Flora Abrahamian, MD
Barbara Ariue, MD
Jennifer Baik, MD
Saad Bakhaya,MD
Maxine Baum, MD
Morris Beck, MD
Clifford Beck, MD
Madhu Berman, MD
Sheila Bonilla-Tandoc, MD
Melinda Braskett, MD
Edward Buchsbaum, MD
Emil Burger, MD
Amber Burnette, MD
Karin Chen, MD
Dean Chiang, MD
Matthew Chiang, MD
Joseph Church , MD
William Crawford, MD
Maricar Cutillar-Garcia, MD
Richard Danzinger, MD
Joseph Dizon, MD
LanAnh Do, MD
Chittur Easwaran, MD
Robert Eitches , MD
Stuart Epstein, MD
Housang Farhadian, MD
Niloofar Farmani, MD
Ronald Ferdman, MD
Catherine Fuller, MD
Bernard Geller, MD
Allen Gerber, MD
Mary Elise Gianos, MD
Gary Gibbon, MD
Mike Glovsky, MD
Bruce Goldberg, MD
Marshall Goldberg, MD
Margaret Goldenhersh, MD
Patricia Gomez-Dinger, MD
Eve Gordon, MD
Alan Green, MD
Cathy Green, MD
Jean Hanley-Lopez, MD
Richard Harris, MD
William Harris, MD
Thomas Hartman, MD
Anthony Hirsch, MD
Fredrick Ho, MD
Susan Hodes, MD
Peter Huynh, MD
Jung Sook Johnson, MD
Marion Johnson, MD
Sandy Jung, MD
Rita Kachru, MD
Lewis Kanter, MD
Pravin Kapadia, MD
Michael Kaplan, MD
Roger Katz, MD
Eugene Kenigsberg, MD
Gilbert Kuhn, MD
Kumar Kulkarni, MD
Margaret Kurohara, MD
Michael Land, MD
Christina Lee, MD
Stacy Lee, MD
Marilyn Li, MD
Cornelia Licona, MD
Renata Lubens , MD
Ghodsi Madani, MD
Helen Mawhinney, MD
Cassandra Mahan-Richards, MD
Michael Medici, MD
Steve Meltzer, MD
Robert Meth, MD
Lawrence Mihalas, MD
Michael Mosher, MD
Harold Ochsner, MD
Jacob Offenberger, MD
Lydia Oftadeh, MD
Howard Ort, MD
Sonal Patel, MD
Allen Peerless, MD
Michael Perera, MD
Cristina Porch-Curren, MD
Marvin Portner , MD
Jorge Quell, MD
Gary Rachelefsky, MD
Asif Rafi, MD
Krithika Ramadas, MD
Nasser Redjal, MD
Marc Reidl, MD
Michael Roberts, MD
Robert Roberts, MD
Harold Rosengren, MD
Richard Roth, MD
Andrew Saxon , MD
Shefali Samant , MD
Kianoush Shakib, MD
Howard Schanker, MD
Jud Schoendorf, MD
Joyce Schoettler, MD
Joseph Shapiro, MD
Lee Sheinkopf , MD
Lawrence Sher, MD
Sheldon Siegel, MD
Seymour Silverberg, MD
Walter Siporin , MD
John Smith, MD
Margaret Soderberg, MD
Charles Song, MD
Caroline Spagnola, MD
Sheldon Spector, MD
Anne Staveren , MD
Richard Stiehm, MD
Lawrence Strick, MD
Michael Sue, MD
Alan Szeftel, MD
Scott Takahashi, PharmD
Marc Tamaroff, MD
Douglas Tamkin, MD
Ricardo Tan, MD
Salima Thobani, MD
Divyang Trevedi, MD
Sanjiv Verma, MD
Caroline Watson, MD
Ray Williams, MD
Stephen Wong , MD
Alisa Yang, MD
Frank Yamamoto, MD
Denis Yoshii, MD |
What Is An Allergist/Immunologist?
An allergist/immunologist is a physician specially
trained to manage and treat allergies and asthma.
Becoming an allergist/immunologist requires completion
of at least nine years of training. After completing
medical school, a physician will then undergo three
years of training in internal medicine (to become an
internist) or pediatrics (to become a pediatrician).
Once physicians have finished training in one of these
specialties, they must pass the exam of either the
American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) or the American Board
of Internal Medicine (ABIM). Internists or pediatricians
who wish to focus on the subspecialty of
allergy/immunology then complete at least an additional
two years of study, called a fellowship, in an
allergy/immunology training program.
Allergist/immunologists who are listed as ABAI-certified
have successfully passed the certifying examination of
the American Board of Allergy and Immunology (ABAI),
following their fellowship.
As a result of this extensive study and training, an
allergist/immunologist is the best-qualified medical
professional to effectively manage the comprehensive
needs of patients with allergic disease.
Allergist/immunologists are trained in the prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment of immune system problems such
as allergies, asthma, inherited immunodeficiency
diseases, autoimmune diseases and even AIDS.
Studies show that those under the care of an
allergist/immunologist patients make fewer visits to
emergency rooms, and are better able to daily manage
their allergies and asthma. |
