News from the Department of Pediatrics

Allergy Fellows Present at Regional and National Medical Meetings

September 17, 2011

Dr. Erin Cannington, 2nd year allergy-immunology fellow.

Dr. Todd Cross, 2nd year allergy-immunology fellow.

Augusta, Ga. - At the 2011 Southeastern Allergy Asthma and Immunology Society annual meeting, Drs. Todd Cross and Erin Cannington, second-year allergy-immunology fellows, presented their research.

Dr. Lance Potter (who finished his fellowship in June 2011) received the award for the best paper presented at the 2010 SEAAIS meeting.

Dr. Bill Dolen received the Hal Davison award for the best scientific presentation at the 2010 SEAAIS meeting.

Dr. Rob Cartwright, a GHSU graduate, and a graduate of the allergy-immunology fellowship program, gave a scientific presentation on cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes.

Drs. Cross and Cannington also have presentations at the November annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, in Boston. Dr. Jordan Smallwood also has a paper accepted for presentation.