Dr. Susan Waserman is a Professor of Medicine, Director of the Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy at McMaster University and the Adverse Reactions Clinic at the Firestone Institute of Respiratory Health, St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton. She is Director of the Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute and holds the inaugural Schroeder Chair in Food Allergy Research.
Dr. Waserman is extensively involved in medical education in both academic and community settings, in addition to an active hospital-based clinical practice in adult and pediatric Clinical Immunology and Allergy. Activities include practice guidelines in food allergy, allergic rhinitis, hereditary angioedema and urticaria. Her research interests are focused on mechanisms of peanut allergy and its treatment
She is the President of the Canadian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Foundation and past President of the Canadian and Ontario Societies of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. She is also Chair of the Medical and Scientific Committee of Asthma Canada.
In this week's core session of Grand Rounds, Dr. Waserman will review current information on food allergy and anaphylaxis, including new directions for their treatment.