Obstructive Airway Disease (Asthma/COPD): Challenges, Prevention, Treatment and Coping

Recorded—December 6, 2007 / 7:00 – 9:00 PM EST

Attention: To improve life quality for people with obstructive airway disease, it is critical for parents, spouses, caretakers, and healthcare providers to understand the importance of a comprehensive approach.
Grantor Support: These programs are funded as part of a U.S. Army Cooperative Agreement called the Exceptional Family Transitional Training (EFTT) Program. The programs are co-sponsored by the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD) and EP LiveOnline.
Who Should Attend: Families and Caregivers, Pediatricians, Internists, Family Practitioners, Neurologists, Psychiatrists, Nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
Program Agenda and Faculty

6:30-7:00 PM:: Registration/sign-in
7:00-7:15 PM:: Prevalence & Overview of the Disease in the Pediatric & Adult Population; David Hirsch, MD
7:15-7:45 PM:: Clinical Stories; Fred Malkin, MD
7:45-8:20 PM:: Update on The New NHLBI Asthma Guidelines and Implications for Military Families; Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Lipton, MD, MPH&TM
8:20-9:00 PM:: Obstructive Airway Disease (Asthma/COPD): The Past, the Present and the Future; Frederic D. Seifer, MD
9:00-9:30 PM:: Questions and Discussion

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Lipton, MD, MPH&TM: Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, DC
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD

Fred Malkin, MD: Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of California at Irvine

Frederic D. Seifer, MD: Medical Director
Erlanger Center for Better Health
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Clinical Associate Professor
Quillen College of Medicine
Johnson City, Tennessee