RobertAlanWoodMD

Allergy & Immunology • Baltimore, MD

Asthma & Allergic Conditions, Pediatric Asthma & Allergic Conditions

Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

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Office
1800 Orleans St.
Sheikh Zayed Tower
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-955-5883

Fax+1 410-955-0229
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Allergy and Immunology, 1986 - 1988
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1982 - 1986
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1982
The State University of New York at BuffaloB.A., With Honors, 1978

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 1986 - 2025
American Board of Allergy and Immunology Allergy & Immunology
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

The Bret Ratner Award The American Academy of Pediatrics, 2012
Founder's Award The Food Allergy Network, 1998
Thomas Van Metre Award Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America, 1997
Young Investigator Award American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, 1988
Geigy Award American College of Allergy and Immunology, 1987
Harriet Lane Fellowship Award 1987
Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha Omega Alpha
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FAAAAI) American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology
Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
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Clinical Trials

Urban Environmental Factors and Childhood Asthma Start of enrollment: 2005 Feb 02
Active, not recruiting
Sublingual Cockroach Safety in Adults With Cockroach Allergy & Perennial Allergic Rhinitis With or Without Asthma Start of enrollment: 2007 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 1
The Safety and Efficacy of Sublingual/Oral Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Milk Protein Allergy Start of enrollment: 2008 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Biomarker-based Cockroach Sublingual Immunotherapy Study (BioCSI) Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study of Sublingual/Oral Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Peanut Allergy Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Development of Cockroach Immunotherapy by the Inner-City Asthma Consortium Start of enrollment: 2010 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 1
Eosinophilic Esophagitis Databank Start of enrollment: 2011 Apr 01
Completed
Biomarkers of Cockroach Sublingual Immunotherapy 2 Start of enrollment: 2011 May 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Baked Egg or Egg Oral Immunotherapy for Children With Egg Allergy Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 2
Peanut Oral Immunotherapy in Children Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 13
Completed
Phase 2
The Safety and Efficacy of a Peanut Immunotherapy Dissolving Film for Peanut Allergy Start of enrollment: 2012 Nov 01
Terminated
Phase 1, Phase 2
Oral Immunotherapy for Wheat Allergy Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Registry for Asthma Characterization and Recruitment 2 Start of enrollment: 2015 Apr 14
Completed
E-B-FAHF-2, Multi OIT and Xolair (Omalizumab) for Food Allergy Start of enrollment: 2016 Aug 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Follow-up of the PEPITES Study to Evaluate Long-term Efficacy and Safety of Viaskin Peanut in Children Start of enrollment: 2017 Jan 23
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Peanut Oral Immunotherapy in Children: IMPACT Follow Up Study Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 27
Completed
Phase 2
Baked Milk Oral Immunotherapy for Cow's Milk Allergy Start of enrollment: 2018 Mar 15
Completed
Phase 2
Allergic Disease Onset Prevention Study Start of enrollment: 2021 Sep 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2
Roles: Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Relationships between lung function, allergy, and wheezing in urban children.
Aya Konno-Yamamoto, Agustin Calatroni, Peter J Gergen, Molly Johnson, Ronald L Sorkness, George T O'Connor, Lisa Gagalis, Cynthia M Visness, James E Gern, , Vinay Gosw...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2024 Apr 2
Complexity and Diversity of Food Allergy Requires Individualized Care.
Julie Wang, Robert A Wood> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2024 Mar 1
Gene-based association study of rare variants in children of diverse ancestries implicates TNFRSF21 in the development of allergic asthma.
Rastogi, D., Selene Clay, Jehan Alladina, Neal P Smith, Cynthia M Visness, Robert A Wood, George T O'Connor, Robyn T Cohen, Gurjit K Khurana Hershey, Carolyn M Kercsma...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2024 Mar 1
Early-life nasal microbiota dynamics relate to longitudinal respiratory phenotypes in urban children.
Kathryn E McCauley, Juliana Durack, Kole V Lynch, Douglas W Fadrosh, Kei E Fujimura, Faith Vundla, Mustafa Özçam, Petra LeBeau, Agustin Caltroni, Preston Burns, Hoang ...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2024 Feb 27
1 citations
Omalizumab for the Treatment of Multiple Food Allergies.
Robert A Wood, Alkis Togias, Scott H Sicherer, Wayne G Shreffler, Edwin H Kim, Stacie M Jones, Donald Y M Leung, Brian P Vickery, J Andrew Bird, Jonathan M Spergel, Ah...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2024 Mar 7
Frequency and predictors of multisystem reactions to peanut in infant oral food challenges.
Corinne A Keet, Robert A Wood, Jennifer Dantzer, Mihaela Plesa, Isha Taneja, Mharlove Andre, Wayne Shreffler, Alkis Togias, Michael Pistiner> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2024 Jan 1
3 citations
Identification of cow milk epitopes to characterize and quantify disease-specific T cells in allergic children.
Sloan A Lewis, Aaron Sutherland, Ferran Soldevila, Luise Westernberg, Minori Aoki, April Frazier, Synaida Maiche, Mich Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, Hasan Arshad, Stephanie Leon...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2023 Nov 1
2 citations
A phase II study of Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibition for the prevention of anaphylaxis.
Ragha V Suresh, Collin Dunnam, Dhananjay Vaidya, Robert A Wood, Bruce S Bochner, Donald W MacGlashan Jr, Melanie C Dispenza> ;The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2023 Aug 15
2 citations
The SunBEAm birth cohort: Protocol design.
Corinne Keet, Scott H Sicherer, Supinda Bunyavanich, Cynthia Visness, Patricia C Fulkerson, Alkis Togias, Wendy Davidson, Susan Perry, Sanaz Hamrah, Agustin Calatroni,...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Global. 2023 Aug 1
Real-world utilization of Arachis hypogaea for peanut allergy: Patient and provider perspective.
Aimee Magnarelli, Robert A Wood, Jill Curran, G Caleb Alexander, Jennifer Dantzer> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2023 Oct 1
14 citations
Phase 3 Trial of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy in Toddlers with Peanut Allergy.
Matthew Greenhawt, Sayantani B Sindher, Julie Wang, Michael O'Sullivan, George du Toit, Edwin H Kim, Deborah Albright, Sara Anvari, Nicolette Arends, Peter D Arkwright...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2023 May 11
2 citations
Refractory Anaphylaxis: A New Entity for Severe Anaphylaxis.
Guillaume Pouessel, Antoine Deschildre, Timothy E Dribin, Ignacio J Ansotegui, Victoria Cardona, R Sharon Chinthrajah, Motohiro Ebisawa, Antonella Muraro, Graham Rober...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2023 Jul 1
2 citations
Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of E-B-FAHF-2 in Combination With Omalizumab-Facilitated Multiallergen Oral Immunotherapy.
Julie Wang, Robert A Wood, Samantha Raymond, Mayte Suárez-Fariñas, Nan Yang, Scott H Sicherer, Hugh A Sampson, Xiu-Min Li> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2023 Jul 1
3 citations
Anti-immunoglobulin E for food allergy.
Jennifer A Dantzer, Robert A Wood> ;Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 2023 Jul 1
Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibition for the prevention of anaphylaxis: an open-label, phase 2 trial.
Ragha V Suresh, Collin Dunnam, Dhananjay Vaidya, Robert A Wood, Bruce S Bochner, Donald W MacGlashan Jr, Melanie C Dispenza> ;Research Square. 2023 Apr 5
5 citations
The role of biologics in pediatric food allergy and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders.
Sayantani B Sindher, Suzanne Barshow, Jyothi Tirumalasetty, Stefania Arasi, Dan Atkins, Maureen Bauer, Philippe Bégin, Margaret H Collins, Antoine Deschildre, Alfred D...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2023 Mar 1
2 citations
A functional genomics pipeline to identify high-value asthma and allergy CpGs in the human methylome.
Andréanne Morin, Emma E Thompson, Britney A Helling, Lyndsey E Shorey-Kendrick, Pieter Faber, Tebeb Gebretsadik, Leonard B Bacharier, Meyer Kattan, George T O'Connor, ...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2023 Jun 1
5 citations
Retail Food Equivalents for Post-Oral Immunotherapy Dosing in the Omalizumab as Monotherapy and as Adjunct Therapy to Multi-Allergen Oral Immunotherapy in Food-Allergi...
Marion Groetch, Kim Mudd, Margaret Woch, Allison Schaible, Brianna E Gray, Denise C Babineau, J Andrew Bird, Stacie Jones, Edwin H Kim, Bruce J Lanser, Julian Poyser, ...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2023 Feb 1
Home Introduction of Baked Egg After Oral Food Challenge.
Mansi Kotwal, Ammara Ahmed, Jaqueline Isola, Jennifer A Dantzer, Corinne Keet, Joan H Dunlop, Robert A Wood> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2023 Jan 1
15 citations
Omalizumab in IgE-Mediated Food Allergy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Torsten Zuberbier, Robert A Wood, Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, Alessandro Fiocchi, R Sharon Chinthrajah, Margitta Worm, Antoine Deschildre, Montserrat Fernandez-Rivas, Ale...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2023 Apr 1
6 citations
Food-specific immunoglobulin A does not correlate with natural tolerance to peanut or egg allergens.
Elise G Liu, Biyan Zhang, Victoria Martin, John Anthonypillai, Magdalena Kraft, Alexander Grishin, Galina Grishina, Jason R Catanzaro, Sharon Chinthrajah, Tina Sindher...> ;Science Translational Medicine. 2022 Nov 16
5 citations
Food Allergy and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases-The Next 10 Years.
Paul J Turner, Mimi L K Tang, Robert A Wood> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2023 Jan 1
6 citations
Protocol design and synopsis: Omalizumab as Monotherapy and as Adjunct Therapy to Multiallergen OIT in Children and Adults with Food Allergy (OUtMATCH).
Robert A Wood, R Sharon Chinthrajah, Amanda K Rudman Spergel, Denise C Babineau, Scott H Sicherer, Edwin H Kim, Wayne G Shreffler, Stacie M Jones, Donald Y M Leung, Br...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Global. 2022 Nov 1
7 citations
Allergen recognition by specific effector Th2 cells enables IL-2-dependent activation of regulatory T-cell responses in humans.
Daniel Lozano-Ojalvo, Scott R Tyler, Carlos J Aranda, Julie Wang, Scott Sicherer, Hugh A Sampson, Robert A Wood, A Wesley Burks, Stacie M Jones, Donald Y M Leung, Mari...> ;Allergy. 2023 Mar 1
10 citations
The rationale for development of ligelizumab in food allergy.
Robert A Wood, R Sharon Chinthrajah, Alexander Eggel, Ivan Bottoli, Aurelie Gautier, Maximilian Woisetschlaeger, Paolo Tassinari, Pablo Altman> ;The World Allergy Organization Journal. 2022 Sep 1
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Journal Articles

Effect of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy vs Placebo on Reaction to Peanut Protein Ingestion Among Children with Peanut Allergy
Todd D Green, David M Fleischer, Hey Chong, R Sharon Chinthrajah, Edwin H Kim, Stacie M Jones, Robert Wood, Bruce J Lanser, Lynda Schneider, Jacqueline A Pongracic, Wa..., JAMA
Epicutaneous immunotherapy for the treatment of peanut allergy in children and young adults
Jones SM. Sicherer SM, Burks AW, Leung DYM, Lindblad RW, Dawson P, Henning AK, Berin MC, Chiang D, Vickery BP, Pesek RD, Cho CB, Davidson WF, Plaut M, Sampson HA, Wood RA, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2016
The Natural History of Food Allergy
Savage J, Sicherer S, Wood RA, J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract, 1/1/2016
Oral Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Peanut Allergy: Is it Ready for Prime Time?
Wood RA, Sampson HA, J Allergy Clin Immunol: In Practice, 1/1/2014
Food Allergy
Narisety S, Wood RA, Contemporary Pediatrics, 1/1/2013
Comparison of the Etiology of Viral Respiratory Illnesses in Inner-City and Suburban Infants
Gern JE, Pappas Y, Visness CN, Jaffee KF, Lemanske RF, Togias A, Bloomberg GR, Cruikshank WW, Lamm C, Tuzova M, Wood RA, Lee WM, J Infect Dis, 1/25/2012
Oral Immunotherapy for Treatment of Egg Allergy in Children
Burks AW, Jones SM, Wood RA, Fleischer DM, Sicherer SH, Lindblad RW, Stablein D, Henning AK, Vickery BP, Liu AH, Scurlock AM, Shreffler WG, Plaut M, Sampson HA, NEJM, 1/1/2012
Analysis of T cell responses to the major allergens from German cockroach: epitope specificity and relationship to IgE production
Oseroff C, Sidney J, Tripple V, Grey H, Wood R, Broide DH, Greenbaum J, Kolla R, Peters B, Pomes A, Sette A, J Immunol, 1/1/2012
Baby-and toddler-steps toward immunotherapy for food allergy
Keet C, Wood RA, Clin Exp Allergy, 1/1/2011
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy in the United States: Summary of the NIAIDSponsored Expert Panel Report
Boyce JA, Assa'ad A, Burks AW, Jones SM, Sampson HA, Wood RA, Plaut M, Cooper SF, Fenton MJ, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2010
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy in the United States: Report of the NIAID Sponsored Expert Panel
Boyce JA, Assa'ad A, Burks AW, Jones SM, Sampson HA, Wood RA, Plaut M, Cooper SF, Fenton MJ, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2010
Peanut oral immunotherapy is not ready for clinical use
Thyagarajan A, Varshney P, Jones SM, Sicherer S, Wood RA, Vickery BP, Sampson HA, Burks AW, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2010
Overview: Food allergy symposium for pediatricians
Sicherer SH, Wood RA, Sampson HA, Munoz-Furlong A, Murphy R, Pediatrics, 1/1/2003
Allergy: A practical review
Naclerio R, Wood RA, Resident and Staff Physician, 1/1/2002
Animal Allergens and Asthma
Wood RA, Asthma and Allergy Health, 1/1/2000
The importance of environmental controls in the management of pediatric asthma
Wood RA, Immunology Clinics No America, 1/1/1998
Asthma, Allergies, and Sinusitis in Adolescence
Wood RA, Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, 1/1/1997
Anaphylaxis: Causes, pathophysiology, and management
Wood RA, Contemporary Pediatrics, 1/1/1996
Synopsis book: Best articles relevant to pediatric allergy and immunology
Wood RA, Pediatrics, 1/1/1996
Allergy, immunology, and related disorders: Editorial Overview
Wood RA, Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 1/1/1996
Management of allergy to animal danders
Wood RA, Eggleston PA, Pediatric Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology, 1/1/1993
Management of allergy to animal danders
Wood RA, Eggleston PA, Immunol Clin No America, 1/1/1992
Diagnostic testing in allergic disease
Wood RA, Sampson HA, Contemporary Pediatrics, 1/1/1987
Immunoglobulin Deficiency And Recurrent Upper Respiratory-Tract Infections
Wood, RA, Lederman HM, JAMA, 1/1/1987
Exercise-induced asthma
Wood RA, Eggleston PA, Contemporary Pediatrics, 1/1/1986
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Books/Book Chapters

Food Allergy
Chapter: Diagnostic Elimination Diets and Oral Food Provocation
Wood RAEditors: Ebisawa M, Ballmer-Weber B, Vieths S, and Wood RA.Karger AG2015
Food Allergy: Practical Diagnosis and Management
Chapter: The Natural Course of Food Allergy
Savage JR, Wood RACRC Press2013
Manual of Allergy and Immunology
Chapter: Building Related Illness
Savage JR, Wood RAEditors: Adelman DC, Casale TB, and Corren J.Edition 5th,2012
Food Allergy: Adverse Reactions to Foods and Food Additives
Chapter: The Natural History of Food Hypersensitivity
Wood RAEditors: Metcalfe DD, Sampson HA, Simon RA.Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MAEdition 3rd,2009
Fitzpatrics's Dermatology in General Medicine
Chapter: Antihistamines
Limb SL, Wood RAEditors: Wolff K, Goldsmith LA, Katz SI, Gilchrest BA, Paller AS, and Leffell DJ.McGraw MedicalEdition 7th,2008
Middleston's Allergy Principles and Practice
Chapter: Oral Food Challenge Testing
Wood RAEditors: Adkinson NF, Yunginger JW, Busse W, Bochner BS, Holgate ST, and Simons FER.MosbyEdition 7th,2008
Food Allergies for Dummies
Wood RA, with Joe KraybackWiley Publishing2007
Manual of Molecular and Clinical Laboratory Immunology
Chapter: Tests for Immunological Reactions to Foods
Fleischer DM, Wood RAEditors: Hamilton RG, Detrick B.American Society for Microbiology2006
Pediatric Allergy: Principles & Practice
Chapter: Environmental Control
Wood RAEditors: Leung DYM, Sampson HA, Geha R, Szfler S.Harcourt, Philadelphia, PA2003
Food Allergy: Adverse Reactions to Foods and Food Additives
Chapter: The Natural History and Prevention of Food Hypersensitivity
Wood RAEditors: Metcalfe DD, Sampson HA, Simon RA.Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA2003
Environmental Asthma
Chapter: Animal allergens: Assessment and control
Wood RAEditors: Bush R.Marcel Dekker, New York2001
Primary Pediatric Care
Chapter: Allergic Rhinitis
Wood RAEditors: Hoekelman RA, Weitzman ML, Adam HM, Nelson NM, Wilson MH.Mosby2001
Pediatric Asthma: An International Perspective
Chapter: Nonpharmacological approaches to the management of asthma.
Wood RA, Eggleston PAEditors: Naspitz CK, Szefler SJ, Tinkelman D, and Warner JO.Martin Dunitz, London2001
Biological Safety: Principles and Practice
Chapter: Allergens of animal and biological systems.
Phipatanakul W, Wood RAEditors: Fleming DO, Hunt DL.ASM Press2001
Taming Asthma and Allergies by Controlling Your Environment: A Guide for Patients
Wood RAAsthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Baltimore, MD2001
Taming Asthma and Allergies by Controlling Your Environment: A Guide for Patients
Wood RAAsthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Baltimore, MD1995
Provocation Testing in Clinical Practice
Chapter: Environmental challenges to animal allergens.
Wood RA, Eggleston PAEditors: Spector S.Marcel Dekker, New York1994
Allergic and Non-Allergic Rhinitis: Clinical Aspects
Chapter: Allergens
Wood RAEditors: Mygind N, Naclerio RM.Munksgard1992
Current Therapy in Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
Chapter: Allergic reactions caused by exposure to animals.
Wood RA, Eggleston PAEditors: Lichtenstein LM, Fauci AS.B.C. Decker1991
Difficult Diagnosis in Pediatrics
Chapter: Hidden allergic symptoms.
Wood RA, Sampson HAEditors: Stockman JA.W.B. Saunders1990
Current Therapy in Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
Chapter: Asthma in children.
Wood RA, Eggleston PAEditors: Lichenstein LM, Fauci As.B.C. Decker1988
Pediatrics
Wood RA, Fosarelli P, Hudak M, Lake AM, Modlin JJ.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia1988
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Chapter: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Heldrich FJ, Wood RAEditors: Ehrlich FE, Heldrich FJ, Tepas JJ.Aspen Publishers1987
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Other

Common myths about anaphylaxis.
Wood RA, School Nurse News
1/1/2002
Food allergies: From recognition to prevention.
Wood RA, Nutritional Insights
1/1/2002
Slide Kit: Pediatric Asthma.
Wood RA, The American Academy of Pediatrics
1/1/2002

Press Mentions

These Are the Most Common Allergies in Children TodayDecember 16th, 2019
Panel Backs FDA Approval for Aimmune’s Peanut OIT DrugSeptember 16th, 2019
AAAAI Podcast a Lively and Informative Resource for Professionals and Interested AmateursJuly 22nd, 2019
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Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Johns Hopkins Childrens CenterBaltimore, Maryland
Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore, Maryland

External Links

Johns Hopkins Physicianshttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/robert-wood