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Allergist

Nature of the work
An allergist-immunologist evaluates, diagnoses and manages disorders involving the immune system. Selected examples of such conditions include asthma, anaphylaxis, rhinitis, eczema, and adverse reactions to drugs, foods and insect stings as well as immunodeficiency diseases, defects in host defense, and problems related to autoimmune disease, organ transplantation or malignancies of the immune system. As our scope of the immune system develops, the scope of this specialty is widening.

Training/residency information
Allergy-immunology requires a three-year residency in internal medicine or pediatrics, followed by a two-year fellowship in allergy-immunology.


Source: Careers in Medicine

For more information:

• American Board of Allergy and Immunology

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

• American Association of Immunologists