Food Allergy

Professional Activities

2008 – Began oral immunotherapy for milk and egg allergy

2010 – Presented two Oral Immunotherapy for food allergy posters at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology  

2011 – Founded the Dallas Food Allergy Center

2012 – Debated food allergy treatment with Dr. Hugh Sampson at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology  

2014 – Published Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy: Multi-Practice Experience With Epinephrine Treated Reactions 2014. JACI: In Prac. 2:91-96.e2. 

2015 – Co-founded Food Allergy Support Team (FAST), a non-profit organization to support the development of food allergy treatment by practicing allergists 

2016 – present, member of the AAAAI Adverse Reactions to Foods Committee 

2017 – Organized the first annual Food Allergy Support Team Oral Immunotherapy Practitioners’ meeting 

2019 – Published Real-World Experience with Peanut Oral Immunotherapy: Lessons Learned From 270 Patients. JACI: In Pract. 2019. 7:418-426. 

2022 – Co-edited the Oral Immunotherapy Manual. Journal of Food Allergy, 4:2 

2023 – present, member of the ACAAI Food Allergy Committee 

2014 – 2025 33 food allergy-related peer-reviewed publications

Bibliography 2024-2025

  • Rodríguez Del Río P, Riggioni C, Deschildre A, Greenhawt M, Schnadt S, Arasi S, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Wasserman RL, Begin P, Waserman S, Patel N, Lins de Holanda Coelho G, Alvaro PC, Mori F, Caminiti L, Mack DP, Wexler M, Bernaola M, Ruano Perez FJ, Jimenez AR, El Abd K, Wanin S, Yassin M, Guenard-Bilbaut L, Metz-Favre C, Badina L, Schreiber R, Amorós SM, Fox AT, Vazquez-Cortés S, Garriga-Baraut T, Cros P, Bazire R, Fitzhugh D, Muraro A, Perea AA, Turner PJ, Alvaro-Lozano M, Fernandez-Rivas M, Galvin AD. Patient reported outcomes on food immunotherapy differ between countries and foods: results from COFAITH. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025 May 7:S2213-2198(25)00418-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2025.04.049. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40345331.

  • Anagnostou, A., Lieberman, J., Bingemann, T., Buckey, T., Cianferoni, A., Cosper, A., Kim, E., Love, M., Mallapaty, A., Moore, L., Wasserman, R., Nowak-Wegrzyn, A., Somani, S., Yu, J., & Greenhawt, M. (2025). 10 ways to improve your management of food allergy. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 134(5), 616-618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2025.01.014

  • Wasserman RL. Remote OIT Updosing:  Access, Safety, and Economics. 2025. Annals Allergy, Asthma, & Immunol. 2025. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 134:374-375.

  • Wasserman RL. Correspondence re: Long-term efficacy and safety of cow's milk anaphylaxis specific immunotherapy: Allergen unresponsiveness via the Tolerance Induction Program. J Allergy Clin Immunol: Global. 2024; 100393, ISSN 2772-8293,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacig.2024.100393.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772829324001899) 

  • Al-Shaikhly T, Cox A, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Cianferoni A, Katelaris C, Ebo DG, Konstantinou GN, Brucker H, Yang HJ, Protudjer JLP, Boechat JL, Yu JE, Wang J, Hsu Blatman KS, Blazowski L, Anand MP, Ramesh M, Torres MJ, Holbreich M, Goodman R, Wasserman RL, Hopp R, Sato S, Skypala I. An International Delphi Consensus on the Management of Pollen-Food Allergy Syndrome: A Work Group Report of the AAAAI Adverse Reactions to Foods Committee. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2024 Dec;12(12):3242-3249.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2024.09.037. Epub 2024 Nov 2. PMID: 39488768; PMCID: PMC11625607. 

  • Wasserman, RL. A Diagnostic Approach to IgE-mediated Food Allergy: A Practical Algorithm. J Food Allergy. 2024;6:1-6, 2024; doi: 10.2500/jfa.2024.6.240007. 

  • Mack DP, Dribin TE, Turner PJ, Wasserman RL, Hanna MA, Shaker M, Tang MLK, Rodríguez Del Río P, Sobolewski B, Abrams EM, Anagnostou A, Arasi S, Bajowala S, Bégin P, Cameron SB, Chan ES, Chinthrajah S, Clark AT, Detjen P, du Toit G, Ebisawa M, Elizur A, Factor JM, Greiwe J, O'B Hourihane J, Hughes SW, Jones DH, Muraro A, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Patel NB, Scurlock AM, Shah AN, Sindher SB, Tilles S, Vickery BP, Wang J, Windom HH, Greenhawt M. Preparing Patients for Oral Immunotherapy (PPOINT): International Delphi consensus for procedural preparation and consent. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024;28:S0091-6749(24)00238-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2024.02.019. 

  • Trevisonno J, Venter C, Pickett-Nairne K, Bégin P, Cameron SB, Chan ES, Cook VE, Factor JM, Groetch M, Hanna MA, Jones DH, Wasserman RL, Mack DP. Food aversion and anxiety represent primary patient barriers to food oral immunotherapy. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2024 Mar14:S2213-2198(24)00276-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2024.03.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38492666.