Michigan Allergy & Asthma Society Membership Meeting

Michigan Allergy & Asthma Society Membership Meeting

Novi Sheraton Hotel

5:30 pm – 6:00 pm *“Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Clinical Implications of Disease Progression”

Leonard B. Bacharier, MD, Professor of Pediatrics; Vanderbilt University Medical Center

*Non-CME event sponsored by Sanofi & Regeneron

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Exhibitor Reception and Showcase

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm  Business Meeting and Fellow Presentations

Michael Hauk, MD, Henry Ford Health System

          “Does Race Impact the Relationships Between FeNO and Clinical Characteristics of

            Asthma and Allergic Disorders?”

Rim Ishak, MD, Henry Ford Health System

   “Early Childhood Atopic Phenotypes and the Development of Allergic Respiratory Diseases”

Sara Ellingwood, MD, University of Michigan

        “ Evaluation of Salivary Tryptase as a Biomarker for Mast Cell Burden and Activation.”

  Wai-Tim Chew, MD, MS, University of Michigan

“ Association of Elevated Baseline Tryptase and Systemic Reacts to Aeroallergen Immunotherapy”

  Jenny Lee, MD, University of Michigan

           “ A Comparison of Educational Interventions for the Asthma Guidelines”

     Course Objectives:

• Discuss the impact of race on the relationship between feNO and clinical characteristics of asthma and allergic disorders.
• Identify the gaps in monitoring conditions with chronic baseline tryptase elevations, such as mastocytosis and heredity alpha tryptasemia (HaT).

• Recognize the reason for diagnosis of failed oral food challenges in food allergic patients.
• Discuss the need for a rapid point of care tryptase measurement to aid in the diagnosis of anaphylaxis.

• Discuss the role of mastocytosis in patients who have had anaphylaxis to allergen immunotherapy.

• Describe the knowledge gap in primary care physicians on the updated asthma guidelines