RSL Assembly Forum

Environmental Health, Public Policy, and the Allergy/Immunology Specialist 2010-2015

Hosted by the AAAAI Federation of Regional, State and Local Allergy, Asthma
and Immunology Societies (RSLAAIS) Assembly

Friday, February 26, 2010
2:45 pm to 6:15 pm
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, LA

Pre-registration required. No fee.
No CME

Registration Deadline: February 17, 2010

This quarter day symposia hosted and planned by the AAAAI Federation of RSLAAIS Assembly as part of the AAAAI Annual Meeting provides a forum to connect global, environmental, legislative and regional issues impacting human health and allergic patients.

Target Audience: All allergist/immunologists with a focus of those practicing at the regional, state and local level.

Agenda

2:45 pm	AAAAI Federation of RSLAAIS Assembly Business Meeting*
3:15 pm	Welcome and Overview Paul A. Greenberger, MD FAAAAI President, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL
3:20 pm	Global Perspective Impact of Environmental Change on Global Ecosystems, Myth or Reality? Paul R. Epstein, MD MPH Associate Director, Center of Health and Global Environment - Harvard Medical School Instructor in Medicine - Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
4:00 pm	Regional Perspective Canaries in the Coal Mine - Clinical and Sociocultural Impact of Environmental Change in Regional Ecosystems Addressing Asthma in post Katrina New Orleans - A Chance to HEAL Floyd J. Malveaux, MD PhD FAAAAI Director, Merck Children's Asthma Network Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) Former Dean, College of Medicine, Howard University Washington, DC
4:40 pm	Break
4:50 pm	Legislative Perspective Congressional Roundtable - Negotiating the Public Health Agenda Environmental Quality, Chronic Disease Prevention and Healthcare Reform Is there a doctor in the House? A physician's view of the legislative process "Can we afford to address environmental health issues? Can we afford not to?" A legislator's view of the medical system The Honorable William Cassidy, MD Representative, State of Louisiana, 6th District, United States Congress Associate Professor of Medicine Louisiana State University School of Medicine Baton Rouge, LA The Honorable Steven L. Kagen, MD FAAAAI Representative, State of Wisconsin, 8th District, United States Congress Assistant Clinical Professor of Allergy/Immunology Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
5:50 pm	Panel Question and Answer Session Science, Public Policy, Environment, Economics, Access Immunology and Human Health - How it fits together What the world might look like - 2010-15 Moderator Daniel G. Steinberg, MD FAAAAI Chair, AAAAI Federation of RSLAAIS Assembly Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA Panel The Honorable William Cassidy, MD Paul R. Epstein, MD MPH The Honorable Steven L. Kagen, MD FAAAAI Floyd J. Malveaux, MD PhD FAAAAI

* All RSLAAIS members are invited to attend the AAAAI Federation of RSLAAIS Assembly Business Meeting which will be held from 2:45-3:15 PM prior to the forum

If you have additional questions regarding this Forum, please contact John Augustyniak, Constituency Relations Manager, at the AAAAI executive office by phone at (414) 272-6071 or by e-mail at jaugustyniak@aaaai.org.

AAAAI delegates should allow for a few extra minutes of travel time to and from the Convention Center on Sunday, February 28, as the Rock'n'Roll Mardi Gras Marathon is scheduled to start at 7:00 am. The start line will be located at the west end of the Convention Center.

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