Concurrent Session-Banyan 1

Q&A with Allergy/Immunology Panel

Thursday, October 9, 2025

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time

Location: Banyan 1

Moderator(s)

Robert W. Hostoffer, Jr., DO, FACOI (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
Case Western Reserve University
Bratenahl, Ohio, United States
John A. Frith, DO, FAAAAI

Allergy/Immunology PhysicianFellow of AAAAI Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor
Family Allergy & Asthma Care

Disclosure(s):

John A. Frith, DO, FAAAAI: No financial relationships to disclose

Richet G. La découverte de l'anaphylaxie, brève mais triomphale rencontre de deux physiologistes (1) (1902) [The discovery of anaphylaxis, a brief but triumphant encounter of two physiologists (1902)]. Hist Sci Med. 2003 Oct-Dec;37(4):463-9. French. PMID: 14989211.
https://nypost.com/2022/04/08/dangerous-portuguese-man-o-war-blow-into-florida-south-carolina-beaches/. (Physalia picture)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8253175_Pharaoh_Menes'_death_after_an_anaphylactic_reaction_-_The_end_of_a_myth
https://www.aafa.org/media/1596/anaphylaxis-in-america-letter-to-editor.pdf
https://aacijournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13223-018-0283-4.pdf
https://aacijournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13223-018-0284-3.pdf
https://aacijournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13223-018-0289-y.pdf

Learning Objectives:

• At the end of this lecture the audience will be able to understand the mechanism of anaphylaxis
• At the end of this lecture the audience will understand the clinical presentations of anaphylaxis
• At the end of this lecture the audience will be able to effectively use epinephrine in the treatment of anaphylaxis.