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IG Reader Teleconference Archives

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IG Living's Reader Teleconferences covered topics that affect those with autoimmune and immunodeficiency disorders. Industry experts shared the latest immune globulin (IG) news and information and answered questions from our community. To view highlights from our archives, visit the Reader Teleconference page on IGLiving.com.

A Sampling of Previous Reader Teleconferences

February 2018

Topic: "Immune Globulin (IG) Updates for 2018 and General IG Questions"
Guest speaker: Leslie J. Vaughan, RPh, Senior Vice President of Clinical Programs, Nufactor

Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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October 2017

Topic: "How to Advocate for Yourself and/or Your Loved Ones"
Guest speaker: Abbie Cornett, patient advocate for IG Living magazine

Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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June 2017

Topic: "Primary Immunodeficiencies and Comorbities"
Guest speaker: Terry O. Harville, MD, PhD, medical director of the Special Immunology Laboratory at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a consultant for immunodeficiencies, autoimmunities and transplantation

Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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April 2017

Topic: "Treating IG Side Effects"
Guest speaker: Mark Riedl, MD, MS, board-certified in allergy/immunology and an associate professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology at the University of California, San Diego
Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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January 2017

Topic: "How the 21st Century Cures Act Impacts Immune Globulin Reimbursement"
Guest speaker: Leslie J. Vaughan, RPh
Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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September 2016

Topic: "How the 21st Century Cures Act Impacts SCIG Therapy for Patients on Medicare."
Guest speaker: Leslie J. Vaughan, RPh

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August 2016

Topic: IVIG for Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Guillain Barré Syndrome and Myositis
Guest speaker: Todd Levine, MD
Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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May 2016

Topic: Transitioning to Medicare
Guest speaker: Leslie Vaughan, RPh, Nufactor Senior Vice President of Clinical Programs
Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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March 2016

Topic: The Safety of Intravenous and Subcutaneous Immune Globulin Products
Guest speaker: Keith Berman, MPH, MBA
Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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December 2015

Topic: Safety, Efficacy, Tolerability, Advantages and Disadvantages of Intravenous and Subcutaneous Immune Globulin Therapy
Guest speaker: Keith Berman, MPH, MBA
Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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September 2015

Topic: Immunology Q&A
Guest speaker: Dr. Marc Riedl.
Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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June 2015

Topic: IG Therapy and Reimbursement
Guest speaker: Our expert guest, Leslie Vaughan, RPh, Nufactor Senior Vice President of Clinical Programs, has extensive experience in the clinical management of immune globulin infusions, as well as compliance on insurance and reimbursement issues.
Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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May 2015

Topic: Advances in Gene Therapy for Primary Immunodeficiencies
Guest speaker: Caroline Kuo, M.D., clinical instructor of allergy and immunology at the UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif., who specializes in gene therapy research for primary immunodeficiencies.
Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

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October 2014

Topic: Autoimmune Neuropathies
Reader Teleconference: Facebook Chat in partnership with Neuropathy Association www.facebook.com/NeuropathyAssociation
Guest speaker: Todd Levine, M.D. (Phoenix Neurological Associates); David Saperstein, M.D.(Phoenix Neurological Associates); Michelle Greer, R.N. (reimbursement specialist, Nufactor).

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September 2014

Topic: Exercise Success While Living with Chronic Illness
Guest speaker: Matt Hansen, DPT, the director of therapy for Harmony Home Health and Hospice in Utah and New Mexico, and president of SOMA Health, LLC, which has produced its first home exercise video designed for individuals of all ages, physical conditions and medical diagnoses (www.freedom2move.org, email address mdhansen@freedom2move.org).
Highlights: To view the highlights of this meeting, click here.

Click on the links below for relevant IG Living articles written by Matt Hansen to follow up on teleconference content:

• Exercise Success
• Exercise Techniques for Relaxation
• How Much Exercise is Too Much or Too Little
• Exercise for the Mobility Impaired
• Exercise for Arthralgia
• Exercise for CIDP
• Exercise and Immune Disease