Patient conference 2021
The first ever ELF-EMBARC Virtual Bronchiectasis Patient Conference took place on 27 February 2021 and was a great success. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped to make it such an interactive and informative day.
You can watch a recording of the event which included talks from expert healthcare professionals in the bronchiectasis field and from people living with bronchiectasis below.
Session 1: Bronchiectasis basics
Duration: 70:00
Session 2: Treatment and self-management
Duration: 90:00
Session 3: Latest research
Duration: 60:00
Session 4: Care for people with bronchiectasis during COVID-19
Duration: 70:00
Q&A
Coming soon
Answers from the experts to the questions posed by conference attendees on the day will be posted here shortly.
Speakers
Expert speakers at the Bronchiectasis Patient Conference 2021
Read more information about each speaker here (PDF)
Professor Stefano Aliberti
Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Milan, Italy
Ms Barbara Crossley
Member of ELF Bronchiectasis Patient Advisory Group
Dr Josje Altenburg
Pulmonologist at the Amsterdam University Medical Centres
Professor James Chalmers
British Lung Foundation Chair of Respiratory Research at the University of Dundee, UK, and a consultant respiratory physician
Dr Pieter Goeminne, MD PhD
Respiratory physician in A.Z. Nikolaas and Longartsen.be, Saint-Nicholas, Belgium
Mr Ben Goldscheider
Musician and individual with bronchiectasis
Dr Andrea Gramegna
Specialist in Respiratory Diseases, Consultant and Assistant Professor, University of Milan
Dr Felix Ringshausen
Associated Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases physician at Hannover Medical School, Germany,
Dr Michal Shteinberg
Head of the bronchiectasis and adult CF service, Pulmonology Institute and CF Center, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Dr Anna Spathis
University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and Honorary Consultant at Cambridge Breathlessness Intervention Service, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Dr Arietta Spinou
Lecturer in Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy Practice and Research at King’s College London, UK
Programme
Please note the event programme timings are in Central European Time (GMT+1 hour)
Promotional video
Duration: 1:27
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Partners
Thanks to our partners who have helped to plan this patient conference. With special thanks to members of the ELF bronchiectasis patient advisory group and members of EMBARC.
