EAC Meeting Program

Jointly Provided by: the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
and the Eastern Allergy Conference (EAC) 

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and the Eastern Allergy Conference.  The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) designates this live activity for a maximum of TBD AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity is supported by educational grants from commercial interests. Complete information will be provided to participants prior to the activity.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, EAC requests that any participant in need of accommodations submit a written request to EAC well in advance.  

Please contact Ginny Loiselle at 401-223-1309 or GinnyLoiselle@easternallergyconference.org. 

Thursday, May 31, 2018

                                      Clinical Pearls and Pitfalls

4:30 – 4:50    Pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis and management of EoE 

                                      Mark Holbreich, MD

4:50 – 5:00   Q & A

5:00 – 5:20    Pearls and pitfalls in the utility of serum tryptase and other mast cell biomarkers

                                      Lawrence Schwartz, MD

5:20 – 5:30     Q & A

5:30 – 5:50     Pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis of PIDD

                                      Lisa Kobrynski, MD 

5:50 – 6:00     Q & A

6:00 – 6:20     Pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis and treatment of COPD

                                      William Corrao, MD

6:20 – 6:30      Q & A

Friday, June 1, 2018                                      

7:45 – 8:30                 Pro/Con debate:

                             FeNo is useful in most patients with asthma

                                      Leonard Bacharier, MD

                             FeNo is not useful in most patients with asthma

                                      Aidan Long, MD

8:30 – 8:40      Q & A

8:40 – 9:45       PBL: An 18-year-old female with frequent asthma exacerbations

                                      Ray Davis, MD, Don Bukstein, MD, Russell Settipane, MD, 

                                      Leonard Bacharier, MD, Michael Blaiss, MD

9:45 – 10:30      Coffee Break

10:30 – 10:50    Assessing risk in severe asthma

                                      Aidan Long, MD

10:50 – 11:10      Asthma phenotypes and implications for treatment in children

                                      Leonard Bacharier, MD

11:10 – 11:30       Novel and emerging therapeutic options for treatment of severe asthma in adults

                                      Aidan Long, MD

11:30 – 11:45       Q & A

11:45 – 12:45       Lunch

12:45 – 1:05        AERD update

                                      Tanya Laidlaw, MD

1:05 – 1:15           Q & A

1:15 – 1:35            Chronic cough in adults

                                      Michael Blaiss, MD

1:35 – 1:45           Q & A

1:45 – 2:05          Pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis of cough variant asthma

                                      William Corrao, MD

2:05 – 2:15          Q & A

2:15 – 2:35           Pearls and pitfalls in drug allergy

                                      Aleena Banerji, MD

2:35 – 2:45          Q & A

Saturday, June 2, 2018

7:45 – 8:05         Pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis of HAE

                                     Henry Li, MD

8:05 – 8:15         Q & A

8:15 – 8:35          New and evolving therapies for HAE

                                     Aleena Banerji, MD

8:35 – 8:45         Q & A

8:45 – 9:45         PBL: A 10-month-old boy with moderately severe eczema

                                     Ray Davis, MD, Don Bukstein, MD, Russell Settipane, MD, 

                                     Leonard Bacharier, MD, Michael Blaiss, MD

9:45 – 10:30       Coffee Break

10:30 – 10:50     LEAP 2.0: Applying the latest lessons from LEAP into clinical practice

                                     Matthew Greenhawt, MD

10:50 – 11:10        Food AIT: The emerging roles of oral and epicutaneous immunotherapy

                                     Wayne Shreffler, MD

11:10 – 11:30          Pearls and pitfalls of food challenges in infants

                                     Matthew Greenhawt, MD

11:30 – 11:45         Q & A

11:45 – 12:45         Lunch

12:45 – 1:05          Atopic Dermatitis: Burden of illness

                                     Michael Blaiss, MD

1:05 – 1:15             Q & A

1:15 – 1:35              Pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis 

                                     Donald Leung, MD

1:35 – 1:45             Q & A

1:45 – 2:05           Diagnosing and treating infectious complications of atopic dermatitis

                                     Peck Ong, MD

2:05 – 2:15            Q & A

2:15 – 2:35             New and evolving treatments for atopic dermatitis

                                     Donald Leung, MD

2:35 – 2:45            Q & A

Sunday, June 3, 2018

                                      Dust mite allergy: What works and what doesn’t work

8:00 – 8:25          Dust mite allergy: What works and what doesn’t work: Environmental intervention

                                      Elizabeth Matsui, MD

8:25 – 8:50           Dust mite allergy: What works and what doesn’t work: AIT

                                      Hal Nelson, MD

8:50 –9:15             Allergy immunotherapy shared decision making

                                      Don Bukstein, MD

9:15 – 9:25 Q & A

                                      The origins of atopy/asthma

9:25 – 9:50            Environmental effects of immunity and atopy/asthma risk: Lessons from Amish and                                  Hutterite farm children

                                       Mark Holbreich, MD

9:50 – 10:15           Genetics/Epigenetics/Allergy: The gun is loaded… but what pulls the trigger?

                                       Joseph Bellanti, MD

10:15 – 10:30         Q & A  and Closing Statements

Leonard Bacharier, MD 

Aleena Banerji, MD 

Joseph Bellanti, MD

Michael Blaiss, MD

Don Bukstein, MD 

William Corrao, MD

Ray Davis, MD 

Matthew Greenhawt, MD 

Mark Holbreich, MD

Lisa Kobrynski, MD

Tanya Laidlaw, MD

Donald Leung, MD 

Henry Li, MD

Aidan Long, MD 

Elizabeth Matsui, MD

Hal Nelson, MD

Peck Ong, MD

Lawrence Schwartz, MD

Wayne Shreffler, MD

Russell Settipane, MD