The Allergy and Immunology Department provides complete allergy evaluation through history and physical examination, skin prick testing, patch testing, and bloodwork. We work with our patients to find a management plan which best works for their symptoms and lifestyle. This may include avoidance measures, medications and/or immunotherapy vaccines.

We also provide allergic asthma evaluation as well as treatment and action plan training for families and caregivers.

As the only Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic and Research Center for Immunodeficiencies in this region, the department also offers full evaluation of both adult and pediatric patients with recurrent or unusual infections or a family history of immunodeficiency disorders. Evaluation includes laboratory quantitation of all immunoglobulin classes and function studies, T and B cell quantitation and function, and evaluation of phagocytes and complement.

Management expertise includes, but is not limited to:

• Allergic rhinitis
• Asthma
• Atopic Dermatitis/Allergic skin disorders
• Food Allergy
• Urticaria (hives, welts)
• Anaphylaxis (severe reactions to foods, drugs, insect stings, or ant bites)
• Angioedema ( swelling)
• Primary Immunodeficiency Disease

Online Resources:

· Primary Immunodeficiency resource center: http://www.info4pi.org/

· Information on allergies and asthma: http://www.acaai.org/allergist/Pages/default.aspx

	Ricardo U. Sorensen, MD Director, Allergy/Immunology, Children's Hospital Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center   Professional School: University of Chile School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile Specialty Training: Pediatric Immunology Special Interests: Recurrent infections, primary immunodeficiency disorders, pneumococcal vaccines In Area Since:1989 In Practice Since:1964
	Kenneth Paris, MD, MPH Allergist/Immunologist, Children's Hospital Associate Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center   Professional School: LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans; Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans Residency: Brown University, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI, Pediatrics Specialty Training: LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, Allergy/Immunology Special Interests: Primary Immunodeficiency, Asthma, Atopic dermatitis In Area Since: 1993 In Practice Since: 2000
	Victoria Dimitriades, MD Allergist/Immunologist, Children's Hospital Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Professional School: University of Miami School of Medicine Residency: Drexel University, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, Pediatrics Specialty Training: LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, Allergy/Immunology Special Interests: Food allergy, Allergic rhinitis, Atopic dermatitis, Primary immunodeficiency In Area Since: 2005 In Practice Since: 2006
	Augusto C. Ochoa, MD Allergist/Immunologist, Children's Hospital Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy LSUHealth Sciences Center Professional School: Universidad de Antioquia, Columbia, University of Minnesota, National Cancer Institute, Washington D.C. Specialty Training: Allergy/Immunology Special Interests: Allergies to food, Asthma, Immodeficiencies In Area Since:2000 In Practice Since:1982