21st Annual International Asthma Conference at Nemacolin

Speakers

William W. Busse, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin

Deborah A. Gentile, MD
Staff Physician
Division of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
Lifeline Medical Center
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Medical Director
Community Partners in Asthma Care
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Jay K. Kolls, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
John W Deming Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine
Director, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation
Tulane School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Paul M. O'Byrne, MB, FRCP(C), FRSC
Dean and Vice-President
Faculty of Health Sciences
Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine
Distinguished University Professor
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr., MD
Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Vice Chancellor, Clinical & Translational Science
Director, Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine & Science
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Child Health Institute of New Jersey
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP
Professor of Pediatrics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tulane School of Medicine
Vice President for Research and
Institutional Official Emeritus of Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

David P. Skoner, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
West Virginia University
School of Medicine
Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

Sally E. Wenzel, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
School of Public Heath
Rachel Carson Chair in Environmental Health
Director, University of Pittsburgh Asthma and Environmental Lung Health Institute@UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 

Schedule

Symposium: From Inception to Regulation: Asthma and Atopic Diseases

Moderator: Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP

Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP
Neuronal influence on development of type 2 immunity/allergic disease
Nandini Krishnamoorthy
Novel mechanisms for resolution of type 2 inflammation
Anuradha Ray
A mechanism that helps to suppress the development of a Th2 response which is central to allergic asthma
Angela Haczku
The impact of environmental exposures on immune development

Symposium: Strategies to Attract Physicians to Rural Health Care

Moderator: Deborah A. Gentile, MD

Rachel Grove
Overview of Rural Health Disparities
Thanai Pongdee
Rural Health Disparities in Asthma
Wendy Brunner
Impact of Rural School-Based Health Centers on Asthma Management
Miko Rose
An Innovative Strategy to Train and Recruit Rural Healthcare Physicians

Symposium: The Role of Eosinophils in “Eosinophilic Diseases”

Moderator: Paul M. O'Byrne, MB, FRCP(C), FRSC

William W. Busse, MD
Atopic Dermatitis
Imran Satia
Chronic Cough
Jonathan Spergel
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Paul M. O'Byrne, MB, FRCP(C), FRSC
Eosinophilic Asthma

Symposium: Endotyping, T2 biologics and Remission: Are we getting closer to a cure for asthma?

Moderator: Sally E. Wenzel, MD

Celeste Porsbjerg
Problems with current asthma severity definitions and T2 biomarkers.
Praveen Akuthota
Similarities and differences in anti-T2 pathway biologics
Ben Gaston
Natural course of disease, Remission vs Cure
Steve Georas
Is there ANY need for CSs?

Symposium: What Can AI Do for Asthma?

Moderator: Sally E. Wenzel, MD

Joe Zein
Can AI help identify the most at risk patients?  
Hooman Rashadi
How can AI help improve the EMR and our utilization of it for clinical care?
Adam Haber
Towards using machine learning to prevent indoor exposures to asthma triggers
Anuradha Ray and Mondira Ray
Large language models and/or machine learning to interrogate existing broad and deep data.

Symposium: Pediatric Asthma

Moderator: David P. Skoner, MD

Nidhya Navanandan
Acute asthma exacerbations: New tools, new observations, and insights into future management
William Anderson
Transitioning adolescents to adult-oriented asthma care
Stan Szefler
Integrating asthma care with the community to improve asthma outcomes

Symposium: Corticosteroid Stewardship

Moderator: Stan Szefler

David P. Skoner, MD
Corticosteroid susceptibility in children.
Stan Szefler
Corticosteroid stewardship: How do we do it in the office and health care system?
William W. Busse, MD
Minimizing corticosteroid use with asthma biologics: Missed opportunities

Symposium: Repurposing Medications for Asthma Management

Moderator: Sally E. Wenzel, MD

Lisa Beck
Remission as defined and observed in atopic dermatitis 
Steve Georas
Lessons learned from the PrecISE asthma network
Katherine Cahill
Incretin medications to address obesity-associated asthma
William Anderson
SMART Therapy for children and adolescents: Not as easy as you think

Symposium: The Atopic March

Moderator: Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP

Jonathan Spergel
Is the atopic march real?
Lisa Beck
Can we prevent the atopic march?
William W. Busse, MD
Adult asthma not part of the atopic march

Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr., MD

Jay K. Kolls, MD

➤ LOCATION

Nemacolin & Virtual

➤ Sponsored BY

Maci’s TEAMS non-profit organization

Contact
Please contact Jessica Bolton if you have any questions (jbolton@macisteams.org).