Pulmonary Hypertension Roundtable: CTEPH Experiences and Expertise

Abstract

On February 6, 2014, a group of physicians with expertise related to Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) met on a conference call to discuss topics related to the disease. The call was hosted by the guest editor of this issue, Richard Channick, MD, the Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension and Thromboendarterectomy Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Channick was joined by Victor Tapson, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Duke University Medical Center and Director of the Duke Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center; Joanna Pepke-Zaba, PhD, FRCP, Lead Physician and Director, National Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Unit at the Papworth Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK; Vallerie McLaughlin, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan; and Bill Auger, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of Academic Affairs of the PTE Program at University of California-San Diego.