
NEWS & EVENTS | Pulmonary & Critical Care Division

2025
TRI-STATE PULMONARAY CASE CONFERENCE - January 18, 2025 (New Orleans, LA)
- Joshua Twito, MD, PCCM fellow, gave an oral presentation titled: “Sometimes a Horse is a Zebra.”
- Andrew Puckett, MD, PCCM fellow, gave an oral presentation titled: “Bait and Switch: A Common Pulmonary Finding, an Uncommon Diagnosis”
SCCM CRITICAL CARE CONGRESS - February 23-25, 2025 (Orlando, FL)
- Joshua Twito, MD, PCCM fellow, gave an oral presentation titled: Critical Care Morning Report. Other LSUHS Collaborators: Jonathan Eaton, MD; Scott Ashford, MD; Michael Meador, MD
- Christopher Chew, MD, CCM fellow, gave an oral presentation of a case report titled: The Use of IVIG and VA-ECMO for Acute Fulminant Myocarditis. Other LSUHS Collaborators: Shreedhar Kulkarni, MBBS; Jonathan Eaton, MD; Taylor Conrad, MD.

Josh Twito, Scott Ashford, Chris Chew, Nate Mattison

PCCM Fellow - Josh Twito

PCCM Fellow - Josh Twito with an Exhibitor

Josh Twito participating in run / Josh and Chris Chew

CCM Fellow - Chris Chew

Josh Twito / Scott Ashford
INTUITIVE LUNG FELLOWS CAREER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM - May 1-2, 2025 (Atlanta, GA)
Joshua Twito, MD, PCCM Fellow, was selected and participated.
2024

Our team members were recipients of the "GOLD Center of Excellence Award" for excellence in life support by the ELSO & ECMO Centers of Excellence Centers.
CHEST 2024
Dr. Frank Zhang, Dr. Kaitlin McDade, and Dr. Jefrina Zaman all presented at CHEST 2024 in Boston, MA in October, 2024. The conference is organized by the American College of Chest Physicians.





Prathik Krishnan, MD, FCCP, Assistant Professor, is now an FCCP, Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians.
Dr. Christopher Chew and Dr. Jonathan Eaton presented at the 35th Annual ELSO Conference in Detroit, MI in September, 2024. The conference is organized by Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO).



Dr. Afsana Asharaf is featured member of the month for July, 2024 for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s Care Center Network


Dr. Joshua Twito, first year PCCM Fellow, and Dr. Christopher Chew, first year CCM Fellow, selected to present at TriState Conference.

Dr. Prangthip Charoenpong was published in “Respiratory Research” on methamphetamine associated pulmonary arterial hypertension. Link to Publication
Dr. Prangthip Charoenpong elected to serve on the “ATS Guideline Methodology Training Program.”
Dr. Prangthip Charoenpong was published in CHEST on an Overview of Methamphetamine-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - CHEST (chestnet.org).

- Dr. Edward Robinson, third year PCCM fellow, elected to be a Fellow of American College of Physicians.

Dr. Nasim Motayar to speak at SCCM on hemorrhagic shock. SCCM Podcast 502
She will serve as Section lead for SCCM’s Telecritical Care, research section.
She provided 3 lectures at the 2024 SCCM Critical Care Congress. Speaker List (sccm.org)

