ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS
Course
Directors
Sidney
S Braman, MD Professor of
Medicine,
Joel K
Weltman, MD, PhD Clinical
Professor Emeritus of Medicine,
September 17, 2009
Francisco
Bonilla, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director, Clinical Immunology, Children's Hospital Boston
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Primary Immune Deficiency Disease
August, 2009
Summer Break
July 16, 2009
Sidney S Braman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
The Warren
Alpert Medical School of Brown
June 18, 2009
Kurt J. Bloch, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Cryofibrinogenemia
May 21, 2009
Daniel J Ferrer, PharmD (May 17, 2009)
Student, University of Rhode Island
College of Pharmacy
ACE, Cough and Asthma
April 23, 2009
Mark Ballow, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
State University of New York at Buffalo,
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Chief, Division of Allergy/Immunology, and Pediatric Rheumatology
Medical Director of the Clinical Laboratories at Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Biologic
immune response modifiers for asthma: Do we have the magic bullet?
March
19, 2009
Jeffrey M Factor MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of
Medicine
Co-Director - Food Allergy Clinic, Connecticut Childen's Medical Center
Food Allergy
February 19,
2009
Nick Mucciardi, MD
Pulmonologist, Charlton Memorial Hospital
Non-asthmatic Dyspnea
January15, 2009
William A Thompson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics (Research)
Center for Computational Molecular Biology
Brown University
and
Joel K Weltman, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor Emeritus of Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Influenza Bioinformatics
December 2008
Winter Recess
November 20, 2008
William M Corrao, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Restrictive Lung Disease
October 16, 2008
Michael C. Young, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Medicine, Division of Allergy & Immunology
Children's Hospital Boston
Peanut Allergy
September 18, 2008
Christopher C Randolph, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
An Update on Exercise-induced Asthma: Mannitol
August, 2008
Summer Recess
July 17, 2008
Paul M Knopf, PhD
Stuart Professor Emeritus of Medical Science
Dept of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Brown University
Immunoinformatics
June 19, 2008
Clifford Tepper, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Center
Albany Medical College
Hymenoptera Allergy
May 22, 2008
Sidney S Braman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
The Warren
Alpert Medical School of Brown
April 17, 2008
Annie De Groot, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics
CEO and CSO, EpiVax Inc
IVIG-induced Immunosuppression
March 20, 2008
Ralph P Miech, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Science Emeritus
Dept Biochemical Pharmacology
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown
Natural Immunity
February 21, 2008
Anthony L Mansell, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown
Pulmonologist, Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Psychophysics of Adolescent
Asthma
January 17, 2008
David H Dreyfus, MD, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Yale Medical School
Inhibitory RNA and Allergy - an Update
December, 2007
Winter recess
November 15, 2007
John A Saryan, MD
Chair, Dept Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Lahey Clinic
Asthma and the Environment
October 18, 2007
Joel K Weltman, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Food Allergy BioInformatics
September 20, 2007 -postponed
Anthony L Mansell, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown
Methacholine Bronchial Provocation in Adolescent Asthmatics
August, 2007
Summer Recess
July 19, 2007
Jack Nassau, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Brown Medical School
and
Robert B Klein MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School
Director, Pediatric Asthma and Allergy Center
Director, Draw A Breath Asthma Education Program
Stress and Cytokines
June 21, 2007
Christopher C Randolph, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Exercise-induced Asthma
May 17, 2007
Aidan Long, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Allergy/Immunology, Massachusetts General
Hospital
The Dendritic Cell as a Potential Therapeutic Target in
Asthma
April 19, 2007
Paul M Knopf, PhD
Stuart Professor Emeritus of Medical Science
Dept of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Brown University
Complement and Inflammation
March 15, 2007
George Yap, PhD
Asst Prof Medical Science
Dept Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Brown University
Update on Interleukin-10 and Interleukin-12
February 15, 2007
Joel K Weltman, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor Emeritus of Medicine
A Primer in BioInformatics
January 18,
2007
Postponed. Rescheduled June 21, 2007
Christopher C Randolph, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Exercise-induced Asthma
December, 2006
Winter recess
November 16, 2006
Albert L Sheffer, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Urticaria/Angioedema
October 19, 2006
Annie De Groot, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Adjunct)
CEO, CSO, EpiVax Inc
T cell Yin Yang: Improving Vaccines and Deimmunizing
Therapeutic Proteins
September 21, 2006
Ralph P Miech, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Science Emeritus
Dept Biochemical Pharmacology
Brown University School of Medicine
The Innate Immune System and Asthma
August, 2006
Summer Recess
July 20, 2006
Gregory Jay, MD, PhD
Associate Prof Medicine and Engineering
Member, Center for Bioengineering
Brown University
Pulsus Paradoxus and Asthma
June 15, 2006
Walter E Donat, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Brown Medical School
Management of Acute Asthma
May 18, 2006
Michael S Schechter, MD, MPH
Pediatric Pulmonology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Brown Medical School
Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children's Hospital
Improving the Care of Children with Chronic Disease -
Lessons from Cystic Fibrosis
April 20, 2006
Russell A Settipane, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Brown Medical School
Rhinitis: Focus on Epidemiology
March 16, 2006
Michael A Passero, MD
Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Occupational Asthma
February 16, 2006
Christopher C Randolph, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine
Asthma in the Athlete
January 19, 2006
Kurt J Bloch, MD
Quest Diagnostics
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Harvard Medical School
Clinical Immunology: Progress in Laboratory Testing for
Diseases that Mimic Allergic Diseases
December 2005
Winter Recess
November 17, 2005
William M Corrao, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Brown Medical School
Spirometry
October 20, 2005
Arthur Salomon, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and
Biochemistry
Brown University
Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Mast Cell Signaling
September 15, 2005
Joel K Weltman, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
Brown Medical School
Protein Structure, Function and Evolution
August, 2005
Summer Recess
July 21, 2005
Russell A Settipane, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Update on Anti-IgE Treatment of Asthma
June 16, 2005
Michael S Schechter, MD, MPH
Pediatric Pulmonology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Brown Medical School
Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children's Hospital
Cystic Fibrosis
May 19, 2005
David H Dreyfus, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Yale Medical School
Making Sense of RNAi, RNAse P and Antisense RNA Therapy for
Asthma and Other Respiratory Diseases
April 21, 2005
Jack Nassau, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Brown Medical School
and
Robert B Klein MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School
Director, Pediatric Asthma and Allergy Center
Director, Draw A Breath Asthma Education Program
Asthma, Stress and the TH1/TH2 Paradigm
March 17, 2005
Loren D Fast, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Research)
Brown University
Update: HLA Antigens and Transplantation
February 17, 2005
Paul S Salva, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Tufts University
Medical School
The Management of Asthma in Children
January 20, 2005
Gail Skowron, MD
Department of Medicine
Roger Williams Medical Center
Associate Director, Brown University AIDS Program
The Immunology of HIV Infection
December 16, 2004
Winter Recess
November 18, 2004
Christopher C Randolph, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine
Mold in the Schools
October 21, 2004
Michael S Schechter, MD, MPH
Pediatric Pulmonology
Brown University School of Medicine
Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children's Hospital
Evaluation of Noisy Breathing in Infancy
September 16, 2004
Cancelled
August 19, 2004
Summer Recess
July 15, 2004
Jeffrey M Factor MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Co-Director Food Allergy Clinic
Connecticut Childen's Medical Center
Food Allergy
June 17, 2004
Russell A Settipane, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Anti-Immunoglobilin E
May 20, 2004
George S Yap, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Science
Brown University
Interleukin-12
April 15, 2004
Michael A Passero, MD
Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Smog and Airway Disease
March 18, 2004
Anthony Mansell, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Brown Medical School
Risk Factors for Severe Acute Asthma in Adolescents
February 19, 2004
Dean A. Handley, PhD, MBA
Executive Director, Medical Communications
Sepracor
Advanced Anti-Allergics: Third Generation Antihistamines,
Monoclonals and Polypharmacy
January 15, 2004
William M. Corrao, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Airways Hyperirritability: an Update
December 18, 2003
Winter Recess
November 20, 2003
Mary Ann C. Passero M.D
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Brown University School of Medicine
Cystic Fibrosis
October 16, 2003
Bruce Berlow, MD
Shoreline Allergy Associates
How Safe Are Inhaled Steroids?
September 18, 2003
Aidan Long, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Allergy/Immunology, Massachusetts General
Hospital
Anti-IgE: a New Modality for Anti-Asthma Therapy
August 21, 2003
Summer Recess
July 17, 2003
Albert L Sheffer, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Exercise-induced Anaphylaxis
June 19, 2003
Daniel Altman, PhD
Economics
The New York Times
The New Challenge of the Uninsured
May 15, 2003
Joseph Spahn, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Univ Colorado/National Jewish Asthma Center
The Myth of Mild Asthma
April 17, 2003
Marianne Frieri, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
SUNY-Stony Brook
Anti-IgE Immunomodulation: a New Paradigm for Asthma
Therapy
March 20, 2003
Stephen M Brecher, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Boston University School of Medicine
Antibiotic Resistance in Respiratory Pathogens: How Miracle
Drugs Created Miracle Bugs
February 20, 2003
G William Palmer, MD
Shoreline Allergy Associates
Formerly, Senior Resident in Allergy/Immunology
Univ Colorado/National Jewish Hosp
The Immunology of Pregnancy
January 16, 2003
Loren D Fast, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Research)
Brown University
New Approaches to Abrogation of Transfusion Reactions
December 19, 2002
Winter recess
November 21, 2002
Steffan Edsbacker, PhD
Associate Professor of Experimental Clinical Pharmacology
Faculty of Medicine
Lund University, Sweden
Pharmacokinetics of Inhaled Corticosteroids
October 17, 2002
Joel K Weltman, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Brown Medical School
Molecular Modeling of Penicillin Allergens
September 19, 2002
Nick Mucciardi, MD
Department of Pulmonology
Charlton Memorial Hospital
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
August 15, 2002
Summer recess.
July 18, 2002
Christopher C. Randolph, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine
Aerobiology: the Impact of Aeroallergens on Asthma and
Allergy
June 20, 2002
F. Dennis McCool, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Brown Medical School
Asthma and the Consequences of Hyperinflation of the Lung
May 16, 2002
Robert B. Klein MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School
Director, Pediatric Asthma and Allergy Center
Director, Draw A Breath Asthma Education Program
Asthma Symptom Perception in Children: Risk, Adherence and
Behavior Modification.
April 18, 2002
Daniel Altman, PhD
Economics
The New York Times
Chronic Disease and Funding for Prescription Drugs
March 21, 2002
Dean Handley, PhD, MBA
Senior Director, Scientific Affairs
Sepracor
Active Metabolite Antihistamines: From Receptor to Clinic
February 21, 2002
Michael Marcus, MD
Asst. Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
SUNY HSC at Brooklyn, NY.
B2-Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms
January 17, 2002
Peter A Hollmann, MD
Medical Director
Rhode Island Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Asthma Managed Care
December 20, 2001
Winter recess.
November 15, 2001
Philip W Askenase, MD
Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
The Immunopathogenesis of the Increasing, Current and Fatal
Asthma Epidemic
October 18, 2001
Joshua A. Boyce, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
The Mast Cell
September 20, 2001
Loren D Fast, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Brown University
Update on Transfusion Immunology
June 21, 2001
Joel K Weltman, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
An Updated Model of Asthma
May 17,2001
Craig Lilly,MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Med School
Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics
April 19, 2001
Anthony L Mansell, MD
Assoc Prof Pediatrics
Brown Univ School of Medicine
Do Children Have Hyperreactive Airways?
March 15, 2001
James A MacLean, MD
Assistant Prof Medicine
Harvard Med School
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
February 15, 2001
Russell A Settipane, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Brown Medical School
Non-Allergic Rhinitis
January 18, 2001
Paul Noble, MD
Assoc Prof Medicine
Yale Med School
Matrix Regulation of Lung Inflammation
December 21, 2000
George S Yap, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Science
Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Brown University
The Th1/Th2 Paradigm
November 16, 2000
Robert J Settipane, MD
Allergy and Asthma Center
Providence, RI
The Allergy-Asthma Connection
October 19, 2000
Russell A Settipane, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Update in Allergy/Asthma 2000
September 21, 2000
Joel K Weltman, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Cytokines, Allergy and Asthma
August 17, 2000
Joel K. Weltman, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Cytokine Mediators of Eosinophilic Inflammation
July, 2000 - Recess
June 15, 2000
Albert L. Sheffer, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
The Guidelines for Asthma Diagnosis and Therapy
May 18, 2000
Christopher C. Randolph, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine
Latex Allergy
April 20, 2000
Mary Ann Passero, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Brown University School of Medicine
Director, Cyctic Fibrosis Center, Rhode Island Hospital
Cystic Fibrosis
Mar 16, 2000
Dean Handley, PhD, MBA
Senior Director, Scientific Affairs
Sepracor
Active Metabolites for Allergy and Single Isomers for
Asthma
Feb 17, 2000
Loren D. Fast, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Research)
Brown University School of Medicine
The Immunological Consequences of Transfusion
Jan 20, 2000
Kurt J Bloch, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
The Complement Systems
Dec 16, 1999
Christine A Biron, PhD
Esther Elizabeth Brintzenhoff Professor of Medical Science
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Brown University
NK Cells
November 18, 1999
Dan Brock, PhD
University Professor of Philosophy
Director, Brown University Program in Medical Ethics
and
Carla Dowben, JD
Consultant, Health Care Law
and
Russell A. Settipane, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Asthma and Allergy Care in the Managed Care Environment
October 21, 1999
Henry B Freye, MD
Chair, Pollen Committee, New England Society of Allergy
The New England Society of Allergy Pollen Survey
August 19, 1999
Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD
Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
The Role of Leukotrienes in Asthma
July 15, 1999
Louis Mendelsohn, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy to Multiple Antibiotics
June 17, 1999
Paul M Knopf, PhD
Stuart Professor of Medical Science
Dept of Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Brown University
Immunomodulation and Allergy
May 20, 1999
Michael Young, MD
Instructor in Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
The Immotile Cilia Syndrome
Mar 18, 1999
Ralph P Miech, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Science
Dept Biochemical Pharmacology
Brown University School of Medicine
Leukotriene Modifiers
Feb 18, 1999
Parker Staples, MD
Medical Director
Medicare for the State of RI
Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG):
Rational and Irrational Uses in an Era of Managed Medical
Care
Jan 21, 1999
Charles Kuhn, MD
Professor of Pathology, Emeritus
Brown University School of Medicine
Airway Remodeling in Asthma: Physiological Mechanism and
Significance
Dec 17, 1998
Joel K Weltman, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
The Use of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma
September 17, 1998
Russell A. Settipane, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Allergic Rhinitis and the Quality of Life
August 21, 1998
Peter S. Creticos, M.D.
Deputy Director
Johns Hopkins Allergy Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Control of Asthmatic Inflammation
June 16, 1998
Aftab S. Karim, B.Sc, M.D. (1999)
Medical Student
Brown University School of Medicine
Interleukin-5
May, 21, 1998
Mary Ann C. Passero, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Brown University School of Medicine
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
Rhode Island Hospital
Cystic Fibrosis
April 16, 1998
Nick Mucciardi, M.D.
Pulmonologist, Department of Medicine
The Charlton Memorial Hospital
Fall River, MA
Management of the Hospitalized Asthmatic
March 19, 1998
Henry B. Freye, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Brown University School of Medicine
Urticaria
February 19, 1998
Anthony Mansell, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Brown University School of Medicine
Pulmonary Remodeling in Asthma
January 22, 1998
William M. Corrao, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Airway Hyperirritability and Asthma
December 18 ,1997
Dan Brock, Ph.D.
University Professor of Philosophy
Director, Brown University Program in Medical Ethics
and
Carla Dowben, J.D.
Formerly Associate Professor of Law
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical School
Asthma Management Programs
November 20, 1997
Guy A. Settipane, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
The Natural History of Allergic Rhinitis
October 16, 1997
Marylou Buyse, M.D.
Associate Medical Director
RI Blue Cross/Blue Shield
and
Joel K. Weltman, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Asthma Management Programs
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