Parent of child with EDS - Allergy/Immunology-Physician/
When not helping friends and family navigate our rugged healthcare desert, I am
• an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York
• Director, Allergy & Immunology at Metrodora Institute in Salt Lake City, UT
She is
• a Fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
• a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
• a Vice Chair of the Allergy/Immunology Work Group of the National Medical Association.
Her clinical and research efforts focus on increasing access to Allergy/Immunology Specialty care as well as the diagnosis and management of immune mediated disorders, including MCAD.
Recent publications highlight immune dysfunction in patients with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
and dysautonomia, including chapters in the book, Transforming Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, and
the recent publication from National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, entitled
Selected Heritable Disorders of Tissue and Disability.
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