MARIANNE FRIERI, MD, PHD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, CHIEF OF ALLERGY IMMUNOLOGY AT NUMC, GUEST SPEAKER AT THE 2011 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA AND IMMUNOLOGY
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November 1, 2011
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MARIANNE FRIERI, MD, PHD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, CHIEF OF ALLERGY IMMUNOLOGY AT NUMC, GUEST SPEAKER AT THE 2011 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA AND IMMUNOLOGY
East Meadow, NY… Marianne Frieri, MD, PhD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, chief of allergy and immunology at the Nassau University Medical Center, has been invited to lecture at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) on November 4-6, 2011 in Boston, MA. The meeting will offer an exciting array of educational sessions for physicians, allied health professionals and office managers.
Dr. Frieri will present 4 workshops: Probiotics in Allergic Diseases; Immunodeficiencies Aren’t Always What They Seem; Vitamin D and Allergic Diseases; Challenging Cases for the Expert Allergist, and a poster with one of our own NUMC Internal Medicine residents on “A Case of Persistent Eosinophilia in Lupus Nephritis”, M. Frieri, S. Akkina, and P. Anand,
The theme for this 69th ACAAI Annual Meeting is Proud of our Past – Preparing for our Future. The Program Committee selected this title because this year is the centennial anniversary of immunotherapy, and we also must have the tools to evolve into the future. Committee members such as Dr. Frieri have worked hard to ensure that the sessions provide cutting-edge science with the clinical correlation to help us expand our skills to improve patient care.
Dr. Frieri completed her post-graduate residency training in Internal Medicine at St. Joseph Hospital an affiliate of Northwestern University Medical Center in 1980 and completed a fellowship in Allergy Immunology in the NIAID at the National Institute of Health in 1983, prior to becoming the director of clinical immunology and allergy immunology training at the Nassau University Medical Center. She is triple board certified in internal medicine, allergy immunology and diagnostic laboratory immunology and professor of medicine and pathology at SUNY Stony Brook and on the teaching faculty for the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine at NUMC.
She served on the ACAAI Board of Regents from 1994 until 1997, and on the JCAAI Board of Directors from 2001 until 2005. She currently serves on several AAAAI committees and the ACAAI committees for allergy/immunology training director’s planning, basic and clinical immunology, membership recruitment, pregnancy, women in allergy and women’s health. She was selected by ACAAI and American Medical Association for the ACGME RRC, for Allergy Immunology, 2006-2012, and by ACAAI for the US Gloria Advisory Board in 2008-2009. She was honored with the ACAAI 2006, distinguished fellow award and 2008 distinguished service award, and received the ACAAI women in allergy award in 2002 and from the AAAAI in 2003. Dr. Frieri is past president of the Long Island Allergy and Asthma Society, 1995-97 and currently serves on the board of directors and CME committee. Her many other tributes included the CSEA women in local government recognition award and certificate of special congressional recognition.
ABOUT ACAAI
The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, established in 1942, is a professional association of more than 5,000 allergists/immunologists and allied health professionals. Its mission is to promote excellence in the practice of the subspecialty of allergy and immunology. The College fosters a culture of collaboration and congeniality in which its members work together and with others toward the common goals of patient care, education, advocacy and research. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology promotes excellence in the practice of the sub specialty of allergy and immunology.
ABOUT NUHEALTH
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