Israeli Pulmonary Society 2021 Annual Conference June 3-5, 2021 Thursday, June 3 Welcome and Introduction 15:00-15:20 Noon: Airway Diseases 15:20-17:10 Chairs: Yael Raviv, Soroka Medical Center; Oren Fruchter, Wolfson Medical Center Bronchoscopic lung volume Sadia Benzaquen, Sidney Kimmel Medical 15:20-15:45 reduction for COPD School, Thomas Jefferson College, PA, USA Occupational asthma Susan Tarlo, University of Toronto, Toronto, 15:50-16:15 Canada Precision medicine in COPD Lilach Israeli- Shani, Meir Medical Center, 16:20-16:35 Kfar Sava The microbiome in airway Sanjay Chotirmall, Nanyang Technological 16:40-17:05 diseases University, Singapore Break and Exhibition 17:10-17:30 Evening: Interstitial Lung Diseases and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 17:30-19:05 Chairs: Lizy Fireman, Tel Aviv Medical Center; Neville Berkman, Hadassah Medical Center Sarcoidosis: 2021 update Ulrich Costabel, University Hospital Essen, 17:30- 17:55 Essen, Germany Hypoxia inducible factor 1A Gali Epstein-Shochet, Meir Medical Center, 18:00-18:10 supports a pro-fibrotic phenotype Kfar Sava loop in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Lung involvement in vasculitis Sonya Schneer, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 18:15-18:30 Rebalancing BMPR2: A new Aaron Waxman, Brigham and Women's 18:35-19:00 direction in PAH therapy Hospital, Boston, USA Friday, June 4 Morning I: COVID 19 8:30-10:15 Chairs: Gabriel Izbicki, Sha'arei Tzedek Medical Center; Michal Shteinberg, Carmel Medical Center CD24-Exosomes in patients with Nadir Arber, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv 08:30-08:55 COVID-19 infection Assessment of SARS-COV-2 Amir Bar Shai, Barzilai Medical Center, 09:00-09:10 antibodies at healthcare workers Ashkelon, Israel post COVID vaccination Lack of early humoral response Yael Shostak, Rabin Medical Center, Petah 09:15-09:25 among lung transplant recipients Tikva vaccinated with two doses of BNT162b2 vaccine - A prospective cohort study Residual symptoms, lung function Fares Darawshy, Hadassah Hebrew University 09:30-09:40 and complications in patients Medical Center, Jerusalem recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection COVID19 therapeutic pipeline James Chalmers, Dundee University, Dundee, 09:45-10:10 Scotland, UK Break 10:15-10:35 Israeli Pulmonary Society 2021 Annual Conference June 3-5, 2021 Morning II: lung transplantation, EBUS and bronchiectasis 10:35-11:35 Chairs: Mordechai Kremer, Rabin Medical Center; David Shitrit, Meir Medical Center Chronic lung allograft dysfunction Liran Levy, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, 10:35-10:45 phenotypes and pathophysiology Clinical significance of EBUS-TBNA Ayal Romem, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Sava 10:50-11:00 syringe aspirate material: A prospective study Clinical predictors and explant Yaniv Dotan, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa 11:05-11:15 lung pathology of acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Exploring factors associated with Rashed Shekiri, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 11:20-11:30 acquisition and chronicity of infection in bronchiectasis Break and exhibition 11:35-12:00 Noon: Lung cancer, COPD 12:00-13:35 Chairs: Amir Onn, Sheba Medical Center; Emilia Hardak, Bnai Zion Medical Center COPD immunotherapy via Zvi Fridlender, Hadassah Hebrew University 12:00-12:25 neutrophil specific targeting Medical Center, Jerusalem Cell free DNA among COPD Ariel Rokach, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, 12:30-12:40 patients with stable disease and Jerusalem with acute exacerbation Ultrafine particles and cadmium in Einat Fireman Klein, Carmel Medical Center, 12:45-12:55 exhaled breath condensate (EBC) Haifa of COPD patients Biomarkers in the context of lung Luis Montuenga, University of Navarra, 13:00-13:25 cancer screening: The way for the Pamplona, Spain hopes to overcome the hypes Announcement of award winning abstracts 13:30-13:35 Saturday, June 5 (Hebrew)* 10:00-11:30 Patient Engagement in ISP Activities Chair: Yochai Adir, Carmel Medical Center and ISP Management ELF Example; CF Foundation Michal Shteinberg, Carmel Medical Center and ISP Management Israeli Patient Foundation Amir Bar Shai, Barzilai Medical Center and ISP Management Panel Discussion *Talks will be given without electronic aids due to Shabbat .