Allergy team members receive Drum Major Award
Ilana Olin and Wumei Blanche, members of Dr. Peggy Kendall’s lab, were both honored as Drum Major Award recipients on Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 by the WashU Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In a 1968 sermon in Atlanta titled “The Drum Major Instinct”, Dr. King stated “Yes, if you want to say I […]
Jerath & Zimmerman recognized as COVID Star Awardees (Links to an external site)
Maya Jerath, MD, PhD and Ofer Zimmerman, MD were both recognized by Department of Medicine on November 28, 2023 as COVID Star Awardees for their work and contributions during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Allergy faculty named 2023 Castle Connolly Top Doctors (Links to an external site)
Four Division of Allergy & Immunology faculty named 2023 Castle Connolly Top Doctors: Khaled Abdel-Hamid, Maya Jerath, Jeremy Katcher, and Jennifer Monroy.
H James Wedner, MD speaks with KSDK 5 about allergies and asthma (Links to an external site)
Heat, air quality and allergens whip up trifecta of issues with asthma sufferers… “This is a bad season,” Dr. H. James Wedner, an allergist at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, said.
Maya Jerath, MD, PhD talks with KMOX Total Information AM about Alpha-gal syndrome (Links to an external site)
Maya Jerath, MD, PhD Washington University Allergist and Immunologist at Barnes Jewish Hospital joins Megan Lynch and Tom Ackerman discussing an allergy to meat from a tick bite that doctors are unsure how to treat.
Maya Jerath, MD, PhD talks with the New York Times about Alpha-gal syndrome (Links to an external site)
As many as 450,000 Americans may be living with alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy that has been linked to tick bites, with many of those people going undiagnosed, according to two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Welcome, Omar Elsayed-Ali, MD
The Division of Allergy & Immunology proudly welcomes Omar Elsayed-Ali, MD as Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Elsayed-Ali will be joining the division’s faculty on August 1, 2023. Dr. Elsayed-Ali earned his medical degree at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee and completed his fellowship in Allergy & Immunology at Washington University in […]
Seasonal Allergies Overflow Your Bucket (Links to an external site)
Spring brings flowers and warmer temps but it can be a difficult time if you are an allergy sufferer. Seasonal allergies flare up when there’s a lot of pollen in the air causing allergic rhinitis, also known as hay fever.
H James Wedner, MD speaks with KSDK 5 about peak allergy season (Links to an external site)
St Louis, and the Midwest, have multiple allergy seasons. Dr. Wedner speaks with KSDK 5 about which of those seasons is currently at its peak.
H James Wedner, MD speaks with KSDK 5 about seasonal allergies (Links to an external site)
ST. LOUIS — Springtime and the allergies that go with it are here. There are options for allergy sufferers and lots of them. Watch Dr. Wedner’s interview for more information.