“Sex and Gender Influences in Lung Disease” (Hybrid Event)

Carolyn D’Ambrosio, M.S., M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Carolyn M. D’Ambrosio is a Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine (PCCSM) Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School. She has previously served as, Vice Chief for Fellowship Training in the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Associate Professor at Yale University School of Medicine, Program Director for the Harvard-Brigham and Women’s Hospital Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. D’Ambrosio is an expert in sleep medicine and has chaired the Sleep Medicine Board Review Course for the American College of Chest Physicians, and served on the editorial board of the self-assessment book SEEK for sleep medicine. Dr. D’Ambrosio has also been the Associate Editor for CHEST Pulmonary Journal for sleep medicine content.

She has received multiple teaching awards including

• Distinguished Teaching Award from the Pulmonary Division at Tufts Medical Center prior to her departure in 2014
• Pillar Award for Educational Program Leadership
• Top award for program directors throughout the Mass General Brigham institutions
• Outstanding Educator for Yale School of Medicine Section of PCCSM.

In 2023 she was also named the Outstanding Program Director and Medical Educator of the year by the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors. Dr. D’Ambrosio has consistently been named one of Boston’s Best Doctors for the past several years. Nationally, she has received numerous Distinguished CHEST Educator awards from the American College of Chest Physicians and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the CHEST Philanthropy.

In addition to teaching and clinical work, Dr. D’Ambrosio has conducted research on Sleep and Menopause, Sleep and Breathing in Infants, and participated as the sleep medicine expert in several systemic reviews in the field of sleep disordered breathing. She recently co-authored a book “Comfort the Kid!” on infant sleep and parent bonding.

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Objectives

Dr. D’Ambrosio’s Presentation

• Appraise the difference between the terms sex and gender.
• Analyze the different presenting symptoms for some lung diseases in women versus men.
• Apply how to approach diagnosis and treatment for women with some lung diseases and how it may differ from men.

Faculty Disclosures

• Dr. D’Ambrosio has indicated that she 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 – Consultant/Contractor
• Commercial Interest / Organization – Prizm LLC
  

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.”