Textbook of Allergy for the Clinician - Paperback

by Pudupakkam K. Vedanthan (Editor), Harold S. Nelson (Editor), Shripad N. Agashe (Editor)

This is the 2nd and updated version of the Textbook of Allergy for the Clinician. It is a unique book in the field of allergy. The uniqueness lies in the international character of the book with contributors representing both the East and West. This book represents the diversity of issues affecting patients in the specialty of allergy, asthma & immunology. There is some discussion of the basic mechanisms involved and extensive elaboration for the clinicians. This book will appeal to medical students, residents and fellows undergoing training as well as consultants in academic and clinical practice settings. The color plates, especially in the section on Aerobiology, will help in the interaction between the patient and consultant in identifying the plant or flora which is the causative factor. The differences and similarities between the Eastern and Western approaches in the practice of the specialty are being addressed for the first time in a book.

Author Biography

Puduapakkam K. Vedanthan, MD (PK) is the Lead Editor of the Text Book of allergy for the Clinician, 2nd edition. He is a native of Mysore, India and a graduate of Government Medical College, University of Mysore. He is board certified by the American Boards of Pediatrics and Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He served for 25 years in Consultation practice in Fort Collins, CO. At the same time, he maintained academic affiliation with UC, Denver where he has been a Clinical Professor of Medicine for the past decade. He has published in both national and international journals, and has been active in academic circles in various capacities. His major contribution has been in Global medicine, since he established 'International Asthma Services (IAS), (www.globalchestintitiatives.org) in 1992. IAS has been active in several developing countries like India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Kenya, Russia, Myanmar, Philippines, Argentina, Nepal, conducting CMEs for health professionals and Asthma allergy Awareness camps for patients and their families and public in general. IAS has also partnered with major medical institutions in India, namely Christian Medical College-hospital (www.cmch-vellore.edu), Vellore, Tamilnadu and Sir Gangharam Hospital & Research Centre (www.pace@sgrh.com), Delhi, in establishing formal Diploma courses in Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Dr. Vedanthan has also been involved in providing voluntary medical care to the refugee population from 22 nations in the Denver area through CAHEP for the past 3 decades. In recognition of these activities, IAS was recognized in 2015 by the Centre for Global Health, School of Public Health, UC by the award of 'Excellence in Global health'. He has been the recipient of AMA Leadership award, Distinguished Service award, Rotary 'Service Above Self Award', International Faculty award, Special Innovator award from the Department of Medicine, UC, Denver.

Harold S. Nelson, MD received an undergraduate degree in economics from Harvard College and later earned a doctor of medicine degree from Emory University. Dr. Nelson has published over 400 articles and book chapters. He has served on the Board of Regents of the ACAAI, as well as on the Board of Directors of both the AAAAI and the ABAI). He was a member of the First, Second and Third Expert Panels of the NIH - NAEPP for developing the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. Dr. Nelson has been honored with the "Fellow Distinguished Award" and "Gold-Headed Cane Award" by the ACAAI; the "Distinguished Clinician Award" "Special Recognition Award" and "Distinguished Service Award" by the AAAAI; the "Outstanding Clinician Award" from the World Allergy Organization and the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by National Jewish Health. He has also been honored with named lectureships at the annual meetings of the ACAAI 2008-2009, the AAAAI 2001-2017 and the Western Society of Allergy and Immunology 2018-2022.

Shripad N. Agashe is a dedicated University teacher and research scientist with rich experience of over three decades in UAS and Bangalore, India. During his academic career, he has guided 22 research students for PhD and published more than 75 research papers in National and International scientific journals. He is the author of the textbook "Palyngology and its applications" published in 2006. His recent book, "Pollens and Spores" with special emphasis on Aerobiology and Allergy, jointly authored by Prof. Eric Caulton of U.K was published in 2009. Prof. Agashe was the founder president of the Indian Academy of Allergy from 1990-98. He was also the past President of the Indian College of Allergy and applied Immunology with headquarters in Delhi. His tireless efforts over the tears have succeeded in bringing together basic scientists (aero biologists) and clinicians (allergists) for the common cause of giving relief to allergic patients. He was the pioneer in initiating daily pollen monitoring and creating awareness among allergy sufferers and clinicians in Bangalore, India.

Dr. PA Mahesh, completed his undergraduate medical training at KMC, Mangalore in 1992 and his post graduate training in 1997. He is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at JSS Medical College, Mysore and is a clinician researcher with over two decades of experience in clinical research. His main interest is in research in airway diseases such as asthma and COPD, allergy and infections. He has 123 publications, an h index of 41 and i10 index of 70 and total citations of 22,124 (Google scholar). He has been part of large national and international consortiums such as the GBD, Europrevall, BOLD study I and II, GLIMP, EMBARC, GAN, APRISE and INSEARCH. As part of the International and National (State level collaborators) for the GBD and LBD group he has several publications in high impact factor journals. As PI, Co-Investigator or Mentor on several ICMR, DST, CSIR, European Union (FP6) and GHES (NIH, USA), GID (NIH, USA), MRC (UK), Swedish Heart Lung Foundation grants, He has coordinated large-scale epidemiological studies involving house-to-house surveys and schools of more than 1,00,000 subjects. In addition, he has successfully administered the projects (e.g. staffing, research protections, budget) and has collaborated with other researchers from Imperial College, London, UK, Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK, Amsterdam Medical Center and Leiden Medical Center in Netherlands, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Siberian State Medical University in Russia, National Jewish Health, and Yale University, USA and Karolinska Institute, Sweden. He has established 3 cohorts in urban and rural Mysore; Urban adult (BOLD, 7 years old, 3 follow ups), Rural adult (MUDHRA, 10 years old, 4 follow-ups) and Urban child (Europrevall, 1 follow-up).

He has reviewed for 25 international and 5 national journals, as well as national and international conferences. He regularly reviews abstracts for American College of Chest Physicians, AAAAI, Global Health Equity Scholars Program (USA) and the CUGH, USA. He has received several awards, Young Scientist Award and Raju award for the best clinical research, ShivPuri oration from the Indian College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, OA Sarma oration from the Indian Chest Society (ICS).

Rohit Katial, MD is a Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Health and the U of Colorado. He continues in these roles but also is the Respiratory, National Physician Head in US Medical Affairs at AstraZeneca. Dr. Katial received his B.S. from Georgetown U in Physics, a B.E.E. from Catholic U of America and subsequently an M.D. from Georgetown U School of Medicine. He went on to do internal medicine training in the US Army Medical Corps, culminating in specialty training both in Allergy/Immunology (A/I) and Clinical Laboratory Immunology. He completed his A/I training at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center/National Jewish Health and clinical immunology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He has served in numerous roles, including Associate VP of Clinical Research & Industry Relationships, Co-Director of the AINJH, Fellowship Director at NJH and named the Helen Wohlberg& Herman Lambert Chair in Pharmacokinetics. Other roles have included Director of the Allergy/Immunology Clinical Service. Dr. Katial has an international reputation in airway disease and extensive publications on sinusitis, asthma, particularly on aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease and has particular interest in eosinophilic diseases. He has numerous original publications, as well as edited and authored many book chapters. He was the Principal Investigator for the American Lung Association Airway Clinical Research Consortium, which is a U.S. based airway research network, and has conducted clinical trials for over 20 years. He has also led numerous trials on vaccine immune response, asthma and allergic diseases. Dr. Katial is a fellow of the AAAAI, a fellow of the ACAAI, as well as a fellow of the ACP. He is the Chair of the ACGME Review Committee for A&I. He is board certified by the ABIM, ABAI with specialty certification in Clinical Laboratory Immunology. He has received numerous awards for his teaching skills and on 6 occasions been listed in the Denver 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors, as well as yearly in the US News and World Report's Best Doctors.