Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference

55^th Annual Meeting

“Mechanics and Mechanisms of Pulmonary Hypertension”

June 6-9, 2012

The Gant Conference Center

Aspen, Colorado

The theme of the 55^th Meeting of the Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference is “Mechanics and Mechanisms of Pulmonary Hypertension”.  Emphasizing the integration of basic, translational and clinical sciences, the meeting will focus on the utilization of new strategies and technologies to investigate the pathogenesis, treatments and outcomes of pulmonary hypertension.  Anchored by twelve “state-of-the-art” presentations delivered by international experts with accompanying abstract presentations, the thematic sessions will address epidemiology, progenitor cell biology, the role of inflammation, genetic somatic mutations and epigenetics, the impact of right ventricle (RV) dysfunction and RV-pulmonary artery coupling, the etiology and implication of PAH in WHO class III disease and prospects for novel disease modifying and preventive therapies.  The Conference Summary will be presented by Werner Seeger, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Giessen Hospital, Germany.  Dr. Seeger is Chairman of the Lung Center, and the Director of the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research and one of the world’s preeminent experts in the field of pulmonary vascular disease.

Abstract deadline is February 14, 2012.  For more information, contact: Todd Bull, M.D., c/o Jeanne Cleary, Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference, Anschutz Medical Campus, Research 2, Box C272, 9th Floor, 12700 East 19th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045  Phone:  (303) 358-2797.  Fax:  (720) 851-1034.  E-Mail: Jeanne.Cleary@ucdenver.edu or visit our website at www.aspenlungconference.org