Friday Saturday Sunday Registration
Friday, April 30, 2004
07:30 – 08:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:00 – 08:15 Welcome
Peter S. Creticos, M.D.
Mini-Symposium: Airway Inflammation
Chairman: Bruse S. Bochner, M.D.
08:15 – 08:45 New Paradigms in T cell Tolerance
Speaker: David M. Essayan, M.D.
08:45 – 09:15 Anti-adhesion Therapies for Asthma and other Inflammatory Dieases
Speaker: Bruce S. Bochner, M.D.
09:15 – 09:45 Chemokines: Multi-tasking Molecules in Airway Inflammation
Speaker: Cristiana Stellato, M.D., Ph.D.
09:45 – 10:15 Refreshment Break
10:15 – 10:45 IgE Signaling and Receptor Binding
Speaker: Donald W. MacGlashan, M.D., Ph.D.
10:45 – 11:15 IL-lO: Friend or Foe
Speaker: John Schroeder, Ph.D.
11:15 – 11:45 Genetics of Asthma: IL-4 Gene Regulation
Speaker: Steve Georas, M.D.
11:45 – 01:00 Roundtable Luncheon Discussion
Lunch with Faculty
Mini-Symposium: Specific Considerations with Allergen Immunotherapy
Chairman: Philip S. Norman, M.D.
01:00 – 01:30 Mechanisms of Immunotherapy
Speaker: Qutayba Hamid, M.D., Ph.D.
01:30 – 02:00 Update on Immunotherapy for Asthma
Speaker: Peter S. Creticos, M.D.
02:00 – 02:30 Evidence for Early Intervention in Allergic Respiratory Diseases
Speaker: Philip S. Norman, M.D.
02:30 – 03:00 Advances in Mold Immunotherapy
Speaker: John Santilli, M.D.
03:00 – 03:15 Interactive Discussion
All Speakers
03:15 -. 03:30 Refreshment Break
Mini-Symposium: Rhinitis/Sinusitis
Chairman: Alvin M. Sanico, M.D.
03:30 – 04:00 Management Algorithms for Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis
Speaker: Sarbjit S. Saini, M.D.
04:00 – 4:30 Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists in Allergic Rhinitis
Speaker: Alvin M. Sanico, M.D.
04:3 0 – 05:00 Sinusitis
Speaker: Jean Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Saturday, May 1, 2004
Mini Symposium: Progress in the Development of Therapeutic Vaccines for Allergic Disease Chairman: Peter S. Creticos M.D.
07:30 – 08:00 Continental Breakfast
08:00 – 08:30 Mechanisms of CpG Oligonucleotide Are Effects Mediated Through TLR-9
Speaker: Quytaba Hamid, M.D. Ph.D.
08:30 – 09:00 Stopping Rules for Venom Immunotherapy
Speaker: David B.K. Golden, M.D.
09:00 – 09:30 Specific Considerations in the Use Anti-IgE Therapy
Speaker: Torn Casale, M.D.
09:30 – 10:00 Allergen Vaccination with Immunostimulatory DNA: Clinical Trials in Ragweed Allergic Subjects
Speaker: Peter S. Creticos, M.D.
10:00 – 10:30 Interactive Discussion
All Speakers
Asthma Mini-Symposium: Rational Therapeutic Decisions
Chairman: Peter S. Creticos, M.D.
10:3 0 – 11:00 Refreshment Break
11:00 – 11:20 Allergy as a Neuronal Disease
Speaker: Brad Undem, Ph.D.
11:20 – 11:40 Sputum/Exhaled Breath Codensate/Nitric Oxide
Speaker: Mark Liu, M.D.
11:40 – 12:00 Use of Controller Therapy with Inhaled Steroids in Mild Persistent Asthma
Speaker: Torn Casale, M.D.
12:00 – 12:20 Use of Controller Therapy with Leukotnene Antagonists in Mild Persistent Asthma
Speaker: Alkis C. Togias, M.D.
12:20 – 12:40 The Effects of Corticosteroids on T cell-induced Inflammation
Speaker: TBA
12:40?01:00 Interactive Discussion
All Speakers
01:00 ? 04:00 Please join us at Boordy Vinyards
Lunch, wine tasting and tour (transportation provided)
Sunday, May 2, 2003
07:30 – 08:00 Continental Breakfast
Mini-Symposium: Related Allergy Issues
Chairman: N. Franklin Adkinson, Jr., M.D.
08:30 – 08:50 Diagnosis and Treatment of the Food Allergic Patient
Speaker: Robert Wood, M.D.
08:50 – 09:10 Office Evaluation of Patients with Antibiotic Allergies
Speaker: N. Franklin Adkinson, Jr., M.D.
09:10 – 09:30 Inflammatory Aspects of Interstitial Fibrosis
Speaker Albert Polito, M.D.
09:30 – 09:50 Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Indices
Speaker: Robert A. Wise, M.D.
09:50 – 10:20 Refreshment Break
Mini-Symposium: Related Pulmonary Issues
Chairman: N. Franklin Adkinson, Jr., M.D.
10:20 – 10:40 New Observations in Mold-induced ?Sick Building? Syndrome
Speaker: John Santilli, M.D.
10:40 – 11:10 Pre-operative Evaluation of Patients with Pulmonary Disease
Speaker: Robert H. Brown, M.D., M.PH
11:10 – 11:30 Sleep Apnea in the Patient
Speaker: Philip L. Smith, M.D.
11:30 – 12:00 Roundtable Discussion
All Speakers