Directors

Conference Directors

Deborah Gentile, MD

Medical Director and Clinical Associate Professor
Health Sciences
St Francis University
Medical Director
Community Partners in Asthma Care
Johnstown, Pennsylvania

The International Asthma Conference at Nemacolin is a premiere venue for learning about the latest advances in asthma research. Topics are cutting edge, timely and relevant to patient care. This conference attracts speakers and audience members from across the world and provides a unique and intimate setting for discussion and debate.

Paul O’Byrne, MB, FRCP(C), FRSC

Dean and Vice President
Faculty of Health Sciences
Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

The International Asthma Conference at Nemacolin is unique, in that the entire meeting is focused on the highest quality science around the causes and treatment of asthma, with many of the world’s experts present, in an environment which promotes engagement and interaction.

Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP
Co-Founder

Vice President for Research of Tulane University
Professor of Pediatrics
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

The secret sauce that explains the success of the International Asthma Conference at Nemacolin is quite simple: every year, we bring together the most brilliant minds in the world working in the field of asthma and give them an opportunity to present their newest ideas in a friendly, comfortable, and interactive setting. The only rule is…there are no rules! No heavy program books to carry…all talks are in the same auditorium! No hard decisions to make among different topics…it’s all about asthma! Just add the spectacular beauty of a five-stars resort like Nemacolin and you will have the recipe for a conference that just keeps getting better 14 years later….and counting.

David P. Skoner, MD
Co-Founder

Professor of Pediatrics
West Virginia University
School of Medicine
Morgantown, West Virginia

The International Asthma Conference at Nemacolin is unique because it places the intellectual heavyweights of the asthma world on a small stage, where their scientific views, opinions, and hypotheses are scrutinized by a discriminating audience limited to 175 attendees. The meeting provides an ideal environment to learn about the latest developments in asthma, and develop effective communication skills through both observation and participation.

Sally E. Wenzel Morganroth, MD

Professor of Medicine

Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

UPMC Chair in Translational Airway Biology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The International Asthma Conference at Nemacolin provides a unique opportunity to participate with the  world's asthma experts as they discuss and debate the hot topics/controversies of the day in a great setting.

 

Fellows Program Director

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
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

This meeting is an extraordinary platform for trainees to obtain mentorship and career development guidance.  Importantly, trainees will receive valuable feedback on their science. To interface with leaders in asthma and allergy over three days in an informal atmosphere provides an unparalleled opportunity to hone their research skills and to identify novel research questions.

 
 

Chief Discussant

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

This is an outstanding annual conference with leaders in Allergy and Pulmonlogy presenting the latest science and clinical developments in Asthma. In addition to the outstanding speakers, there is highly interactive discussion time, which makes it highly unique among scientific/medical conferences.