Allergy/Immunology
The Allergy and Immunology Section provides comprehensive diagnostic evaluation and management for children and adults with allergic and immune-related conditions. Our specialists partner closely with patients and caregivers to develop individualized management plans that fit each patient’s symptoms and lifestyle, which may include environmental avoidance strategies, medications, or allergen immunotherapy (allergy shots). The team also provides expert asthma evaluation and education, including personalized asthma action plans, and offers advanced therapies such as biologic or monoclonal antibody treatments for patients with severe or difficult-to-control asthma.
The program also offers specialized evaluation and management of food allergies, atopic dermatitis, and primary immunodeficiency disorders. Food allergy assessments include detailed clinical history, targeted testing, guidance on epinephrine auto-injector use, and when appropriate, supervised in-office food challenges. As the region’s only Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for Immunodeficiencies, the division provides advanced evaluation for patients with recurrent or unusual infections, including comprehensive immunologic testing and access to specialized therapies such as immunoglobulin infusions and biologic treatments. Through collaboration with national and international research networks, including the Primary Immunodeficiency Treatment Consortium, our physicians deliver cutting-edge care for conditions such as allergic rhinitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, food allergy, urticaria, anaphylaxis, angioedema, and primary immunodeficiency disease.
Faculty
Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Program
Our division offers an accredited 2-year training program with positions available for 1-2 fellows each year. The program provides training and experience to prepare the participant for a career in Allergy/Immunology and certification by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. The program has been ACGME certified since 1992.
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Jeffrey Modell Center
The Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic and Research Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies (JMC) at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) was established in New Orleans in December of 2006.
The diagnostic center is one of 196 of its kind in the world, and 40 in the USA focusing on the diagnosis, care, and treatment of people suffering with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDD). It has faculty members running specialized clinics for children and adults with suspected PIDD and consulting services at hospitals affiliated with the LSUHSC. It has an advanced diagnostic and research laboratory at the Research Institute for Children at Manning Family Children's Hospital in New Orleans. Stem cell transplants for the most severe forms of PIDD are performed at Children's Hospital in New Orleans by Hematology - Oncology specialists in collaboration with JMC faculty.
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Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies
Manning Family Children's Hospital
Department of Allergy/Immunology
200 Henry Clay Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504) 896-9589
Clinic Information
Manning Family Children's
Main Campus
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200 Henry Clay Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118
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Manning Family Children's Pediatrics & Specialty Care 33rd Street
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3040 33rd Street, Metairie, LA 70001
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Manning Family Children's Specialty Care Baton Rouge
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9001 Summa Avenue, Suite 342, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
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Manning Family Children's Pediatrics Specialty Care & Outpatient Therapy Covington
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5025 Keystone Boulevard, Covington, LA 70433
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