National Jewish Health Set to Kick Off 34th Annual Pulmonary & Allergy Update

DENVER —

Allergists, pulmonologists and general practitioners canlearn the approaches and methods used to diagnose and treat allergic,respiratory and immune diseases at the 34thAnnual Pulmonary & Allergy Update conference hosted February 1-42012, by National Jewish Health. The program, co-chaired by National Jewishprofessors Harold Nelson, MD, Erwin Gelfand, MD, and Richard Martin, MD, offersan opportunity to interact with the world’s leading specialists.

 

“For three decades this conference has assisted medicalprofessionals in treating their patients who suffer from chronic diseases,”said Dr. Nelson. “Year-after-year these four days provide tremendousopportunity to learn from some of the best teachers in the nation.”

The four-day conference features lectures and case-basedworkshops with pulmonary, allergy/immunology focuses.  Pulmonary topics include lung disease inmilitary veterans, diagnosis and treatment of asthma, mold exposure inrespiratory disease and treatment updates in COPD.  The allergy/immunology topics cover mythsinvolved in atopic dermatitis, vaccinations, diagnosis and management ofbronchiectasis, and nasal allergies.

All participants will observe presentations and participatein case-study discussions with National Jewish Health Faculty.  Attendees can earn 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTMor 15 CE nursing contact hours. National Jewish Health isaccredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians,and is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the CaliforniaBoard of Registered Nursing.  

National Jewish Health is the only medical andresearch center in the United States devoted to respiratory, immune,cardiac and related diseases, including asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, severeallergies and autoimmune diseases, such as lupus. It has been rated the #1respiratory hospital in the nation for 14 straight years by U.S. News & World Report.

For more information or to register for the conferenceplease visit www.njhealth.org/Keystone or contact Mandy Comeau at 303-728-6585or comeaum@njhealth.org. 

The KeystoneConference Centeris 90 miles west of Denverwith a wide range of activities and services designed for the entire family.


 
National Jewish Health is the leading respiratory hospital in the nation. Founded 125 years ago as a nonprofit hospital, National Jewish Health today is the only facility in the world dedicated exclusively to groundbreaking medical research and treatment of children and adults with respiratory, cardiac, immune and related disorders. Patients and families come to National Jewish Health from around the world to receive cutting-edge, comprehensive, coordinated care. To learn more, visit the media resources page.

We have many faculty members, from bench scientists to clinicians, who can speak on almost any aspect of respiratory, immune, cardiac and gastrointestinal disease as well as lung cancer and basic immunology.

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