Professor of Medicine, UCSD

Allergy & Immunology

Stephen Wasserman practices Allergy & Immunology. He went to medical school at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a one of the best medicals schools. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is ranked 13/7 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"Elected Member", "Fellow (FAAAAI)" and "Super Doctor". Stephen I. Wasserman is a published MD. He has 101 papers published. The most current publication "Update on the Hamilton, Ontario latex sensitization study."

Publications

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• Lipoxin Generation is Related to Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Activity in Severe Asthma.
• The inflammasome adaptor ASC contributes to multiple innate Immune processes in the resolution of otitis media.
• MOC CME program.
• Biologic modulators in Allergic and autoinflammatory diseases.
• Maintenance of certification and maintenance of professionalism.
• The role of monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of severe asthma.
• Innate signaling in otitis media: pathogenesis and recovery.
• The role of DNA sensing and innate Immune receptor TLR9 in otitis media.
• Molecular determinants of T cell epitope recognition to the Common Timothy grass allergen.
• CC chemokine ligand 3 overcomes the bacteriocidal and phagocytic defect of macrophages and hastens recovery from experimental otitis media in TNF-/- mice.
• TLR4-mediated induction of TLR2 signaling is critical in the pathogenesis and resolution of otitis media.
• Myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 is required for the resolution of otitis media.
• The allergy archives: pioneer and milestones. The discovery and characterization of the leukotrienes.
• Biologic therapies for the treatment of asthma.
• Rosuvastatin: an independent analysis of risks and benefits.
• 31. Assessment of clinical competence of the allergist/immunologist.
• The role of transcription factors in Allergic inflammation.
• A Mouse Model of Otitis Media Identifies HB-EGF as a Mediator of Inflammation-Induced Mucosal Proliferation.
• Mast cell and eosinophil mediated damage in bullous pemphigoid.
• Evaluation of role played by mediators of immediate hypersensitivity in exercise-induced asthma.
• A neutrophil immobilizing factor derived from human leukocytes. II. Specificity of action on polymorphonuclear leukocyte mobility.
• Immunopharmacologic profile of nedocromil sodium.
• The lung mast cell: its physiology and potential relevance to defense of the lung.
• Anti-CD4 antibodies are associated with HIV-1 seroconversion and may be detectable before anti-HIV-1 antibodies. The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.
• Inhaled corticosteroids and likelihood of cataract extraction.
• Formation of slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis in human lung tissue and cells before release.
• Mast cells in Allergic diseases and mastocytosis.
• Eosinophil polymorphonuclear leukocyte function in immediate hypersensitivity.
• The role of neutrophils in asthma.
• Update on the Hamilton, Ontario latex sensitization study.
• Efficacy of azithromycin for treating Babesia microti infection in the hamster model.
• Adenosine receptors on mouse bone marrow-derived mast cells: functional significance and regulation by aminophylline.
• Modulation of rat serosal mast cell biochemistry by in vivo dexamethasone administration.
• Biochemical and functional characterization of proteoglycans isolated from basophils of patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
• Release of mast-cell mediators and alterations in lung function in patients with cholinergic urticaria.
• Preformed eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis (ECF-A).
• Cell association of complexes of chymase, heparin proteoglycan, and protein after degranulation by rat mast cells.
• Characterization of the rat mast cell beta-adrenergic receptor in resting and stimulated cells by radioligand binding.
• Association of platelet-activating factor with primary acquired cold urticaria.
• Immunologic release of beta-hexosaminidase and beta-glucuronidase from purified rat serosal mast cells.
• Release of chemical mediators from partially purified human lung mast cells.
• Cold urticaria: release into the circulation of histamine and eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis during cold challenge.
• Release of arylsulfatase A but not B from rat mast cells by noncytolytic secretory stimuli.
• Inactivation of slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis by human eosinophil arylsulfatase.
• Immune-related intestinal chloride secretion. II. Effect of adenosine on T84 cell line.
• Calcium mobilization in activated mast cells monitored by flow cytometric analysis.
• Differing effects of apical and basolateral adenosine on colonic epithelial cell line T84.
• Histamine release from rodent and human mast cells induced by protoporphyrin and ultraviolet light: studies of the mechanism of mast-cell activation in erythropoietic ...
• Mast cell-mediated inflammation in asthma.
• Immune-related intestinal Cl- secretion. I. Effect of histamine on the T84 cell line.
• Platelet-activating factor as a mediator of bronchial asthma.
• Histamine and the preclinical pharmacology of cetirizine.
• Aminophylline exposure alters mouse bone marrow-derived mast cell adenosine responsiveness.
• Clinical characteristics of cold-induced systemic reactions in acquired cold urticaria syndromes: recommendations for prevention of this complication and a proposal fo...
• The heart in anaphylaxis.
• Physical urticaria/Angioedema: an experimental model of mast cell activation in humans.
• Release of platelet factor 4 into the blood after cold challenge of patients with cold urticaria.
• Inhibition of rat mast cell arachidonic acid cyclooxygenase by dapsone.
• Chemotactic mediators.
• Recertification in internal medicine: a program of continuous professional development. Task Force on Recertification.
• The primary chemical mediators of immediate hypersensitivity: chemical and functional characterization and biochemical events in their generation and release.
• The effect of complement depletion on immunologically mediated middle ear effusion and inflammation.
• Secondary Immune response in the middle ear: immunological, morphological, and physiological observations.
• Histamine-induced middle ear effusion and mucosal histopathology in the guinea pig.
• The pharmacologic basis of asthma therapy.
• Basic mechanisms in asthma.
• Oral disodium cromoglycate in the treatment of systemic mastocytosis.
• Mast cells and airway inflammation in asthma.
• The relevance of neutrophil chemotactic factors to Allergic disease.
• Asthma in a Vietnamese refugee population.
• The release of four mediators of immediate hypersensitivity from human leukemic basophils.
• Tumor-associated eosinophilotactic factor.
• Immunologic release of chemical mediators from human nasal polyps.
• Mediators of immediate hypersensitivity.
• Continuous professional development in internal medicine: recertification as a measure of professional accountability and quality improvement.
• Generation and partial characterization of eosinophil chemotactic activity and neutrophil chemotactic activity during early and late-phase asthmatic response.
• The role of eustachian tube dysfunction in Immune-mediated middle ear effusion and inflammation.
• Mast cell biology.
• Board requirements versus National Institutes of Health requirements.
• Beryllium disease screening in the ceramics industry. Blood lymphocyte test performance and exposure-disease relations.
• The allergist in the new millennium.
• Predicting worsening asthma control following the Common cold.
• Characterization, activation, and functional importance of mucosal mast cells.
• Cetirizine therapy for seasonal Allergic rhinitis: alternative dosage schedules.
• Asthma: a disorder of adrenergic receptors?
• Anaphylactic reaction to cytarabine: in vitro evidence that the response is immunoglobulin E mediated.
• A 12-week dose-ranging study of fluticasone propionate powder in the treatment of asthma.
• Reconstitution of the mast cell population in W/Wv mice.
• Future pharmacologic agents and maneuvers in asthma therapy.
• Evaluation of household dust mite exposure and levels of specific IgE and IgG antibodies in asthmatic patients enrolled in a trial of immunotherapy.
• Airway levels of mast cell-derived mediators in exercise-induced asthma.
• A review of some recent clinical studies with nedocromil sodium.
• The response to human rIL-1, rIL-2, and rTNF in the middle ear of guinea pigs.
• Functional and biochemical characterization of rat bone marrow derived mast cells.
• Transforming growth factor-beta 1 selectively inhibits IL-3-dependent mast cell proliferation without affecting mast cell function or differentiation.
• Mast cells and pulmonary fibrosis. Identification of a histamine releasing factor in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.
• Evidence of ongoing mast cell and eosinophil degranulation in symptomatic asthma airway.
• Cytokines in symptomatic asthma airways.
• Aeroallergen sensitization correlates with PC(20) and exhaled nitric oxide in subjects with mild-to-moderate asthma.
• Asthma symptoms and airway hyperresponsiveness are lower during treatment with nedocromil sodium than during treatment with regular inhaled albuterol.

Schools

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• David Geffen School Of Medicine At UCLA University Of California Los Angeles

• Peter Bent Brigham Hospital

• R Breck Pb Brigham Hosps

Procedures Preformed

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• Allergy Skin Testing

Conditions Treated

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• Allergic Rhinitis
• Angioedema
• Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID)
• Dermatitis Due to Food
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Doctors Specialties

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• Internal Medicine
• Allergy
• Immunology

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Federal Employee Program (FEP)
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Medicare Advantage PFFS
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Heritage Signature
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• PacifiCare HMO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Elected Member
• Fellow (FAAAAI)
• Super Doctor

Education

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• University of California San Diego
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Hospital

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• UC San Diego Health

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