Physicians Educations Day
Sunday, June 28, 2026
Balboa Bay Resort and Spa
Newport Beach, California
Category I 4.5 CME Credit
11th Annual Physicians Education Day Inborn Errors of Immunity
The Foundation for Primary Immunodeficiencies organizes an annual Physicians Education Day to improve knowledge about Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases every year in June.
Speakers provide information about working of the immune system, clinical features and complications of primary immunodeficiency diseases, and various treatment options including immunoglobulin, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and gene therapy.
Topics may include:
Immune system in relation to PID, PID in Children and Adults, Pulmonary manifestations of PID, Gastrointestinal & hepatic manifestations of PID, Autoinflammatory PID, Autoimmune manifestations of PID, Immunoglobulin therapy for PID, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in PID and autoimmune diseases & gene therapy.
Registration is complimentary.
Organized and Supported by:
Foundation for Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases (FPID)
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30 | REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST |
| 8:30 | Welcome and Introduction - Sudhir Gupta (UCI) |
| 8:35 | The Immune system - Sudhir Gupta (UCI) |
| 9:05 | Gastrointestinal manifestations of Inborn errors of immunity It is not Always Easy to Trust your Gut – Marc Riedl (UCSD) |
| 9:35 | Lung in Inborn errors of immunity – Manish Butte (UCLA) |
| 10:05 | Infections in Inborn Errors of Immunity - Alexandra Freeman (NIH) |
| 10:35-10:55 | PANEL DISCUSSION |
| 10:55-11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 | Dermatological manifestation in IEI - Maria Gnarra Buethe (UCI) |
| 11:40 | Autoinflammatory diseases - Hal Hoffman (UCSD) |
| 12:10 | Autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases in Inborn errors of immunity - Troy Torgerson (Allen Institute) |
| 12:40 | Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy for Primary and Secondary Immunodeficiencies - Leman Yel (UCI) |
| 1:05 | Changing Spectrum of Cell Therapy for primary immunodeficiencies - Neena Kapoor (CHLA/USC) |
| 1:35-2:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION |
| 2:00 | LUNCH AND ADJOURN |
Sudhir Gupta, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Lab Medicine, and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Chief, Basic and Clinical Immunology, University of California, Irvine, California
Founder and Chairman, Board of Directors, Foundation for Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
Manish Butte, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics,
Chief, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Alexandra Freeman, M.D.
Director, Primary Immunodeficiency Clinic
Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology
NIAID, National Institutes of Heath
Bethesda, Maryland
Maria Gnarra Buethe, M. D, Ph.D.
Director, Pediatric Dermatology
Assistant Professor of Dermatology & Pediatrics
University of California at Irvine
Irvine, California
Harold Hoffman, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
University of California at San Diego
San Diego, California
Neena Kapoor, M.D.
Interim TCT Section Head
Director of Blood and Bone Marrow Laboratories
Children Hospital of Los Angeles
Professor of Pediatrics,
Keck USC School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Marc Riedl, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director of HAE/Urticaria Center
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of California
San Diego, California
Troy Torgerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Experimental Immunology
Allen Institute for Immunology
Seattle, Washington
Leman Yel, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Emirati)
Division of Basic and Clinical Immunology
University of California at Irvine
Irvine, California
Balboa Bay Resort and Hotel
Commodore Room
Newport Beach, California