Geriatrics

Purpose:

The Geriatrics Committee monitors, provides recommendations to the Board of Regents and implements programs in the area of allergy and asthma among seniors.

Current projects include:

  • Develop a presence with AARP and the American Geriatric Society to present the allergist’s viewpoint and to cross-seminate knowledge
  • Development of a survey for Fellows-in-Training to assess satisfaction in training in geriatric allergy
  • Develop with industry a study on the use of anti-IgE in the elderly
  • Develop a study to assess allergy testing methods to determine the most successful method to assess allergy in the elderly

Members:

Chair: Charles Siegel, MD (11/11)
Vice Chair: Sandra Gawchik, MD (11/09)

Terms expire 11/09: Terms expire 11/10: Terms expire 11/11:
Brett E. Stanaland, MD David M. Lang, MD Nathan Segall, MD
I. Leonard Bernstein, MD Richard Honsinger, MD Christine Holland, MD
Pinkus Goldberg, MD Richard Morris, MD Lawrence S. Mihalas, MD

 

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