Connecting With our Patients: Strategies to Work Together in Difficult Times

We all have days where we do not seem to be on the same page as a patient we are seeing. Join Ariana Chiu, MD, FAAAAI, for a discussion of ways to approach difficult conversations, connect with our patients and work together to improve care. 

Juan Carlos Cardet, MD, FAAAAI, offers a detailed and insightful conversation about the evaluation and management of severe asthma. We also discuss the use of SMART/MART and PARTI in our asthma patients so we can choose the best strategy to relieve symptoms and prevent exacerbations. 

Anil Nanda, MD, FAAAAI, talks with us about how to improve our practice management including billing tips and pitfalls, improving clinical efficiency and creating a good culture in your practice. He also gives us a preview of what will be covered in the upcoming Practice Management Workshop in Nashville, TN, on July 18-20. Find out more about the Practice Management Workshop.

Join Karla Adams, MD, FAAAAI, for a review of evaluation and management of insect sting allergy so you are ready to care for your patients with sting reactions this summer. We compare testing methods, discuss considerations in starting immunotherapy and review changes in guidelines.Insect Allergy: Barriers in Training and Practice—A Work Group Report of the AAAAI Anaphylaxis Committee

Even many allergists do not know about the NAB and how it provides accurate pollen counts to patients and physicians across the country. Andrew Rorie, MD, FAAAAI, chair of the Aerobiology Committee, walks us through the NAB as well as how pollen levels are changing over time. He also discusses how you can get involved in monitoring pollen in your area.Visit the NAB.

To celebrate World EoE day, Evan Dellon, MD, walks us through new developments in eosinophilic esophagitis including our evolving understanding of the pathophysiology (it’s not just about eosinophils) as well as how we diagnose, monitor and treat this fascinating disease. Find out more about EoE.

Should patients with mild contrast allergy be premedicated? Learn about the recently published consensus recommendations on the management and prevention of immediate hypersensitivity reactions to contrast media from Allison Ramsey, MD, FAAAAI, and Carolyn Wang, MD. These recommendations were published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice and Radiology and provide both allergy and radiology perspective.  https://www.jaci-inpractice.org/article/S2213-2198(25)00191-6/fulltext

In this episode, attendees of the recent AAAAI/WAO Joint Congress in San Diego share their highlights from the meeting with us including talks you shouldn’t miss. Recordings of talks from the Joint Congress are now available online. Find out more about the 2025 AAAAI/WAO Joint Congress and access the recordings.

The NIH provides the majority of funding for scientific research in all areas of medicine and the proposed budget cuts will drastically effect research now and in the future. President-Elect Carla M. Davis, MD, FAAAAI, discusses a new task force established by the AAAAI Board of Directors that will work to bring more attention to this issue and encourage all of us in allergy/immunology to take action.Visit the website for the toolkit. 

Genetic testing in our patients with Inborn Errors of Immunity is becoming more common and this episode will help listeners better understand how to incorporate this into their practice. Sarah Hendrickson, MD, PhD, walks us through who should consider testing, considerations in ordering the testing, the types of testing available and how to think through the results.Helpful LinksClinVar - https://www.clinicalgenome.org/This is a website by the NIH where you can type in any gene and it will list the variants that have been identified and refer you to the papers where they have been published.Franklin Genoox - https://franklin.genoox.com/clinical-db/homeThis is a website where you can look at the gene or protein of interest and look at how the variant might change the protein structure and function and what has been published.  GnomAD - https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/This is another site where you can look at a gene of interest and how the variant might affect protein structure and function.  It is run by the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA.MARRVEL - https://marrvel.org/This is a website that searches multiple databases for a gene or variant and helps to determine the likelihood that a variant might cause disease.