular disease in a bronchiectasis cohort
  • A randomised controlled trial of atorvastatin in patients with bronchiectasis infected with Pseudomonas aerigunosa. A proof of concept study
  • Bronchoarterial ratio in non-smoking adults: implications for bronchial dilation definition
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaption and diversification in the non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis lung
  • FUT2 Genotype Influences lung function, exacerbation frequency and airway microbiota in non-CF bronchiectasis
  • The development and validation of the Bronchiectasis Health Questionnaire (BHQ)
  • Pulmonary exacerbation in adults with bronchiectasis: a consensus definition for clinical research
  • The BRICS (Bronchiectasis Radiologically Indexed CT Score). A multicentre study score for use in idiopathic and post-infective bronchiectasis

Inside Respirology

Respirology Vol. 23 Issue 8 (August 2018) has been released since the last Bulletin.

In this issue, the Editors have especially chosen to feature the following two articles:

Regional society news

The spotlight this month is on

TAIWAN

Each month we share details of activities of a particular country, region or society.

If you would like the spotlight to be on your country, region or society next month, contact the Bulletin Coordinator or APSR Secretariat.

Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (TSPCCM)

The Society was founded in the 1970s, initially as a local division of ACCP, to integrate the academic activities of local chest specialists. In 1996, the title of society was changed to reflect the growing importance of critical care medicine in our daily practice.

Sixteen committees

Official journal

Thoracic Medicine (published every two months)

Official newsletter

(published every two months)

National care promotion programme for COPD since 2017

The Pay-for-performance (P4P) programme is increasingly conducted worldwide in the healthcare system to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health care. COPD is currently the fourth leading cause of death and is predicted to become the third by 2020. In Taiwan, the prevalence of COPD was estimated to be 6.1% independent of the defined diagnostic criteria.

To improve the health qualities and treatment outcomes of COPD patients, the Bureau of National Health Insurance (NHI) implemented a P4P programme for COPD in April 2017. This new programme provides financial incentives to motivate the participation of physicians who are able to establish patient-centered care within health care and enhance the value of patient monitoring and management. The main objectives of this new payment programme are to offer a comprehensive care system, improve the quality of healthcare, as well as reduce emergency department visits, ICU admission and cost burden in COPD.

To provide a comprehensive care system for COPD, financial incentives, medical resources, educational training for participation, and health education for patients, are integrated into this programme. Hospitals/clinics that enrol in the programme could receive extra payment for case management, smoking cessation success, execution of pulmonary rehabilitation, medication adherence, and reduction in COPD-related emergency visits and hospitalizations reward.

The Taiwan COPD Clinical Treatment Guideline is used to establish a unified standard for physicians and provide evidence-based analyses of individual agents commonly used in the treatment of COPD. Training certification classes for this programme provided by the Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (TSPCCM) to improve skill and knowledge of physicians, case managers and respiratory therapists. Patients decision aid and self-management tools are provided by the TSPCCM for informing patients about available treatments, along with potential benefits, risks and costs, during clinical encounters. T-COPD, the network referral system, creates direct communication between primary care providers and specialist reviewers. Public health campaigns are launched to raise awareness and educate the public about COPD. This payment programme is aimed to provide a comprehensive care system and create a trilateral win-win situation for patients, physician, and insurer in the field of COPD.

Guidelines

Publications

Annual Meeting 2017

The 2017 Annual Meeting of the TSPCCM was held on 9–10 December at the National Taiwan University Hospital International Convention Center, Taipei. There were eight speakers from overseas; six from the US and Europe.

APSR 2018

The 23rd Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR 2018) will be held at the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) on 29 November – 2 December 2018 (Thursday to Sunday) hosted by the TSPCCM.

Other notable society events and news:

Australia

Asian Pacific Congress for Bronchology (APCB) 2019

Venue:Gold Coast, Australia
Dates:28–30 March 2019
Detailswww.apcb2019.com

The Asian Pacific Congress on Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (or APCB 2019 for the short title) will take place at the Gold Coast Exhibition and Convention Centre, Australia, 28–30 March 2019. It will attract a distinguished audience comprised of researchers and clinicians in the field of bronchology and interventional pulmonology. The theme is "Case Based Training – Practice and Theory" and it will have a novel design with a hands-on focus; workshops will provide the core part of the Congress.

This Congress will have particular relevance for trainees, fellows and consultant specialists. Case-based learning is a key part of modern learning methods and APCB 2019 will allow this type of learning to take centre stage. We are developing a stimulating programme designed to explore the latest developments, medical advances, cutting-edge treatments and breakthroughs in the management of respiratory illnesses.

For more information, or to sign up to receive updates, please go to www.apcb2019.com

Hong Kong

HKTS/CHEST Symposium on Asthma and COPD

The Hong Kong Thoracic Society and CHEST Delegation Hong Kong and Macau will co-host the "Symposium on Asthma and COPD: NOW and Future" at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong on 1-2 September 2018.

This 2-day programme sessions include:

  • Hands-on workshop for respiratory physicians
    • Bronchial thermoplasty
    • Endobronchial valve
    • Force oscillation technique
    • High flow oxygen therapy
    • Bronchial challenge test and FeNO
  • Certificate course for nurses and allied health professionals
    • Asthma in children
    • Asthma in adult
    • COPD
    • Spirometry, lung volume study and diffusion study
    • Skin test and inhaler devices
    • High flow oxygen therapy and NIV
  • Symposium on Asthma and COPD
    • Maximum bronchodilation for COPD: what to consider?
    • Asthma and COPD: how big is the problem and where do we go wrong?
    • The microbiome in respiratory health and disease: the key to prevent airway disease development?
    • Is asthma a western disease? Lessons from China
    • Can COPD development be halted?
    • Inhaler devices and inhaler techniques
    • Strategies for improving adherence in asthma & COPD
    • COPD according to the latest GOLD strategy: anything new?
    • Managing asthma in children: anything new?
    • Novel mechanisms of asthma attacks: new avenues for therapy & prevention
    • A practical approach to assessment and management of difficult-to-treat asthma
    • Treating type 2- high asthma
    • Treating non-eosinophilic asthma
    • Bronchial Thermoplasty
    • Measurement of bronchodilator responses in COPD: forced oscillation and imaging
    • Personalised therapy of COPD: ready for prime time
    • Is mild COPD worth treating?
    • Mechanisms of COPD exacerbations and their implications for treatment
    • Anti-IgE therapy in asthma
    • Rationale for dual bronchodilator therapy in COPD
    • Inhaled steroid for COPD
    • Trait-directed treatment of airway disease
    • Moving beyond disease labels in asthma & COPD - what are the research needs?
    • Asthma-COPD overlap
    • Eosinophilic COPD
    • Individualized care for our COPD patients
    • Endobronchial lung volume reduction for COPD

Invited speakers include:

  • Neil Barnes (UK)
  • Norbert Berend (Australia)
  • Peter Calverley (UK)
  • Mario Castro (USA)
  • Veronica Chan (Hong Kong)
  • Ratko Djukanovic (UK)
  • Felix Herth (Germany)
  • Sebastian Johnston (UK)
  • Gregory King (Australia)
  • Fanny Ko (Hong Kong)
  • Grace Lam (Hong Kong)
  • Wai-kei Lam (Hong Kong)
  • Christopher Lai (Hong Kong)
  • Jing Li (Mainland China)
  • Neil Martin (UK)
  • Fernando Martinez (USA)
  • Fernando J Martinez (USA)
  • Daniel Ng (Hong Kong)
  • Ian Pavord (UK)
  • Helen Reddel (Australia)
  • Hoi-nam Tse (Hong Kong)
  • Jorgen Vestbo (UK)
  • Wisia Wedzicha (UK)
  • Yiu-cheong Yeung (Hong Kong)

Click here (PDF file) for details of academic accreditations, conference registration, and the detailed programme, or contact the meeting secretariat:

  • MIMS (Hong Kong) Limited
    27/F., OTB Building, 160 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
    Tel: (852) 2155 8557 or 2116 4348 Fax: (852) 2559 6910
    E-mail: meeting.hk@mims.com

Indonesia

Special scientific meeting ISR 2018

There will be a special scientific meeting of the Indonesian Society of Respirology (ISR) (Pertemuan Ilmiah Khusus PDPI 2018) with the theme Current approach in respiratory medicine – Special issues in interventional pulmonology and thoracic oncology

Venue:Crowne Plaza Hotel Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
Dates:23–27 October 2018
Secretariat:pikpdpi2018@gmail.com
Tel: +62 81313563575
Detailswww.pikpdpi2018.com
Avisena Dutha Pratama: avissena_dp@yahoo.com
Erlang Samoedro: erlangsamoedro@gmail.com

Japan

Japan Society for Occupational Health

A meeting of the Japan Society for Occupational Health will be held on 14-15 September 2018 in Tokyo.

A session on lung disorders due to asbestos and nanomaterials will take place in the morning of 15 September. Focus will be on the physiological response of personal protective equipment (respirators) and the clinical significance of circulating tumour cells in malignant mesothelioma.

Details: sanei2018.jp

Japanese Respiratory Society

The 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society will be held on 12-14 April 2019 at the Tokyo International Forum.

The Meeting's president will be Prof. Koichiro Tatsumi (Department of Respirology, Chiba University)

Details: www.jrs.or.jp/english/?content_id=27

Taiwan

23rd Congress of the APSR will be held on 29 November – 2 December 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan.

Details: www.apsr2018.com

Vietnam

Annual congress of Vietnam Respiratory Society 2018

Venue:Hanoi, Vietnam
Dates:27–28 September 2018
Detailshoihohapvietnam.org

UAE

2nd Annual Dubai International Asthma, Allergy & COPD Forum

5-6 October 2018
Dubai, UAE

  • Complimentary registration

    The Forum will kindly provide complimentary registrations for their conference with hot topics on Asthma and COPD, for two APSR members.

    Don't miss the opportunity to apply for the free pass! Send your brief curriculum vitae before 31 August to the APSR Secretariat sugakonno@theapsr.org,

    Recipients must submit a short report after the conference, which may appear in the APSR Bulletin, Newsletter and SNS.

  • 25% Discounted registration fee for APSR members

    As a member of a Supporting Society, the Forum offers APSR members a 25% discount on the conference registration fee. Please contact APSR Secretariat sugakonno@theapsr.org to receive the discount code.

Conference details
www.cvent.com/events/dubai-international-asthma-allergy-and-copd-forum-2018/event-summary-eee8c7ce1334475695498919fd27cf7f.aspx

Health news

Smoking control in Japan

Historically a country of heavy smokers, the situation has improved in recent decades with government-backed encouragement to reduce the problem, though to date non-compliance of Health Ministry recommendations and guidelines has been free of penalty. Pace is now picking up speed as government advisories are being replaced with legal restrictions and prohibitions.

Dr Morimoto, Head of the APSR Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology Assembly, points to a new passive smoking control law that includes prohibition of smoking in restaurants and workplaces. Such establishments must be ready before the new law comes into effect in April 2020, ahead of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

In June 2018 Tokyo lawmakers passed an anti-smoking ordinance stricter than the national version currently being deliberated by the national Diet.

Letters from across the region

Look out for interesting letters from Philippines and India, appearing soon in Respirology.

Education

New educational articles

The following article has recently been selected from Respirology for its specific educational value. Previous articles on further topics can be seen at apsresp.org/education/articles/index.html

S100A12 as a marker of worse cardiac output and mortality in pulmonary hypertension
Argyrios Tzouvelekis, Jose D Herazo-Maya, Changwan Ryu, Jen-Hwa Chu, Yingze Zhang, Kevin F Gibson, Percy K Adonteng-Boateng, Qin Li,1 Hongyi Pan, Benjamin Cherry, Ferhaan Ahmad, Hubert J Ford, Erica L Herzog, Naftali Kaminski and Wassim H Fares
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/resp.13302 (Jul 2018)

Comment by Dr Mark Lavercombe:
This intriguing study suggests the use of serum SA100A12 concentration as a prognostic marker in pulmonary hypertension. Despite relatively small sample sizes, elevated S100A12 levels were significantly associated with a diagnosis of PH, and negatively correlated to cardiac output. Increased overall mortality was associated with S100A12 levels in both discovery and validation cohorts.

APSR Membership

Donations received

  • Dr Kazuhisa Asai
  • Dr Akira Fujita
  • Dr Masaki Fujita
  • Dr Koichi Hagiwara
  • Dr Norihiro Harada
  • Dr Ryuji Hayashi
  • Dr Toshio Ichiwata
  • Dr Shinichiro Iwakami
  • Dr Yuka Ishikawa
  • Dr Takashi Kijima
  • Dr Yuzo Kodama
  • Dr Shinichiro Koyama
  • Dr Hisako Matsumoto
  • Dr Kazuto Matsunaga
  • Dr Yoshiaki Minakata
  • Dr Yasuo Morimoto
  • Dr Shigeo Muro
  • Dr Naoyuki Nogami
  • Dr Hiromasa Ogawa
  • Dr Takafumi Suda
  • Dr Kazuhisa Takahashi
  • Dr Saburo Takata
  • Dr Masao Toda
  • Dr Akira Umeda
  • Dr Mitsuhiro Yamada
  • Dr Mutsuo Yamaya
have kindly sent their donations towards the Society's goals, as outlined at apsresp.org/members/donors.php.

The APSR is profoundly grateful for their generosity.

New Fellows of the APSR

Congratulations to the following members who have recently become APSR Fellows.

  • Dr Prastuti Astawulaningrum FAPSR (Indonesia)
  • Dr Md Arshad Ejazi FAPSR (India)
  • Dr Farah Fatmawati FAPSR (Indonesia)
  • Dr Anna Febriani FAPSR (Indonesia)
  • Dr Helmia Hasan FAPSR (Indonesia)
  • Dr Wiwin Is Fefendi FAPSR (Indonesia)
  • Dr Marhana Isnin Anang FAPSR (Indonesia)
  • Dr Ariani Permatasari FAPSR (Indonesia)
  • Dr Yudhawati Resti FAPSR (Indonesia)
  • Dr Arief Bakhtiar Sudjak FAPSR (Indonesia)
  • Dr Irmi Syafa'ah FAPSR (Indonesia)
  • Dr Kusmiati Tutik FAPSR (Indonesia)

New assembly members

A warm welcome to the following members who have recently joined APSR assemblies. They will undoubtedly enjoy working with and networking with their assembly colleagues.

Assemblies
Dr Prastuti Astawulaningrum FAPSR
(Indonesia)
Tuberculosis
Respiratory Infections (non-tuberculous)
Clinical Respiratory Medicine
Dr Vipula Rasanga Bataduwaarachchi
(Sri Lanka)
Clinical Respiratory Medicine
Tuberculosis
Respiratory Structure and Function
Dr Karen Anne Gonzales Bispo
(Philippines)
Clinical Respiratory Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
Respiratory Neurobiology and Sleep
Dr Gladys Judynil Daba
(Philippines)
Clinical Respiratory Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
COPD
Dr Sahajal Dhooria
(India)
Interstitial Lung Disease
Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques
Clinical Respiratory Medicine
Dr Md Arshad Ejazi FAPSR
(India)
Interstitial Lung Disease
Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques
Critical Care Medicine
Dr Farah Fatmawati FAPSR
(Indonesia)
Lung Cancer
Dr Anna Febriani FAPSR
(Indonesia)
Lung Cancer
Cell and Molecular Biology
Respiratory Structure and Function
Dr Crestita Gorme
(Philippines)
Paediatric lung disease
Respiratory Neurobiology and Sleep
Critical Care Medicine
Dr Wenda Guan
(China)
Respiratory Infections (non-tuberculous)
Dr Helmia Hasan FAPSR
(Indonesia)
Clinical Allergy & Immunology
Tuberculosis
Clinical Respiratory Medicine
Dr Wiwin Is Fefendi FAPSR
(Indonesia)
Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology
Interstitial Lung Disease
Lung Cancer
Dr Marhana Isnin Anang FAPSR
(Indonesia)
Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques
Critical Care Medicine
Lung Cancer
Dr Anthony Johnson
(Australia)
Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology
Tuberculosis
Lung Cancer
Dr Cristia Maysol Maderazo Morales
(Philippines)
Critical Care Medicine
COPD
Dr Jawed Ul Hadi Memon
(Pakistan)
Clinical Respiratory Medicine
COPD
Respiratory Neurobiology and Sleep
Dr Yun Wing Thomas Mok
(Hong Kong)
Clinical Respiratory Medicine
COPD
Lung Cancer
Dr Thi Kim Phuong Nguyen
(Vietnam)
Respiratory Infections (non-tuberculous)
Paediatric Lung Disease
Asthma
Dr Ariani Permatasari FAPSR
(Indonesia)
Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology
Interstitial Lung Disease
Dr Yudhawati Resti FAPSR
(Indonesia)
Clinical Allergy & Immunology
Respiratory Infections (non-tuberculous)
Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr Alfian Nur Rosyid
(Indonesia)
COPD
Asthma
Clinical Respiratory Medicine
Dr Ho Pui So
(Hong Kong)
Tuberculosis
Asthma
Respiratory Neurobiology and Sleep
Dr Arief Bakhtiar Sudjak FAPSR
(Indonesia)
Asthma
COPD
Respiratory Neurobiology and Sleep
Dr Irmi Syafa'ah FAPSR
(Indonesia)
Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques
Critical Care Medicine
Lung Cancer
Dr Chien-Hua Tseng
(Taiwan)
Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology
COPD
Critical Care Medicine
Dr Kusmiati Tutik FAPSR
(Indonesia)
Tuberculosis
Respiratory Infections (non-tuberculous)
Clinical Respiratory Medicine
Dr Ralph Elvi Mudanza Villalobos
(Philippines)
Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques
COPD
Lung Cancer

Future Pulmonology Events

Here are the main respiratory events in Asia-Pacific region for the next few months. You can see our full listing on the APSR Calendar.

  • HKTS/CHEST Symposium on Asthma and COPD
    1–2 September 2018, Hong Kong (Details)
  • PCCP 21st Midyear Convention
    6–8 September 2018, Bacolod City, Philippines (Details)
  • 28th annual meeting of Japan Society for Occupational Health
    14–15 September 2018, Tokyo, Japan (Details)
  • 5th Annual Congress of the Vietnam Respiratory Society
    27–28 September 2018, Hanoi, Vietnam (Details)
  • 4th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
    12–14 October 2018, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia (Details)
  • Special scientific meeting ISR 2018 (Pertemuan Ilmiah Khusus PDPI 2018)
    23–27 October 2018, Semarang, Indonesia (Details)
  • 126th Conference of the KATRD
    8–9 November 2018, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Details)
  • World COPD Day
    21 November 2018, Worldwide (Details)
  • 23rd Congress of the APSR
    29 November – 2 December 2018, Taipei, Taiwan (Details)
  • World AIDS Day
    1 December 2018, Worldwide (Details)

For more pulmonology events, see apsresp.org/calendar.html
(These events are for information only and APSR endorsement should not be assumed.)

Contact

If you have any news or announcement that could be of interest to other APSR members, please submit details to the APSR Bulletin coordinators: Dr Arata Azuma (a-azuma@nms.ac.jp), Dr David C L Lam (dcllam@hku.hk), Dr Shu Hashimoto (hashimoto.shu@nihon-u.ac.jp), or APSR Bulletin (bulletin@apsresp.org).


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