The Fall 2024 meeting of the Illinois Society of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology participants will be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of mast cell disorders and angioedema and utilize appropriate diagnostic tests for evaluation. The meeting will conclude with presentations from local allergy fellows-in-training.

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A biologic drug is developed using cells from living organisms such as human, animals, bacteria, and viruses. They target inflammation in the body at the source. Biologics are now available to treat all sort of conditions including asthma, allergies, atopic dermatitis, diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune conditions. In this webinar, learn all about biologics, how they work and who might benefit from using them as a treatment.

Speaker:

Rajan Merchant, MD, FACAAI
Woodland Clinic Medical Group, Woodland, CA

Dr. Merchant is an Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology Specialist at the Woodland Clinic Medical Group which is part of Common Spirit Health and Dignity Health Medical Foundation in Woodland, California. Dr. Merchant focuses on adult and pediatric seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis, asthma diagnosis and management, food allergies, drug allergies and immunodeficiency disorders. He is a fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and won the Sacramento Magazine’s Top Doctors Allergy award from 2016 to 2022.

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People living with severe asthma or other chronic lung conditions may be at a higher risk for severe illness from contagious viruses such as the flu or COVID-19. In this webinar, learn about new vaccines available, new vaccine guidelines and how to address vaccine hesitancy.

Speaker:

Purvi Parikh, MD
Medical Director, Allergy & Asthma Associates of Murray Hill
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Dr. Purvi Parikh is an adult and pediatric allergist and immunologist. She is currently on faculty as Clinical Instructor of Medicine and Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine. She completed her fellowship training in allergy and immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Montefiore Medical Center. Prior to that, she completed her residency at The Cleveland Clinical Foundation in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Parikh is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.

Dr. Parikh is passionate about health policy and sits on the health and public policy committee for the American College of Physicians. She is also the Allergy and Asthma Network’s national media spokesperson and has made numerous press and TV appearances on our behalf.

This Advances webinar is in partnership with the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. ACAAI offers CMEs for physicians for this webinar. If you are a member of ACAAI, you can obtain CME through the member portal for Advances webinars.

All attendees will be offered a certificate of attendance. No other continuing education credit is provided.

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With the introduction of new therapies for asthma like biologics, achieving disease remission has become a new goal of treatment and classifying asthma control is in transition. In December 2023, the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology published a consensus statement between the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, and American Thoracic Society to update the definition of clinical remission in asthma. In this webinar, learn more about the consensus statement and the outcomes of the working group.

Speaker:

Michael S. Blaiss, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia

Michael S. Blaiss, MD, is a clinical professor of pediatrics at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia, and allergist at Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett in Norcross, Georgia.  He received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences and did pediatrics at University of Tennessee/Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis and completed a fellowship in allergy/immunology at Ochsner Medical Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana.

He is past president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He served as treasurer of the American Board of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, a past member of the Board of Directors of the World Allergy Organization and past president of the Tennessee and Louisiana Societies of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He was Executive Medical Director of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. Dr. Blaiss has published about 200 scientific peer-reviewed articles and presented at more than 500 meetings and seminars throughout the world.

This Advances webinar is in partnership with the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. ACAAI offers CMEs for physicians for this webinar. If you are a member of ACAAI, you can obtain CME through the member portal for Advances webinars.

All attendees will be offered a certificate of attendance. No other continuing education credit is provided.

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I have been blessed to have a career spanning over 21 years of experience on the administrative and clinical side of medicine working in adult, neonatal, and pediatric critical care, transport, DME, pulmonary function testing, and ambulatory care medicine. Two years ago, I was fortunate to be offered the opportunity to join the MaineHealth Pen Bay Ambulatory Care Practices working with the Maine Partners for Health in developing a Grant Funded Asthma Program. In addition to working at Pen Bay, I work at MaineHealth Lincoln Health Critical Care Hospital and Central Maine Medical Center as a Respiratory Care Practitioner where I provide both clinical and diagnostic services for patients of all ages. I have had the privilege of being an instructor at the RN Critical Care, High Acuity,  Respiratory Medication, COPD and Oxygen Equipment courses for Central Maine Medical Center.

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