Global Allergy and Asthma Excellence Network Allergy school on Urticaria – Kazan Russia

The Global Allergy and Asthma Excellence Network held an Allergy school on Urticaria in Kazan, Russia, right after the annual meeting of the Russian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (RAACI). Some 80 allergologists, dermatologists, and pediatricians participated and contributed with lively discussions and a lot of excellent questions.

The multinational faculty was led by Professor Marcus Maurer (Berlin) and Professor Natalia Ilyina (Moscow) and included Professor Frank Siebenhaar (Berlin), Professor  Raisa Meshkova (Smolensk), Professor Inna Danilycheva (Moscow) and Dr. Tatev Ohanyan (Berlin). The school covered all aspects of chronic urticaria including pathogenesis, the burden for patients and society, the diagnostic work up and differential diagnoses, as well as the therapy of chronic urticaria. All of the participants took part in the interactive workshops and everyone passed the examination and was awarded a Knowledge Certificate of Excellence.