Faculty

Directors

Name​
Title​
​Praveen Akuthota, MD
Center Co-Director
​Pulmonary and Critical Care
Associate Professor of Medicine
​​Taylor Doherty, MD
Center Co-Director
Allergy and Immunology, Section Chief
Associate Professor of Medicine​
​Adam Deconde, MD
Director of Surgery
​Otolaryngology and Rhinology
Associate Professor of Surgery
​​​Sandra Christiansen, MD
Director Emeritus
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Allergy and Immunology


Clinical Personnel

Name
​Title
​​​Praveen Akuthota, MD
​Pulmonary and Critical Care
Associate Professor of Medicine
​Taylor Doherty, MD
​Allergy and Immunology, Section Chief
Associate Professor of Medicine​
Angela Wang, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Clinical Professor of Medicine 
Alexander Kim, MD
​Allergy and Immunology
Assistant Professor of Medicine
​Tukisa Smith, MD
Allergy and Immunology
Assistant Professor of Medicine​
​Daniel Crouch, MD​ 
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Associate Professor of Medicine
​​Naveen Gupta, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Associate Professor of Medicine
​Carol Yan, MD
​Otolaryngology and Rhinology
Assistant Professor of Surgery
​Gilberto Ledon, NP-C
​Nurse Practitioner
Pulmonary Medicine
 

Research Personnel

​Name
​Title
​Michael Croft, PhD
Professor of Medicine
La Jolla Institute for Immunology​
​Pandurangan Vijayanand, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine​
La Jolla Institute for Immunology
​David Broide, MBChB
Professor of Medicine
Allergy and Immunology​
Xin Sun, PhD​
​Professor
Pediatrics
​Laura Crotty Alexander, MD
​Associate Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care
​Sonia Jain, PhD
Professor
Family Medicine and Public Health​
​Seema Aceves, MD PhD
​​Professor of Medicine
Pediatrics
​Carol Yan, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
​​Otolaryngology and Rhinology
​Kelan Tantisira, MD MPH
Professor of Pediatrics 
Pediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care, Rady Children's
Jeff Barry, MD
Associate Physician​
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Julie Ryu, MD​
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Pediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care, Rady Children's
​Andrew White, MD
Allergy​ and Immunology
Scripps Health

Advisory Council

​Name
​Title
​Bruce Zuraw, MD
​Professor of Medicine
Allergy and Immunology
​David Broide, MBChB
​Professor of Medicine
Allergy and Immunology​
​Michael Wechsler, MD MMSc (external advisor)
​Director of the Cohen Family Asthma Institute,
Professor of Medicine, National Jewish Health
​Peter Weller, MD (external advisor)
​Division Chief of Infectious Diseases and Allergy & Inflammation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health