The Practice of Food Allergy (Virtual Meeting)

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This virtual food allergy meeting will allow participants to increase their knowledge and skills related to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of food allergic patients, with special focus on non-IgE-mediated food allergy and nutrition, psycho-social and practice management aspects. It will highlight the latest evidence related to food allergies and will include a combination of lectures and interactive panel discussions to prepare participants to provide optimal care to these patients.

This event will be available live via Zoom on October 20, as well as recorded.

Target Audience

  • Physicians
  • Fellows in Training
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Nurses
  • Practice Managers

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Translate the approved guidelines for food allergy prevention into practice
  • Apply evidence-based decision-making to the diagnosis of food allergic patients
  • Identify and apply treatment options currently available for patients with food allergies, as well as discuss future treatment alternative
  • Implement evidence-based strategies for the management of non-IgE-mediated food allergy
  • Implement processes in practice to address the nutritional and psychosocial aspects of food allergy
  • Prepare your practice for the implementation of food allergy treatments, including OIT administration and evaluation and the implementation of early peanut introduction
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.00 Attendance
    Attendance credit.
  • 6.00 CE
    CE credit.
  • 6.00 CME
    CME credit.
Course opens: 
10/20/2023
Course expires: 
09/30/2025
Cost:
$100.00
Rating: 
0
Program

Friday, October 20, 2023
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. CDT
Virtual on Zoom
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Start Time

End Time

Topic

Faculty

9:00 AM

9:05 AM

Opening Remarks

Amal H. Assa'ad, MD FAAAAI

9:05 AM

9:35 AM

Morning Keynote: History of Food Allergy & Where We Are Today

Sami L. Bahna, MD DrPH FAAAAI

9:35 AM

10:35 AM

Prevention Symposium

Guidelines on Early Introduction Around the Globe

Can We Reduce Peanut Allergy with Early Introduction?

Preventing Food Allergy through Breast Milk Nutrition

Question & Answer Panel

 

Elissa Michele Abrams, MD FRCPC

Kirsten P. Perrett, MD PhD

Carina Venter, PhD RD

Corinne Keet, MD MS PhD (Moderator)

10:35 AM

10:45 AM

10-minute Break

 

10:45 AM

11:45 AM

Diagnostic Symposium

A Diagnostic Algorithm for Food Allergy

Mast Cell and Basophil Activation Tests

Oral Food Challenge Safety, Feasibility and Outcomes

Question & Answer Panel

 

Hugh A. Sampson, MD FAAAAI

Alexandra F. Santos, MD PhD

J. Andrew Bird, MD FAAAAI

Amal H. Assa'ad, MD FAAAAI (Moderator)

11:45 AM

12:45 PM

Nutrition & Psycho-Social Aspects of Food Allergy Symposium

Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Food Allergy Patients

Food Insecurity & Access to Non-allergenic Foods

Role of Behavioral Health in Food Allergy

Question & Answer Panel

 

Princess U. Ogbogu, MD FAAAAI

Christopher M. Warren, PhD

Linda Herbert, PhD FAAAAI

Jodi Shroba, MSN, APRN, CPNP (Moderator)

12:45 PM

1:15 PM

Lunch Break

 

1:15 PM

1:45 PM

Afternoon Keynote: History of the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR)

Stacie M. Jones, MD FAAAAI

1:45 PM

2:45 PM

Treatment/Management Symposium

Oral Immunotherapy: Practical Steps

Role of Microbiome in Food Allergy

Use of Biologics in Food Allergy

Question & Answer Panel

 

Aikaterini Anagnostou, MD MSc PhD FAAAAI

Rima A. Rachid, MD FAAAAI

Robert A. Wood, MD FAAAAI

Brian Vickery, MD FAAAAI (Moderator)

2:45 PM

2:55 PM

10-minute Break

 

2:55 PM

3:55 PM

Non-IgE Food Allergy Symposium

Management of EoE with Focus on Dietary Therapy

Management of Cow's Milk Protein Allergy

Management of Food Avoidance & Advancement in FPIES

Question & Answer Panel

 

Emily C. McGowan, MD PhD FAAAAI

Kirsi M. Jarvinen-Seppo, MD PhD FAAAA

Marion E. Groetch, MS RDN

Benjamin Wright, MD FAAAAI (Moderator)

3:55 PM

4:55 PM

Practice Management Symposium

Developing SOPs for your Food Allergy Clinic

Billing and Template Management

Managing the Maintenance Phase of OIT in the Real World

Question & Answer Panel

 

Christa Mills, MSN RN CNL CPN

Sakina S. Bajowala, MD FAAAAI

Kim E. Mudd, RN MSN CCRP

Christina Ciaccio, MD FAAAAI (Moderator)

Megan Ott Lewis, MSN, CRNP (Panelist)

4:55 PM

5:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Amal H. Assa'ad, MD FAAAAI

 

 

Planning Committee 

Aikaterini Anagnostou, MD MSc PhD FAAAAI
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Relevant relationships: ALK (consultant); Aimmune Therapeutics, Novartis (research grant)

Amal H. Assa'ad, MD FAAAAI
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Relevant relationships: Aimmune, Astellas, DBV Technologies, Sanofi, Siolta, Syneos (research grant)

Christina Ciaccio, MD FAAAAI
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Relevant relationships: Clostrabio, Siolta (advisory board); ALK, Astra-Zeneca, DBV, Genentech, Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme (consultant); Aimmune (speaker)

Kim E. Mudd, RN MSN CCRP
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Relevant relationships: None

Rima A. Rachid, MD FAAAAI
Children's Hospital-Boston, Boston, MA
Relevant relationships: Novartis (advisory board); Up-to-Date (honorarium); Aimmune Therapeutics, Novartis, Siolta (research grant)

Jodi Shroba, MSN APRN CPNP
Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, KS
Relevant relationships: Thermo Fisher (advisory board); Aimmune (speaker)

Benjamin L. Wright, MD FAAAAI
Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, KS
Relevant relationships: None

Brian Vickery, MD FAAAAI
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Relevant relationships: Aimmune Therapeutics, AllerGenis, DBV Technologies, Reacta Biosciences, Regeneron (advisory board); Aravax, Moonlight Therapeutics (consultant); Abbott, Aimmune Therapeutics, DBV Technologies, Genentech, Regeneron (research grant)

 
Faculty

Elissa Michele Abrams, MD FRCPC
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Relevant Relationships: None

Aikaterini Anagnostou, MD MSc PhD FAAAAI
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Relevant Relationships: Aimmune, Novartis (research grant) 

Amal H. Assa'ad, MD FAAAAI
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Relevant Relationships: Aimmune, DBV Technologies, Sanofi, Siolta, Syneos (research grant)

Sami L. Bahna, MD DrPH FAAAAI
LA State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
Relevant Relationships: None

Sakina S. Bajowala, MD FAAAAI
Wise Prince LLC, North Aurora, IL
Relevant Relationships: None

J. Andrew Bird, MD FAAAAI
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Relevant Relationships: AllerGenis, Allergy Therapeutics, DBV Technologies, Genentech, Novartis (advisory board); HAL-Allergy, Nutricia (consultant); Aimmune Therapeutics, Astellas, DBV Technologies, Genentech, Novartis, Regeneron, Siolta (research grant); DBV Technologies (speaker)

Christina Ciaccio, MD FAAAAI
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Relevant Relationships: Clostrabio, Siolta (advisory board); Astra-Zeneca, Genentech, Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme (consultant)

Marion E. Groetch, MS RDN
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Relevant Relationships: None

Linda Herbert, PhD FAAAAI
Children's National Health System, Washington, DC
Relevant Relationships: None

Kirsi M. Jarvinen-Seppo, MD PhD FAAAAI
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, MN
Relevant Relationships: None

Stacie M. Jones, MD FAAAAI
UAMS/Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR
Relevant Relationships: None

Corinne Keet, MD MS PhD
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Relevant Relationships: None

Megan Ott Lewis, MSN, CRNP
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Relevant Relationships: None

Emily C. McGowan, MD PhD FAAAAI
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
Relevant Relationships: None

Christa Mills, MSN RN CNL CPN
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Relevant Relationships: None

Kim E. Mudd, RN MSN CCRP
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Relevant Relationships: None

Princess U. Ogbogu, MD FAAAAI
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Relevant Relationships: None

Kirsten P. Perrett, MD PhD
Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, AU
Relevant Relationships: Aravax (consultant); Aravax, DBV Technologies, Novartis, Siolta (research grant)

Rima A. Rachid, MD FAAAAI
Children's Hospital-Boston, Boston, MA
Relevant Relationships: Novartis (advisory board); Up-to-Date (honorarium); Aimmune Therapeutics, Novartis, Siolta (research grant)

Hugh A. Sampson, MD FAAAAI 
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Relevant Relationships: None

Alexandra F. Santos, MD PhD
King's College London, London, UK
Relevant Relationships: None

Jodi Shroba, MSN, APRN, CPNP
Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, KS
Relevant Relationships: Thermo Fisher (advisory board)

Carina Venter, PhD RD
Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, IL
Relevant Relationships: Abbott Laboratories, Danone, Danone, Nestle, Reckitt, HAL Allergy (speaker); Bobbie (consultant)

Brian Vickery, MD FAAAAI
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Relevant Relationships: Aimmune Therapeutics, AllerGenis, DBV Technologies, Reacta Biosciences, Regeneron, Novartis (advisory board); Aravax, Moonlight Therapeutics, Sanofi, Stallergenes Greer (consultant); Abbott, Aimmune Therapeutics, DBV Technologies, Genentech, Regeneron,  (research grant); Moonlight Therapeutics (stocks)

Christopher M. Warren, PhD
Northwestern University Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research, Chicago, IL
Relevant Relationships: None

Robert A. Wood, MD FAAAAI
Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Relevant Relationships: Aimmune, ALK, DBV Technologies, Genentech, Novartis, Siolta (research grant)

Benjamin Wright, MD FAAAAI
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
Relevant Relationships: None

 

Content Reviewers

Kevin Parks, MD FAAAAI
AAC/CRI of Southern Oregon, Medford, OR
Relevant relationships: None

 


The information disclosed by the speakers and planning committee was reviewed in accordance with the AAAAI Disclosure Policy. All potential conflicts of interest were resolved by the planners, faculty, and reviewers prior to their participation in the development of this activity.



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Available Credit

  • 6.00 Attendance
    Attendance credit.
  • 6.00 CE
    CE credit.
  • 6.00 CME
    CME credit.

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$100.00
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