Allied Health and Spring 2016 Meeting
ALLIED HEALTH PRACTITIONERS ALLERGY UPDATE
Friday, April 1, 2016
Westford Regency Inn and Conference Center
219 Littleton Road, Westford, MA 01886
Telephone: 978-692-8200
info@westfordregency.com / http://www.westfordregency.com/
ALLIED HEALTH PRACTITIONERS ALLERGY BROCHURE
7:00 – 7:45 AM Registration, Networking, & Exhibits
7:45 – 8:00 AM Welcome & Opening Remarks – Michelle Conroy, MD
8:00 – 9:00 AM Take the Leap Earlier, The Time of Tolerance – Michael Young, MD
9:00 – 10:00 AM Got Skim Milk? Why Are We Talking About Vitamin D & Obesity in Allergic Disease? PDF PRESENTATION – Mitchell Lester, MD
10:00 – 10:15 AM Break and Exhibits
10:15 – 11:15 AM Any Pal is This: IX Alpha XII Sits. Is it Anaphylaxis? PDF PRESENTATION – David Sloan, MD
11:15 – 12:15 PM Antibiotic Allergy: Evaluation & Management PDF PRESENTATION – Aleena Banerji, MD
12:15 – 1:15 PM Lunch – Exhibits & Networking
1:15 – 1:30 PM Afternoon Remarks – Kelly Fernandez, RN
1:30 – 2:30 PM The Best Allergy & Asthma Articles of the Year PDF PRESENTATION – Paul Sklarew, MD
2:30 – 3:30 PM Bronchial Thermoplasty for Severe, Persistent Asthma PDF PRESENTATION – Samaan Rafeq, MD
3:30 – 3:45 PM Concluding Comments & Evaluations – Michelle Conroy, MD
FACULTY
Michael Young, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Division of Allergy & Asthma
Mitchell Lester, MD
Fairfield County Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Associates, New England Food Allergy Treatment Center, Former Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
David Sloane, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Attending in Allergy and Immunology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Samaan Rafeq, MD
Director, Interventional Pulmonary, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School\
Aleena Banerji, MD – Associate Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital
Paul Sklarew, MD – The Allergy and Asthma Centers of Cape Cod