Grand Rounds, October 29, 2026

Presentation Title: Advances in Interventional Pulmonology: Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment
Speaker: Ekaterina Yavarovich, DO

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: MSB 2.103
Learning Format: In-Person and Online

Series Objectives:

• Apply the latest evidence with patients and practice evidence-based medicine.
• Discuss current research and its potential for application to patient care.
• Discuss the latest clinical practice guidelines relevant to clinical practice.

Activity Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe the evidence for robotic and navigational bronchoscopy, intraprocedural imaging, and endobronchial ultrasound in the diagnosis and staging of peripheral lung nodules.
• Identify patients with severe emphysema who meet criteria for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction, and specify the evaluation required before referral.
• Summarize current randomized evidence guiding management of malignant pleural effusion, pleural infection, and spontaneous pneumothorax.
• Recognize clinical presentations of interstitial lung disease and central airway obstruction in which early interventional pulmonology referral changes management.

Credit Designation:

• McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 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.
• McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Statement:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC point 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.

Event Disclosures:

Speakers:

Ekaterina Yavarovich, DO, has no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Planners and other Administrative Support:
Karla Abela, PhD, RN, CCRN, CPN, Aastha V Bharwad, MD, Latese McCowan, MA, Andrew Sullivan, MD, Carley Allen, MD, Philip Orlander, MD, Gabriel Aisenberg, MD, Jeffrey Chen, MD, Mark A Farnie, MD, Robby Wesley, DO, FACP, Jillian Smith, MD, and Cristina M Natha, MD have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Commercial Support:
This activity is not commercially supported.

Accreditation Statement:

• McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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