Allergy & Immunology: Who We Care For

The UNC Health Allergy & Immunology Specialty Clinic offers expert compassionate care for a wide range of complex allergies and diseases of the immune system, primarily focusing on adult patients. The clinic offers cutting edge diagnostic and therapeutic treatment options and often sees patients who have been sent by other physicians because they have severe conditions, or conditions that are difficult to treat and/or diagnose.

We Focus on Caring for Adults with the Following Conditions

Given the high demand for allergy and immunology services, we must focus on serving adults with complex conditions who benefit most from our team’s expertise, collaborative care, and clinical trials.

• Anaphylaxis, Both with a Known Cause or Unknown Trigger

• Venom Allergy

• AERD & NSAID Exacerbated Respiratory Disease

• Asthma & Reactive Airway Disease

• Eosinophilic Esophagitis

• Atopic Dermatitis & Eczema

• Urticaria & Hives

• Angioedema

• Eosinophilia & Hypereosinophilic Syndromes

• Autoinflammatory Syndromes & Periodic Fever Syndromes

Refer A Patient

Temporarily Not Accepting New Diagnoses Due to Capacity Constraints

• Concern for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)

We Are Unable to Routinely See Adults with the Following Conditions

To ensure access for people with high-priority conditions, UNC Faculty Practice allergists do not routinely see adults with the following conditions. These problems are usually well-managed by a primary care provider or other specialist.

• Contact Dermatitis (Irritant or Allergic)
• Psoriasis
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
• Chronic EBV infection (“Epstein Barr virus” or Chronic “mono” or Chronic mononucleosis)
• Exposure to mold
• Chronic Lyme Disease
• Lyme Disease
• Toxic Mold Syndrome
• Erythema multiforme
• Autoimmune conditions: Rheumatologic diseases, Sarcoidosis
• IgG4 related disease

E-Consults

If you are a provider in the UNC Health System, and have a simple question about one of the above conditions, you may place an E-consult.

Procedures & Services

• Allergy testing: Provides assessment of sensitivity to environmental allergens, foods, and stinging insects.
• Allergy shot clinic: A clinic offering immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis (hay fever/allergies) and allergic asthma, as well as specialized drug therapy for severe asthma.
• Food challenge: Can be used to determine if a person has a food allergy. It involves eating a certain food in your healthcare provider’s office. Your provider monitors you for an allergic reaction.
• Infusion services: Intravenous therapy for treatment of primary immunodeficiency (affecting people whose immune systems are not functioning properly).
• Penicillin delabeling: A safe and effective method for identifying true allergic reactions to penicillin and removing penicillin allergy from a patient’s medical record when appropriate.
• Pulmonary function testing: Breathing test used to help diagnose and monitor certain lung conditions by measuring how much air you can breathe in and out of your lungs.

Our Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers

The clinic prides itself on the fact that all staff are encouraged to take the time to get to know their patients individually, which helps provide a doctor-patient “team” approach to medical care.