The Principles of Environmental Medicine and
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Inhalant Allergies/Sensitivities
March 25 - 27, 2010

Overview

• To enhance understanding of the multiple impacts of environmental exposures on health.


• To provide an initial overview of the field of Environmental Medicine, within which Inhalant Allergies/Sensitivities is an important component.


• To provide the practitioner with a comprehensive program with which to assess and treat complex inhalant allergies and sensitivities in the office setting.


• To provide insights and techniques that can be used in the office tomorrow, without making any major changes in the office, as well as more advanced techniques for enhanced management.

Objectives

• Discuss the model of environmental medicine and how it integrates with, and enhances the classic allopathic model of medicine.


• Understand the multiple impacts of foods, aeroallergens and chemical inhalants on health.


• Take a detailed environmentally focused history.


• On physical examination, recognize signs of allergies and sensitivities in various body systems.


• Prescribe practical strategies to help patients in controlling environmental exposures.


• Articulate an understanding of the basic immunology involved in inhalant immunotherapy.


• Understand the pros and cons of the pharmacotherapeutic options for allergic disease.


• Articulate how to prevent, recognize and treat an adverse or anaphylactic reaction.


• Describe how to confirm clinical suspicions and determine the levels of sensitivity with quantitative intradermal testing for specific allergens.
• Set up an allergy treatment plan and demonstrate how to prepare a patient's antigen vial(s) for immunotherapy.


• Discuss how to manage common difficulties in the administration of immunotherapy;

Faculty:

A.L. Barrier, M.D., FAAO-HNS, FAAOA
One Hospital Drive Room MA 314
Columbia, MO 65212

Lynn M. Marshall, M.D., FAAEM
76 Grenville St.
Room 1001
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1B2
CANADA

Gary R. Oberg, M.D., FAAEM
31 North Virginia St.
Crystal Lake, IL 60014

Diego Saporta, M.D.
470 North Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07208

Betsy Willoughby
24 South Main St.
Liberty, MO 64068

James W. Willoughby, II, D.O.
24 South Main St.
Liberty, MO 64068


Principal Audience:
Practicing MD's and DO's, and other health professionals interested in enhancing the outcomes of common complex illnesses contributed to by inhalant sensitivities, using state-of-the-art, cause-oriented, patient-centered concepts and modalities. This CME activity will be especially helpful for allergists, occupational medicine physicians, toxicologists, and primary care physicians who must triage or treat patients with inhalant sensitivities.

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