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Volume 6, Issue 8 WAO Events and Programs - August 2009

World Allergy Congress (WAC) 2009 - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6-10 December 2009

Register today!

In This Edition

WAO Journal August Issue Now Online!
House of Delegates - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
WAO International Scientific Conference 2010
Upcoming GLORIA™ Placements
"Initial evaluation of cough" - in Clinical Allergy Tips - NEW!
NEW! Conversations with Drs. J. Spergel and K. Anderson
WAO Allergy Quiz - NEW!
NEW Synopsis! "Practical Issues in the Treatment of Acute Asthma in Children"
NEW Clinical Allergy Tip
WAO Position Paper on undergraduate training in allergy - NEW!
Profs Canonica and El-Gamal Recognized by ACAAI
Online conferences at U Missouri, Kansas City
Recent postings
Be the next European Web Regional Editor

Information for the Practicing Allergist

All of this and more available at
www.WorldAllergy.org

Announcing the 1st WAO theme-based, international scientific conference!

WAO International Scientific Conference
Asthma and Co-morbid Conditions:
Expanding the Practice of Allergy for Optimal Patient Care
6-8 December 2010
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
www.worldallergy.org/2010dubai

A unique forum for clinicians, researchers, physicians and allied health professionals with interests in asthma, allergy, immunology, pediatrics, co-morbid conditions and pulmonology.

Latest developments in research
Clinical issues
Review of current theory and practice
Hands-on, problem-based learning

Conference President: Richard F. Lockey
Conference Organizing Chair: Ruby Pawankar
WAO President: G. Walter Canonica

Scientific Program Now Available

WAO Clinical Allergy Tips

This series presents an insight or technique of interest or value to the clinician. The latest topic:

Initial Evaluation of Cough
By Michael A. Kaliner, MD

Share your tips with practicing allergists! Write to Stuart Friedman, MD, Editor at: info@worldallergy.org.

WAO EXPERT INTERVIEWS
New Conversations with Allergy and Clinical Immunology Experts

Jonathan M. Spergel, MD, PhD
Eosinophilic Oesophagitis

Klaus E. Andersen, MD, DMSc
Patch Testing - When and How to Do It

Download these informative conversations and many others in the WAO Expert Interviews section of the website

Now you can subscribe to the RSS feed and receive immediate notification of newly posted conversations.

WAO Allergy Quiz
NEW FEATURE

The WAO Allergy Quiz, a new feature edited by Dr. Glenis Scadding, has just launched on the WAO home page. Be sure to visit and Check Your Allergy Quotient.

A 30 year-old female from the United Kingdom reports immediate lip and mouth irritation on eating a hazelnut. Which of the following might aid diagnosis? Take the quiz.

Allergic Disease Resource Center

Practical Issues in the Treatment of Acute Asthma in Children
Pakit Vichyanond, MD
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand
View Synopsis

Help Promote the
New WAO Position Paper

"A World Allergy Organization Position Statement: Recommendations for Competency in Allergy Training for Undergraduates Qualifying as Medical Practitioners"

Primary care physicians, rather than trained specialists, treat the majority of patients with common allergic diseases around the world, and the burden of allergic diseases is increasing. This document contains guidelines for inclusion of allergy education and training in the undergraduate medical curriculum. The guidelines will help ensure that medical graduates have the basic knowledge required to recognize and treat common allergic diseases at the primary care level, and to identify when to refer the more complex problems to appropriate organ-based or allergy specialists.

Please promote the paper in your Member Society journal and newsletters. The paper is available as an article in the World Allergy Organization Journal (www.WAOJournal.org).

WAO House of Delegates
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

New WAO Position Paper

Thank you! to the 2007-2009 House of Delegates members that participated in WAO's first electronic-vote put in process to ratify a new WAO position paper. With 100% approval from participating delegates (approximately 70% responded), WAO's new position paper, "A World Allergy Organization Position Paper: Recommendations for Competency in Allergy Training for Undergraduates Qualifying as Medical Practitioners" is now posted in the World Allergy Organization Journal and available for reference at www.WAOJournal.org.

Call for 2009-2011 House of Delegates

WAO is now in the process of requesting Member Societies to identify delegates for the House of Delegates 2009-2011 term. Please contact Kate Kirchner (kkirchner@worldallergy.org) to access the online link where you may provide your society's delegate(s). Hurry! Delegate selections must be submitted by 24 August 2009! (Please note that only the Society President or an executive representative may submit delegate selections - please contact Kate with any questions.)

The Global Resources in Allergy (GLORIA) curriculum educates medical professionals worldwide, through local, state, regional and national presentations. Modules are created from established guidelines and recommendations to address different aspects of allergy-related patient care. To learn more, click here.

Upcoming US GLORIA Placements

Ohio Society of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
September 24-26, 2009
Villas at Grand Cypress Resort, Orlando, FL
Speaker: Lanny Rosenwasser
Presentations: Urticaria, Drug Allergy

Los Angeles Society of Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
September 26, 2009
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Speaker: Thomas Casale
Presentations: Allergic Conjunctivitis, Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyposis

2009 US GLORIA placements are funded through unrestricted educational grants from:

WAO Leaders to
Receive Prestigious Awards

Professor G. Walter Canonica, President of the World Allergy Organization, and Professor Yehia El-Gamal, Member of the Board of Directors, will be recognized by the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) during the 2009 Annual Meeting 5-10 November 2009 in Miami, Florida USA. They will receive the International Distinguished Fellow award for outstanding contributions in allergy, asthma or immunology in their countries. Congratulations to Professors Canonica and El-Gamal!

Allergy & Training Resources - Update

WAO would like to share information about a valuable online learning resource:

Conferences On-Line for Allergy (COLA)
Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics
University of Missouri, Kansas City
School of Medicine

COLA is a collaboration of the Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics section of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology with the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI). It provides access to allergy-related educational experiences for practicing and academic allergists as well as for primary care providers and the general public. Attend the live conferences or download the podcasts.

2009 Conferences

View the WAO site for a growing list of training resources.

Recent Postings

WAO Clinical Allergy Tips
Brief presentations on insights and techniques of interest or value to the clinician

WAO-AAAAI Immunology Series
Online Lectures with CME

Allergy Patient Information Online
Links to websites around the world

WAO Webinars
WAO lectures delivered live over the Internet to WAO Member Society meetings and congresses

WAO Members

Do you have a clinical question? Take a moment to Ask the Expert.
Stay connected to Allergists around the world, join the WAO Membership Directory.
To apply to become a Member Society of the World Allergy Organization, click here.

www.WorldAllergy.org

WAO is proud to welcome the European Allergen Manufacturers Group (EAMG) as a supporter of the WAO Web site.

World Allergy Organization Journal
Volume 2 Issue 8
August 2009

WAO POSITION PAPER

A World Allergy Organization Position Paper: Recommendations for Competency in Allergy Training for Undergraduates Qualifying as Medical Practitioners
Paul C. Potter, MD; John O. Warner, MD; Ruby Pawankar, MD, PhD; Michael A. Kaliner, MD; Sergio Del Giacco, MD; and Lanny Rosenwasser, MD, on behalf of the WAO Specialty and Training Council

NAR CONSENSUS PANEL PROCEEDINGS, PART TWO

Consensus Review and Definition of Nonallergic Rhinitis with a Focus on Vasomotor Rhinitis, Proposed to Be Known henceforth as Nonallergic Rhinopathy. Introduction, Part 2.
Michael A. Kaliner, MD and Judith R. Farrar, PhD

The Role of Antihistamines in the Treatment of Vasomotor Rhinitis
Phil Lieberman, MD

Anticholinergic Drugs in Nonallergic Rhinitis
Robert M. Naclerio, MD

The Treatment of Vasomotor Rhinitis with Intranasal Corticosteroids
Eli O. Meltzer, MD

Consensus Description of Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Clinical Studies of Nonallergic Rhinopathy (NAR), Previously Referred to as Vasomotor Rhinitis (VMR), Nonallergic Rhinitis, and/or Idiopathy Rhinitis
Michael A. Kaliner, MD; James N. Baraniuk, MD; Michael S. Benninger, MD; Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD; Phil Lieberman, MD; Eli O. Meltzer, MD; Robert M. Naclerio, MD; Russell A. Settipane, MD; and Judith R. Farrar, PhD

REVIEW ARTICLE

Anaphylaxis as a Manifestation of Horse Allergy
Radoslaw Gawlik, MD; Tomasz Pitsch, MD; and Lawrence DuBuske, MD

How To Access the WAO Journal

Current Members of WAO Member Societies:

Go to the WAO Web site (www.worldallergy.org). Click "Members Only" and you will be provided instructions on how to access the full text of all articles published in the WAO Journal. To enjoy continual access, return to www.WorldAllergy.org and Members Only each time.

Not a Member?

Please visit www.WAOJournal.org
Click on "Subscriptions" in the left column to view pricing information and to sign up.
View Abstracts for free.

Publish Your Paper for a Global Audience!
The World Allergy Journal accepts original scientific and clinically relevant information concerned with the practice of allergy and clinical immunology including state-of-the-art review articles and editorials on translational and clinical medicine. If you have an original contribution not previously published, visit www.WAOJournal.org and click on "Instructions for Authors". Please note that the Journal will be retroactively indexed.

The World Allergy Organization's mission is to be a global resource and advocate in the field of allergy, advancing excellence in clinical care through education, research and training as a world-wide alliance of allergy and clinical immunology societies. Visit us on the Web at www.worldallergy.org

World Allergy Organization (WAO)
Secretariat
555 E. Wells Street, Suite 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3823
Email: info@worldallergy.org

You have received this message because you are a member of a WAO Member Society, you have subscribed for the monthly e-letter or had previous contact with the World Allergy Organization. If you would prefer not to receive further messages from WAO, please reply to this message with REMOVE in the subject line.

Made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Novartis.

And with support through an unrestricted education grant from EAMG.

Volume 6, Issue 8 WAO Events and Programs - August 2009
Register today!
In This Edition *WAO Journal* August Issue Now Online! House of Delegates - IMPORTANT INFORMATION WAO International Scientific Conference 2010 Upcoming GLORIA™ Placements "Initial evaluation of cough" - in Clinical Allergy Tips - NEW! NEW! Conversations with Drs. J. Spergel and K. Anderson WAO Allergy Quiz - NEW! NEW Synopsis! "Practical Issues in the Treatment of Acute Asthma in Children" NEW Clinical Allergy Tip WAO Position Paper on undergraduate training in allergy - NEW! Profs Canonica and El-Gamal Recognized by ACAAI Online conferences at U Missouri, Kansas City Recent postings Be the next European Web Regional Editor Information for the Practicing Allergist Monthly Scientific Journal Reviews Translations Reviews of New Medical Books Teaching Case Reports Expert Interviews - Conversations All of this and more available at www.WorldAllergy.org *Announcing the 1st WAO theme-based, international scientific conference!* WAO International Scientific Conference Asthma and Co-morbid Conditions: Expanding the Practice of Allergy for Optimal Patient Care 6-8 December 2010 Dubai, United Arab Emirates www.worldallergy.org/2010dubai A unique forum for clinicians, researchers, physicians and allied health professionals with interests in asthma, allergy, immunology, pediatrics, co-morbid conditions and pulmonology. Latest developments in research Clinical issues Review of current theory and practice Hands-on, problem-based learning Conference President: Richard F. Lockey Conference Organizing Chair: Ruby Pawankar WAO President: G. Walter Canonica Scientific Program Now Available WAO Clinical Allergy Tips This series presents an insight or technique of interest or value to the clinician. The latest topic: Initial Evaluation of Cough By Michael A. Kaliner, MD Share your tips with practicing allergists! Write to Stuart Friedman, MD, Editor at: info@worldallergy.org. WAO EXPERT INTERVIEWS New Conversations with Allergy and Clinical Immunology Experts Jonathan M. Spergel, MD, PhD Eosinophilic Oesophagitis Klaus E. Andersen, MD, DMSc Patch Testing - When and How to Do It Download these informative conversations and many others in the WAO Expert Interviews section of the website Now you can subscribe to the RSS feed and receive immediate notification of newly posted conversations. WAO Allergy Quiz NEW FEATURE The WAO Allergy Quiz, a new feature edited by Dr. Glenis Scadding, has just launched on the WAO home page. Be sure to visit and Check Your Allergy Quotient. A 30 year-old female from the United Kingdom reports immediate lip and mouth irritation on eating a hazelnut. Which of the following might aid diagnosis? Take the quiz. Allergic Disease Resource Center Practical Issues in the Treatment of Acute Asthma in Children Pakit Vichyanond, MD Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Bangkok, Thailand View Synopsis Help Promote the New WAO Position Paper "A World Allergy Organization Position Statement: Recommendations for Competency in Allergy Training for Undergraduates Qualifying as Medical Practitioners" Primary care physicians, rather than trained specialists, treat the majority of patients with common allergic diseases around the world, and the burden of allergic diseases is increasing. This document contains guidelines for inclusion of allergy education and training in the undergraduate medical curriculum. The guidelines will help ensure that medical graduates have the basic knowledge required to recognize and treat common allergic diseases at the primary care level, and to identify when to refer the more complex problems to appropriate organ-based or allergy specialists. Please promote the paper in your Member Society journal and newsletters. The paper is available as an article in the World Allergy Organization Journal (www.WAOJournal.org).	WAO House of Delegates IMPORTANT INFORMATION New WAO Position Paper Thank you! to the 2007-2009 House of Delegates members that participated in WAO's first electronic-vote put in process to ratify a new WAO position paper. With 100% approval from participating delegates (approximately 70% responded), WAO's new position paper, "A World Allergy Organization Position Paper: Recommendations for Competency in Allergy Training for Undergraduates Qualifying as Medical Practitioners" is now posted in the World Allergy Organization Journal and available for reference at www.WAOJournal.org. Call for 2009-2011 House of Delegates WAO is now in the process of requesting Member Societies to identify delegates for the House of Delegates 2009-2011 term. Please contact Kate Kirchner (kkirchner@worldallergy.org) to access the online link where you may provide your society's delegate(s). Hurry! Delegate selections must be submitted by 24 August 2009! (Please note that only the Society President or an executive representative may submit delegate selections - please contact Kate with any questions.) The Global Resources in Allergy (GLORIA) curriculum educates medical professionals worldwide, through local, state, regional and national presentations. Modules are created from established guidelines and recommendations to address different aspects of allergy-related patient care. To learn more, click here. Upcoming US GLORIA Placements Ohio Society of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology September 24-26, 2009 Villas at Grand Cypress Resort, Orlando, FL Speaker: Lanny Rosenwasser Presentations: Urticaria, Drug Allergy Los Angeles Society of Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology September 26, 2009 Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA Speaker: Thomas Casale Presentations: Allergic Conjunctivitis, Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyposis 2009 US GLORIA placements are funded through unrestricted educational grants from: WAO Leaders to Receive Prestigious Awards Professor G. Walter Canonica, President of the World Allergy Organization, and Professor Yehia El-Gamal, Member of the Board of Directors, will be recognized by the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) during the 2009 Annual Meeting 5-10 November 2009 in Miami, Florida USA. They will receive the International Distinguished Fellow award for outstanding contributions in allergy, asthma or immunology in their countries. Congratulations to Professors Canonica and El-Gamal! Allergy & Training Resources - Update WAO would like to share information about a valuable online learning resource: Conferences On-Line for Allergy (COLA) Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine COLA is a collaboration of the Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics section of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology with the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI). It provides access to allergy-related educational experiences for practicing and academic allergists as well as for primary care providers and the general public. Attend the live conferences or download the podcasts. 2009 Conferences View the WAO site for a growing list of training resources. Recent Postings WAO Clinical Allergy Tips Brief presentations on insights and techniques of interest or value to the clinician WAO-AAAAI Immunology Series Online Lectures with CME Allergy Patient Information Online Links to websites around the world WAO Webinars WAO lectures delivered live over the Internet to WAO Member Society meetings and congresses WAO Members Do you have a clinical question? Take a moment to Ask the Expert. Stay connected to Allergists around the world, join the WAO Membership Directory. To apply to become a Member Society of the World Allergy Organization, click here. www.WorldAllergy.org WAO is proud to welcome the European Allergen Manufacturers Group (EAMG) as a supporter of the WAO Web site.
World Allergy Organization Journal Volume 2 Issue 8 August 2009 WAO POSITION PAPER A World Allergy Organization Position Paper: Recommendations for Competency in Allergy Training for Undergraduates Qualifying as Medical Practitioners Paul C. Potter, MD; John O. Warner, MD; Ruby Pawankar, MD, PhD; Michael A. Kaliner, MD; Sergio Del Giacco, MD; and Lanny Rosenwasser, MD, on behalf of the WAO Specialty and Training Council NAR CONSENSUS PANEL PROCEEDINGS, PART TWO Consensus Review and Definition of Nonallergic Rhinitis with a Focus on Vasomotor Rhinitis, Proposed to Be Known henceforth as Nonallergic Rhinopathy. Introduction, Part 2. Michael A. Kaliner, MD and Judith R. Farrar, PhD The Role of Antihistamines in the Treatment of Vasomotor Rhinitis Phil Lieberman, MD Anticholinergic Drugs in Nonallergic Rhinitis Robert M. Naclerio, MD The Treatment of Vasomotor Rhinitis with Intranasal Corticosteroids Eli O. Meltzer, MD Consensus Description of Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Clinical Studies of Nonallergic Rhinopathy (NAR), Previously Referred to as Vasomotor Rhinitis (VMR), Nonallergic Rhinitis, and/or Idiopathy Rhinitis Michael A. Kaliner, MD; James N. Baraniuk, MD; Michael S. Benninger, MD; Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD; Phil Lieberman, MD; Eli O. Meltzer, MD; Robert M. Naclerio, MD; Russell A. Settipane, MD; and Judith R. Farrar, PhD REVIEW ARTICLE Anaphylaxis as a Manifestation of Horse Allergy Radoslaw Gawlik, MD; Tomasz Pitsch, MD; and Lawrence DuBuske, MD How To Access the WAO Journal Current Members of WAO Member Societies: Go to the WAO Web site (www.worldallergy.org). Click "Members Only" and you will be provided instructions on how to access the full text of all articles published in the *WAO Journal. To enjoy continual access, return to www.WorldAllergy.org and Members Only each time. Not a Member?* Please visit www.WAOJournal.org Click on "Subscriptions" in the left column to view pricing information and to sign up. View Abstracts for free. Publish Your Paper for a Global Audience! The World Allergy Journal accepts original scientific and clinically relevant information concerned with the practice of allergy and clinical immunology including state-of-the-art review articles and editorials on translational and clinical medicine. If you have an original contribution not previously published, visit www.WAOJournal.org and click on "Instructions for Authors". Please note that the Journal will be retroactively indexed.
The World Allergy Organization's mission is to be a global resource and advocate in the field of allergy, advancing excellence in clinical care through education, research and training as a world-wide alliance of allergy and clinical immunology societies. Visit us on the Web at www.worldallergy.org World Allergy Organization (WAO) Secretariat 555 E. Wells Street, Suite 1100 Milwaukee, WI 53202-3823 Email: info@worldallergy.org You have received this message because you are a member of a WAO Member Society, you have subscribed for the monthly e-letter or had previous contact with the World Allergy Organization. If you would prefer not to receive further messages from WAO, please reply to this message with REMOVE in the subject line. Made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Novartis. And with support through an unrestricted education grant from EAMG.