2024 Speakers Coming Soon. Please look back at the 2023 speakers and moderators who significantly contributed to the success of our inaugural GFAPS.
2023 Speakers and Moderators
Stefania Arasi
MD PhD
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS
Dr. Arasi is a Pediatrician and Researcher at Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS and is Chair of the Pediatric Section Board at EAACI.
Elena Crestani
MD
Boston Children's Hospital
Dr. Elena Crestani is an allergist-immunologist in Boston, Massachusetts and is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital.
Alessandro Fiocchi
MD
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS
Dr. Fiocchi is the Director of Allergy at the Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Vatican City. Formerly director of Pediatrics at the Melloni University Hospital in Milan, Italy, he’s an expert in the field of food allergy.
Lauren Gunderman
MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Gunderman is an Allergy and Immunology Fellow at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Waheeda Samady
MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Samady is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine). She also serves as CFAAR's Director of Clinical Research.
Andrea Pappalardo
MD
UI Health
Dr. Pappalardo practices in the Division of Pediatric Allergy-Immunology at UI Health and serves as the asthma medical director in the Coordination of Healthcare for Complex Kids (CHECK) program.
Christopher Warren
PhD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Warren is an Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern Medicine and serves as CFAAR’s Director of Population Health Research.
Julia Upton
MD, MPH
University of Toronto
Dr. Julia Upton is a Clinical Immunologist and Allergist at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto (U of T), and the Medical Director of the Clinical Research Centre.