What's New in the Pipeline:
Clinical Advances in Asthma Care

A Review of the Latest Monitoring Techniques, Treatment Options, Drug Assistance Programs, and Other Emerging Interventions 

Thursday, April 15, 2010

1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Registration 12:30 to 1:00 p.m.

MCHC CONFERENCE CENTER
222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1900, Chicago
Public Transportation/Parking/Driving Directions
Detailed Driving Directions (to self-park garage)

 

Meeting Goal

  • Improve the quality of life for people with asthma in Chicago

Meeting Objectives

  • Inform participants of the latest tests and treatments for patients with asthma

  • Provide participants with up-to-date information regarding patient drug assistant programs

  • Describe new national and local community-based asthma interventions available in Chicagoland

Meeting Agenda

INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Stephen H. Samuelson, MPA, Chair, Professional Development Task Force, Executive Director, Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation

icon TESTS AND TREATMENTS FOR ASTHMA: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND ONGOING CONCERNS
Ravi Kalhan, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of Asthma-COPD Program, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

icon ASTHMANET - REDEFINING ASTHMA GUIDELINES
Lewis J. Smith, MD, Professor of Medicine and Associate Vice President for Research, Northwestern University

Networking Break 

icon DRUG ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND HOW TO ACCESS THEM
Joel Massel, JD, Executive Director, Chicago Asthma Consortium

THE BENEFITS OF EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH

 icon FIGHT ASTHMA NOW
Maureen Damitz, AE-C, Senior Director of Programs, Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago; Giselle Mosnaim, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Departments of Preventive Medicine, Immunology/Microbiology (Section of Allergy/Immunology), Medicine and Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center; Lisa K. Sharp, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Medicine, Section of Health Promotion Research

icon USING CONVERSATION MAP® PROGRAMS AS A NEW APPROACH TO ENGAGING, EDUCATING, AND EMPOWERING PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
Chris Economos, Business Development, Healthy Interactions

icon Faculty Disclosure Statements

CME/CNE/CE Information

Doctors
The American College of Chest Physicians designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.
icon ACCP Accreditation Statement

Nurses
Oakton Community College/Alliance for Lifetime Learning Continuing Education for Health Professionals designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 ANCC Contact Hours.
icon ANCC RN CNE Statement

Respiratory Therapists
The Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago is an approved continuing education sponsor by the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. 3.0 continuing education hours of credit will be awarded upon completion of the program.

This educational activity is co-provided by
Oakton Community College and the Chicago Asthma Consortium