Meetings
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Consortium
June 5, 2008
8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Boston, MA
This year's PID Consortium is co-organized by the Clinical Immunology Society (CIS), Section of Clinical Immunology & Allergy of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), European Society of Immunodeficiency (ESID) and the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/Office of Rare Diseases.
Organizers
Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, MD PhD
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Luigi D. Notarangelo, MD
Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Hans Ochs, MD
University of Washington
Kathleen Sullivan, MD PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Registration
Registration must be completed through the FOCIS web site at http://www.focisnet.org/meetings/am08/registration.php. Registration fees are $75 and include a continental breakfast, box lunch and snack.
Target Audience
This activity is intended to reach an international target audience consisting of fellows-in-training, junior faculty, as well as noted experts in the field.
Content
This symposium will bring together experts in the field to discuss recent updates as well as material related to our understanding of the scientific processes affected in various primary immune deficiencies. Both by lecture and networking during the symposium, clinicians and researchers will come away with an improved knowledge of primary immune deficiencies. The material will be delivered primarily in lecture format, but there will also be a poster session and scheduled breaks to allow networking, mentoring, and one-on-one time with the state- of -the art lecturers.
Objectives
The objectives for this conference are: to continue to advance understanding of the diagnosis, molecular defects, complications, and treatment of these complex diseases; to develop the careers of new scientists in this area of academic medicine; to enhance awareness of clinical immunology and its importance in scientific discoveries and clinical applications; and to stimulate future collaborations between investigators in different medical centers and countries, and between new investigators and experienced physician / scientists in the field.
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the sponsorship of the Clinical Immunology Society. The Clinical Immunology Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement
The Clinical Immunology Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.