PAS Post-Graduate Course: Asthma: Allergies, Biologics, and Control, Oh My: Fundamentals of Asthma Biology & Management

Friday, April 25, 2025

7:00am – 1:30pm HST

Location: Convention Center: 326

CE: CME: 6.0
Ethics CME: 1.5

Chair(s)

Michelle Hernandez, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy & Immunology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Stephanie Davis, MD (she/her/hers)

Chair, Pediatrics
Pediatrics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Disclosure(s):

Michelle Hernandez, MD: GSK (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Advisory Committee)

Stephanie Duggins Davis, MD: ReCode Therapeutics (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator)

Session Description: This session is designed for general pediatricians to stay updated with the latest advancements in asthma diagnosis and management, following the release of the 2020 NHLBI guidelines and GINA guidelines. With the expanded availability of medications for treating asthma in children, this course aims to equip pediatricians with the necessary skills and knowledge to provide optimal care. Participants will gain insights into distinguishing asthma from other conditions with similar presentations; understand the various risk factors for asthma and how to use predictive scores effectively; explore how SDoH influence asthma prevalence and management; Identify and utilize the latest testing methods for accurate asthma diagnosis and management; and recognize the goals of asthma therapy, with a focus on preschool wheezers, Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (SMART), and the use of biologics.

Learning Objectives:

Distinguish asthma from other conditions with similar presentations and explain risk factors that contribute to asthma inception and control.
Recognize the latest testing methods for accurate asthma diagnosis and management.
Formulate an asthma action plan with guideline-based therapies

Presentations:

7:00am – 7:15am HST

Welcome
Speaker: Stephanie Duggins Davis, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Speaker: Michelle Hernandez, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
7:15am – 7:45am HST

Fundamentals: What Is Asthma V. Asthma Mimickers?
Speaker: Ceila E. Loughlin, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
7:45am – 8:30am HST

Risk Factors for Asthma and Predictive Scores: Early Childhood Viral Infections, Microbiome, and the Atopic March
Speaker: Kirsten Kloepfer, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine
8:30am – 9:15am HST

Asthma and the Built and Social Environment: environmental Triggers and Mitigation Strategies
Speaker: William J. Sheehan, MD – Children's National Hospital, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
9:15am – 9:30am HST

Break
9:30am – 10:15am HST

Testing for the general pediatrician: Spirometry, FeNO, allergy testing
Speaker: Michelle Hernandez, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Speaker: Stephanie Duggins Davis, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
10:15am – 10:45am HST

Initial Outpatient Management & Goals of Therapy: Defining Asthma Control & Remission
Speaker: Perdita Permaul, MD – NY-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine
10:45am – 11:15am HST

Medication Mashup: How Do We Talk to Families About Risks of Asthma Medication and Routes of Delivery?
Speaker: Ceila E. Loughlin, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
11:15am – 11:45am HST

Lunch
11:45am – 12:30pm HST

What Do I Do with Preschool Wheezers?
Speaker: Kirsten Kloepfer, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine
12:30pm – 1:00pm HST

SMART therapy: What Is It, and How Do We Implement It?
Speaker: Perdita Permaul, MD – NY-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine
1:00pm – 1:30pm HST

Biologics in Asthma: What Do They Do, and Comorbidities They Treat
Speaker: Michelle Hernandez, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine