Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome
A Food Allergy CE/CME Curriculum Course

This webcast is scheduled for Wednesday, July 31st at 12pm (ET), 11am (CT), 10am (MT), 9am (PT).

Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, MD, PhD examines the clinical presentation of Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES); summarizes common food triggers of FPIES; distinguishes FPIES from other major non-IgE-mediated food allergies; discusses oral food challenges for patients with suspected FPIES; and identifies medical and nutritional strategies using current FPIES guidelines.

This activity is part of the Food Allergy Curriculum: Understanding Food Allergies in Infants and Children: The Symptoms, Diagnoses, and Management

If you are unable to stream the webcast, you may participate via telephone by calling 888-599-8688 and entering passcode 356007 when prompted.

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  Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, MD, PhD

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  Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, MD, PhD, is a professor of pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and director of the Pediatric Allergy Program at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone Health in New York City. She received her medical degree from Jagiellonian University in Poland, where she also completed an internship. Dr. Nowak-Wegrzyn completed pediatric residencies at Polish-American Children’s Hospital in Cracow, and the University of Maryland in Baltimore. She was awarded a fellowship in allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Nowak-Wegrzyn received her PhD degree from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Poland. She is one of the few physicians, worldwide, who is board certified in pediatrics, allergy and immunology.

  Dr. Nowak-Wegrzyn has an international reputation as an expert in pediatric food allergies, anaphylaxis and food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES). She is the principal investigator for a number of clinical trials, and her research interests include egg and milk allergy, food-induced anaphylaxis treatment and risk factors, diagnostic issues in food allergy, and FPIES. Landmark research studies led by Dr. Nowak-Wegrzyn of baked milk and egg diets changed the standard of care for millions of milk- and egg-allergic children by allowing them to ingest these foods in baked products.

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  Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, MD, PhD

  Professor of Pediatrics
  Director, Division of Allergy and Immunology
  Department of Pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  New York University Langone Health
  New York, New York