Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
How to Reach Us
- Division General Line
(323) 361-2501
Division Mailing Address
4650 Sunset Blvd., MS #75
Los Angeles, CA 90027
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The Division combines innovative treatment, research, education and outreach in the care of children with severe allergic disease, asthma, primary immune deficiency disorders and HIV/AIDS.
Our physicians work closely with each child's primary care physician to provide a full range of personalized clinical services.
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
FEATURED IN THE MEDIA
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Peanut Allergies
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Source: KPCC 89.3, Larry Mantle, Airtalk
Our very own, Dr. Ronald Ferdman, discusses Peanut Allergies and children's health on the radio with Talk Show Host, Larry Mantle. |
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PATIENT CARE METRICS
Each year, over 4,000 patients are seen in our outpatient clinics.
TRAINING TOMORROW'S CAREGIVERS
The Division’s active educational component involves more than 100 medical students, residents, and fellows annually, along with lectures for community and school physicians and nurses.
RESEARCH ENDEAVORS
Physicians from the Division work closely with others at our hospital to enhance our research activities. Collaborative efforts are ongoing with Research Immunology/Bone Marrow Transplantation (primary immune deficiency), Pulmonology (asthma), Gastroenterology (eosinophilic enteropathy), and General Pediatrics (primary immune deficiency). The pathobiology and management of severe atopic dermatitis is a major focus of the Division.
The Childrens AIDS Center is collaborating at the nationa llevel wit hthe International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group (IMPAACT) through the University of Southern California, with NIH-funded investigators at UCLA, and with selected pharmaceutical companies to improve the care of Pediatric HIV/AIDS. Similarly, studies involving patients with primary immune deficiency disorders, bot hsponsored and investigator-initiated are ongoing.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Drs. Church and Ferdman have been recognized in:
Best Doctors in America
America's Top Doctors
Pasadena Magazine "Top Doctors"
Dr. Church has been recgnized with an institutional award:
H. Russell Smith Research Award
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Our Division Chief
 The Division is led by Joseph A. Church, MD. Dr. Church is known as being among the first to initiate clinical research on pediatric HIV/AIDS, and among the first to identify and investigate this disease process in the mid-1980s.
More on Dr. Church
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