Virtual CME Workshop: Managing the Syndrome Soup: POTS, EDS, MCAS & ME/CFS

Document Type

Workshop

Publication Date

12-5-2020

Abstract

This webinar has already taken place, but you can still sign up to receive access to all of the recorded lectures and Q&A sessions. Recorded lectures will be available soon. Please check back to this registration page for the Sign Up option.

We want to thank all of the speakers who participated in this educational event. Each presentation was informative and provided a great overview of autonomic disorders and methods of treatments for the dysautonomia patient community. Be sure to check out upcoming webinars and events hosted by Dysautonomia International ~ bit.ly/DysEvents.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the role of autonomic testing in the diagnostic evaluation of autonomic disorders.
  • Discuss conditions known to cause, be associated with, or mimic autonomic dysfunction, and how to identify them.
  • Identify the diagnostic criteria for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and common co-morbid conditions.
  • Implement standard treatment for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and common co-morbid conditions.

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Workshop Agenda:

  • 9:00 - 9:15am: Introduction by Nancy Klimas, MD - Director, Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine; Professor of Medicine at Nova Southeastern University
  • 9:15 - 10:00am: Overview of Autonomic Disorders by Brent Goodman, MD - Director, Autonomic Lab; Assistant Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale
  • 10:00-10:45am: Neurally Mediated Hypotension & Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Peter Rowe, MD - Director, Children's Center Chronic Fatigue Clinic; Professor of Pediatrics at John Hopkins University
  • 10:45 - 11:30am: Mast Cell Activation Syndrome by Anne Maitland, MD, PhD - Director, Comprehensive Allergy and Asthma; Assistant Professor Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • 11:30am - 12:00pm: Live Q&A with the Speakers
  • 12:00 - 12:45pm: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome by Amanda Miller, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow at Penn State College of Medicine
  • 12:45 - 1:30pm: Overview of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome & Orthostatic Intolerance by Lauren Stiles, JD - President & Co-Founder, Dysautonomia International; Research Assistant Professor of Neurology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine
  • 1:30-2:15pm: Drug & Non-Drug Treatments for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome & Orthostatic Intolerance by Amanda Miller, PhD
  • 2:15 - 3:00pm: Closing Q&A with the Speakers

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