21st Annual International Asthma Conference at Nemacolin
Registration Opening Soon
Speakers
Praveen Akuthota, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California, USA
William C. Anderson III, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
Clinical Medical Director, Allergy & Immunology Section
Director, Multidisciplinary Asthma Clinic (MAC)
Co-Director, Improving Pediatric to Adult Care Transition (ImPACT) Program
Director, Asthma Self-Care Education and Transition (ASCEnT) Program
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Lisa A. Beck, MD
Carol & Lowell Goldsmith Professor of Dermatology,
Medicine (AIR division) and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of Rochester Medicine
Rochester, New York, USA
Wendy Brunner, MS, PhD
Director, Center for Rural Community Health
Bassett Research Institute
Bassett Medical Center
Cooperstown, New York, USA
William W. Busse, MD
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Katherine N. Cahill, MD
Section Chief, Allergy
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Clinical Asthma Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee
Benjamin Gaston, MD
Billie Lou Wood Professor of Pediatrics
Vice Chair for Translational Research
Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Deborah A. Gentile, MD
Allergy/Immunology
Indiana Regional Medical Center
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Steve N. Georas, MD
Walter and Carmina Parkes Family Endowed Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Function Labs
PI, Pulmonary T32 Training Grant
Co-Director, EHSC Translational Research Support Core
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York, USA
Rachel Grove, LCSW
Director of Ambulatory Social Services & Transition of Care
Indiana Regional Medical Center
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Adam Haber, MD
Angela Haczku, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Director, UC Davis Lung Center
School of Medicine, University of California, Davis
Davis, California, 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
Nandini Krishnamoorthy, PhD
Njira L. Lugogo, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine
Director Michigan Medicine Asthma Program
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Nidhya Navanandan, MD, MSCS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 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, Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Thanai Pongdee, MD
Consultant
Department of Medicine, Section of Allergy and Immunology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Chair, Section of Allergy and Immunology
Joint Appointments: Division of Hematology, Division of Epidemiology
Google Advanced Solutions Lab, Advanced Generative AI Certificate
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Celeste Porsbjerg, PhD
Hooman H. Rashidi MD, MS, FCAP
Associate Dean of AI in Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Professor & Endowed Chair of Experimental Pathology Research
Executive Vice Chair of Computational Pathology, UPMC
Adjunct Professor of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Executive Director of CPACE Ai Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Anuradha Ray, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Immunology
UPMC Endowed Chair in Lung Immunology
Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Division
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Mondira Ray, MD, MBI
Senior Vice President of Clinical Informatics, OpenEvidence
Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, USA
Imran Satia, MA, MB, BChir (cantab), PhD, MRCP, FACP
Canada Research Chair in Chronic Cough
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, McMaster University
Respirologist, Hamilton Health Sciences and Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health,
St. Joseph's Healthcare
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
David P. Skoner, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
West Virginia University
School of Medicine
Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD
Stanley J. Szefler, MD
Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado, 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
Joe Zein, MD, PhD, MBA
Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Associate Chair for Research, and Discipline Oriented Group (DOG) Chair for Pulmonary
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Schedule
Thursday, October 29th, 2026
5:00pm – 7:30pm – Conference Onsite Registration and Welcome Reception (Attendees & Guests Welcome)
Friday, October 30th, 2026
7:00am – 7:55am – Breakfast/Exhibits, Industry Product Theater with Breakfast provided by Maci’s Teams
8:00am – 8:15am – Welcome/Introduction to Conference (David P. Skoner, MD)
CORTICOSTEROID STEWARDSHIP
David P. Skoner, MD – 8:15am – 10:05am
8:15am – Small Bodies, Big Risks: Children Have the Greatest Need for Corticosteroid Stewardship. (David P. Skoner, MD)
8:35am – Corticosteroid Stewardship: How Do We Do It in the Office and Health Care System? (Stanley J. Szefler, MD)
8:55am – Minimizing Corticosteroid Use with Asthma Biologics: Missed Opportunities? (William W. Busse, MD)
9:15am – Is There ANY Need for Corticosteroids in T2-Low Asthma? (Steve N. Georas, MD)
9:35am – Discussion
10:05am – Bronchodilators: Who’s on First? (Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr., MD)
10:30am – 10:45am – Break/Exhibits
ENDOTYPING, T2 BIOLOGICS AND REMISSION: ARE WE GETTING CLOSER TO A CURE?
Sally E. Wenzel, MD – 10:45am – 12:35pm
10:45am – Defining Severe Asthma - Distinguishing Disease Activity Versus Damage (Celeste Porsbjerg, PhD)
11:05am – Similarities and Differences in Anti-T2 Pathway Biologics (Praveen Akuthota, MD)
11:25am – Natural Course of Disease, Remission vs Cure (Benjamin Gaston, MD)
11:45am – Remission As Defined and Observed in Atopic Dermatitis (Lisa A. Beck, MD)
12:05pm – Discussion
12:40pm – 1:30pm – Exhibits/Lunch Break, Industry Product Theater with Lunch provided by Maci’s Teams
FROM INCEPTION TO REGULATION: ASTHMA AND ATOPIC DISEASES
Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP – 1:35pm – 3:25pm
1:35pm – Role of Neuro-Immune Interactions on the Pathogenesis of Virus-Induced Asthma (Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP)
1:55pm – Novel Mechanisms for Resolution of Type 2 Inflammation (Nandini Krishnamoorthy, PhD)
2:15pm – Control of Migratory Dendritic Cells to Suppress Allergic Asthma (Anuradha Ray, PhD)
2:35pm – The Impact of Environmental Exposures on Immune Development (Angela Haczku, MD, PhD)
2:55pm – Discussion
3:25pm – 3:45pm - Break/Exhibits/Faculty (Speaker) Group Picture
3:45pm – Immunometabolism of Tissue Resident T Cells Along the Respiratory Tract (Jay K. Kolls, MD)
4:10pm – 5:10pm – Fellows Oral Abstracts (Reynold A. Panettieri Jr., MD)
4:10pm – TBD (TBD)
4:25pm – TBD (TBD)
4:40pm – TBD (TBD)
4:55pm – TBD (TBD)
5:10pm – Fellow Prize Awarded (Reynold A. Panettieri Jr., MD)
5:15pm – Meeting Adjournment (David P. Skoner, MD)
7:00pm – 9:00pm – PRIVATE FACULTY (Speakers) ONLY Dinner, Meet at Chateau/Grand Lodge at 6:45pm to request transportation.
Saturday, October 31st, 2026
7:05am – 8:00am – Breakfast/Exhibits, Industry Product Theater with Breakfast provided by Maci’s Teams
8:05am – 8:15am – Welcome/Introduction (David P. Skoner, MD)
THE ROLE OF EOSINOPHILS IN “EOSINOPHILIC DISEASES”
Paul M. O'Byrne, MB, FRCP(C), FRSC – 8:15am – 10:05am
8:15am – Eosinophilic Asthma (Paul M. O'Byrne, MB, FRCP(C), FRSC)
8:35am – Chronic Cough (Imran Satia, MA, MB, BChir (cantab), PhD, MRCP, FACP)
8:55am – William J. Doyle Keynote Lecture Eosinophilic Esophagitis (Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD)
9:15am – Atopic Dermatitis (William W. Busse, MD)
9:35am – Discussion
10:05am – 10:20am – Break/Exhibits
REPURPOSING MEDICATIONS FOR ASTHMA MANAGEMENT
Sally E. Wenzel, MD – 10:20am – 11:40pm
10:20am – Lessons Learned From the PrecISE Asthma Network (Steve N. Georas, MD)
10:40am – Incretin Medications to Address Obesity-Associated Asthma (Katherine N. Cahill, MD)
11:00am – Gilbert Friday Keynote Lecture SMART or Not So SMART?: Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy for Children (William C. Anderson III, MD)
11:20am – Discussion
11:45am – 12:35pm – Exhibits/Lunch, Industry Product Theater with Lunch provided by Maci’s Teams
PEDIATRIC ASTHMA
Stanley J. Szefler, MD – 12:40pm – 2:00pm
12:40pm – Integrating Asthma Care With The Community to Improve Asthma Outcomes (Stanley J. Szefler, MD)
1:00pm – Transitioning Adolescents to Adult-Oriented Asthma Care (William C. Anderson III, MD)
1:20pm – Acute Asthma Exacerbations: New Tools, New Observations, and Insights into Future Management (Nidhya Navanandan, MD, MSCS)
1:40pm – Discussion
2:00pm – 2:15pm – Break/Exhibits
THE WILLIAM W. BUSSE SLIDE-LESS SYMPOISUM
David P. Skoner, MD – 2:15pm – 3:15pm
2:15pm – A ONE-HOUR DISCUSSION OF THE IMPLCATIONS OF THE ATOPIC MARCH (Lisa A. Beck, MD; William W. Busse, MD; Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD)
3:15pm – Meeting Adjournment (David P. Skoner, MD)
6:45pm – Farewell Dinner (All attendees/guests invited, RSVP Required), Quartz at Horizon Point. Shuttles will be available at the Chateau/Grand Lodge at 6:30pm.
Sunday, November 1st, 2026
7:20am – 7:55am – Breakfast/Exhibits, Light Breakfast will be provided by Maci’s Teams
8:00am – 8:05am – Welcome/Introduction (David P. Skoner, MD)
RECOGNIZING AND ADDRESSING RURAL HEALTH DISPARITIES IN ASTHMA
Deborah A. Gentile, MD – 8:05am – 9:45am
8:05am – Overview of Rural Health Disparities (Rachel Grove, LCSW)
8:25am – Rural Health Disparities in Asthma (Thanai Pongdee, MD)
8:45am – Impact of Rural School-Based Health Centers on Asthma Management (Wendy Brunner, MS, PhD)
9:05am – Philip Fireman Keynote Lecture Inhale Initiative: Past Successes and Future Direction (Njira L. Lugogo, MD)
9:25am – Discussion
9:55am – 10:10am – Break/Exhibits
WHAT CAN AI DO FOR ASTHMA?
Sally E. Wenzel, MD – 10:10am – 11:55am
10:10am – Can AI Help Identify the Most At-Risk Patients? (Joe Zein, MD, PhD, MBA)
10:20am – How Can AI Help Improve the EMR and Our Utilization Of It for Clinical Care? (Hooman H. Rashidi MD, MS, FCAP)
10:40am – Towards Using Machine Learning to Prevent Indoor Exposures to Asthma Triggers (Adam Haber, MD)
11:00am – Large Language Models and/or Machine learning to interrogate existing broad and deep data. (Anuradha Ray, PhD and Mondira Ray, MD, MBI)
11:25am – Discussion
11:55am – 12:00pm – Closing Remarks/Meeting Adjournment (Sally E. Wenzel, MD)
➤ LOCATION
Nemacolin & Virtual
➤ Sponsored BY
Maci’s TEAMS non-profit organization
Teaching Everyone About Medicine Safety
West Virginia University