Physician Experts
Physicians with Expertise in the Diagnosis and Management of Alpha-gal Syndrome
Once you have been diagnosed with AGS, you may find that your physician is less familiar with AGS than you had hoped. Below are lists of:
- The experts on alpha-gal syndome
- Physicians recommended by experts
Make an appointment with one of them, if you can. If you can’t, there is a second list of patient-recommended physicians.
You can also ask for recommendations in the Alpha-gal Support Nonpublic Group or from a member of the Emotional Support Team.
The Experts
Australia
Dr. Sheryl van Nunen
Clinical Associate Professor
Sheryl van Nunen Allergy Consulting
40 Johnson Street Chatswood NSW 2067
(02) 9412 4322
Only in office Mondays and Wednesdays
Germany
Leitung Dr. med. Jörg Fischer
Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen
Liebermeisterstraße 25
72076
Tuebingen
Germany
07071 29-83471
Sprechstunden
Montag bis Donnerstag 8:00-12:30 Uhr und 13:30-15:30 Uhr
Freitag 8:00-12:30 Uhr und 13.30-14.30 Uhr
South Africa
Dr. Michael Levin
University of Cape Town
Room 516
ICH building
Red Cross Children’s Hospital
Klipfontein Road, Rondebosch
+27 (0)21-658-5311
United States
Dr. Scott P. Commins, MD, PhD
UNC Allergy & Immunology Clinic
6013 Farrington Road, Bldg 200, Suite 300
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
984.974.2645
Dr. Commins sees patients in the UNC allergy clinic and maintains an active research laboratory. His primary research and clinical interest is the recently described red meat allergy. This unique food allergy appears to be brought on by tick bites and can develop at any time throughout life, even after many years of enjoying beef, pork or lamb. Patients develop an allergic response to the sugar alpha-gal and the resulting allergic reactions are often delayed 3-6 hours after eating mammalian meat. Dr. Commins often sees patients in the allergy clinic with difficult to diagnose food allergies or allergic reactions.
Dr. Onyinye Iweala
UNC Allergy & Immunology Clinic
3300 Thurston Building
Campus Box 7280
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7280
984.974.2645
Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills
UVA Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology
UVA Medical Park Northridge
Third Floor, Suite 311 2955 Ivy Road (250 West)
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434.924.2227
There are conflicting reports about whether Dr. Platts-Mills is seeing new patients.
Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, is a professor of medicine and microbiology at UVA. Dr. Platts-Mills joined UVA’s faculty in 1982 and has served as chief of the Allergy division since 1993. He has also served a term as president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI). In 2010, Dr. Platts-Mills was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for his research into the causes of asthma and allergic disease. The Royal Society is the United Kingdom’s national academy of science and the oldest scientific academy in the world. Only a small number of fellows are physicians, and Platts-Mills is the first allergist ever elected. His election was based on more than 30 years of research on the role that dust mite, cat and cockroach allergens play in the development of allergic disease and asthma. Dr. Platts-Mills led the team that discovered and described AGS. He also wrote Diagnosis and management of patients with the alpha-Gal syndrome.
Dr. Jeffrey Wilson
UVA Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology
UVA Medical Park Northridge
Third Floor, Suite 311 2955 Ivy Road (250 West)
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434.924.2227
Expert-Recommended Allergists
the below doctors were recommended by physicians with expertise in alpha-gal syndrome
Florida
Tampa
Dr. Dennis Ledford
USF Health Allergy and Immunology
13000 Bruce B Downs Blvd
VAR 111D
Tampa FL 33612
813.972.7631
Kentucky
Owensboro
Dr. Lee Clore
Allergy & Asthma Specialists, PSC
3604 Wathens Crossing
Owensboro, KY 42301
270.684.6144
Oklahoma
Virginia
UVA Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology
UVA Medical Park Northridge
Third Floor, Suite 311 2955 Ivy Road (250 West)
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434.924.2227
This is Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills’ and Dr. Jeffrey Wilson’s practice. All of the allergists at this practice are reputed to be very knowledgeable about AGS.
Dr. Ananth Thyagarajan (“Dr. T.”)
Allergy Partners of Springfield
5210-A Lyngate Ct.
Burke (AP of Springfield), VA 22015
703.323.3930
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