Dr. Ira Finegold is Chief of the Division of Allergy and
Clinical Immunology in the Department of Medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt
Hospital Center. He is also Director of the Robert A. Cooke Institute of
Allergy, located at the Roosevelt Division. Dr. Finegold previously served
as clinical professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Miami
and chief of staff of Hollywood Memorial Hospital in Florida.
After earning a medical degree and a Master of Science
degree in pathology from the University of Chicago School of Medicine,
he completed a residency in internal medicine at Bronx Municipal Hospital
and Montefiore Medical Center and a fellowship in allergy at the Roosevelt
Division. He also served as a clinical associate at the Immunology Branch
of the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Finegold is certified by the American Board of Internal
Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. His clinical
and research interests include allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, asthma, urticaria,
food allergy, and applications of allergen-specific immunotherapy.
He has written many articles on allergic subjects. He
also has been invited to give many lectures to national and international
physician meetings. He is a Fellow of a number of societies including the
College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (past President), the Academy
of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American College of Physicians.
He is also a member of the New York City Asthma Partnership.