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Members Key Resources » AAAAI News AAAAI eNews Promoting your Practice Disease Management/ Ask the Expert Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Education and Research Trust (ART) Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Members Only Area Member Resources Online Membership Directory Committee/Interest Section AAAAI Organizational Chart AAAAI Assemblies » Constituencies » Members Contact AAAAI: Professional Home for the Practicing Allergist AAAAI Job Placement Center Grants and Awards Hot Topics Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (JCAAI) ST*AR Program AAAAI Assembly overview Allied Health Federation of the RSLAAI Societies International Military Allergy New Allergist/Immunologist Assembly Program Directors Associates Board of Directors Interest Sections Fellows-In-Training		Allied Health: Articles of Interest Become an AAAAI allied health member By Cheryl K. Bernstein RN, BSN, CCRC Have you considered becoming a member of the AAAAI? Allied health members represent approximately 10% of the AAAAI membership and enjoy many benefits and rewards. Who is eligible? Any healthcare professional working in the specialty and providing patient care can join. If you are a registered nurse, nurse practitioner (NP), physician’s assistant (PA), clinical research coordinator, respiratory therapist, licensed practical nurse, medical assistant or allergy technician, you are eligible to become an AAAAI allied health member. Medical administrators, medical technologists, research associates and pharmaceutical employees are also qualified for membership. What is the Allied Health Professional Assembly (AHPA)? The AHPA is a group of allied health committees that actively participate in providing services and educational programs for allied health membership. The AHPA is comprised of three working forums/committees that provide education, membership benefits and information resources. The current working committees of the AHPA include the Annual Meeting Program Committee, the Membership Committee and the Academy News Committee. Sheldon L. Spector, MD, FAAAAI, and I are the current co-chairs of the Allied Health Professional Assembly. The Allied Health Annual Meeting Program Committee plans and implements continuing education activities for healthcare professionals involved in the field of allergy/immunology. The committee is comprised of three working groups: the Allergy and Asthma for the Health Care Professional (AAHCP) program, the Clinical Research (CRC) and the Medical Administrators (MA) program. The co-chairs of the Annual Meeting Program Committee are Don J. Cui, PA, AE-C, and Gary S. Rachelefsky, MD, FAAAAI. The Allied Health Membership Committee is responsible for increasing allied health membership. This committee also develops membership benefit programs. The co-chairs of the committee are Melissa T. Korenblat-Hanin, ACSW, LCSW, and Renee Theodorakis, MA. The Allied Health Academy News Committee is responsible for selecting topics and finding individuals to write articles for the Allied Health column in each issue of Academy News. Academy News is published 11 times a year. The chair of the committee is Stuart A. Tousman, PhD, and the vice chair is Gaynor D. Govias, BSc, BEd. AAAAI members are encouraged to participate and join an AHPA committee. Active AHPA committee involvement ensures that the needs and interests of allied health professionals are addressed within the AAAAI. Allied health members can also become involved by joining an AAAAI Interest Section and/or committee. The AAAAI has seven Interest Sections and more than 90 committees. The seven Interest Sections are: Asthma Diagnosis and treatment (ADT) Basic and Clinical Immunology (BCI) Environmental and Occupational Respiratory Diseases (EORD) Food Allergy, Dermatologic Diseases and Anaphylaxis (FADDA) Health Care Education, Delivery and Quality (HCEDQ) Mechanisms of Asthma and Allergic Inflammation (MAAI) Rhinitis, Sinusitis and Ocular Diseases (RSOD) The AAAAI encourages new allied health care members to join by offering an extremely affordable membership rate. For allied health members, AAAAI annual dues are only $45. Group membership discounts are offered to individuals with a common employer. This affordable membership opportunity includes many valuable benefits: Early registration and reduced rates for the AAAAI Annual Meeting Reduced rates for regional meetings and courses Updates on allied health activities Updates on regulatory reform Opportunities to obtain continuing education credit Eligibility for travel grants and awards (ERT and AAAAI travel grants) Guidance on writing an abstract School Nurse Tool Kit Articles of interest Mentor Program Access to educational resource reading lists Networking with peers Comprehensive AAAAI membership directory AAAAI publications, including Academy News Opportunities to join allied health committees, and influence projects and programming To learn more about the AAAAI and allied health membership, visit the AAAAI Web site, www.aaaai.org, choose the Members Center and click on the Allied Health link. In addition, please feel free to contact me or the Allied Health Membership Committee Co-Chairs Melissa T. Korenblat-Hanin, ACSW, LCSW, or Renee Theodorakis, MA. We hope to see you in Miami Beach, FL, for the 2006 Annual Meeting. <back>
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