Division of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology

Our faculty offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment of asthma and allergies (seasonal, perennial, stinging insect, food, fungal, drug, chemical) and respiratory, skin, and immunologic conditions.

Along with general clinics, UVA offers clinics in immune deficiency and eosinophilic esophagitis and a combined allergy and sinus clinic in conjunction with colleagues from other divisions.

Monica Lawrence, MD, Named Designated Institutional Official and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

Following an extensive national search, UVA Health University Medical Center has selected Dr. Monica Lawrence as Designated Institutional Official (DIO) and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education (GME), effective April 8. In this role, Dr. Lawrence will supervise all GME programs, overseeing approximately 850 residents, fellows, and trainees across our organization.

Read About the Latest Research Being Done by Allergy and Immunology

In addition to providing comprehensive care for adult patients with the spectrum of allergic disorders and asthma our division has numerous specialized clinical initiatives and lab research interests...

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Unanimously Named Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, the 2024 Recipient of the AAAAI Distinguished Scientist Award

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) unanimously named Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, emeritus professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine’s Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Division as the 2024 recipient of the AAAAI Distinguished Scientist Award.

Michael Nelson MD PhD Recipient of Walter Reed Distinguished Achievement Award

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Nelson, Professor of Medicine and Division Chief for Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology; he has been named the 2023 recipient of the Walter Reed Distinguished Achievement Award.

Emily C. McGowan, MD, PhD, Awarded $3.9 Million Grant

Emily McGowan, MD PhD, has been awarded a 5-year, $3.9 million grant from the NIH to study the role of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) antibodies to milk proteins in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).

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The Division of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology is making discoveries and conducting research in areas such as immune deficiency, peanut allergy, the role of rhinovirus in asthma, the epidemiology of asthma, and tick-associated delayed anaphylaxis to red meat.

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