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AllergyTalk delivers the latest insights and evidence shaping allergy and immunology. In each bimonthly episode, leading experts break down the most impactful research and real-world takeaways from AllergyWatch®, a bimonthly publication summarizing key findings from 20 major journals in allergy and asthma.

  1. 16 JAN

    AllergyTalk Episode 58: Is Zileuton the Next Treatment for Food Allergy?

    Today we joined by Dr. Shyam Joshi, an associate professor and Section Chief at Oregon Health & Science University and Associate Editor of Allergy Watch! We will be reviewing the November-December 2025 issue Allergy Watch, a bimonthly publication which provides research summaries to College members from the major journals in allergy and immunology. And for those currently listening to the audio version, we are now releasing a video versions of AllergyTalk! Please visit the ACAAI YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@allergists To read archived issues of AllergyWatch, head over to http://college.acaai.org/publications/allergywatch Also, make sure you check out the ACAAI Community on DocMatter where we can continue the discussion about these articles! Articles Reviewed: Paging ChatGPT: Potential and Limitations: Can ChatGPT provide parent education for oral immunotherapy?  2024 Consensus Report: A New Consensus Definition for Anaphylaxis: Anaphylaxis definition, overview, and clinical support tool: 2024 consensus report-a GA(2)LEN project.  Zileuton Prevents Food Allergen Induced Anaphylaxis in Mice: Cysteinyl leukotrienes stimulate gut absorption of food allergens to promote anaphylaxis in mice. Please rate our podcast on Apple Podcasts or YouTube! Please give us feedback, corrections, and suggestions! Email feedback to: allergytalk@acaai.org ACAAI is presenting this podcast for educational purposes only. It is not medical advice or intended to replace the judgment of a licensed physician. The College is not responsible for any claims related to procedures, professionals, products or methods discussed in the podcast, and it does not approve or endorse any products, professionals, services or methods that might be referenced.

    27 min
  2. 9 JAN

    Food Allergy Frontlines: Clarifying Diagnosis, Advancing Treatment (3-part Miniseries, Part 3)

    Part 3: Biologics in IgE-Mediated Food Allergy: Expanding the Toolbox  This episode examines the growing role of biologic therapies like omalizumab in managing complex food allergies, reviewing trial data, mechanisms, and practical guidance for collaborative care. Host Gerald Lee, MD, FACAAI, is joined by Brian P. Vickery, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Marcus Professor of Pediatric Immunology, and Chief of the Division of Allergy/Immunology at Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and Julie Wang, MD, FACAAI, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. For more information on this topic, please visit: Anagnostou A, Abrams EM, Carver M, et al. Development and acceptability of a decision-aid for food allergy oral immunotherapy in children. Allergy. 2025;80(1):205-214. doi:10.1111/all.16332 Anagnostou A, Greenhawt M, Shaker M, Vickery BP, Wang J. Food allergy yardstick: Where does omalizumab fit?. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2025;134(1):110-121. doi:10.1016/j.anai.2024.07.034 Bartha I, Almulhem N, Santos AF. Feast for thought: A comprehensive review of food allergy 2021-2023. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024;153(3):576-594. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2023.11.918 Dantzer J, Virkud Y, Wang J, et al. Introduction of allergenic foods after treatment with omalizumab. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2025;156(2):394-405. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2025.05.014 Wood RA, Togias A, Sicherer SH, et al. Omalizumab for the Treatment of Multiple Food Allergies. N Engl J Med. 2024;390(10):889-899. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2312382 Also, make sure you check out the ACAAI Community on DocMatter where we can continue the discussion! To submit feedback, corrections, and suggestions, please email allergytalk@acaai.org! ACAAI is presenting this podcast for educational purposes only. It is not medical advice or intended to replace the judgment of a licensed physician. The College is not responsible for any claims related to procedures, professionals, products or methods discussed in the podcast, and it does not approve or endorse any products, professionals, services or methods that might be referenced. This podcast miniseries is supported by Genentech.

    18 min
  3. 9 JAN

    Food Allergy Frontlines: Clarifying Diagnosis, Advancing Treatment (3-part Miniseries, Part 2)

    Part 2: Immunotherapy for IgE-Mediated Food Allergy: OIT, SLIT & EPIT  This episode explores FDA-approved and emerging immunotherapies for food allergy—OIT, SLIT, and EPIT—highlighting their indications, efficacy, safety, and role in shared decision-making. Host Gerald Lee, MD, FACAAI, is joined by Edwin H. Kim, MD, FACAAI, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Julie Wang, MD, FACAAI, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. For more information on this topic, please visit: Anagnostou A, Abrams EM, Carver M, et al. Development and acceptability of a decision-aid for food allergy oral immunotherapy in children. Allergy. 2025;80(1):205-214. doi:10.1111/all.16332 Anagnostou A, Greenhawt M, Shaker M, Vickery BP, Wang J. Food allergy yardstick: Where does omalizumab fit?. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2025;134(1):110-121. doi:10.1016/j.anai.2024.07.034 Bartha I, Almulhem N, Santos AF. Feast for thought: A comprehensive review of food allergy 2021-2023. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024;153(3):576-594. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2023.11.918 Dantzer J, Virkud Y, Wang J, et al. Introduction of allergenic foods after treatment with omalizumab. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2025;156(2):394-405. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2025.05.014 Wood RA, Togias A, Sicherer SH, et al. Omalizumab for the Treatment of Multiple Food Allergies. N Engl J Med. 2024;390(10):889-899. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2312382 Also, make sure you check out the ACAAI Community on DocMatter where we can continue the discussion! To submit feedback, corrections, and suggestions, please email allergytalk@acaai.org! ACAAI is presenting this podcast for educational purposes only. It is not medical advice or intended to replace the judgment of a licensed physician. The College is not responsible for any claims related to procedures, professionals, products or methods discussed in the podcast, and it does not approve or endorse any products, professionals, services or methods that might be referenced. This podcast miniseries is supported by Genentech.

    13 min
  4. 9 JAN

    Food Allergy Frontlines: Clarifying Diagnosis, Advancing Treatment (3-part Miniseries, Part 1)

    Part 1: Diagnosis, Prevention & Early Management  This episode explores how to accurately diagnose and manage food allergies in primary care, covering testing indications, referral criteria, prevention strategies, and risk stratification. Host Gerald Lee, MD, FACAAI, is joined by Brian P. Vickery, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Marcus Professor of Pediatric Immunology, and Chief of the Division of Allergy/Immunology at Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and Edwin H. Kim, MD, FACAAI, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. For more information on this topic, please visit: Anagnostou A, Abrams EM, Carver M, et al. Development and acceptability of a decision-aid for food allergy oral immunotherapy in children. Allergy. 2025;80(1):205-214. doi:10.1111/all.16332 Anagnostou A, Greenhawt M, Shaker M, Vickery BP, Wang J. Food allergy yardstick: Where does omalizumab fit?. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2025;134(1):110-121. doi:10.1016/j.anai.2024.07.034 Bartha I, Almulhem N, Santos AF. Feast for thought: A comprehensive review of food allergy 2021-2023. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024;153(3):576-594. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2023.11.918 Dantzer J, Virkud Y, Wang J, et al. Introduction of allergenic foods after treatment with omalizumab. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2025;156(2):394-405. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2025.05.014 Wood RA, Togias A, Sicherer SH, et al. Omalizumab for the Treatment of Multiple Food Allergies. N Engl J Med. 2024;390(10):889-899. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2312382 Also, make sure you check out the ACAAI Community on DocMatter where we can continue the discussion! To submit feedback, corrections, and suggestions, please email allergytalk@acaai.org! ACAAI is presenting this podcast for educational purposes only. It is not medical advice or intended to replace the judgment of a licensed physician. The College is not responsible for any claims related to procedures, professionals, products or methods discussed in the podcast, and it does not approve or endorse any products, professionals, services or methods that might be referenced. This podcast miniseries is supported by Genentech.

    21 min
  5. 29/10/2025

    AllergyTalk Episode 56 - What Is the Best Management of High Threshold Food Allergies?

    Dr. Timothy Chow, Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern and an Assistant Editor of AllergyWatch® and hosts Dr. Gerald Lee, MD, FACAAI and Dr. Stanley Fineman, MD, MBA reviewed the July/August 2025 issue of AllergyWatch®. Articles Reviewed: Integrated phase 1 pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of epinephrine administered through sublingual film, autoinjector, or manual injection Clinical response and on-treatment clinical remission with tezepelumab in a broad population of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma: results over 2 years from the NAVIGATOR and DESTINATION studies Peanut oral immunotherapy in children with high-threshold peanut allergy Read archived issues of AllergyWatch®. Earn CME credit for listening to this episode! Free for College members! Also, make sure you check out the ACAAI Community on DocMatter where we can continue the discussion about these articles! To submit feedback, corrections, and suggestions, please email allergytalk@acaai.org! The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) is presenting this podcast for educational purposes only. It is not medical advice or intended to replace the judgment of a licensed physician. The College is not responsible for any claims related to procedures, professionals, products or methods discussed in the podcast, and it does not approve or endorse any products, professionals, services or methods that might be referenced.

    25 min
  6. 23/09/2025

    AllergyTalk Episode 55 - What Are the Best Criteria to Identify MCAS?

    Dr. Shyam Joshi, MD, Associate Professor and Section Chief at Oregon Health & Science University and Associate Editor of AllergyWatch® and hosts Dr. Gerald Lee, MD, FACAAI and Dr. Stanley Fineman, MD, MBA reviewed the May/June 2025 issue of AllergyWatch®. Articles Reviewed: Outcomes of intravenous immunoglobulin treatment of immunocompromised patients with viral respiratory infections A 1-Year Weight Management Program for Difficult-to-Treat Asthma With Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Study Clustering of clinical symptoms using large language models reveals low diagnostic specificity of proposed alternatives to consensus mast cell activation syndrome criteria Read archived issues of AllergyWatch®. Earn CME credit for listening to this episode! Free for College members! Also, make sure you check out the ACAAI Community on DocMatter where we can continue the discussion about these articles! To submit feedback, corrections, and suggestions, please email allergytalk@acaai.org! Speaker Disclosures: Gerald Lee, MD: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose Stanley Fineman, MD: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose Shyam Joshi, MD: Advisor: Novartis; Speaker: Novartis; Consultant: Merida Bioscience The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) is presenting this podcast for educational purposes only. It is not medical advice or intended to replace the judgment of a licensed physician. The College is not responsible for any claims related to procedures, professionals, products or methods discussed in the podcast, and it does not approve or endorse any products, professionals, services or methods that might be referenced.

    34 min
  7. 02/09/2025

    AllergyTalk Episode 54 - Why Do Infections Worsen Anaphylaxis?

    Dr. Shyam Joshi, MD, Associate Professor and Section Chief at Oregon Health & Science University and Associate Editor of AllergyWatch® and hosts Dr. Gerald Lee, MD, FACAAI and and Dr. Stanley Fineman, MD, MBA reviewed the May/June 2025 issue of AllergyWatch®. Articles Reviewed: Association of Allergy Specialty Care and Asthma Outcomes for Medicaid-Enrolled Children Race-Specific and Race-Neutral Equations for Lung Function and Asthma Diagnosis in Black Children Anaphylactic degranulation by mast cells requires the mobilization of inflammasome components Read archived issues of AllergyWatch®. Earn CME credit for listening to this episode! Free for College members! Also, make sure you check out the ACAAI Community on DocMatter where we can continue the discussion about these articles! To submit feedback, corrections, and suggestions, please email allergytalk@acaai.org! Speaker Disclosures:  Gerald Lee, MD: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose Stanley Fineman, MD: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose Shyam Joshi, MD: Advisor: Novartis; Speaker: Novartis; Consultant: Merida Bioscience The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) is presenting this podcast for educational purposes only. It is not medical advice or intended to replace the judgment of a licensed physician. The College is not responsible for any claims related to procedures, professionals, products or methods discussed in the podcast, and it does not approve or endorse any products, professionals, services or methods that might be referenced.

    28 min

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AllergyTalk delivers the latest insights and evidence shaping allergy and immunology. In each bimonthly episode, leading experts break down the most impactful research and real-world takeaways from AllergyWatch®, a bimonthly publication summarizing key findings from 20 major journals in allergy and asthma.

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