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Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and related conditions by evaluating triggers, performing allergy testing, and managing patients with medications, biologics, and allergen immunotherapy.
- • Document allergy-focused medical histories.
- • Conduct physical examinations of patients.
- • Order or perform diagnostic tests such as skin prick, intradermal, patch, and delayed hypersensitivity tests.
- • Perform allergen provocation tests, including nasal, conjunctival, bronchial, oral, food, or medication challenges.
- • Interpret diagnostic results to develop appropriate differential diagnoses for allergic diseases.
- • Develop individualized treatment plans considering patient preferences, clinical data, and therapy risks and benefits.
- • Prescribe medications such as antihistamines, epinephrine, leukotriene modifiers, and inhaled or intranasal corticosteroids; initiate biologics for severe allergic disease.
- • Provide allergen immunotherapy and supervise desensitization protocols.
- • Educate patients about diagnoses, triggers, avoidance strategies, and treatments.
- • Assess the risks and benefits of therapies for allergic disorders and asthma.
- • Coordinate care with primary care, pulmonology, dermatology, otolaryngology, and other providers.
- • Provide allergy consultation and education to physicians and other health care professionals.
- • Engage in self-directed learning and continuing education to maintain board certification.
- • Participate in clinical or practice-based research on allergy and asthma topics.
- • Present research or quality improvement findings at professional meetings or in peer-reviewed journals.
- • Diagnose and treat allergic conditions, including asthma, rhinitis, sinusitis, eczema, urticaria, and anaphylaxis.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
