ILD Day

What is ILD Day?

Interstitial lung disease, or ILD, is a group of lung diseases that cause inflammation, scarring or both, making it harder to breathe and get enough oxygen.

ILD Day is an annual awareness campaign led by 13 organizations that support people affected by ILD and related conditions. Each year, ILD Day presents a free, live webinar featuring an expert who shares helpful information and answers questions about ILD. The event also helps raise awareness and connects people with trusted resources and support.

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This year's topic: Precision Medicine

Discover how the rapidly advancing field of precision medicine is changing the future of ILD care.

Precision medicine is transforming how treatments are selected by considering each person's unique characteristics, including genetics, biomarkers, disease subtype, and other factors that may influence treatment response. This personalized approach has the potential to improve outcomes, reduce trial-and-error treatment decisions, and help ensure the right treatment reaches the right patient at the right time.

Read the latest PFF Insights Blog to learn more about how precision medicine may change the care of patients with ILD in the future!

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Meet the featured speaker!

We are pleased to welcome John S. Kim, MD, MS as the featured speaker for ILD Day 2026.

John S. Kim, MD, MS, is a pulmonologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. His research focuses on interstitial lung disease and combines imaging biomarkers, genomics and clinical data to identify people at greater risk of developing the disease.

Dr. Kim’s work has explored genetic risk factors, early signs of lung inflammation and fibrosis, and noninvasive biomarkers that may help predict future disease. His long-term goal is to develop clinical trials aimed at preventing pulmonary fibrosis. He is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and has received honors including the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Scholars Award and the American Society for Clinical Investigation Young Physician-Scientist Award.
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Quick facts about interstitial lung disease and pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) isn’t just one disease. It is a family of more than 200 different lung diseases that all look very much alike. The PF family of lung diseases is part of an even larger group of diseases called interstitial lung diseases (also known as ILD), which includes all of the diseases that have inflammation and/or lung scarring. In ILDs, it is the walls of the air sacs of the lung, and the tissue and space around these air sacs, where the injury and damage occur. Some interstitial lung diseases don’t include lung scarring. When an interstitial lung disease does include scar tissue in the lung, we call it pulmonary fibrosis.

ILD Day is hosted by 13 patient organizations whose communities are impacted by ILD, and come together each year to help those impacted by ILD learn from experts and connect with a supportive community.

Arthritis Foundation
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
The Myositis Association
Myositis Clinical Trial Consortium
National Scleroderma Foundation
Nori's Fight
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
PF Warriors
Scleroderma Foundation of Greater Chicago
Scleroderma Research Foundation
Sjögren’s Foundation
Team Telomere
Wescoe Foundation for Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Watch webinars from previous years

Missed a past ILD Day webinar or want to revisit a presentation? Watch recording form ILD Day events featuring expert-led discussions on interstitial lung disease, including causes, treatment, genetics, living well, and more.

Visit our YouTube playlist to watch past ILD Day presentation anytime.

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