CME Presentations

Asthma Type 2 Inflammatory Response

Presentations

Speakers

  • Kenneth Mendez

    Kenneth Mendez

    Kenneth Mendez

    CEO and President

    Kenneth Mendez is the CEO and President of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). Since joining AAFA, he has led the organization in establishing a new multi-year strategic plan that emphasizes reducing the impact of asthma and allergies on the underserved and tripling the size of AAFA’s online asthma community. The new strategic plan’s vision is for AAFA to be recognized as the most trusted ally serving the asthma and allergy community. He served as an External Reviewer for the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s (ICER) asthma assessment and patient advocacy expert for ICER’s review on emerging peanut allergy therapies. In addition, he leads communications with the US Department of Health and Human Services on ongoing access barriers to epinephrine auto-injectors.

    Session Appearances

    TARGETING ASTHMA: Community-based Strategies to Enhance Care Access for Children, Adolescents, and Adults – Focus on Social Determinants of Health and Inequities in Care

  • Janet Phoenix, M.D., M.P.H, MS.

    Janet Phoenix, M.D., M.P.H, MS.

    Janet Phoenix, M.D., M.P.H, MS.

    Assistant Research Professor, Health Policy and Management

    Janet Phoenix, M.D., M.P.H, MS. is an Assistant Research Professor for Health Policy and Management at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University in Washington, DC. She is the Founder and Manager of Healthy Homes Visiting Program, an evidence-based program to reduce exposure to asthma triggers in the home environment. She is also a founding member of the DC Healthy Housing Collaborative, a Coalition of District agencies and organizations whose mission is healthy and affordable housing for all District residents. Dr. Phoenix conducts research in children’s environmental health, with an emphasis on community based participatory methods such as health impact analysis. She currently serves on the Board of the Healthy Schools Network, and Clean Air Partners.

    Session Appearances

    TARGETING ASTHMA: Community-based Strategies to Enhance Care Access for Children, Adolescents, and Adults – Focus on Social Determinants of Health and Inequities in Care

  • Sydney Leibel, MD, MPH

    Sydney Leibel, MD, MPH

    Sydney Leibel, MD, MPH

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

    Sydney Leibel, MD, MPH, is a board-certified pediatric allergist/immunologist at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree at Flinders University in South Australia. In addition to caring for allergy and immunology patients, Dr. Leibel helped develop Rady Children's Allergy Center, and is working with the Pulmonary Medicine, Community Health Work, Psychology, Pharmacy and Social Work Departments to develop a multidisciplinary Severe Asthma Clinic. Through these clinics, he hopes to address social determinants of health and resilience in pediatric populations. Moreover, Dr. Leibel teaches medical students, residents, and allergy/immunology fellows in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

    Session Appearances

    TARGETING ASTHMA: Community-based Strategies to Enhance Care Access for Children, Adolescents, and Adults – Focus on Social Determinants of Health and Inequities in Care

CME Information

   
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TARGETING ASTHMA: Community-based Strategies to Enhance Care Access for Children, Adolescents, and Adults – Focus on Social Determinants of Health and Inequities in Care

Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and PlatformQ Health Education, LLC, working in collaboration with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This activity is supported by an independent medical education grant from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Sanofi Genzyme.

TUITION

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JOINT ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and PlatformQ Health Education, LLC. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

LIVE CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ENDURING CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

DATE OF RELEASE/EXPIRATION

Live Activity

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET

Enduring Material

The enduring material will be available from May 31, 2022 to May 31, 2023..

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
  • Define strategies to enhance access to individualized care among people of racial and ethnic minorities
  • Identify patients with moderate-to-severe asthma who may benefit from targeted biologic agents based on identification of comorbidities, endotypes, and phenotypes that are associated with underlying T2 pathophysiology
  • Identify the place of T2-targeted biologics in the management of people with moderate-to-severe asthma based on current evidence

TARGET AUDIENCE

The primary target audiences for this activity are pulmonologists, allergists, and immunologists, specialty NPs, PAs. The secondary target audiences are PCPs (including pediatricians), and RNs.

ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE

This activity should take approximately 1 hour to complete.

METHOD OF PARTICIPATION

There are no fees to participate in this activity. To participate in the activity, go to www.ImmunologyLive.com and www.RESInsightsLive.com.To receive credit, participants must (1) read the target audience, learning objectives, and disclosure statements, (2) complete the educational activity online, and (3) complete the post-test and activity evaluation. To receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, participants must receive a minimum score of 70% on the post-test.

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

Participants will need a computer with a recent version of Adobe Flash installed, as well as an internet connection sufficient for streaming media.

DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest. The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
Name of Faculty or Presenter Reported Financial Relationship
Sydney Leibel, MD, MPH Assistant Professor Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Longevity Science University of California, San Diego Grant/Research Support: Genentech, Thermofisher
Kenneth Mendez President and CEO Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Kenneth Mendez is employed by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, a nonprofit organization that received funding for non-promotional education and research from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Regeneron, Novartis, Viatris, Bristol Myers Squibb, Amphastar, Merck, and Genentech. No direct funding or compensation was provided to Mr. Mendez.
Janet A. Phoenix, MD, MPH, MS Assistant Research Professor George Washington University Founder/Manager Asthma Home Visiting Program Nothing to disclose
The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
Name of Planner Reported Financial Relationship
Carole Drexel Medical Director PlatformQ Health Education, LLC None
Eve Wilson Medical Director PlatformQ Health Education, LLC None
The PIM planners and managers have nothing to disclose. The following PlatformQ Health Education, LLC planner, Jaimee Harris-Gold, hereby states that she or her spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.

DISCLOSURE OF UNAPPROVED/OFF LABEL USE (if applicable):

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

DISCLAIMER:

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

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