I am honored to be nominated for the Gold Headed Cane Award. I am a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a practicing allergist with the Mid Island Allergy Group with offices in Plainview, Bayshore and Holbrook, New York. In addition, I am the Director of the Adult Allergy Clinic and an Attending Physician in Medicine at the Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, New York.
I received my medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. I completed a residency in medicine at Long Island College Hospital and a fellowship in Allergy-Immunology and Chest Disease at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. During the Viet Nam conflict I served as a Major in the United States Air Force, where I co-directed the Allergy Clinic at Keesler AFB in Biloxi Mississippi. I am Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Allergy and Immunology.
I am a Fellow of the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. I served as president in 2004-2005 and have served on the Executive Committee, Board of Regents and as a board member of the ACAAI Foundation. I previously chaired the Program and the Pharmaceutical Symposium Committees as well the Scientific Council, CME/CPD, Credentials and Abstract, Sports Medicine, Past Presidents and International Committees. I completed a 10-year stint on the Board of Directors for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America where I served as Vice President of Research. I served two terms on the Board of Directors of the World Allergy Organization, where I chaired the Emerging Societies Committee.
I am a past president of the Long Island Allergy and Asthma Society. I have served on the Board of Directors of the Joint Council of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (JACAAI) as well as on the Editorial Board of Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. I have published numerous scientific papers and abstracts and lectured both nationally and internationally on topics regarding asthma, allergy and anaphylaxis. Highlights include the Bela Schick lectureship and the Robert T. Scanlon Memorial Lectureship. I was an ACAAI Distinguished Fellow in 2020 and the recipient of WAO’s Outstanding Clinician Award.
