Program

The Aspen Allergy Conference is structured to host three State of the Art speakers from around the United States and abroad each day. One oral abstract per day is allowed in the program. In addition, posters are allowed, typically 15-20, that are submitted by physicians including fellows-in-training on topics pertinent to Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Formal and informal times are allowed for the presenters and attendees to discuss the scientific basis of the posters at this meeting. The conference has a unique "Meet the Professor Breakfast" that allows attendees to discuss specific cases with a state of the art speaker as well as ask clinical questions.

Sessions will be held in the Hotel Jerome Grand Ballroom, 330 East Main Street, Aspen, Colorado.

Sunday, July 21, 2024
5:30 - 8:30pm
Hotel Jerome Grand Ballroom
5:00 - 7:30 pm

5:00 - 6:00 pm Product Theater

5:00 - 6:30 pm Registration

6:30 – 7:30 pm
Henry Claman, MD Lecture
Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, DSc (hon), FASTMH, FAAP 

Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics, Co-Director, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, University Professor, Baylor University, Baker Institute Fellow in Disease & Poverty, Rice University, Faculty-Senior Fellow, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study & Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas 

7:30pm
Welcome Reception Antler Room

*Families Welcome

Monday, July 22, 2024
Noon - 5pm
Hotel Jerome Grand Ballroom
Session: Climate Change and Agriculture

12:00 – 1:00pm
Product Theater

1:15 - 2:15
Overview of Climate Change in Allergy 
David B. Peden, MD

Senior Associate Dean for Translational Research, UNC School of Medicine Medical Director, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology Harry S. Andrews Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 

2:15 - 2:45  Abstract

Hotel Jerome Ballroom 

2:45 - 3:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session

Antler Room 

3:00 – 4:00 
Climate Change and Agriculture 
Jill Poole, MD 

Division Chief, Allergy & Immunology, Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

4:00 – 5:00
Change and Air Quality
Wayne E. Cascio, MD 

Director, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment at US Environmental Protection Agency, Durham, North Carolina Climate 

5:00 - 7:00
Interactive Poster Session
Lanny Rosenwasser, MD

*Families Welcome

Tuesday, July 23, 2024
7:00 - Noon
Hotel Jerome Grand Ballroom
Session: Asthma

7:00 - 8:00 am  Meet the Professor Breakfast 

Hotel Jerome Ballroom 

8:15 - 9:15
Imaging and Asthma
David Lynch, MD 

Professor, Radiology-Diagnostics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado 

9:15 - 9:45 Abstract

Hotel Jerome Ballroom 

9:45 - 10:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session  

Antler Room 

10:00 - 11:00
Overview of Asthma in Precision Medicine from Biologics in Other Treatments
Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr., MD 

Vice Chancellor for Translational Medicine and Science Director, Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Molecular Nanomechanical Mapping of Histamine-Induced Smooth Muscle Cell Contraction and Shortening, New Brunswick, New Jersey 

11:00 - 12:00
Colorado Pediatric Asthma Starting and Stopping Treatments including Biologics
William Anderson, MD

Associate Program Director, Allergy and Immunology Fellowship, University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado, Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Asthma Clinic, Aurora, Colorado 

Noon - 1:00pm Product Theater

Hotel Jerome Ballroom 

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Annual Bike Ride and Brunch Sponsored by Ionis
8am - Bikers meet at Aspen Gondola/611 E. Durant
9am - Brunch at Difficult Campground 

General Session
1:00 - 5:00pm
Hotel Jerome Grand Ballroom
Session: Anaphylaxis

1:15 - 2:15
Overview in Anaphylaxis
Marcus Shaker, MD, MSc, FAAAAI, FACAAI

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire

2:15 - 2:45 Abstract

Hotel Jerome Ballroom 

2:45 - 3:45
Role of Mast Cells in Anaphylaxis
Jonathan Lyons, MD 

Professor of Medicine, In Residence, Division of Allergy & Immunology, University of California, San Diego, California

3:45 - 4:15 Ice Cream Social Break

Hotel Jerome Front Lawn
*Families Welcome 

4:15 - 5:15
Current Anaphylaxis Treatments and Novel Therapies on the Horizon 
Melanie Dispenza, MD, PhD 

Assistant Professor of Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 

5:15 - 6:15 Product Theater

Hotel Jerome Ballroom 

Thursday, August 25, 2024
7:00 - 12:30pm
Hotel Jerome Grand Ballroom
Session: Communication in Allergy 

7:00 - 8:00 am Meet the Professor Breakfast

Hotel Jerome Ballroom 

8:15 - 9:15
Guidelines and Practice
Nicholas Rider, DO 

Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia

9:15 - 10:15
Social Media
Payel Gupta, MD 

Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York 

10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break

Antler Room

10:30 - 11:00 Abstract

Hotel Jerome Ballroom 

11:00 - 12:00
Telehealth in Allergy
Alison Ramsay, MD 

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York

12:00 - 12:30
Conference Summary & Closing Comments
Lanny Rosenwasser, MD 

Hotel Jerome Ballroom