Pakistan Chest Society organized another Bi-ennial Chest Conference from 7th to 10th April 2016 in Lahore.  Several sessions on Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILDs) were conducted. The main session was organized on the second day which was chaired by Dr. Mosavir Ansarie and Dr. Zubair Shaheen. As chairman of PCS Guideline Committee, Dr. Mosavir Ansarie formally...

The meeting was held at Hotel Ramada, Islamabad on the 21st-22nd February,2016 and was attended by the following: Professors Arshad Javed (Chairman PCS Guideline Committee), Mosavir Ansarie (Chairman ILD guideline committee and ILD advisory group), Ali Zuberi, Gen. Jawad Ansari, Mukhtiar Z. Afridi, Zubair Shaheen, Shireen Khan and Talha Mehmood (Members). Regrets from Saqib Saeed....

A CME was held at the PIMA house on the topic of 'Interstitial Lung Diseases' on 30th January 2016. The session was chaired by Prof. Nadeem Rizvi, Head of Pulmonology at JPMC. An introductory talk on 'Workup of a fuzzy chest X-ray' was given by Dr. Ali Abbas, Consultant Pulmonologist from Liaquat National Hospital who...

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, also known as, Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis, is a kind of interstitial lung disease with symptoms of dyspnea and cough resulting from the inhalation of an antigen to which the person has been previously sensitized. There are a number of known etiological agents leading to hypersensitivity pneumonitis, such as mushroom, fungi, yeasts, bacteria, mycobacteria,...

The Pakistan Chest Society (PCS) held its biennial conference at Serena hotel, Islamabad April 2014. A full two and a half hour session was devoted to Interstitial Lung Diseases (aka Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases) on 19th april 2014. The session was chaired by Dr. Mosavir Ansarie and Dr. Ali Zuberi. The first speaker was Dr....