2025 Eastern Food Allergy & Comorbidity Conference Program
Thursday, January 9
3:30 – 4:00 Food allergy has come a long way: Where should it go from here?
Sami Bahna, MD
4:00 – 4:30 Management options for EoE: Use of biologics
Peter Capucilli, MD
4:30 – 5:00 Atopic dermatitis management: Key messages from the new practice parameter update
Peck Ong, MD
5:00 – 5:15 Panel Discussion: Q & A
5:15 – 5:45 Journal of Food Allergy: Year-in-review workshop
Katherine Anagnostou, MD
5:45 – 6:15 How do food allergies and immune deficiencies interact?
Joseph Bellanti, MD
6:15 – 6:30 Panel Discussion: Q & A
Friday, January 10
7:45 – 8:15 Managing food allergy in 2025: An evolving landscape
Rima Rachid, MD
8:15-9:20 PBL: A five-year-old with milk, egg and peanut allergy, SAR and intermittent asthma
Ray Davis, MD, Don Bukstein, MD, Russell Settipane, MD, Dana Wallace, MD
9:20-10:05 Coffee Break: Visit exhibits and posters
10:05 – 10:35 Oral immunotherapy in food allergy
Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, MD
10:35-10:45 Panel Discussion: Q & A
10:45 – 11:15 Omalizumab for food allergy: Risks and benefits
Shahzad Mustafa, MD
11:15 – 11:45 Sublingual immunotherapy for food allergy: How and when to use
Edwin Kim, MD
11:45 – 12:15 Epicutaneous immunotherapy for peanut allergy: An update
Matthew Greenhawt, MD
12:15 – 12:30 Panel Discussion: Q & A
12:35 – 1:20 Lunch
1:25 – 2:50 Workshops
Shared decision-making in food allergy therapies
Matthew Greenhawt, MD and Katherine Anagnostou, MD
Communicating new therapies to patients and providing reliable resources
Julie Wang, MD and Doug Mack, MD
2:50 – 3:00 Panel Discussion: Q & A
Saturday, January 11
7:45 – 8:15 Anaphylaxis Practice Parameter: Key messages
Jay Lieberman, MD
8:15 – 9:20 PBL: A 15-year-old with asthma and tree nut allergy experiencing multiple episodes of anaphylaxis
Ray Davis, MD, Don Bukstein, MD, Russell Settipane, MD, Marcus Shaker, MD
9:20 – 10:05 Coffee Break: Visit exhibits and posters
10:05-10:35 Anaphylaxis update 1: When to activate EMS
Marcus Shaker, MD
10:35 – 10:45 Panel Discussion: Q & A
10:45 – 11:15 Anaphylaxis update 2: Epinephrine devices for food-allergic individuals: Who, how many and when to use
Jay Lieberman, MD
11:15 – 11:45 Anaphylaxis update 3: How to prepare schools and the community to manage anaphylaxis
Julie Wang, MD
11:45 – 12:15 How to manage asthma in a food-allergic patient: A practical approach
Doug Mack, MD
12:15 – 12:30 Panel Discussion: Q & A
12:35 – 1:20 Lunch
1:25 – 1: 55 Yellow zone management for intermittent and mild/moderate persistent asthma
Shahzad Mustafa, MD
1:55 – 2:20 Biologics in asthma management
Rima Rachid, MD
2:20 – 2:50 The use of thresholds in food allergy management
Marcus Shaker, MD
2:50 – 3:00 Panel Discussion: Q & A
Sunday, January 12
8:15 – 8:45 Management options for EoE: Diet or steroids?
Emily McGowan, MD
8:45 – 9:15 Challenging cases in FPIES management
Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, MD
9:15 – 9:45 Selecting patients for food allergy therapy
Katherine Anagnostou, MD
9:45 – 10:15 Workshop: Preparing food allergic patients for college: Practical advice and resources
Ruchi Gupta, MD
10:15 - 10:30 Panel Discussion: Q & A