Update on Severe Asthma

This two-day, live, hybrid (in-person and on-line) course will provide insights from a multidisciplinary team representing the Severe Asthma Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, along with special guest lecturers, Drs. John Fahy (UCSF) and Nizar Jarjour (University of Wisconsin). Our focus will include both pediatric and adult patients with asthma. We will devote one day to assessment of severe asthma and complicating illnesses and one day to asthma management, including novel treatment options and strategies. Lectures will cover topics in the immunology and genetics of severe asthma; aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease; eosinophilic lung diseases including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; occupational asthma; obesity and asthma; and special considerations in school-age children. Presentations on the contribution of gastroesophageal reflux disease, upper airway obstruction, and sinusitis/nasal polyposis will be given by a gastroenterologist, voice specialist and otolaryngologists, respectively. We will focus on the treatment of asthma, including recent GINA and NAEPP guidelines; modern biologics; and novel therapies in development. We will review in depth our protocol for the evaluation of severe asthma and have opportunities to discuss interesting cases of severe asthma. This course is appropriate for allergists, pulmonologists and other specialists with an interest in the management of severe asthma. 

This course is targeted to Primary Care Physicians and Specialty Physicians.