Flora Abrahamian, MD
Paula Ardron, MD
Barbara Ariue, MD
Ellyn Ashida, MD
Jennifer Baik, MD
Saad Bakhaya,MD
Richard Barbers, MD
Marc Baskin, MD
Maxine Baum, MD
Morris Beck, MD
Clifford Beck, MD
Gildon Beall, MD
Saraleen Benouni, MD
Madhu Berman, MD
Joann Blessing-Moore, MD
Sheila Bonilla-Tandoc, MD
Melinda Braskett, MD
Edward Buchsbaum, MD
Emil Burger, MD
Amber Burnette, MD
Natalie Cac, MD
Reyneiro Castro, MD
Wan-Yin Chan, MD
John Chase, MD
Jen Jen Chen, MD
Ophelia Chen, MD
Dean Chiang, MD
Matthew Chiang, MD
Soo Hyun Choi, MD
Preeti Chopra, MD
Joseph Church , MD
William Crawford, MD
Maricar Cutillar-Garcia, MD
Richard Danzinger, MD
Joshua Davidson, MD, MPH
Marine Demirjian, MD
Joseph Dizon, MD
LanAnh Do, MD
Chittur Easwaran, MD, PhD
Robert Eitches , MD
Stuart Epstein, MD
Housang Farhadian, MD
Ronald Ferdman, MD
Catherine Fuller, MD
Bernard Geller, MD, PhD
Allen Gerber, MD
Mary Elise Gianos, MD
Gary Gibbon, MD
Mike Glovsky, MD
Bruce Goldberg, MD
Marshall Goldberg, MD
Margaret Goldenhersh, 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
Raymond Hong, MD
Elena Hsieh, MD
Yvonne Hsieh, MD
Edward Hu, MD
Peter Huynh, MD
Marion Johnson, MD
Imran Junaid, MD
Sandy Jung, MD
Rita Kachru, MD
Amol Kamboi, MD
Lewis Kanter, MD
Pravin Kapadia, MD
Michael Kaplan, MD
Roger Katz, MD
Eugene Kenigsberg, MD
Alan Khadavi, MD
Kellie Kim, MD
Susan Jene Kim, MD
Tania Kimia, MD
William Klaustermeyer, MD
Roger Kobayashi, MD
Frank Kwong, MD
Gilbert Kuhn, MD
Kumar Kulkarni, MD
Amiinah Kung, MD
Caroline Kuo, MD
Margaret Kurohara, MD
Christina Lee, MD
Stacy Lee, MD
Stephanie Ann Leonard, MD
Marilyn Li, MD
Cornelia Licona, MD
Lisa Lim, MD
Cheri Lin, MD
Henry Lin, MD
Renata Lubens , MD
Ghodsi Madani, MD
Cassandra Mahan-Richards, MD
Krikor Manoukian, MD
Katie Marks, MD
Helen Mawhinney, MD
Michael Medici, MD
Steve Meltzer, MD
Marc Meth, MD
Robert Meth, MD
Lawrence Mihalas, MD
Stuart Min, MD
Thomas Mirzai, DO
Alfred Moon, MD
Michael Mosher, MD
Harold Ochsner, MD
Jacob Offenberger, MD
Lydia Oftadeh, MD
Howard Ort, MD
Chiraag Patel, MD
Sonal Patel, MD
Allen Peerless, MD
Michael Perera, MD
Tanya Phares
Cristina Porch-Curren, MD
Marvin Portner, MD
Liza Presser Belkin, MD
Jorge Quell, MD
Gary Rachelefsky, MD
Asif Rafi, MD
Krithika Ramadas, MD
Anoshie Ratnayake, MD
Leslie Rawitt, MD
Nasser Redjal, MD
Marc Reidl, MD
Ronald Reuben, MD
Michael Roberts, MD
Robert Roberts, MD, PhD
Larry Robinson, MD
Harold Rosengren, MD
Richard Roth, MD
Monika Saeedian, MD
Shefali Samant , MD
Yana Samarasena, MD
Andrew Saxon , MD
Kianoush Shakib, MD
Howard Schanker, MD
Jud Schoendorf, MD
Joyce Schoettler, MD
Danica Schulte, MD
Lyne Scot, MD
Joseph Shapiro, MD
Lee Sheinkopf , MD
Lawrence Sher, MD
Sheldon Siegel, MD
Seymour Silverberg, MD
Walter Siporin, MD
John H. Smith, Jr., MD
Margaret Soderberg, MD
Charles Song, MD
Caroline Spagnola, MD
Dale Sparks, MD
Sheldon Spector, MD
Anne Staveren , MD
Richard Stiehm, MD
Lawrence Strick, MD
Michael Sue, MD
Alan Szeftel, MD
Raffi Tachdjian, MD, MPH
Scott Takahashi, PharmD
Marc Tamaroff, MD
Douglas Tamkin, MD
Ricardo Tan, MD
Salima Thobani, MD
Divyang Trevedi, MD
Donald Unger, MD
Geeta Venkat, MD
Prashant Verma, MD
Sanjiv Verma, MD
Loida Viera, MD
James Villaveces, MD
Robert Vinetz, MD
Caroline Watson, MD
Ray Williams, MD
Stephen Wong , MD
Michelle Yadegari, MD
Alisa Yang, MD
Frank Yamamoto, MD
Denis Yoshii, DO
Karine Zakarian, MD
Ulrike Ziegner, 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. |
