"Members Only" Ask the Expert
We know you have questions. And we can get you answers. FAAN members can send their questions to member@foodallergy.org. Each month we’ll post answers from a special guest in the Members Only section of www.foodallergy.org.
February Expert
A. Wesley Burks, M.D., chair of the University of North Carolina’s Department of Pediatrics, Physician-in-Chief of the North Carolina Children’s Hospital, and a member of FAAN’s Medical Advisory Board. The period for submitting questions for Dr. Burks has ended. Thank you to thoes who submitted questions.
Previously Featured Experts
- January 2012: Associate professor of pediatrics and pyschiatry, Dr. Eyal Shemesh.
- December 2011: Cookbook author, FAAN Celebrity Ambassador Who Cares, and food allergy mom Cybele Pascale.
- November 2011: How-to expert, Martha Stewart
- October 2011: Gina Clowes, Master Life Coach and food allergy mom
- September 2011: Dr. Robert A. Wood, professor of pediatrics and international health, director of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and member of FAAN’s Medical Advisory Board
- August 2011: Dr. Todd Mahr, an allergy dad and clinician with the pediatric allergy and immunology unit of the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wis., and a member of FAAN’s Medical Advisory Board; Kristen Kauke, allergy mom and licensed clinical social worker; Jayne M. Wesler, an attorney with expertise on Section 504 plans and disability laws; and Dr. Brett Greenberger, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and food allergy dad.
- July 2011: Allergist and author, Dr. Scott Sicherer
2012 Scheduled Experts
- March 2012: Chef Joel Schaefer
- April 2012: Dr. Hemant Sharma, Children's National Medical Center
- May 2012: Food allergy coach and author, Sloane Miller, L.M.S.W.
- June 2012: Dr. Michael Pistiner, Children's Hospital Boston
Future Experts
- International food allergy expert and researcher, Hugh Sampson, M.D.
- Food allergy musician and advocate, Kyle Dine
- International advocate, Sara Shannon
- Teen advocate, Kendall Hollinger
- Teen advocate, Morgan Smith
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Join today for less than 8 cents a day and submit your own questions to member@foodallergy.org. (Remember, we will do our best to get answers to as many questions as possible, but can’t guarantee that all questions will be answered due to experts’ schedules and the high volume of e-mails.)


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