15th Annual Pulmonary Medicine Symposium

Danville, PA US
October 14, 2026
This is a hybrid educational activity. The Geisinger Annual Pulmonary Medicine Symposium is designed to educate learners across multiple medical disciplines, with a primary emphasis on pulmonology. The conference seeks to highlight recent advancements and emerging developments in the field, emphasizing their relevance to patient-centered care across a broad range of clinical settings.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for advanced practice providers, physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and social workers/care managers.  

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, the participant should be able to:

  • define chronic cough accurately
  • discuss the most common causes of chronic cough
  • apply diagnostic testing for chronic cough, including but not limited to spirometry, provocative testing, chest imaging, and exhaled nitric oxide
  • describe testing available to support and manage gastroenterology-associated chronic cough
  • describe testing available to support and manage upper-airway-associated chronic cough
Refund Policy
A full refund will be given for any cancellations received up to one week prior to the course.  No refunds for no-shows. 
 
Course Cancellation Policy
In the unusual circumstance that this course is cancelled, you will be called and/or emailed, and any tuition fees received would be refunded in full.  Geisinger is not responsible for any airfare, hotel or other costs incurred.
 
Attendance
Attendance will be recorded within three to four days of the conclusion of the activity.  Credit will display on your continuing education transcript once the activity evaluation is completed.  
 
Virtual Information
All details pertaining to the links for this activity will be sent once you are registered for the activity. 
    Course summary
    Available credit: 
    • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 4.50 ANCC
    • 4.50 Participation Credit
    • 0.00 CRCE
    Course opens: 
    06/17/2026
    Course expires: 
    12/31/2026
    Event starts: 
    10/14/2026 - 7:30am EDT
    Event ends: 
    10/14/2026 - 2:45pm EDT
    Cost:
    $100.00
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    7:30 AM
    Registration and Continental Breakfast
     
    8:15 AM
    Welcome Remarks and Administrative Instructions/ Chronic Cough Introduction: A Primer Regarding the Problem Including Definitions, Epidemiology, Initial Evaluation, Worrisome Features, and Indications for Specialty Referral
    Jason Stankiewicz, MD and Chineen Shah, MBBs
     
    9:00 AM
    Upper Airway and Laryngeal Contributions to Chronic Cough: ENT Perspective
    Kenneth Altman, MD, PhD
     
    10:00 AM
    Gastroenterology Perspective to Chronic Cough with a Focus on Testing That May or May Not be Helpful
    Sunny Patel, DO
     
    10:45 AM
    Morning Break
     
    11:05 AM
    Pulmonary Function Testing in the Evaluation of Chronic Cough: Spirometry, Provocative Testing and FeNO
    Sudheer Penupolu, MD and Arjan Singh, MBBs
     
    11:50 PM
    Lunch
     
    1:00 PM
    Non-Pharmacologic Treatment Options for Chronic Cough
    Kaitlyn Kishbaugh
     
    1:45 PM
    Panel Discussion: Cases
    Kenneth Altman, MD, PhD; Sean Devine, MD and Sunny Patel, DO
     
    2:45 PM
    Evaluations/Adjournment
     
    *Topics/speakers are subject to change.
    Henry Hood Center for Health Research and via Microsoft Teams
    100 North Academy Avenue
    Danville, PA 17822
    United States

    All visitors to the Geisinger campus, please park in the patient parking lot. A shuttle bus will take you to the Henry Hood Center for Health Research, please notify the driver when boarding the bus of your final destination.

    Travel

    Henry Hood Center for Health Research is located on the Geisinger Campus in Danville, Pennsylvania (Montour County), Exit 224 on Interstate 80. Routes 11 and 54 also intersect in Danville.

    Geisinger Faculty

    Kenneth Altman, MD, PhD
    Activity Speaker
    Department Chair, Otolaryngology
     
    Lynn Bingaman, NP
    Activity Planner
    Nurse Practitioner, Pulmonary Medicine
     
    Sean Devine, MD
    Activity Speaker
    Division Chief, Northeast Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
     
    Kaitlyn Kishbaugh
    Activity Speaker
    Speech-Language Pathologist, Speech Pathology Voice Lab
     
    Patrick Malone, RT
    Activity Planner
    Pulmonary Function Technologist Lead, Pulmonary Medicine
     
    Sunny Patel, DO
    Activity Speaker
    Physician, Gastroenterology
     
    Sudheer Penupolu, MD
    Activity Speaker
    Physician, Pulmonology (With Critical Care)
     
    Chineen Shah, MBBs
    Activity Planner and Activity Speaker
    Fellow Physician, Pulmonary/Critical Care
     
    Arjan Singh, MBBs
    Activity Planner
    Fellow Physician, Pulmonary/Critical Care
     
    Jason Stankiewicz, MD
    Activity Director and Activity Speaker
    Physician, Pulmonary/Critical Care  
     
    Content Disclosure
    The faculty has attested that their presentations and/or content are HIPAA compliant.  
     
    Individuals in a position to control educational content for this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. 
     
    CE Committee Members/Content Reviewer(s) have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. 
     
    *Any/All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.  

    Accreditation 

    In support of improving patient care, Geisinger College of Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

     

     

     

    Credit Designation 

    Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

    Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for 4.5 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

    Other Credits

    Application has been made to the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for continuing education contact hours for respiratory therapists.

    Disclosure Policy 

    Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing education activity sponsored by Geisinger College of Health Sciences must disclose to the program audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s). 

    Commercial Support

    None

    Available Credit

    • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 4.50 ANCC
    • 4.50 Participation Credit
    • 0.00 CRCE

    Price

    Cost:
    $100.00
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    If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact the Continuing Education Office at 570-271-6692 or email us at [email protected].