World Allergy Organization

Information for the practicing allergist

World Allergy Congress
6-10 December 2009

The World Allergy Organization is an international organization of 77 regional and national allergy and clinical immunology societies.

WAO's mission: 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.

WAO Programs

To learn more about GLORIA and to bring a GLORIA program to your society, click here.

The World Allergy Organization offers advice on initiating and developing professional allergy societies throughout the world with the Emerging Societies Program. For more information, click here.

The World Allergy Forum brings cutting edge programs to major allergy meetings throughout the world. To find out more, click here.

Lectures by WAO experts via webcast to The First Middle East - Asia Allergy Asthma Immunology Congress (MEAAAIC) in Dubai, UAE, March 2009; the World Congress on Asthma in Monte Carlo, Monaco, November 2008; and the Highlights in Allergy and Respiratory Disease conference in Genoa, Italy October 2008. Click to access the archive.

World Allergy Day

Mark your Calendar!
World Allergy Day 2009 will take place during the World Allergy Congress (WAC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6 - 10 December 2009.

To learning more about World Allergy Day and access resources on how WAO Member Societies can host their own World Allergy Day, click here.

WAO's Online Food Allergy Learning Program and CME is designed to provide medical education for allergists practising in countries throughout the World. Start the course.

World Allergy Organization Journal
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June 2009
ISSN: 1939-4551

NAR CONSENSUS PANEL PROCEEDINGS, PART 1

Consensus Review and Definition of Nonallergic Rhinitis with a Focus on Vasomotor Rhinitis, Proposed to Be Known henceforth as Nonallergic Rhinopathy, Part 1. Introduction.
Michael A. Kaliner, MD; Judith R. Farrar, PhD

Classification of Nonallergic Rhinitis Syndromes with a Focus on Vasomotor Rhinitis.
Michael A. Kaliner, MD

Characteristics of Nonallergic Vasomotor Rhinitis.
Jonathan A. Berstein, MD

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Idiopathic Nonallergic Rhinitis
James N. Baraniuk, MD

Epidemiology of Vasomotor Rhinitis
Russell A. Settipane, MD

Discussion: Consensus Definition of Nonallergic Rhinopathy
Michael A. Kaliner, MD; James N. Baraniuk, MD; Michael Benninger, MD; Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD; Phillip Lieberman, MD; Eli O. Metzner, MD; Robert M. Naclerio, MD; Russell A. Settipane, MD; and Judith Farrar, PhD

To access full articles click here

WAO Web Site Editors:
Editor-in-Chief: Richard F. Lockey, USA
Regional Assistant Editors: Regional Assistant Editors: Stuart Friedman, USA; Juan Carlos Ivancevich, Argentina; Cassim Motala, South Africa; Bernard Thong, Singapore
Editors at Large: Connie H. Katelaris, Australia; Bob Q. Lanier, USA; Cassim Motala, South Africa; Ruby Pawankar, Japan
Translators: Juan Carlos Ivancevich (Spanish), Dirceu Sole, Carlos Nunes (Portuguese), Yehia El Gamal (Arabic), Hirohisa Saito (Japanese), Yin Jia, Gu Jian Qing, Wen Li Ping, Guan Kai (Chinese), Krysztof Kowal (Polish), Georgy Gudima (Russian)

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WAO Henning Lowenstein Research Award 2009

PhARF Award 2009

WAO would like to congratulate Dr Hamida Hammad on receiving the 2009 PhARF Award on June 8 during the EAACI Congress in Warsaw, Poland. Click here for more information regarding the PhARF Award and Nominees.

NEW WAO EDUCATION UPDATES

New Feature!
WAO Clinical Allergy Tips
Edited by Stuart A. Friedman, MD

First topic:
Peripheral Eosinophil Count
by Dr. Phil Lieberman

Expert Interviews
New conversation with Claus Bachert, MD
Title: Chronic Sinusitis with and without Nasal Polyps
Conducted by Allen P. Kaplan, MD

New Interactive Case Report
"A man with swollen eyes"
Written by Manli Qing, MD and Bob Lanier, MD

CME available online in the WAO and AAAAI Immunology Series of online lectures!