WASOG & BAL 2011

It is a great honor to welcome you to the combined 10th WASOG Meeting and the 12th International Conference on BAL. The meeting is co-organized by the Dutch Society of Pulmonologists (NVALT), Maastricht University, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+ and endorsed by the European Respiratory Society .

The World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Diseases (WASOG) organizes meetings for physicians involved in interstitial lung diseases especially sarcoidosis and other granulomatous diseases, educates people interested in these diseases, and offers opportunities to exchange scientific experience.

The principal aim of the 2nd joint WASOG and the International Conference on Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) meeting will be to emphasize the importance of a multidisciplinary approach for investigating sarcoidosis, and other interstitial and granulomatous lung disease The focus will be the exploration of teamwork in all its facets involving in exchanging knowledge. We wish to invite people with diverse scientific and clinical backgrounds to participate in challenging discussions and stimulating discourse.

Topics will include:

• Genetics
• Mechanisms and pathophysiology of pulmonary fibrosis
• Mechanisms and pathophysiology of sarcoidosis
• Mechanisms and pathophysiology of other ild
• New and old cytokines
• New diagnostic techniques in infectious disorders
• Oxidative stress
• Pharmacogenomics
• Antioxidants in pulmonary fibrosis
• Biologicals and infection prevention
• Lung transplantation
• Novel aspects in traditional and biologic treatments of sarcoidosis
• Novel aspects in traditional and biologic treatments of pulmonary fibrosis
• Preventive strategies in ild
• Miscellaneous, including interesting case reports
• Biologicals
• Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
• Connective tissue diseases related ild
• Cystic fibrosis
• Drug-induced pneumonitis
• Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
• Multidisciplinary approach
• Occupational and environmental related disorders
• Organ involvement in sarcoidosis
• Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Pulmonary Hypertension in ild
• Small fiber neuropathy and autonomic dysfunction
• Sarcoidosis
• Sleep related disorders in ild
• Tuberculosis
• Quality of life issues and fatigue in ild
• Vasculitis including Wegener’s disease
• Biologicals
• Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
• Connective tissue diseases related ild
• Cystic fibrosis
• Drug-induced pneumonitis
• Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
• Multidisciplinary approach
• Occupational and environmental related disorders
• Organ involvement in sarcoidosis
• Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Pulmonary Hypertension in ild
• Small fiber neuropathy and autonomic dysfunction
• Sarcoidosis
• Sleep related disorders in ild
• Tuberculosis
• Quality of life issues and fatigue in ild
• Vasculitis including Wegener’s disease