Scott H. Sicherer

Biography

Dr. Sicherer is a clinician and clinical researcher in the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. He is Chief of the Division on Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics. His clinical research interests, funded by the National Institutes of Health, USDA, Food Allergy Initiative and Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, include: the clinical manifestations (gastrointestinal, skin, respiratory, anaphylaxis) of food allergy, allergic diseases caused by specific foods such as peanuts, tree nuts, seafood and milk, the natural history of food allergy, environmental risk factors for food allergy, diagnostic issues in food allergy, epidemiology of food allergy, psychosocial issues associated with food allergies, the genetic epidemiology of food allergy, and the development of educational materials about food allergy aimed toward health care providers and parents. Dr. Sicherer supervises two clinics per week in pediatric allergy and is involved in teaching fellows and residents.