(ON-DEMAND ACOI 2024) When to Test and How to Interpret
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CME Credit Available:
This activity offers .75 1A AOA
Note: ACOI reports credits to the AOA at the beginning of each month.
Learning Objectives:
In this session, you'll learn how to:
- After this presentation, the audience will understand the adverse effects that unproven allergies testing can affect patient’s lives.
- After this presentation, the audience will be able to list the unproven allergy testing that has been used.
- After this presentation the audience will be able to encourage colleagues not to utilize such unproven allergy tests.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures:
ACOI requires each planner and presenter to identify all conflicts of interest and mitigates risk of bias using a series of strategies for relevant conflicts. Unless otherwise noted below, the ACOI, ACOI staff and planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Robert W. Hostoffer, Jr., DO, FACOI, faculty for this activity, has no relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Release & Review Date:
This activity is valid from January 1, 2025, until January 1, 2028.
Robert W. Hostoffer, Jr., DO, FACOI (he/him/his)
Associate Professor
Case Western Reserve University
Robert W. Hostoffer, DO, is an AOA board-certified osteopathic allergist, immunologist and pediatrician.
Dr. Hostoffer practices at Allergy/Immunology Associates in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. He is a clinical professor at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine at Athens, an associate professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and an adjunct professor at Lake Erie College of osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Hostoffer is the past president of the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians, Cleveland Academy of Osteopathic Medicine, Cleveland Allergy Association and the Ohio Osteopathic Association. He is now a member of the board of the American Osteopathic Association and NOBME. He is the program director of the Allergy/Immunology fellowship (ACGME/Osteopathic Recognition).
Dr. Hostoffer earned his Osteopathic medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency training at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and a fellowship in pediatric immunology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has completed a master’s in medical education (LECOM, Erie, PA) as well as a master’s in business administration (St Joseph University, Philadelphia, PA) and a certificate in Physician Leadership from the University of Chicago.
Dr Hostoffer has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, 14 book chapters, 160 abstracts/posters and given 290 invited presentations.