Amal H. Assa'ad, MD
Title
Director, Fellowship Training Program; Director, Clinical Services
Appointment
Professor of Pediatrics, Allergy/Immunology
Email
Amal.Assa'ad@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-6771
Fax
513-636-4615
Credentials
MBBCh (MD): Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt 1978.
MS: Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1982.
Residency: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Michigan State University, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Mich.; Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 1990-1992.
Fellowship: Allergy/Clinical Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1986-1987; Allergy/Clinical Immunology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1992-1995.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, 1992; American Board of Pediatrics, 1992; American Board of Allergy and Immunology, 1995.
Awards and Honors
Publications, Most Recent
Sutton S, Assa'ad AH, Rothenberg ME, Anti-IL-5 and Hypereosinophilic Syndromes.Clinical Immunology 2005; 115:51-60
Assa'ad, A, Detection of causative foods by skin prick and atopy patch tests in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis: things are not what they seem, Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2005; 95 (4) 309-11
Blanchard, C.; Wang, N.; Stringer, K. F.; Mishra, A.; Fulkerson, P. C.; Abonia, J. P.; Jameson, S. C.; Kirby, C.; Konikoff, M. R.; Collins, M. H.; Cohen, M. B.; Akers, R.; Hogan, S. P.; Assa'ad, A. H.; Putnam, P. E.; Aronow, B. J.; Rothenberg, M. E, Eotaxin-3/CCL26 and a uniquely conserved gene-expression profile in eosinophilic esophagitis, J Clin Ivestigator, 2006; 116(2):536-47
Assa'ad, A. H.. Gastrointestinal food allergy and intolerance.Pediatr Ann 2006; 35(10): 718-26
Fiocchi, A., A. Assa'ad, S. Bahna. "Food allergy and the introduction of solid foods to infants: a consensus document. Adverse Reactions to Foods Committee, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology."Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2006; 97(1): 10-20; quiz 21, 77.
Konikoff, M. R.; Noel, R. J.; Blanchard, C.; Kirby, C.; Jameson, S. C.; Buckmeier, B. K.; Akers, R.; Cohen, M. B.; Collins, M. H.; Assa'ad, A. H.; Aceves, S. S.; Putnam, P. E.; Rothenberg, M. E.. "A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Fluticasone Propionate for Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis."Gastroenterology, 2006;131(5): 1381-91.
ML Stein, MH Collins, JM Villanueva, JP Kushner, PE Putnam, BK Buckmeier, AH Filipovich, AH Assa'ad, and ME Rothenberg. Anti–IL-5 (mepolizumab) therapy for eosinophilic esophagitis, J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006; 118(6): 1312-9
A. Assa'ad, P. Putnam, M. Collins, R. Akers, S. Jameson, C. Kirb, B. Buckmeier, J. Bullock, A. Collier, M. Konikoff, R. Noel, J. Guajardo, M. Rothenberg, Pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis: An eight-year follow up J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007; 119(3):731-8
Bullock JZ, Villanueva JM, Blanchard C, Filipovich AH, Putnam PE, Collins MH, Risma KA, Akers RM, Kirby CL, Buckmeier BK, Assa'ad AH, Hogan SP, Rothenberg ME. "Interplay of adaptive th2 immunity with eotaxin-3/c-C chemokine receptor 3 in eosinophilic esophagitis."J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2007; 45(1): 22-31.
Special Interests
Food allergy; asthma; vaccine allergy; immunodeficiencies
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