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Michelle B. Lierl, MD

Clinical Allergist

UC Department of Pediatrics

Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-6771

Fax: 513-636-4615

Email: michelle.lierl@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Periodic fever with aphthous stomatitis; Pharangytis and Cervical Adenitis Syndrome (PFAPA); treatment and prevention of asthma; allergic rhinitis; eczema; food allergy; anaphylaxis; suspected immune deficiency

Research Interests

Role of environmental allergen and pollutants in childhood asthma; asthma pathogenisis and treatment; inflammatory processes in Pharangytis and Cervical Adenitis Syndrome (PFAPA); response of PFAPA to treatment with Singulair (montelukast)

Biography

Michelle B. Lierl, MD, is board-certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Allergy / Immunology. Dr. Lierl's primary clinical interests are diagnosis and treatment of asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic cough, food, latex, insect venom and drug allergies, and eczema.

Dr. Lierl has been treating allergy patients in the Allergy and Asthma Clinic, which provides state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment of asthma and allergies, as well as comprehensive patient education regarding these diseases. She has developed community outreach and patient / family education programs for urban children with asthma and their families.

Dr. Lierl also helps staff the Allergy inpatient service, which provides consultation for the management of patients with difficult-to-manage asthma, suspected drug allergies, anaphylaxis, or suspected immune deficiency.

Education and Training

MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 1979.

Residency: University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, 1979 to 1982.

Fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA, 1984 - 1986; Allergy / Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1986 - 1988.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1984; Allergy / Immunology, 1987; Pediatric Pulmonary, 1989, 1996, 2002.

Publications

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Spanier AJ, Kahn RS, Hornung RW, Wang N, Sun G, Lierl MB, Lanphear BP. Environmental exposures, nitric oxide synthase genes, and exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic children.Pediatr Pulmonol. 2009 Aug;44(8):812-9.

Spanier AJ, Hornung RW, Kahn RS, Lierl MB, Lanphear BP. Seasonal variation and environmental predictors of exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma.Pediatr Pulmonol. 2008 Jun;43(6):576-83.

Lierl M. Periodic fever syndromes: a diagnostic challenge for the allergist.Allergy. 2007 Dec;62(12):1349-58. Review.

Spanier AJ, Hornung R, Lierl M, Lanphear BP. Environmental exposures and exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma.J Pediatr. 2006 Aug;149(2):220-6.

Lierl MB, Hornung RW. Relationship of outdoor air quality to pediatric asthma exacerbations. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2003 Jan;90(1):28-33.

Lierl MB. Isolated late cutaneous reactions to allergen skin testing in children. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2000 Mar;84(3):294-8.

Assa'ad A, Lierl M. Effect of acellular pertussis vaccine on the development of allergic sensitization to environmental allergens in adults.J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2000 Jan;105(1 Pt 1):170-5.

Alibrahim A, Lepore M, Lierl M, Filipovich A, Assaád A. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in an infant with X-linked agammaglobulinemia.J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1998 Apr;101(4 Pt 1):552-3.

Assa'ad AH, Ballard ET, Sebastian KD, Loven DP, Boivin GP, Lierl MB. Effect of superoxide dismutase on a rabbit model of chronic allergic asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 1998 Mar;80(3):215-24.

Yassin MS, Lierl MB, Fischer TJ, O'Brien K, Cross J, Steinmetz C. Latex allergy in hospital employees.Ann Allergy. 1994 Mar;72(3):245-9.