The Department of Respiratory Medicine of Ghent University Hospital would like to invite you to their first annual spring symposium. This year's symposium will spotlight respiratory infections, from a multidisciplinary point of view.
Target audience
Respiratory physicians (in training) and other physicians with an interest in respiratory infectious diseases (ID)
Programme
08:30: Registration and welcome
Session 1
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Eva Van Braeckel, respiratory and ID physician and Prof. Dr. Marie-Angélique De Scheerder, ID physician, Ghent University Hospital
- 09:00: Lungs in bloom: introduction
Prof. Dr. Eva Van Braeckel, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium - 09:30: Spectrum of aspergillosis and major gaps in knowledge
Prof. Dr. David Denning, Manchester University, UK - 10:00: Role of host factors in respiratory infections
Dr. Cédric Bosteels, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
COFFEE BREAK
Session 2
Chairs: Dr. Thomas Malfait, respiratory physician, and Prof. Dr. Pieter Depuydt, respiratory and critical care physician, Ghent University Hospital
- 11:00: What’s new in CAP?
Dr. Menno van der Eerden, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 11:30: Ultrasound in respiratory infections
Prof. Dr. Christian Laursen, Odense University Hospital, Denmark - 12:00: Date your microbiologist
Prof. Dr. Jerina Boelens, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
LUNCH BREAK
Session 3
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Guy Brusselle, respiratory physician, and Prof. Dr. Petra Schelstraete, paediatric respiratory and ID physician, Ghent University Hospital
- 13:30: Emerging respiratory infections
Prof. Dr. Steven Callens, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium - 14:00: Respiratory vaccines – an update
Prof. Dr. Isabel Leroux-Roels, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium - 14:30: Antibiotics for the prevention and treatment of acute exacerbations in COPD
Prof. Dr. Lowie Vanfleteren, Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gothenburg, Sweden
COFFEE BREAK
Session 4
Chairs: Dr. Yannick Vande Weygaerde, respiratory physician, and Prof. Dr. Eva Van Braeckel, respiratory and ID physician, Ghent University Hospital
- 15:30: Tuberculosis in 2025
Prof. Dr. Natalie Lorent, Leuven University Hospitals, Belgium - 16:00: NTM: turning the antibiotic nightmare around
Dr. Sanne Zweijpfenning, Radboud UMC Nijmegen, The Netherlands - 16:30: Cavity quiz
Dr. Josje Altenburg, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
17:00: Closure
RECEPTION
Practical information
- Fee: 75 euros (free for department members)
- Registration: Register via the button on this page before April 11 2025. Your registration is only complete after paying the registration fee on account number BE20 0016 4482 4956 with the message CR/PNE/001 and your first and last name.
- Please note that limited spaces are available. When the event has reached its maximum number of participants (120), the registration page will automatically be closed.
