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New Developments in Understanding Chronic Illnesses: The Role of Immune Dysfunction and Infections


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Add to Calendar New Developments in Understanding Chronic Illnesses: The Role of Immune Dysfunction and Infections 11/8/2023 10:00:00 AM 11/10/2023 3:00:00 PM America/New_York For More Details: https://medstar.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=20362 Marriott Marquis false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 10:00 AM - Friday, November 10, 2023, 3:00 PM, Marriott Marquis, Washington, DC

Target Audience
Specialties - Allergy/Immunology, Family Medicine, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Pain Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Psychology , Rheumatology
Professions - Dietetic Technician Registered, Non-Physician, Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Nutritionist, Physician

Overview

There are over 20 million Americans suffering from a group of chronic disabling disorders who are diagnosed without a clear elucidation of pathophysiologic mechanisms. Fibromyalgia, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Neuropsychiatric illnesses, Posttreatment Lyme Syndrome, Pediatric Acute on Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANDAS/PANS).

Adding to this massive disease burden the CDC now estimates that of the 40% of Americans who were infected with COVID-19 1 in 5 continue to suffer with what is now referred to as Post-acute sequalae of COVID (PASC). Research has demonstrated that common to all of these conditions is dysregulation of the immune system resulting from an infectious insult. Dramatic advances have occurred in our understanding of all of these conditions as a result of COVID. We are entering an incredibly exciting period in medicine where these diseases are beginning to coalesce around an understanding of shared pathophysiology. We are entering a period of true hope for those millions who are suffering where we will finally be able to provide comprehensive solutions for their illness.


This conference will bring together some of the leading researchers and clinicians from around the world to discuss the advances in our understanding of these conditions and breakthroughs in diagnostic and treatment options.



Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant will be able to:

  1. Summarize the role of the innate and adaptive immune system in chronic disease.
  2. Explain biological mechanisms of how infections incite immune dysfunction resulting in chronic disease.
  3. Describe new diagnostic testing and biomarkers for defining and identifying immune dysfunction in chronic illness.
  4. Identify clinical and case study examples using new and repositioned treatment modalities that have been shown to be effective in treating immune-mediated chronic disorders secondary to infection.
  5. Summarize long haul covid and it’s pathophysiology and new diagnostic and treatment modalities.
  6. Describe a new understanding of fibromyalgia as an immunologic disorder and the role of the immune system in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).
  7. Recognize the role of infections and immune dysfunction as the cause of other neurologic, psychiatric, and behavioral disorders.
  8. Explain the role of gut microbiome in health and immune dysfunction.
  9. Identify the roles and responsibilities of members of the healthcare team involved in the collaborative care of patients with atypical immunological diseases.
  10. Integrate a team-based approach in the care of patients with atypical immunological diseases.

Registration

LIVE Early Bird Registration
Now through August 4
Physician  $695
Resident or Fellow  $595
Physician Assistant  $595
Nurse Practitioner $595
Nurse  $595
Allied Health Professional $595
Medical Student  $350
Industry Professional  $750

VIRTUAL Early Bird Registration
Now through August 4
Physician  $695
Resident or Fellow  $595
Physician Assistant  $595
Nurse Practitioner $595
Nurse  $595
Allied Health Professional $595
Medical Student  $350
Patient  $195

LIVE Advance Registration
August 5 to November 7
Physician  $795
Resident or Fellow  $695
Physician Assistant  $695
Nurse Practitioner $695
Nurse  $695
Allied Health Professional  $695
Medical Student  $450
Industry Professional  $850

VIRTUAL Advance Registration
August 5 to November 7
Physician  $795
Resident or Fellow  $695
Physician Assistant  $695
Nurse Practitioner $695
Nurse  $695
Allied Health Professional  $695
Medical Student  $450
Patient $295

LIVE Conference Dates
November 8 to 10
Physician  $895
Resident or Fellow  $795
Physician Assistant  $795
Nurse Practitioner $795
Nurse  $795
Allied Health Professional  $795
Medical Student  $550
Industry Professional $950

Virtual Conference Dates
November 8 to 10
Physician  $895
Resident or Fellow  $795
Physician Assistant  $795
Nurse Practitioner $795
Nurse  $795
Allied Health Professional  $795
Medical Student  $550
Patient $395

VIRTUAL INFORMATION
Information will be emailed closer to the conference date with login instructions. This will be sent to the email address you registered with. 

If you need to change your registration from virtual to live, or live to virtual, changes must be submitted by email by September 25. No changes will be accepted after that date. 
Patient registration is ONLY for the virtual option. If you register for the live conference, you will be contacted with updates to your registration. 

Please contact [email protected] or (833) 731-1273 for registration assistance. 


Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by MedStar Health and the Foundation for Total Recovery. MedStar Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Designation

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 20.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.



Physicians: 
MedStar Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Nurses: This activity is approved for 20.25 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine MOC Credit:

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 4.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 20.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

 

American Board of Pediatrics MOC Credit:

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 20.25 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

 


MOC Participation Threshold:
 Learner participates by writing a reflective statement and makes a commitment to change or maintain an element of practice.


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsâ„¢ Physician (20.25 hours), Nurse - ANCC (20.25 hours), Non-Physician Member of the Healthcare Team (20.25 hours), IPCE (20.25 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (20.25 hours), ABP MOC Part 2 (20.25 hours)

Marriott Marquis
901 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, D.C.
(202) 824-9200

ROOM BLOCK
Stay onsite to reduce your commute time! Reserve your room at the Marriott Marquis to receive a discounted room rate.
Visit: https://book.passkey.com/go/ChronicIllnessesConference

Room Rate: $329
Reserve by October 27, 2023



Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships


MedStar Health adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Faculty Member Information
Role in activity
Name of Ineligible Company(s) / Nature of Relationship(s)
Faculty Photos
Craig D. Shimasaki, PhD, MBA
CEO, Adjunct Professor
Moleculera Labs, University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
Activity Co-Director, Faculty
Executive-Moleculera Labs
Faculty Photos
Gary Kaplan, DO, DABFM, DABPM, FAAMA
Medical Director, Associate Professor, Family Medicine
Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine Clinical, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, D.C.
Activity Director Content Reviewer, Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Steven P. Cohen, MD
Director, Blaustein Pain Treatment Center The Johns Hopkins Hospital Director, Pain Research Director of Medical Education, Pain Medicine Division Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Baltimore , MD
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Ronald W. Davis, PhD
Director, Stanford Genome Technology Center, Professor, Biochemistry and Genetics Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford University
Stanford , CA
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Brian A. Fallon, MD
Director, Center for Neuroinflammatory Disorders and Biobehavioral Medicine Director, Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center
Columbia University
New York, NY
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Jennifer Frankovich, MD
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics Division of Allergy, Immunology Rheumatology (AIR), Director, Immune Behavioral Health Program,
Stanford University School of Medicine
Standford, CA
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Richard E. Frye, PhD, MD
Director, Research and Neurology, Principal Investigator Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center President Autism Discover and Treatment Foundation
Rossignol Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Jonathan Godbout, PhD
Faculty Director, Chronic Brain Injury Program Co-Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program Co-Director, NNDS T32 Training Program in Neuroimmunology, Associate Director, Basic Research Institute of Behavioral Medicine Research Professor, Neuroscience,
The Ohio State University College of Medicine, The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Andreas Goebel, PhD
Director, Pain Research Institute Chair of Pain Medicine, Honorary Consultant, Pain Medicine
University of Liverpool, Walton Centre NHFS Foundation Trust
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Moviglia A. Gustavo, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Maureen R. Hanson, PhD, BS
Director, Center for Enervating Neuroimmune Disease, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Kyle Landry, BS, MS, PhD
President, Lecturer, Health Sciences
Delavie Sciences LLC, Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Boston, MA
Faculty
Faculty Photos
M. Elizabeth Latimer, MD
Pediatric Neurologist, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology
Latimer Neurology Center, Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Kim Lewis, PhD, BSc
Director, Antimicrobial Discover Center, University Distinguished Professor, Biology
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Cherie Marvel, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Isaac Melamed, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
Children's Hospital Colorado, Immuno Research Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Longmont, CO
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Avindra Nath, MD
Chief, Section of Infections of the Nervous System National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Bruce K. Patterson, MD
CEO and Founder
incellDx
Palo Alto, CA
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Claude Steriade, MD, CM
Assistant Professor, Epilepsy Center
NYU Langone Health
New York Cirty, NY
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Eric J. Wang, MD
Program Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Harpreet Gujral, DNP, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
The Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine
Mclean, VA
Faculty, Planning Committee Member
Nothing to disclose
Robin Harris, RN
Planning Committee Member
Lisa Lilienfield, RD
,
Planning Committee Member

Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Registration Open and Visit the Exhibits
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Opening Remarks
12:00PM - 12:15PM
Gary Kaplan, DO, DABFM, DABPM, FAAMA
Epidemiology: How Big is the Problem? Immune Dysregulation Secondary to Infections as a Cause of Chronic Dsease. From Symptoms to a New Pathophysiologic Understanding of Chronic Illness
12:15PM - 1:00PM
Gary Kaplan, DO, DABFM, DABPM, FAAMA
Steven P. Cohen, MD
Acute and Chronic Neurological Disorders in COVID-19: Potential Mechanisms of Disease
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Avindra Nath, MD
NIH Data / ME-CFS Data
1:45PM - 2:30PM
Avindra Nath, MD
The Enterovirus Theory of Disease Etiology in Myalgic Encephalomyclitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Critical Review
2:30PM - 3:15PM
Maureen R. Hanson, PhD, BS
Afternoon Break and Visit the Exhibits
3:15PM - 3:45PM
Long Covid and Long Lyme: Mental Health Implications
3:45PM - 4:30PM
Brian A. Fallon, MD
The Neuroimmunology of Social Stress Induced Sensitization
4:30PM - 5:15PM
Jonathan Godbout, PhD
Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Immune Dysfunction & Infections: PANS/PANDAS, POTS, PTLDS, Immune Dysfunction and Imaging & Testing for AEIE
5:15PM - 6:00PM
Jennifer Frankovich, MD
Day One Closing
6:00PM - 6:10PM
Adjourn
6:10PM - 6:15PM
Welcome Reception with the Exhibitors
6:15PM - 8:00PM
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Registration Opens, Breakfast , and Visit the Exhibits
7:00AM - 7:50AM
Day Two Welcome Remarks
7:50AM - 8:00AM
Craig D. Shimasaki, PhD, MBA
Chronic Pain and Infection: Mechanisms, Causes, Conditions, Treatments, and Controversies
8:00AM - 8:45AM
Steven P. Cohen, MD
Eric J. Wang, MD
The Autoimmune Aeitiology of Unexplained Chronic Pain
8:45AM - 9:30AM
Andreas Goebel, PhD
Gut Brain Axis and Chronic DX
9:30AM - 10:15AM
Kyle Landry, BS, MS, PhD
Morning Break and Visit the Exhibits and Patient Vignettes
10:15AM - 10:45AM
Theurepeutics
10:45AM - 11:30AM
Kyle Landry, BS, MS, PhD
ME/CFS
11:30AM - 12:15PM
Ronald W. Davis, PhD
Lunch and Visit the Exhibits
12:15PM - 1:30PM
Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic inflammatory Conditions including Long COVID and ME-CFS
1:30PM - 2:15PM
Bruce K. Patterson, MD
Modulation of the Acquired Immune System \ Autoimmune Therapy Stem Cells Topic
2:15PM - 3:00PM
Moviglia A. Gustavo, MD, PhD
Afternoon Break, Visit the Exhibits, and Patient Vignettes
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Molecular Mimicry: The Infection Connection to the Immune System and Chronic Disorders
3:30PM - 4:15PM
Craig D. Shimasaki, PhD, MBA
The Axis of Infectious Immune as a Player in Neuro Immune Disease
4:15PM - 5:00PM
Isaac Melamed, MD
Autoimmune Epilepsy Biomarker Study
5:00PM - 5:45PM
Claude Steriade, MD, CM
Day Two Closing
5:45PM - 5:50PM
Adjourn
5:50PM - 5:55PM
Friday, November 10, 2023
Registration Opens, Breakfast , and Visit the Exhibits
7:00AM - 7:50AM
Day Three Welcome Remarks
7:50AM - 8:00AM
Gary Kaplan, DO, DABFM, DABPM, FAAMA
The Clinical Significance of Metabolic Immune Interactions: Implication for Treatment
8:00AM - 8:45AM
Richard E. Frye, PhD, MD
Rituximab Treatment of PANS/PANDAS
8:45AM - 9:30AM
M. Elizabeth Latimer, MD
A Distinct Microbiome Signature in Post-treatment Lyme Disease Patients
9:30AM - 10:15AM
Kim Lewis, PhD, BSc
A Multimodal Neuroimaging Study of Brain Abnormalities and Clinical Correlates in Post Treatment Lyme Disease
10:15AM - 11:00AM
Cherie Marvel, PhD
Plasmapheresis
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Afternoon Break and Visit the Exhibits and Patient Vignettes
11:45AM - 12:15PM
Coding & Appeals
12:15PM - 1:00PM
Panel: Treatment
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Gary Kaplan, DO, DABFM, DABPM, FAAMA (Moderator)
Isaac Melamed, MD (Panelist)
M. Elizabeth Latimer, MD (Panelist)
Panel: Post Treatment Lyme-PANS/PANDAS
1:45PM - 2:30PM
Craig D. Shimasaki, PhD, MBA (Moderator)
Steven P. Cohen, MD
Cherie Marvel, PhD (Panelist)
Brian A. Fallon, MD (Panelist)
Jennifer Frankovich, MD (Panelist)
Closing Remarks
2:30PM - 2:35PM
Gary Kaplan, DO, DABFM, DABPM, FAAMA
Adjourn
2:35PM - 2:40PM

This conference offers the opportunity to exhibit at the conference. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Romano at [email protected] 

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