Sechenov University is to co-host the online conference ‘Pulmonology and COVID-19’ which is due to take place on 14 April 2021 at 11:00 (MSK, GMT+3). The event is organised by the Italian-Russian Forum-Dialogue of Civil Society (Forum-Dialogo Italo-Russo della Società Civile).

The speakers — from Sechenov University and several leading medical research organisations of Italy — will talk about the long-term effects of COVID-19, cognitive disturbances related to the disease, respiratory support of patients with severe COVID-19 outside ICU, respiratory support of COVID-19-related ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) in ICU, prone positioning in non-intubated patients, bacterial and viral co-infections in patients with pneumonia, association with interstitial lung diseases, and pulmonary rehabilitation.

The following participants have been confirmed:

Ernesto Ferlenghi (Forum-Dialogo Italo-Russo della Società Civile);

Andrey Svistunov (First Vice-Rector, Sechenov University);

Daniel Munblit (Sechenov University & Imperial College London);

Angelo Carfi (Centro di Medicina dell’Invecchiamento, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy);

Sergey Avdeev (Sechenov University);

Stefano Aliberti (Fondazione IRCCS Ca’Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Respiratory Unit and Cystic Fibrosis Adult Centre, Milan, Italy & Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Milan, Italy);

Svetlana Rachina (Sechenov University);

Luca Richeldi (Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy & Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy);

Enrico Clini (University Hospital of Modena, Respiratory Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences SMECHIMAI, Modena, Italy & University of Modena Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy);

Andrey Yaroshetskiy (Sechenov University).

To attend the conference, please use this link to join the Zoom meeting.

Alternatively, you can use Meeting ID (849 3385 0526) and Passcode (550674).