AAAAI Holds School-based Management for Asthma Summit

The School-based Management for Asthma Summit, sponsored by the AAAAI with additional support from the National Association of School Nurses (NASN), took place October 8-10 near Washington, DC.

The Summit is part of a larger initiative of AAAAI President Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., MD, FAAAAI, to improve the care of asthmatic children within the school setting. Participants included over 40 stakeholders from various lay and professional organizations who have relevant interest or expertise, or have developed programs that relate to the school-based management of asthma. The goal is to create a central resource that enables children, families, clinicians, and school-based personnel to develop a circle of support and communication to promote better care for asthmatic children in the school setting.

In addition, participants are providing input and guidance for a new white paper that will summarize recommendations for future achievement of the Summit's goals and action items.

You can read more about the School-based Management for Asthma Summit in this month's Message from the President.

Continue reading to view photos from the School-based Management for Asthma Summit.

Michelle Cloutier, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut, member of The American Thoracic Society, Group 3-B leader; AAAAI President Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., MD, FAAAAI, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

AAAAI Presdent Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., MD, FAAAAI, and Stanley Szefler, MD, FAAAAI, Director of Pediatric Asthma Research at Children’s Hospital of Colorado Breathing Institute, Group 2-A leader.

Pictured from left to right: Paul V. Williams, MD, FAAAAI, Northwest Asthma and Allergy, Group 2-B leader; Stanley Szefler, MD, FAAAAI, Director of Pediatric Asthma Research at Children’s Hospital of Colorado Breathing Institute, Group 2-A leader; Donna Mazyck, MS, RN, NCSN, Executive Director of The National Association of School Nurses; Michelle Cloutier, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut, member of The American Thoracic Society, Group 3-B leader; AAAAI President Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., MD, FAAAAI, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Wanda Phipatanakul, MD, MS, FAAAAI, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Asthma Clinical Research Center, Group 3-A leader; Sujani Kakumanu, MD, FAAAAI, Clinical Assistant Professor and Fellowship Director at the University of Wisconsin and Middleton Veterans Hospital, Group 1 co-leader; Nicholas Antos, MD, Pediatric Pulmonologist at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Children’s Specialty Group Pediatric, Group 1 co-leader.