SPECIAL FRIDAY SYMPOSIUM, MARCH 15,1985

This Symposium will be audio and video taped; tapes will be made available for sale on site. Be sure to attend the “Meet the Speaker” forum from 12: 15 to 2:00 PM. A boxed lunch will be served. This is your opportunity to exchange ideas with the presenters in an informal atmosphere. The cost for the entire symposium, morning and afternoon, with boxed lunch, is $85.00 per person. Preregistration is required.

Morning Session: Food Allergy: Science and Reason 7:30 AM-12:15 PM

Presented by the Committee on Adverse Reactions to Foods John A. Anderson, M.D., Chairman 7:30-7:45 AM Introduction, John A. Anderson, M.D., Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich. 7:45-8: 10 AM Natural History of Adverse Reactions to Foods in Children, S. Allen Bock, M.D., National Jewish

Hospital, Boulder, Colo. 8: lo-8:35 AM Delayed ImmunoIogic Food Reactions, Douglas C. Heiner, Ph.D., UCLA Medical Center, De-

partment of Pediatrics, Torrance, Calif. 8:35-9:00 AM Role of Food Allergy in Atopic Dermatitis, Hugh A. Sampson, Duke University Medical Center,

Durham, N.C. 9:00-9:25 AM Adverse Reactions to Food Additives, Ronald A. Simon, M.D., Scripps Clinic and Research

Foundation, La Jolla, Calif. 9:25-9:50 AM Break 9:50-10:15 AM Avoidance Diets-How Selective SbouM We Be? Stephen L. Taylor, M.D., Food Research Institute,

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 10:15-lo:40 AM Food Product Labeling and the Allergist, Allan Kolbye, M.D., Nutrition Foundation, New York,

N.Y. 10:40-l 1:05 AM Unproven Procedures for the and Treatment of Food Allergy, Thomas E. VanMetre,

Jr., M.D., Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Md. 11:05-l 1:30 AM Current Practical Approach to the Diagnu& uf Swpected Adverse Reaction to Food, Dean D.

Metcalfe, M.D., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 11:30 ~~-12:15 PM Responses to Sekcted Written Questbns

Immediately after the completion of the panel session, there will be a boxed luncheon “Meet the Speaker” forum, beginning at 12:15 PM. The afternoon session of this Friday Symposium will resume at 2:00 PM.

Afternoon Session: Practical Update for the Physician in the Use of Stan- dardized Extracts in the Practice of Allergy

2:00-5: 15 PM

Presented by the Post-Graduate Education Committee and Committee on Allergenic Standardization

Richard F. Lackey, M.D., Chairman 2:00-2:05 PM Introductory Remarks, Richard F. Lackey, M.D. 2105-2~25 PM In Vitro Me&u&s to Standardize AHeFgenir Extra&, Harold Baer, Ph.D., National Center for Drugs

and Biologics, Bethesda, Md. 2125-2145 PM Use of Quantitative Immunoelectruphoresis Methods to Standardize Allergenic Extracts, Henning

Lowenstein, Ph.D., Dr.Sc., University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 2:45-3105 PM In Vivo Methods to Standardize AUergenIc Extracts, Paul ‘Brrkeltaub, M.D., National Center for

Drugs and Biologics, Bethesda, Md.