This DVD is a production of the ild care foundation. It is a registration of the symposium entitled: ‘Past, present and future of interstitial lung diseases,’ held May the 12th 2006, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

This symposium focussed on the interesting and challenging topic interstitial lung diseases (ild). The program contained state of the art lectures of world famous ild specialists.

Chairpersons were prof.dr.J.M.M. van den Bosch, professor of Interstitial Lung Diseases, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands and prof.dr. E.F.M. Wouters, Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht.

Contents

Introduction 
Opening Drs. G.J.H.C.M. Peeters, Chairman board of the University Hospital Maastricht
General introduction Drs. B.M.G. Leers, Mayor of Maastricht
Introduction Part II Prof.dr. E.F.M. Wouters, Maastricht

Lectures
Lecture I History of sarcoidosis and other ILD. Prof.dr. O.P. Sharma, Los Angeles, USA
Lecture II Current concepts of the management of pulmonary fibrosis.Prof.dr. T.E. King Jr., San Francisco, USA
Lecture III Current concepts of the management of sarcoidosis. Prof. dr. U. Costabel, Essen, Germany
Lecture IV ILD a view for the future. Prof. dr. R.M. Du Bois, London, UK

Faculty

Prof.dr. U. Costabel, MD
Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Pneumology and Allergology Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany; vice-president WASOG

Prof.dr. R.M. du Bois, MD
Asmarley Professor of Respiratory Medicine; National Heart and Lung Institute Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine; Consultant Physician Royal Brompton Hospital London, England

Prof. dr. T.E. King, Jr., MD
Constance B. Wofsy Distinguished Professor and Chief, Medical Services, San Francisco General Hospital; Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA

Prof. dr. O.P. Sharma, MD
Professor of Medicine, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center Los Angeles, California, USA; president WASOG

Colofon
Cover picture: Petal Wijnen (petalwijnen@hetnet.nl)
Printed by: Datawyse | Universitaire Pers Maastricht
ISBN: ISBN: 978-90-78076-05-6.
Copyright: © ild care foundation, Maastricht, the Netherlands. 2006.

How to order? 
You can order this DVD at the ild care foundation. For further information please contact: info@ildcare.nl.