Spring Meeting 2010

Marriott Courtyard Hotel Marlborough

12:30 - 1:00 PM      Registration and Welcome,

                                          Exhibits 

MODERATORS:    Javed Sheikh, Mitchell Lester & Michael Young                                                       

 1:00 - 1:45 PM  Mariana Castells, MD PhD   

The new Practice Parameters: Adverse Drug Reactions

 1:45 – 2:00 PMQ & A  

 2:00 – 2:30 PM        NESA Business Meeting 

 2:30 - 3:00 PM               Break and Exhibits

 3:00 - 3:45 PM               Rosalind Wright, MD 

 The role of stress in asthma and other atopic disorders

 3:45 – 4:00 PMQ & A

 4:00 - 4:45 PM               Mitchell Lester, MD

Controversial Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Allergy

 4:45 – 5:00 PMQ & A

Faculty

Mariana Castells, MD PhD

Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Rosalind Wright, MD

Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School

Mitchell Lester, MD

Fairfield Co. Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Norwalk CT

 NESA CME Educational Meetings

NESA provides ongoing educational meetings to allow our membership to keep up to date with the latest developments in the field of Allergy and Immunology.

Javed Sheikh, MD—CME Committee Chairman.

Who should attend?

NESA members, any physician interested in the field of Allergy & Immunology, and any Allied Health carte professional interested in increasing their fund of knowledge in the field.

Educational Objectives

Upon completing this course, participants should be able to:

TALK 1:
The new Practice Parameters: Adverse Drug Reactions

·          To provide understanding of the major categories of adverse drug reactions and the drugs implicated

·          To address the diagnosis and management of common adverse drug reactions

·          To evaluate skin testing for IgE mediated adverse reactions to antibiotics and chemotherapy drugs

·          To guide the indications for rapid desensitizations for IgE and non- IgE anaphylactic drug reactions

TALK 2:
The role of stress in asthma and other atopic disorders

·          Overview the direct (immunomodulatory) and indirect (behavioral) pathways linking stress and atopic disorders. 

·          Discuss the immunomodulatory effects of psychological stress operating through pathways connecting the autonomic nervous system and neuroendocrine response to the immune system

·          Discuss insights from studies examining the effects of acute vs. chronic stressors on these underlying mechanisms and asthma expression

·          Discuss the influence of stress on both the onset and exacerbations of asthma

TALK 3:
Controversial Diagnostic and Therapeutic
Procedures in Allergy

·          List commonly used unproven procedures used for the diagnosis and management of allergic disease.

·          Describe the data refuting the use of various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures used for allergic diseases.

·          Differentiate between and recognize the importance of data versus testimonials when evaluating the utility of various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures used for allergic diseases.