The Allied Health Practitioners Allergy Update is the major educational activity for nurses sponsored by the New England Society of Allergy. This update is offered during each spring meeting of the society. It is organized by a dedicated group of allergy society nurses. The goal of The Allergy Nurses Update is to provide continuing education in asthma, allergy, and clinical immunology for allied health personnel working in the specialty and to provide a forum for networking. It is a one-day program designed for allergy nurses by the clinical staff members of the society.

Allied Health Meeting Fees

Please note that walk-in registrations will incur an additional $50 fee.

Online registration closes at 5:00 p.m. Central Time on Friday, March 21, 2025.
Walk-in registration will open at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, March 28, 2025.

The credit claiming period will end at 11:59 p.m. on March 31, 2026. Attempts to claim credit on or after April 1, 2026, will be subject to an administrative fee.

 Target Audience

- Allergy/Immunologists

- Fellows-in-training and Residents

- Nurses

- Nurse Practitioners

- Physician Assistants

- Other A/I health care practitioners

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

- Identify, diagnose, and start treatment for a patient presenting with an immunodeficiency.

- Identify an escalating situation in the office setting and apply techniques to de-escalate the situation.

- Determine which patients should be selected for a Peanut OIT in the office setting and identify the logistics involved in setting that up.

- Identify the impact the built environment has childhood obesity and asthma in children.

- Explain how antibodies function and the clinical manifestation of antibody dysfunction. Identify how to recognize and treat anaphylaxis in the office setting.

- Discuss the methodical approach to setting up a food challenge.

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Start: April 1, 2025, 12:00 p.m. EST
End: April 1, 2025, 1:00 p.m. EST

Wanda Phipatanakul, MD, MS, director of the Division of Immunology Research Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and S. Jean Emans Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, has dedicated her career to reducing and preventing asthma and allergic diseases. Originally from St. Louis, she earned her medical degree from Loma Linda University and completed her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in 1997. After a fellowship in immunology at Johns Hopkins University, she joined the faculty in the Division of Immunology and Allergy at Boston Children’s and Harvard Medical School, where she has remained for over 2 decades. Dr. Phipatanakul has built a deep network of community relationships, and she conducts both school- and home-based asthma studies in children and has had continuous NIH funding for 23 years. She leads the NIAID School Inner-City Asthma Intervention Study, the NHLBI Environment Assessment of Sleep in Youth, the NIAID funded, PARK study evaluating omalizumab (anti-IgE) in preventing the atopic march and asthma and a NIAID IDEA study evaluating whether patients carrying a IL4RaR576gene variant, will have a greater response to dupilumab. She leads her Center as Pediatric PI in multiple NHLBI asthma and prevention networks, including the Severe Asthma Research Program, the Precise Severe Asthma Network, the Atopic Dermatitis Research Network, and the Childhood Asthma in Urban Settings Network. She has authored >350 publications in scientific journals, including JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine. She is passionate about successfully mentoring the next generation of investigators and has received multiple mentoring awards for her efforts. She also enjoys serving the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology serving on both organizations’ Board of Directors. She also serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Allergy Clinical Immunology (JACI) and currently on the Editorial Board for several other journals including JACI in Practice and Chest. She is passionate about serving as a role model and supportive mentor to others balancing work and family.

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Pre-registration required in the admin portal. This event is open to only INHALE participating practices/physicians, please reach out to INHALE if you are unsure if you are participating.

Start: Feb. 13, 2025, 12:00 p.m. EST
End: Feb. 13, 2025, 1:00 p.m. EST

Wendy L. Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP. Wendy received her Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2019 from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. She is a 1992 graduate of the Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts and completed a family nurse practitioner post-master’s program in 1995. She is an adult and family nurse practitioner, and the owner of a nurse practitioner owned and operated clinic within New Hampshire. Her family practice has won numerous awards, including Top Providers in New Hampshire 2020, Top 20 Fastest Growing Family Business, and Top 20 Women-Owned Business in New Hampshire. In addition, she is the Owner of Partners in Healthcare Education, a medical education company. She is the Past President of NPACE and the Senior lecturer for Fitzgerald Health Education Associates. She is the recipient of numerous awards and was chosen by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as the 1999 recipient of the New Hampshire State Excellence Award. In addition, she received the 2009 NH Nurse Practitioner of the Year, the 2014 Top 5 Women in New Hampshire Business Award and in 2018, One of the Top 10 NPs in America. In 2020 and 2022, Dr. Wright won the Top Doctor in Souhegan Valley and the 2021 State of NH Advocate of the Year Award. In 2005, she was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; in October 2014, a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, and in March 2017, a Fellow into the National Academies of Practice. She is the founder of the NH Chamber of Entrepreneurial Nurse Practitioners, an organization designed to assist nurse practitioners with independent practice issues. In addition to full-time clinical practice, she presents nationally to different audiences and has been a speaker at over 1000 conferences in 47 states. She has been a medical media spokesperson for numerous companies and has appeared on radio, television, and in print magazines. In October 2020, Dr. Wright was featured in the Wall Street Journal for her Nurse Practitioner Led Clinics and the care they provide.

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Pre-registration required on the admin portal; this event is only open to INHALE participating physicians/practices. Please reach out to the INHALE team if you are unsure if you are participating.

Course Goal: The program is designed to prepare entry-level community health workers (CHW) to effectively provide basic asthma management education.  This course is not only for community health workers! The content and objectives are also targeted for Athletic Trainers, School Nurses, LPN's, RN's, CRT's, RT's, insurance providers, and students and any professional that has any interest of involvement with patients or families living with asthma. Certified asthma educators (AE-Cs) may find value in this course as professional development to better serve their patient/parent/advocate knowledge. This course will certainly provide useful tools to meeting open communications, adherence, and positive outcomes. *If you are an Asthma Educator, program director, or provider, please contact us for more information on our more advanced education courses. 

Schedule of Events: Attendance at all sessions is required to receive accreditation. 

• TUESDAY, March 18, 2025, 12:00pm-3:00pm ET Complete Module 1 & 2
• THURSDAY March 20, 2025, 12:00pm-3:00pm ET Complete Module 3 & 4
• TUESDAY March 25, 2025, 12:00pm-3:00pm ET Complete Module 5 and FAQs
• THURSDAY March 27, 2025, 9:00am -5:00pm Schedule a one-hour individual assessment 

Click Here: To view full description and program objectives

Course Participant – $165.00

Participate in all three sessions and schedule individual assessments with instructor. Receive a course manual and link to the modules for resource and reference.

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Discover how the diverse community of microorganisms in our bodies influences respiratory health and immune responses. The microbiome, particularly the gut microbiome, plays a significant role in the development and progression of asthma and allergies, with research indicating that an imbalance in the microbial composition (dysbiosis) can contribute to increased allergic responses and airway inflammation, potentially through its influence on the immune system development early in life.

Speaker: Niraj C. Patel, MD, MS Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Dr. Patel is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center in the Division of Allergy/Immunology. Dr. Patel received his medical degree from the University of Louisville. After completing his residency in pediatrics also at the University of Louisville, he went on to complete fellowship training in both Allergy and Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. During this time, Dr. Patel also received a Master’s Degree in Clinical Investigation. Dr. Patel is a member of the Clinical Immunology Society; the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology; the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; and Infectious Disease Society of America. Dr. Patel has been an author/coauthor of articles published in several peer-reviewed journals, including New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and Journal of Clinical Immunology. Dr. Patel served as Chair of the ACAAI COVID-19 Vaccine Committee and was awarded the ACAAI Distinguished Service Award in 2021. His academic and clinical interests include primary immunodeficiency diseases and infections in immunocompromised hosts. Dr. Patel enjoys spending time with his wife, gardening, karaoke, chauffeuring his 3 children around town, and is a national Gold Medal Champion in Tae Kwon Do.

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This Advances webinar is in partnership with the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. ACAAI offers CMEs for physicians for this webinar. If you are a member of ACAAI, you can obtain CME through the member portal for Advances webinars.

All attendees will be offered a certificate of attendance. No other continuing education credit is provided.

Now Available in Webinar Format

The American Lung Association's (ALA) Asthma Basics program is now being offered as a live, virtual workshop. The program is ideal for frontline healthcare professionals, such as school nurses or community health workers, as well as individuals with asthma, parents of children with asthma, and co-workers, friends and family who want to learn more about asthma.

This event will be held via Microsoft Teams and will require a secondary registration through the virtual platform once you have signed up on ALA Website. To register, please click the Registration button at the top of the page. A follow up email will then be generated and will contain the link and next steps to access the workshop on the day of the training.

Learning Objectives

- Identify characteristics and symptoms of asthma

- Recognize asthma triggers and control strategies

- Explain asthma medicines and devices

- Understand the value and use of an Asthma Action Plan

- Respond to a breathing emergency

Workshop dedicated to engage, educate, and empower families in asthma management. Participants will learn about asthma self-management, reducing asthma triggers, using inhalers with spacers, communicating with providers, the importance of an Asthma Action Plan, and much more. Don’t miss out!

Admission to the event and museum is FREE with advanced registration! Limited to individuals or families with someone that has asthma ages 3-17. Food will be provided.

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