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Design Committee Disclosure of Significant Relationships

AAAAI Disclosure Policy
Pursuant to the Code of Ethics for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) and the Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the AAAAI requires disclosure of certain information from faculty members of educational activities designated for CME credit by the AAAAI. Prior to the activity, faculty members are required to disclose all relationships that meet the following parameters:

• Employment. Name of employer and job title.
• Financial interests. All organizations, other than the employer, from which the faculty member or a member of his/her immediate family or household receives annual remuneration in any amount (including grants, honoraria and counseling fees).
• Research interests. All organizations which support research projects for which the faculty member or member of his/her immediate family or household serves as an investigator.
• Organizational interests. All organizations, other than the AAAAI, for which the faculty member holds volunteer positions.
• Gifts. All organizations from which the faculty member or a member of his/her immediate family or household have received a gift of any amount in the last year.
• Other interests. All interests of the faculty member or a member of his/her immediate family or household that would be judged by a majority of his/her peers to be more than casual and/or likely to impact his/her ability to exercise independent judgment. This includes any financial interest in or relationship with any manufacturer of a commercial product, and any financial interest or relationship with any organization that provides commercial support to AAAAI- sponsored educational activities.

The information disclosed by the design committee members of this activity is reported below for the review and information of activity participants.

Design Committee Members and their Disclosures:
Sophie J. Balk, MD, MPH, FAAP: Employment: Pediatrician, Monefiore Medical Center; Financial: Nothing to disclose; Research: Nothing to disclose; Organizational: Nothing to disclose; Gifts: Nothing to disclose; Other: Nothing to disclose.

Dana Best, MD, MPH, FAAP: Employment: Physician, Children’s National Medical Center; Financial: Grant – Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute; Consultant – Enoch & Kildoff, LLP, National Institutes of Health; Research: Grant – Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute; National Institutes of Health; Organizational: American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee Member; Gifts: Nothing to disclose; Other: Nothing to disclose .

Stanley Goldstein, MD, FAAAAI: Employment: Allergy and Asthma Care of Long Island: Director; Financial: Novartis: Clinical research, speakers bureau; GlaxoSmithKline: Clinical research, speakers bureau; Schering Plough: Clinical research, speakers bureau; Sanofi Aventis: Clinical research, speakers bureau; Merck: Clinical research, speakers bureau; Genentech: Clinical research, speakers bureau; Hoffman La-Roche: Clinical research; Amgen: Clinical research; Skye Pharma: Clinical research; Allergy Therapeutics: Clinical research: Apotex: Clinical research; Cobalis: Clinical research; AstraZeneca: Speakers bureau; Research: Novartis: Clinical research; GlaxoSmithKline: Clinical research; Schering Plough: Clinical research; Sanofi Aventis: Clinical research; Merck: Clinical research; Genentech: Clinical research; Hoffman La-Roche: Clinical research; Amgen: Clinical research; Skye Pharma: Clinical research; Allergy Therapeutics: Clinical research; Apotex: Clinical research; Cobalis: Clinical research; Organizational: Asthma Coalition of Long Island: Chair; NYS Asthma Guideline Expert Panel: Member; Gifts: Nothing to disclose; Other: Nothing to disclose

Sawida Kamara, MPH: Employment: Senior Project Coordinator, Children’s National Medical Center; Financial: Nothing to disclose; Research: Nothing to disclose; Organizational: Nothing to disclose; Gifts: Nothing to disclose; Other: Nothing to disclose.

Colleen Kraft, MD: Employment: Pediatrician, Pediatric and Adolescent Health Partners; Financial: [Discontinued All as of 3/1/08] Speakers Bureau – Merck (Vaccine Division), GlaxoSmithKline, MedImmune, Sanofi-Pasteur; Research: Nothing to disclose; Organizational: American Academy of Pediatrics, Chapter President, VA Chapter, Medical Home Plan, Inc., Medical Director, Greater Richmond ACC, Medical Director; Gifts: Nothing to disclose; Other: Nothing to disclose.
Dottie Schell, BS, AN, CTAS: Employment: State Wide Director Tobacco Education Programs, PA Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics; Financial: Nothing to disclose; Research: Nothing to disclose; Organizational: Nothing to disclose; Gifts: Nothing to disclose; Other: Nothing to disclose.

Susanne E. Tanski, MD, MPH, FAAP: Employment: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School; Financial: Nothing to disclose; Research: Grantee - Flight Attendants Medical Research Institute, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Grantee/co-investigator – National Cancer Institute; Organizational: Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics; Member-Ambulatory Pediatrics Association and Docs for Tots; Board Member – Media Power; Gifts: Nothing to disclose; Other: Nothing to disclose.