This is the 26th Anniversary of the Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Update. This year’s conference will focus on the use of biologics in the treatment of allergic and immunologic diseases. The targeting of specific molecules involved in the pathogenesis of allergic and immunological conditions including cancer is being actively pursued. By and large those therapeutic tools have been extremely valuable in the treatment of those disorders and have changed life for the better for many patients. Bec...

Wilderness Medicine addressed the practice of medicine in the remote environment.  Physicians, PAs and nurses who practice in the front country may encounter novel clinical syndromes or challenging medical emergencies in the austere environment.  The sessions in this program address the most commonly encountered scenarios in the backcountry areas of the Northeastern United States.  The program intents to initiate the training of medical staff to the management of medical condition...