Skip to main content
Melissa Iammatteo, MD, Allergy & Immunology, Sleepy Hollow, NY

MelissaIammatteoMDFAAAAI

Allergy & Immunology • Sleepy Hollow, NY

Medical Director, Medical Affairs - Immunology at Regeneron

Join to view full profile

Dr. Iammatteo is on Doximity

As a Doximity member you'll join over two million verified healthcare professionals in a private, secure network.

  • Connect with other colleagues in the same hospital or clinic
  • Search all U.S. specialist profiles and refer a patient
  • Read the latest clinical news and earn CME/CEU credits

See Dr. Iammatteo's full profile

Already have an account?

Summary

  • Dr. Melissa Iammatteo is a board-certified allergist and immunologist who works as a Medical Director in Medical Affairs at Regeneron. She received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University, where she graduated second in her class. She subsequently earned her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Iammatteo completed her Internal Medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she also served as a Clinical Fellow in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and subsequently completed her Allergy and Immunology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Iammatteo served as the founding Director of the Chemotherapy and Biologic Agent Desensitization Program at Montefiore Medical Center prior to joining Westmed Medical Group, where she served as the Chief of Allergy and Immunology and Chair of Medical Specialties. Her nationally recognized research focuses on the development of safe protocols for the evaluation of drug allergy. Two of her first-authored publications were selected as one of the year’s best articles published in the field of Allergy and Immunology at the ACAAI’s Annual Scientific Meeting. Dr. Iammatteo was featured twice in New York Times Magazine’s Diagnosis column.

Education & Training

  • Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineFellowship, Allergy and Immunology, 2015 - 2017
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2015
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 2012

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2014 - 2024
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2012 - 2016
  • American Board of Allergy and Immunology Allergy & Immunology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Direct Challenges for the Evaluation of Beta-Lactam Allergy: Evidence and Conditions for Not Performing Skin Testing  
    Melissa Iammatteo, Guillaume Lezmi, Ronit Confino-Cohen, Mark Tucker, Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Jean-Christoph Caubet, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 8/2021

Press Mentions

  • He Was Unbearably Itchy, but the Problem Wasn’t in His Skin
    He Was Unbearably Itchy, but the Problem Wasn’t in His SkinOctober 16th, 2019
  • Coronavirus Tips: How to tell the difference between coronavirus and allergies
    Coronavirus Tips: How to tell the difference between coronavirus and allergiesOctober 22nd, 2020
  • The Differences Between Food Allergies and Intolerances
    The Differences Between Food Allergies and IntolerancesFebruary 21st, 2020
  • Join now to see all

Industry Relationships

  • Clinical Development Physician, Allergy Therapeutics

Dr. Melissa Iammatteo, Dr. Melissa Iammatteo, MD, Dr. M Iammatteo