COVID-19 symposium

A joint symposium is being held during the 2020 Annual Congress of the Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (TSPCCM) which takes place on 12-13 December at the NTUH International Convention Center, Taipei under the leadership of Prof. Meng-Chih Lin MD.

If you are an APSR member you can log in to watch this symposium live on 12 December free of charge.

The following session times are local to Taiwan (GMT+8). Times in different areas are displayed after the programme below

08:00 *	Opening remarks
08:40-09:15 *	Laboratory diagnosis for COVID-19: development and challenge Moderator: Prof. Meng-Chih Lin Speaker: Prof. Shih, Shen-Ru Director, Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections Medical Director, Clinical Virology Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Professor, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science/Graduate Program of Biomedical Science, CGU	Prof. Shih
09:25-10:00	Non-pharmacological management of severe COVID-19 infection in ICU Moderator: Prof. Chong-Jen Yu Speaker: Prof. Rex Chin-Wei Yung Rapid City Regional Hospital, Pulmonary Department, Locum Tenens (Weatherby Health Care) Rapid City, SD Chief Scientific Officer, Prolung Inc, Salt Lake City, UT Retired from full time practice School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Adjunct Faculty, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	Prof. Yung
10:10-10:45	Pharmacological treatment for COVID-19: what we learn from clinical trial reports Moderator: Prof. Diahn-Warng Perng Speaker: Prof. Kuang-Yao Yang Professor, Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Director, Division of Respiratory Therapy, Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan	Prof. Yang
10:55-11:30	The effect of face covering and social distancing in preventing the transmission of COVID-19 Moderator: Prof. Pan-Chyr, Yang Speaker: Prof. Yoichi Nakanishi Chairman, Kitakyushu City Hospital Organization Principal, Kitakyushu Municipal School of Nursing Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University	Prof. Nakanishi

The symposium can be watched via Zoom on 12 December and starts at 08:00 Taipei time which is:

As an en bloc society of the APSR this TSPCCM symposium is supported by the En Bloc Society - APSR Joint Symposium scheme.

To hold a joint APSR session at your own respiratory society's annual conference, see apsresp.org/education/joint-symposium.html.