The Rocky Mountain Food Allergy Conference
Saturday, May 2, 2009 @ The Molly Blank Conference Center on the campus of National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
Target Audience:
Family Physicians, Pediatricians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, Registered Dietitians, School Nurses, Pharmacists and other allied health professionals who work in a family or pediatric practice.
Conference Chair: Dan Atkins, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Day Program
Division Head of Ambulatory Pediatrics
National Jewish Health
Agenda
|
Time
|
Topic
|
Speaker
|
| 7:30-8:00am |
Registration, Exhibits and Continental Breakfast |
|
| 8:00-8:05am |
Introduction and Learning Objectives |
Dan Atkins, MD |
Food Allergy: Principles
| 8:05-8:30am |
The History: What's important and why? |
S. Allan Bock, MD |
| 8:30-8:55am |
The Evaluation: Which tests and what to make of the results? |
Dan Atkins, MD |
| 8:55-9:20am |
Management: Diagnosis made, now what? |
David Fleischer, MD |
| 9:20-9:40am |
The Diet: Nutritional concerns about children with food allergies |
Emily McCloud |
| 9:40-10:05am |
Break and Exhibits |
|
| 10:05- 10:30am |
The Psychological Burden: What are the common issues and how to help patients and their families cope? |
Jane Robinson, PhD |
Food Allergy: Practice
| 10:30-11:45am |
Audience Lead Interactive Question and Answer Session with Panel |
|
| 11:45am-Noon |
Conference summary and adjournment |
Dan Atkins, MD |
Accreditation and Designation Statement
National Jewish Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
National Jewish Health designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
National Jewish Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 12724. This program is approved for 2.3 Nursing Contact Hours.
Participant attendance throughout the entire conference day is required to receive contact hours.
Costs
$50 Standard Registration Fee which includes includes syllabus, continental breakfast
$15 National Jewish Faculty and Staff
Exhibitor's Inquiries
For information on exhibiting at this event please contact Andrea Harshman of the Office of Professional Education at ProEd@njhealth.org or 303-398-1948.
