2019 New England Society of Allergy Spring Meeting
CREDIT CLAIMING IS NOW OPEN FOR THIS ACTIVITY.
The credit claiming period will end at 11:59 pm on December 31, 2019. Attempts to claim credit on or after January 1, 2020 will be subject to an administrative fee.
NESA provides ongoing educational meetings to allow our membership to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in the field of Allergy/Immunology. The Spring Physicians' Meeting is a half-day program designed for physicians and advanced care practitioners, and the Allied Health Practitioner Update is a full-day program designed primarily for nurses, though all health practitioners in A/I are welcome, including physicians. Both meetings are designed to provide continuing education and networking opportunities for health care providers at all levels working in the specialty.
Physicians' Meeting Fees
Member Type | Online Fee | Walk-in Fee |
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NESA Member - Physicians' Meeting Only | $75 | $125 |
NESA Member - Allied Health Half Day + Physicians' Meeting | $175 | $225 |
NESA Member - Allied Health Full Day | $140 | $190 |
NESA Member - Allied Health Half Day Only | $100 | $150 |
Non-NESA Member - Physicians' Meeting Only | $125 | $175 |
Non-NESA Member - Allied Health Half Day + Physicians' Meeting | $225 | $275 |
Non-NESA Member - Allied Health Full Day | $140 | $190 |
Non-NESA Member - Allied Health Half Day Only | $100 | $150 |
Fellow-in-training/Resident | FREE | FREE |
Speaker | FREE | FREE |
Online registration closes at 5:00 pm Central Time on Friday, March 22. Walk-in registration will open at 7:30 am on Friday, March 29.
Please note that walk-in registrations will incur an additional $50 fee.
Credit claiming will open by noon on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. The credit claiming period will end at 11:59 pm on December 31, 2019. Attempts to claim credit on or after January 1, 2020 will be subject to an administrative fee.
Target Audience
- Allergy/Immunologists
- Fellows-in-training and Residents
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physician Assistants
- Other A/I health care practitioners
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Allied Health Update
- Identify the major changes in A/I in 2018
- Discuss the history of and current regulations and challenges related to allergy extracts
- Identify which therapies and strategies are appropriate for HAE patients
- Implement appropriate therapies and strategies for HAE patients in the office setting
- Apply appropriate screening tests to evaluate patients with various types of immunodeficiency
- Recognize the clinical manifestations of food protein-induced entercolitis syndrome to better diagnose and treat patients with FPIES
- Identify populations at risk for drug hypersensitivity
- Summarize the protocols, pre-medications, and outcomes of drug desensitization
- Implement the techniques used for scratch and intradermal testing for allergy
- Compare and contrast radioallergosorbent testing (RAST) and skin testing
- Instruct patients on the appropriate use of medical devices, such as inhalers and epinephrine auto-injectors
- Instruct parents on the various support systems available to them as parents of children with food allergy
Physicians' Meeting
- Compare and contrast autoinflammation with autoimmunity and allergic disease
- Evaluate patients for autoimmunity who present with urticaria, fevers, or immunodeficiency
- Discuss the pros and cons of oral immunotherapy
- Recognize the current phenotypes of mast cell activation disorders
- Evaluate tryptase and KIT mutations in mast cell activation disorders
- Provide management tools to patients with mast cell activation disorders
Allied Health Update
Start Time | End Time | Presentation Topic | Faculty |
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7:30 AM | 8:15 AM | Registration Networking Information Tables | |
8:15 AM | 8:30 AM | Welcoming and Opening Remarks | Michelle Conroy, M.D. |
8:30 AM | 9:30 AM | Hereditary Angioedema: Overview and Current Treatments | Aleena Banerji, M.D. |
9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | How Allergy Extracts are Made | Ellen Dutta, M.D. |
10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | Break and Exhibits | |
10:45 AM | 11:45 AM | Overview of Immune Deficiencies | Francisco Bonilla, M.D. |
11:45 AM | 12:45 PM | Chemotherapy Desensitizations | Mariana Castells M.D. |
12:45 PM | 1:45 PM | Lunch | |
1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Afternoon Remarks | Michelle Conroy, M.D. |
2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Food Protein-induced Enterocolitis Syndrome | Michelle Conroy, M.D. |
3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Review of Recent Important Articles in Allergy and Asthma | Paul Sklarew MD |
4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Hands-on Skills Training:
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5:00 PM | Concluding Comments/Evaluation of Afternoon Session | ||
Physicians' Meeting
Start Time | End Time | Presentation Topic | Faculty |
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11:45 AM | 12:55 PM | Poster Session and Lunch | |
12:55 PM | 1:00 PM | Opening Remarks | Lisa Bartnikas, M.D. |
1:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Business Meeting | |
1:30 PM | 2:15 PM | Updates in Mast Cell Disorders | Mariana Castells, MD PhD |
2:15 PM | 2:30 PM | Q&A | |
2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Break and Exhibits | |
3:00 PM | 3:45 PM | Pros and Cons of Implementing OIT in Your Practice | Wayne Shreffler, M.D. Ph.D. |
3:45 PM | 4:00 PM | Question and Answer | |
4:00 PM | 4:45 PM | Finding Autoinflammation in Your Allergy Clinic | Jonathan Hausmann, MD |
4:45 PM | 5:00 PM | Question and Answer | |
5:00 PM | 5:05 PM | Closing Remarks | Lisa Bartnikas, MD |
Planning Committee
Lisa Bartnikas, MD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Ann Beaulieu, RN AE-C
Jordan Scott, MD, Leominster, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Amanda Bogue
Shoreline Allergy and Asthma Associates, Mystic, CT
Relevant relationships: None
Michelle Conroy, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Jackie Garrett, MD
Riverbend Medical Group, Feeding Hills, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Stephanie Hayes, LPN
Shoreline Allergy and Asthma Associates, Mystic, CT
Relevant relationships: None
Mitchell Lester, MD FAAAAI
Fairfield County Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Norwalk, CT
Relevant relationships: None
Paul Sklarew, MD
The Allergy and Asthma Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth Port, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Michael C. Young, MD FAAAAI
South Shore Allergy Asthma Specialists, P.C., South Weymouth, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Faculty
Aleena Banerji, MD FAAAAI
Massachuetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Relevant relationships: CSL Behring, Biocryst, Pharming, Shire (advisory board); Biocryst, Shire (research grant)
Lisa Bartnikas, MD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Francisco Bonilla, MD PhD FAAAAI
Northeast Allergy Asthma and Immunology, Leominster, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Mariana Castells, MD PhD FAAAAI
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Michelle Conroy, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Ellen Dutta, MD FAAAAI
Massachusetts General Hospital Allergy Associates, Boston, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Jonathan Hausmann, MD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Wayne Shreffler, MD PhD FAAAAI
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Paul Sklarew, MD
The Allergy and Asthma Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth Port, MA
Relevant relationships: None
Content Reviewers
Maria Crain, RN MA CPNP
Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX
Relevant relationships: Aimmune: food allergy oral immunotherapy
Bruce Lanser, MD
National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
Relevant relationships: Aimmune: peanut oral immunotherapy
AAAAI Disclosure Policy
Pursuant to the Code of Ethics for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) and the Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the AAAAI requires disclosure of certain information from faculty members of educational activities designated for CME credit by the AAAAI. Prior to the activity, authors and reviewers are required to disclose all relationships that meet the following parameters:
- Employment: Name of employer and job title.
- Financial interests: All organizations, other than the employer, from which the faculty member or a member of his/her immediate family or household receives annual remuneration in any amount (including grants, honoraria and consulting fees).
- Research interests: All organizations which support research projects for which the faculty member or member of his/her immediate family or household serves as an investigator.
- Legal Consultation Services/Expert Witness Testimony: All topics on which the faculty member provided legal consultation and/or expert witness testimony during the previous calendar year.
- Organizational interests: All organizations, other than the AAAAI, for which the faculty member holds volunteer positions.
- Gifts: All organizations from which the faculty member or a member of his/her immediate family or household have received a gift of any amount in the last year.
- Other interests: All interests of the faculty member or a member of his/her immediate family or household that would be judged by a majority of his/her peers to be more than casual and/or likely to impact his/her ability to exercise independent judgment. This includes any financial interest in or relationship with any manufacturer of a commercial product, and any financial interest or relationship with any organization that provides commercial support to AAAAI-sponsored educational activities.
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.
Accreditation Statement
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 AAAAI and the New England Society of Allergy. The AAAAI is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CE Designation Statement
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology (AAAAI) is a Provider, approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #10704, for up to 7.00 Contact Hours.
Special Note Regarding Claiming Credit for the 2019 Meeting
Please note that the maximum number of credits offered for this meeting is for those who attend a full day (either the Allied Health Update full day option or the Allied Health Update half day and the Physicians' Meeting). All credits claimed should be based on the individual's actual attendance, in quarter-hour increments.
Credit Claiming Period
Credit claiming for this activity will expire at 11:59 pm on December 31, 2019. Requests to claim credit on or after January 1, 2020 will be subject to an administrative fee.
AAAAI Privacy Policy
To verify your participation in educational activities, you may be asked to provide your name, contact information, and/or other descriptors. The AAAAI will not release this information to outside entities. It may be used internally to inform you of other AAAAI educational activities. If you wish to have your information excluded from this process, please contact us at cme@aaaai.org.
Questions
Activity-related questions for the Allied Health Update should be directed to Amanda Bogue at amanda@ShorelineAllasth.com.
Activity-related questions for the Physicians' Meeting should be directed to Lisa Henry at nesocietyallergy@gmail.com
Registration and credit claiming questions should be directed to cme@aaaai.org.
Available Credit
- 7.00 AttendanceAttendance credit.
- 7.00 CECE credit.
- 7.00 CMECME credit.
Price
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