Meetings
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Consortium
June 5, 2008
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Boston, MA
Schedule of Events
Co-organized by: Clinical Immunology Society (CIS), Section of Clinical Immunology & Allergy of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), European Society of Immunodeficiency (ESID) and the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/Office of Rare Diseases
| Thursday, June 5, 2008 | |
| 8:00 am | Welcome & Introduction Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, MD PhD Mt. Sinai Medical Center |
| 8:15 am | Complement Deficiencies and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome John P. Atkinson, MD Washington University School of Medicine |
| 8:45 am | TLR or Other Defects Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD PhD Hospital Necker - Enfants Malades |
| 9:15 am | STAT 3 and Hyper IgE Steven Holland, MD National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH |
| 9:45 am | The Essential Role of IFN-gamma Receptor for NADPH Oxidase Activity in Normal and IL 12/23-IFNy Axis Defective Leukocytes Antonio Condino-Neto, MD PhD University of Sao Paulo |
| 10:00 am | Changes in Plasma Metalloproteinase Levels in Hyper-IgE Syndrome Vibhav K. Sekhsaria NIAID, NIH |
| 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | CVID, TACI, and Others Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, MD PhD Mt. Sinai Medical Center |
| 11:15 am | Pathogenesis and Treatment of Inflammatory Gastrointestinal Disease in Antibody Deficiency Syndromes Lloyd Mayer, MD Mt. Sinai Medical Center |
| 11:45 am | Effect of Rituximab on the immune response Mark Pescovitz Indiana University |
| 12:15 pm | Open Discussion of Morning Topics |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Neuro Degeneration in B cell Defects: Viral Causes? Hans Ochs, MD University of Washington |
| 2:00 pm | Complete DiGeorge and Thymus Transplantation Mary Louise Markert, MD PhD Duke University Medical Center |
| 2:30 pm | BMT Long Term Analysis Luigi Notarangelo, MD Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
| 3:00 pm | Potential Correction of Ataxia-telangiectsia with Mutation-modifying Chemicals Richard Gatti, MD UCLA School of Medicine |
| 3:30 pm | Break |
| 4:00 pm | The Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein is Essential for Development and Correct Function of the Marginal Zone Lisa Westerberg, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 4:15 pm | Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome protein (WASp) deficiency in B cells results in impaired peripheral homeostasis Almut Meyer-Bahlburg, MD Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center |
| 4:30 pm | NKT Cell Populations are not Decreased in the Majority of Patients with XIAP Deficiency Rebecca Marsh, MD Cincinnati Children's Hospital |
| 4:45 pm | Open discussion on afternoon topics |
| 5:00 pm | Poster Reception |
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the sponsorship of the Clinical Immunology Society. The Clinical Immunology Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement
The Clinical Immunology Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.