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The AAIFNC's 2019 Annual Educational Symposium Presentation Slides:

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David Fleischer, MD Prevention of Food Allergy.
James Baker, MD Oral Immunotherapy (Town perspective).
David Fleischer, MD Oral Immunotherapy (Gown perspective).
Kara Davis, DO Using the Immune System for Treatment of Disease
Amber Luong, MD The Immunopathology and Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis.
Troy Torgerson, MD Practical Management of Common Variable Immundodeficiency.
Monica Kraft, MD Asthma Phenotypes: Implications for Targeted Treatment Choices.

Please note that the Symposium presentation materials on this page are copyrighted by their respective authors.
Permission to use, re-post or redistribute any material from the Symposium must be obtained directly from the authors.

Bridges to Understanding, 2019 AAIFNC Symposium

Symposium Registration: Online Payment

Registration Fee includes symposium attendance, all course materials, meals on the day of the program, access to sponsor exhibit area and processing of CME/CE credit.

Please note: No refunds will be given; however, substitutions are welcome. If space is available, walk-in registrants are welcome for an additional $100 fee.

* To qualify for resident or fellow discount please forward signed letter from your program chair to:

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5825 Pilar Court

San Jose, CA 95120

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The AAIFNC announces its annual educational symposium, 'Bridges to Understanding'. The symposium will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019, at the Hotel InterContinental San Francisco.

Click here to download the symposium brochure (pdf).

REGISTRATION

Registration Information & Fee Structure:

$200.00 Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Asst.
$135.00 Nurses, Pharmacists, Medical Assistants, Allied Health
$20 Physicians in training.

Registration fee includes symposium attendance, all course materials, meals on the day of the program, access to all sponsor exhibit area and processing of CME/CE credit and certificates of attendance.

Please note: No refunds will be given; however, substitutions are permitted. A late registration of $100 will be charged after April 14, 2019.

For additional information, please contact the program manager, Rebecca Hall at (408) 307-2587 or email: rhallevents@gmail.com.

HOTEL

InterContinental San Francisco
888 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 ( map )

DIRECTIONS

From the Peninsula/SFO Airport
Take US-101 North via the ramp to San Francisco and continue for 11.4 miles. Take a slight right at I-80 (signs for Bay Bridge/I-90/Oakland/7th St/US-101N), and take the 4th Street exit. Take a slight left at Bryant Street, and then turn left at 3rd Street. Turn left at Howard Street. Hotel entrance is on the right-hand side.

PARKING^*

Limited valet parking is available at the InterContinental.

Convenient parking located within walking distance at public garages include:

Fifth & Mission Garage
833 Mission Street (between Fourth & Fifth Streets)
415-982-8522

Hearst Parking Center
45 Third Street (entrance on Stevenson, 2 blocks from Moscone South/North)
415-989-4000

Moscone Center Garage
255 Third Street (Between Folsom & Howard)
415-777-2782

*Parking fees are NOT included in the symposium registration.

CONFERENCE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this program, the participant will be able to:

Implement interventions to decrease development of both sensitization and allergic reactions to foods in infancy and childhood.
Equip the PA and other HCP with the appropriate tools to guide patients & their families in making the best decision for them with respect to treatment for FA.
Develop an understanding of the role of adaptive T cell therapies for hematologic malignancies, its implications for the immune system in illness and health and the role of the PA in assisting oncologists with patients receiving such therapy.
Make a diagnosis in patients with CRS sooner and manage their treatment in such a fashion as to improve quality of life and outcome.
Understand the difference between CVID & other forms of hypogammaglobulinemia.
Know when and how to use antibiotics and gamma globulin to treat patients with CVID.
Recognize and diagnose asthma by phenotypes.
Choose optimal asthma management based on specific phenotype.

SYMPOSIUM ACCREDITATION INFORMATON

CME Designation Statement
This program has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for CME (ACCME) through joint sponsorship with the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Foundation of Northern California. The University at Buffalo is accredited by the ACCME to sponsor CME for physicians. The UB School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CE Designation Statement
Non-physicians attending the conference will receive instructions for printing a certificate of attendance via the internet following the conclusion of the activity that can be submitted to their own professional organization for determination of credits.