Webinar Series Spergel

Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD
Chief, Allergy Section
Co-Director, Center for Pediatric Eosinophilic Disorders
Children’s Hospital Philadelphia

Dr. Spergel earned his medical and graduate education at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital.  He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Chief of the Allergy Section at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  Dr. Spergel is the Principal Investigator for multiple studies in the fields of atopic dermatitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, and food allergies.

What role do food allergies play in EoE?	Will some patients outgrow their food triggers?
Can seasonal allergies cause eosinophilic esophagitis?	How accurate is allergy testing?
What is the current standard for measuring EoE?	Is there a difference between childhood and adult disease?
Do all patients need to be on an elimination diet?	How does a parent know when their child is responding to a treatment?
How long can someone stay on a topical steroid therapy?	What are the different diet approaches to EoE?
What is different about treatment as a child transitions into adolescence and then to adulthood?	What is the youngest age you would expect to see an EoE diagnosis?
What are the most important research findings over the past yea