Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Rafeul Alam, MD, PhD
Division Head
What do we do? We provide comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients with a broad range of allergic and immunologic disorders, such as food allergy, asthma and immunodeficiency. We are a specialized referral center, and our patients are typically referred by their local doctors/specialists because of difficulty in diagnosing and/or treating the disease
Why National Jewish Health? Our nationally-recognized allergy and immunology specialists perform unique consultative services to provide comprehensive clinical care to our patients. These consultative services include pulmonary rehabilitation, psychosocial medicine, occupational medicine, speech therapy for vocal cord dysfunction, sleep studies, interstitial lung disease and nutrition.
The divisional basic science and clinical research labs provide a unique opportunity to conduct molecular diagnostic studies on patient samples that aid diagnosis as well as management of a broad-spectrum of allergic, immunologic and respiratory illnesses.
Learn about the tests we perform and diseases we treat, such as allergic rhinitis, food allergy and atopic dermatitis (eczema).
Learn about our faculty and staff, who are nationally-recognized allergy and immunology specialists.
Learn about our research, including studies about the mechanism of activation of cells involved in allergic and immunologic diseases.
Learn about fellowships in allergy and clinical immunology.
