Welcome

Severe asthma: A focus on diagnosis risk assessment and costs Oppenheimer, John

Comorbidities associated with severe asthma 

Patel, Gayatri B.; Peters, Anju T.

Biomarkers in the context of managing severe asthma 

tanley J. Szefler, MD 

Targets in the use of biologics for asthma 

John Oppenheimer, MD

Pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis of cough variant asthma 

William M. Corrao, MD

Molecular phenotyping of asthma 

         Sally Wenzel, MD  

Breakout Session – PBL – Uncontrolled asthma: Gaining control

         Sally Wenzel, MD, Sidney Braman, MD,

         Rey Panettieri, MD, Russell Settipane, MD   

Pro/Con debate: Are short-acting beta agonists obsolete?

 The GINA Model

          Sally Wenzel, MD and Rey Panettieri, MD