The Allergy and Immunology Department provides complete allergy history and physical examination; immunotherapy vaccines; and a full range of allergy testing and asthma care training for families and caregivers. The department also offers full evaluation of patients with recurrent or unusual infections or family history of immunodeficiency disorders. The evaluation includes laboratory evaluations of complement, phagocytes, T and B cell quantitation and function, quantitation of all immunoglobulin classes and function studies. Other services provided are the evaluation and management of primary immunodeficency disorders and allergic diseases – including conditions affecting the respiratory tract (asthma, bronchitis, croup, allergic rhinitis, chronic serous media); skin (urticaria, angioedema, eczema); gastrointestinal tract (vomiting, colic, diarrhea); systemic anaphylaxis; food allergies and behavior disorders suspected to be caused by foods or food additives and coloring.

Management expertise includes, but is not limited to:

• Chronic Rhiniits
• Asthma
• Primary Immunodeficiency Disease
• Atopic Dermatitis
• Allergy

Ricardo U. Sorensen, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics,
Louisiana State University 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

Cleveland Moore, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Head, Division of Allergy/Immunology,
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Professional School:
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Specialty Training:
Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology
Special Interests:
Management of chronic asthma, atopic dermatitis, immunology of sickle cell disease

Augusto C. Ochoa, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy
Louisiana State University Health 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

Ken Paris, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Professional School:
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA; Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Specialty Training: Pediatric Residency, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, RI
Allergy/Immunology Fellowship, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Children’s Hospital
Special Interests:
Primary Immune Deficiencies in children, food allergies, and atomic dermatitis