Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Recognize asthma and obesity
2. Cite the pathophysiology of asthma as it relates to obesity
3. Interpret the clinical effects of obesity on asthma
4. Sketch the treatment of the obese asthmatic
 

Faculty

Elissa Gross, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
 

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.    

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.