AAAAI Podcast: Conversations from the World of Allergy

Join us as Kelly Stone, MD, PhD, FAAAAI, explains the evolution of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its central role in ensuring the safety and efficacy of therapeutics in the United States. We discuss the modern drug approval process from preclinical development through clinical trials and post-marketing surveillance and explore what makes this pathway different for biologics and biosimilars so you have a better understanding of the therapeutics that we prescribe every day in ...

Join hereditary angioedema expert Aleena Banerji, MD, FAAAAI, for a discussion about the diagnosis and management of hereditary angioedema, focusing on treatment developments that have dramatically improved the care of patients with HAE. Continuing Medical Education credit is available with this episode. Visit here to complete the assessment and claim credit. .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Find out more about hereditary angioedema. US Hereditary Angioedema Association

How do families know when to give epinephrine and when to go to the ER? How long do we need to observe after an episode of anaphylaxis and who is at risk for recurrent symptoms? We discuss these important questions and more with Tim Dribin, MD, a pediatric emergency medicine physician, who is working to optimize emergency department care for patients with anaphylaxis. Learn more about anaphylaxis.

Advising our families with food allergies as they navigate kids in school, holidays, introduction of foods in siblings, etc., can be challenging. Michael Pistiner, MD, MMSc, joins us to talk about resources we can use to help families introduce new foods and work with schools to help advocate for our patients. He also discusses his food allergy buddy program that allows older kids with food allergies to mentor younger kids to help build their community. Find out more about food allergies. Die...

Drug allergy expert David Khan, MD, FAAAAI, discusses the importance of evaluating patients with reported penicillin allergy and how allergists can partner with other healthcare providers to make sure all the patients with this label are evaluated. Penicillin Allergy Toolbox

Many of us are seeing increasing numbers of patients asking us if they might have a mast cell disorder. How do we diagnose this and what clues will help us know whether or not to pursue this? Join Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD, FAAAAI, as we discuss Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and how to better understand this confusing disorder. The Mast Cell Disease Society Inc.

Join us as we discuss the work of three amazing scientists and the impact NIH support has had on their work. Leonard Bacharier’s, MD, FAAAAI, work has contributed to improving asthma guidelines in the preschool age group. The work of Corinne Keet, MD, MS, PhD, and Elizabeth Matsui, MD, MHS, FAAAAI, has been instrumental in improving our understanding of the effect of environmental exposures and their effect on pediatric asthma. NIH funding has been instrumental in supporting their work and fu...