PHPN Symposium To Feature Lead Author Of New PH Guidelines

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) health professionals can meet the primary author of recently released PH guidelines at the PH Professional Network Symposium. The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) event is Sept. 28-30 in Arlington, Virginia.

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the 7th World Symposium and as the PH community considers the implications of the European guidelines on their practices. “World Symposium proceedings are extremely important to clarify some aspects of the guidelines,” Humbert said. “They always help refine and improve the next updated guidelines.”

Marc Humbert, M.D., Ph.D., will discuss new guidelines for diagnosing and treating PH in one of the symposium’s general sessions. The guidelines, developed by a taskforce from the European Society of Cardiology and European Respiratory Society, were published in August 2022. They include updated hemodynamic definitions of PH and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) that might influence early detection strategies; updated diagnostic algorithms; and recommended testing.

Humbert is the lead author of the 2022 guidelines and director of respiratory and intensive care at the French Pulmonary Hypertension

The two-day event will include a session on wellness and mental health for pulmonary hypertension (PH) providers and patients. Joan Cain, M.S., FNP-BC, ACHPN, and Jeffrey Lauzon, M.A., Ph.D., will address patient reaction and provider fatigue related to traumatic events, as well as trauma diagnostic criteria, prevalence rates and treatment recommendations. Their presentation also will offer tips to help patients to have control in navigating their chronic condition.

Cain is a nurse practitioner and adjunct faculty member at the Medical University of South Carolina. She works with the palliative care department and multidisciplinary health care teams in a 700-bed hospital.

Lauzon is a licensed clinical psychologist at Aurora Health in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He develops cardiac psychology services in his postresidency fellowship and his clinical practice (inpatient and outpatient) at St. Luke’s Medical Center heart failure and abdominal transplant clinics. He works closely with PH patients through the heart clinic.

This year’s PHPN Symposium, “PHoundation for a Brighter Future,” will focus on how to deliver high

The PHPN Symposium attracts hundreds of health care professionals to learn from renowned PH experts.

Join more than 500 health care professionals for opportunities to network with your peers, earn continuing education credit, and engage in need-to-know topics. All health care professionals are encouraged to attend. Registration opened in March.

Find more information, including speaker bios and session information, at PHAssociation.org/ symposium.