Immunization Practice 101:

The Cutting Edge of Immunizations

This event was held on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 at the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital and was sponsored by the American Medical Association (AMA) in cooperation with the DuPage County Health Department (DCHD), The Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (ICAAP), Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, and the DuPage County Medical Society.

Presentations

Unvaccinated: The Strange Story of Vaccine Exemptions
Paul Offit, MD
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Vaccine Education Center

Strategies to Improve Adolescent Immunization Rates
Rachel Caskey, MD, MaPP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and General Internal Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago

Pertussis and Influenza Immunization in Pregnancy, Safe-Urgent
Melvin Gerbie, MD
Professor Emeritus
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

ACIP Update
Litjen (LJ) Tan, MS, OhD
Director, Medicine and Public Health
AMerican Medical Association

I-CARE Overview
Annie Boesen
Manager, Immunization Initiatives
Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

CME Information

Please contact Una Charley for AMA CME certificate information at (312) 464-4691 or email at una.charley@ama-assn.org.