This supplement to The American Journal of Managed Care includes information on controlling asthma outcomes, symptoms, and treatment strategies. It has been peer reviewed by an expert in the field.
Faculty
Principal Authors
Donald A. Bukstein, MD
Director, Allergy and Asthma Research
Dean Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Family Practice
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Craig A. Jones, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Dennis K. Ledford, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida
Peter Smith, MD
Chief, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Long Island College Hospital
Professor of Clinical Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Michael E. Wechsler, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard School of Medicine
Associate Physician
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Contributing Author
Frank L. Urbano, MD, FACP
Mount Laurel Primary Care Physicians
Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Disclosure Statement
PRIME® Disclosure Statement
PRIME® holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs be free of commercial bias. The faculty have been asked to disclose any relationship they have with companies producing pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, etc, that might be germane to their contribution(s) to this CME/CE activity or any relationship they have with the commercial supporter of the program. These disclosures are not intended to suggest or condone bias but are elicited to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance in their evaluation of the program. The faculty has reported receiving something of value from a company whose product may be germane to the content of the program. Something of value refers to an equity position, vested interest, receipt of royalties, consultantship, funding by a research grant, honoraria received for educational services, or any other relationship to a company that provides sufficient reason for disclosure. The content of this CME activity may contain discussions of off-label uses of some of the agents mentioned. Please consult the prescribing information for full disclosure of approved uses.
It is the policy of The American Journal of Managed Care to have all faculty who participate in programs sponsored by pharmaceutical companies disclose any real or apparent conflicts of interest.
These participants disclose the following:
- Donald A. Bukstein, MD
Consultant to/participated in physician education programs/served on asthma advisory boards for/and/or has been a member of speakers' bureaus for:
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American Lung Association
- American Thoracic Society
- AstraZeneca
- Genentech
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Merck & Co, Inc
- Novartis
- Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals
- Schering-Plough
- Craig A. Jones, MD
Grant/research support from:
- Genentech
- Merck
Consultant to:
- Critical Therapeutics
- Genentech
- Merck
- Sanofi-Aventis
Speakers' bureau for:
- AstraZeneca
- Genentech
- Merck
- Novartis
- Dennis K. Ledford, MD
Grant/research support from:
- Baylor
- Genentech
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Novartis
Consultant for:
- Genentech
- Medpointe
Clinical investigator for:
- Genentech
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Medpointe
- Novartis
Speaker's bureau for and major stockholder with:
- AstraZeneca
- Genentech
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Merck
- Novartis
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Schering
- Peter Smith, MD
Consultant for:
- Genentech
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Novartis
Speakers' bureau for:
- Boehringer-Ingelheim
- GlaxoSmithKlein
- Novartis/Genentech
- Pfizer
- Michael E. Wechsler, MD
Consultant to:
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Merck
- Novartis/Genentech
Research support from:
- Merck
Speakers' bureau for:
- Boehringer-Ingelheim/Pfizer
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Merck
- Novartis-Genentech
- Frank L. Urbano, MD, FACP
Dr Urbano discloses that he is the medical director for PRIME®, the accredited provider of this CME activity.
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