Dr. Xiu-Min Li–founder of the East-West Integrative Medical Symposium for Immunology & Wellness Clinical Practice, Science, & Technology – is a full professor in the Departments of Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, and Otolaryngology at New York Medical College/ Westchester Medical Center. She has pioneered research into the efficacy, safety and mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine ..read more

Allergy parents and patients wonder about how their gut health diet influenced their condition to begin with and what they can do going forward. Jera Qianhui Zhang will address these concerns. She is a licensed dietitian, a certified lactation counselor, and trained in the Low FODMAP Diet Protocol for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. She is also ..read more

Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) has been a stubborn problem for many food-allergy sufferers. The esophagus is infiltrated by white blood cells called eosinophils–the same culprit involved in cases of allergic asthma–causing constriction, difficulty swallowing, and eventual tissue remodeling. Abstinence and swallowing oral steroids have been the only recourse, with the recent addition of the the biologic ..read more

Those who have followed this website since its inception will remember the name Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, M.D., PhD. In a long-ago post she discussed her work with the US Department of Defense on a food allergy policy for recruits*. She is now Professor of Pediatrics at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Department of ..read more

It is by now an article of faith that beneficial bacteria help maintain immune health. Worry that antibiotics and skin sanitizers wipe out the good along with the bad is a fixture in current discussions of allergic disease. Dr. Geliebter will review the role of microbiota in eczema. He is a Professor in the Department ..read more

The Western diet is high in substances called high-glycation end products that keep the immune system in a vigilant inflammatory state. When an individual is also food allergic, the presence of allergens may provoke an excessive response that mimics a normal mechanism for eliminating dead or dying tissue. The combination can be deadly. Raj Tiwari ..read more

Dr. Yang oversees the chemistry research group in Dr. Xiu-Min Li’s team and is highly involved in the designing research, new treatment formulation, active component identification, and biological activity investigation. He is going to talk about the immune linkage between two headline disorders and possible treatment for both. He is Research Assistant Professor, Department of ..read more

Kamal joined the Li lab in 1999, very shortly after it was established, and in the years since has played an integral role in preclinical development and testing of TCM herbal formulas for food allergy and asthma. She is currently Senior Scientist at General Nutraceutical Technology, LLC and Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology ..read more

  Anne Maitland is both an MD and a PhD. She claims that key to her interest in diagnosing and treating patients with mast cell activation disorders lies in the difference between the ways she was trained to think for the two degrees. She says, “MDs are taught to profile patients. PhDs are taught to ..read more

You’ve heard from a patient. Now you will hear from a doctor. Topical Steroid Withdrawal, aka Topical Steroid Addiction, Red-Skin Syndrome, and other evocative names, is as grim as it sounds. Dr. Sheary, who was introduced to us by Dr. Peter Lio, a familiar name to long-time readers of this website, is a general practitioner ..read more