1. President of the Hong Kong Thoracic Society
2. President of the American College of Chest Physicians (HK & Macau) Chapter
With the release of revised GINA guideline in late 2006, much attention has returned to a better management of asthma. The Hong Kong Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians (Hong Kong and Macau Chapter) have timely arranged a special symposium to refresh and update colleagues about knowledge in this area. The symposium was held on 6 March 2007 at Conrad Hotel. Our audience was very privileged to have two distinguished speakers delivering informative and enlightening talks in that evening. The first talk on “Pathogenesis and treatment of asthma exacerbations” was given by Prof Sebastian Johnston from UK. It was immediately followed by our local expert, Dr Christopher Lai, with a talk on “An update on the GINA guideline and management of chronic asthma”. The symposium ended with a “Q & A” section between the two experts and the audience.
