SPRING MEETING/NURSE MEETING

NESA Spring Meeting

April 11, 2008

Marlborough, MA

Moderators: Mitchell Lester, Javed Sheikh, and Michael Young

12:50-1:00 pm                     Opening remarks

1:00-1:45                 
What are the Unanswered Questions in Childhood Asthma?

Leonard Bacharier, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

1:45-1:55 pm                        Questions and Answers

1:55-2:40 pm           
Eicosanoids: Old Mediators, New Functions in Allergic Disease.

Joshua Boyce, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

2:40-2:50 pm                       Questions and Answers

2:50-3:15 pm                        Break, Exhibits
 
3:20-4:05                 
Epidemiology and Etiology of Allergic Rhinitis, Non-allergic Rhinitis, and Allergic Rhinitis with Non-allergic Triggers

Russell Settipane, M. D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Brown University Medical School
Providence, Rhode Island

4:05-4:15 pm                        Questions and Answers

4:15-4:45                   Business meeting

The New England Society of Allergy designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 3 category 1 credits toward the Physician’s  Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.  The New England Society of Allergy is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

The first lecture will have participants understand the long-term effects on lung growth of inhaled corticosteroid therapy in children.  They will recognize the effects of inhaled corticosteroid therapy in preschool children at high risk for asthma.  Participants will become familiar with unanswered questions in childhood asthma management and current trials examining those questions.

In the second presentation, participants will understand the differences in functions of various leukotrienes and the differences in the distribution and function of various leukotriene receptors.  They will be able to describe the role of leukotrienes in controlling down stream events leading to allergic inflammation.

In the final session, participants will define and classify subtypes of rhinitis.  They will provide an estimation of the prevalence rates of the major rhinitis subtypes.  Participants will become familiar with the most recently published rhinitis practice parameters.