Dr. Massoud Mahmoudi is a practicing internist and allergist in Los Gatos California. He completed his Ph. D. program in Microbiology at University of North Texas and Wadley Institutes of Molecular Medicine in Texas. Subsequently he completed three different post doctoral fellowships at UT Southwestern Medical School at Dallas Texas doing research on oncogenes, biology of aging, and tissue plasminogen activator. He then attended A.T. Still University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville Missouri where he completed his DO degree. Subsequently he attended an internal medicine residency program at Yale University and Rowan University. Then he completed a fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at University of California Davis. He is currently President of the American Osteopathic College of Allergy and Immunology and a faculty member at University of California San Francisco, Rowan University, and Touro University.He is the author/editor of 10 books on Allergy, Immunology, and other medical topics. He was a columnist for local newspapers and the San Francisco Chronicle. He has spoken locally and nationally on Allergy and Immunology and has appeared on local television stations and Fox News. Dr. Mahmoudi is currently the Editor-in Chief of the peer reviewed journal “SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine”, a Nature-Springer publication.

• SECTION-1: Introduction.- Background -- allergic diseases.- Introduction to the immune system.- Epidemiology of allergic diseases.- Evaluation of an allergic patient.- Environmental allergens.- SECTION-2: Common Allergic Diseases and Related Illnesses.- Allegic diseases of the eye.- Allergic Rhinitis.-  Allergic disease of ear.- Sinsusitis and allergies.- Eosinophilic Esophagitis.- Urticaria & Angioedema.- Atopic Dermatitis.- Allergic contact Dermatitis.- Food Allergy.- Drug Allergy.- Latex Allergy.- Insect Sting Allergy.- Allergy in School Children.- Anaphylaxis.- SECTION 3- Asthma and respiratory allergy.- Asthma phenotype.- Asthma.- Allergic asthma.- Exercise induced asthma.- Aspirin-induced asthma.- Cough and cough-variant asthma.- Occuaptiponal asthma.- Asthma in elderl.- Astham in pregnancy.- Astham Masquerader.- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Asperigillus.- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis.- SECTION 3-Diagnoses.- Prick skin tests.- In-Vitro testing.- Patch Testing.- Non-conventional allergy tests.- SECTION 4-Management and Treatment of Allergic Disease.- Preventive and Control measures in Management of Allergic Diseases.- Antihistmaiens.- Bronchodilateros.- Corticosteroids.- Anti-IgE Therapy.- Anti-IL-5 Therapy.- Immunotherapy.- Sublingual Immunotherapy.- Complementary and Alternative Therapy.

Dr. Massoud Mahmoudi is a practicing internist and allergist in Los Gatos California. He completed his Ph. D. program in Microbiology at University of North Texas and Wadley Institutes of Molecular Medicine in Texas. Subsequently he completed three different post doctoral fellowships at UT Southwestern Medical School at Dallas Texas doing research on oncogenes, biology of aging, and tissue plasminogen activator. He then attended A.T. Still University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville Missouri where he completed his DO degree. Subsequently he attended an internal medicine residency program at Yale University and Rowan University. Then he completed a fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at University of California Davis. He is currently President of the American Osteopathic College of Allergy and Immunology and a faculty member at University of California San Francisco, Rowan University, and Touro University.He is the author/editor of 10 books on Allergy, Immunology, and other medical topics. He was a columnist for local newspapers and the San Francisco Chronicle. He has spoken locally and nationally on Allergy and Immunology and has appeared on local television stations and Fox News. Dr. Mahmoudi is currently the Editor-in Chief of the peer reviewed journal “SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine”, a Nature-Springer publication.

• SECTION-1: Introduction.- Background -- allergic diseases.- Introduction to the immune system.- Epidemiology of allergic diseases.- Evaluation of an allergic patient.- Environmental allergens.- SECTION-2: Common Allergic Diseases and Related Illnesses.- Allegic diseases of the eye.- Allergic Rhinitis.-  Allergic disease of ear.- Sinsusitis and allergies.- Eosinophilic Esophagitis.- Urticaria & Angioedema.- Atopic Dermatitis.- Allergic contact Dermatitis.- Food Allergy.- Drug Allergy.- Latex Allergy.- Insect Sting Allergy.- Allergy in School Children.- Anaphylaxis.- SECTION 3- Asthma and respiratory allergy.- Asthma phenotype.- Asthma.- Allergic asthma.- Exercise induced asthma.- Aspirin-induced asthma.- Cough and cough-variant asthma.- Occuaptiponal asthma.- Asthma in elderl.- Astham in pregnancy.- Astham Masquerader.- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Asperigillus.- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis.- SECTION 3-Diagnoses.- Prick skin tests.- In-Vitro testing.- Patch Testing.- Non-conventional allergy tests.- SECTION 4-Management and Treatment of Allergic Disease.- Preventive and Control measures in Management of Allergic Diseases.- Antihistmaiens.- Bronchodilateros.- Corticosteroids.- Anti-IgE Therapy.- Anti-IL-5 Therapy.- Immunotherapy.- Sublingual Immunotherapy.- Complementary and Alternative Therapy.