Promoting Lung Repair in ARDS (Hybrid Event)

Franco R. D’Alessio, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Dr. D’Alessio focuses on caring for critically ill patients with particular interest in acute respiratory failure and patients with sepsis. His translational focus is in identifying changes in the immune cell landscape in pulmonary and critical care pathologies.

Dr. D’Alessio earned his M.D. from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. He completed his residency at Johns Hopkins. He performed a fellowship at the Institute Tropical Medicine Alexander Von Humboldt and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins.

His research interests include mechanisms underlying resolution of lung inflammation and injury and interactions between alveolar macrophages and regulatory T cells.

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Dr. D’Alessio’s Objectives

• Examine the rationale of using Lung protective ventilation in ARDS
• Evaluate the role of Treg lymphocytes in ARDS repair

Faculty Disclosure

Dr. D’Alessio has indicated that he has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests.

Planning Committee Disclosure

Dr. Deshpande has indicated that he has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests.

Dr. Weiss has indicated the following relevant financial relationships with commercial interests:
Financial Relationship                                     Commercial Interest/Organization
Consultant/Contractor                                       Prizm LLC

All the relevant financial relationships for these individuals have been mitigated.

Target Audience
Primary care physicians.

Accreditation
The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation
The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.