CURRICULUM VITAE LOUIS M. MENDELSON, M.D. PRESENT STATUS: 2010 - Present Co-Founder, Co-Director New England Food Allergy Treatment Center 836 Farmington Avenue, Suite 138 West Hartford, CT 06119 Telephone (860) 986-6099 Fax (860) 761-2674 2005 Present President, AllerQuest LLC 10 Farmington Valley Drive Plainville, CT 06062 Telephone (860) 517-8313 Fax (860) 517-8313 1972 - Present Private Practice of Allergy and Immunology Connecticut Asthma & Allergy Center LLC 836 Farmington Avenue, Suite 207 West 06119-1551 Telephone (860) 232-9911 Fax (860) 233-5996 Satellite Offices: 64 Palomba Drive, Suite 2 Enfield, Connecticut 06082 483 Middle Turnpike West, Suite 323 Manchester, Connecticut 06040 2005 Present President CEO, AllerQuest LLC 10 Farmington Valley Drive Plainville, Connecticut 06062 MEDICAL LICENSE: Connecticut License # 015685, 1972 EDUCATION: 1970-1972 Fellow Pediatric Allergy and Immunology University of California - San Diego, California 1966-1968 Pediatric Residency Bronx Municipal Hospital Center Albert Einstein School of Medicine - New York 1965-1966 Pediatric Internship Bronx Municipal Hospital Center Albert Einstein School of Medicine - New York
Page 2 1961-1965 Medical School Medical College of Virginia M.D., 1965 1958-1961 Undergraduate Education Vanderbilt University - Tennessee Biological Sciences CERTIFICATION: American Board of Allergy and Immunology, Recertification 1981 Diplomate, American Board of Allergy and Immunology, 1974 Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 1970 National Board of Medical Examiners, 1966 PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS: 2006 2008 Chairman of AAAAI Board for ART 2001-2004 Board of Directors American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology 2000-2002 Chairman Seminars American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology 2002 - Present Clinical Professor of Pediatrics University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington, Connecticut 1980-2002 Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington, Connecticut 1998-2012 Head of Division - Allergy and Immunology Connecticut Children s Medical Center 1998 - PRESENT Co-Director of Food Allergy Clinic Connecticut Children s Medical Center 1996 - PRESENT Senior Attending - Department of Pediatrics Connecticut Children s Medical Center 1972 - PRESENT Active Medical Staff - Department of Pediatrics Hartford Hospital 1991-1993 President, Connecticut Allergy Society 1985-1986 President, New England Society of Allergy
Page 3 1979-1981 President, Connecticut Allergy Society 1972-1977 Co-Director of Allergy Clinic Hartford Hospital 1972-1977 Co-Director of Allergy Clinic Bergdorff Hospital Bloomfield, Connecticut 1970-1972 Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics University of California School of Medicine San Diego, California PROFESSIONAL HONORS: Inclusion in the Best Doctors in America, 1986-2013. Outstanding Community Physician Certificate of Excellence, Connecticut Children s Medical Center. November 12, 2012. AAAAI RSLAAIS Leadership Award, 2010 Presented at AAAAI Annual Meeting March 1, 2010. Inclusion in the Connecticut Magazine list of Best Doctors in Connecticut 2003-2013. Inclusion in the Guide to America s Top Physicians, 2006-2008. Inclusion Hartford Magazine Greater Hartford s Top Docs July, 2004. Inclusion in the 2002 Consumers Guide to Top Doctors, Center for the Study of Services, 2002. Top Docs for Women, Connecticut Magazine, May 2002. Distinguished Clinician Award, 2000 American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. Marial C. Furlong Award for Making a Difference, 1999 Food Allergy Network. Bram Rose Lectureship for Canadian Allergy Society Fall, 1999. Best Allergist 1999, Greater area Channel 3 viewer poll. Joseph Kwasman Memorial Lectureship, University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1994.
Page 4 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP PUBLICATIONS: Fellow, American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, 1978 Fellow, American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, 1986 Connecticut Allergy and Immunology Society American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology American College of Allergy and Immunology New England Society of Allergy Hartford County Medical Association Connecticut Chapter, Thoracic Society American Medical Association Factor JM, Lester MR, Mendelson LM, Lee JO, Sproviero J, Nouman G. The Effects of Peanut Oral Immunotherapy on Food Allergy Related Quality of Life J Allergy Clin Immunol, 129 (2);Supplement, February 2012, Page AB29. Solensky R, Kahn D, Mendelson LM (Contributor), Drug Allergy: An Updated Practice Parameter Annals of Allergy, Vol 105:4, 2010: 259-273.e78. Solensky R, Mendelson LM, Drug Allergy Pediatric Allergy Principals and Practice 2009; In press. Leung YM, Solensky R, Mendelson LM, Drug Allergy: Pediatric Allergy Principals and Practice 2003; 611-623. Factor JM, Mendelson LM, Rosen JP, Recurrence of Peanut Allergy Cannot Be Predicted by Continued Peanut Avoidance or Serum Specific IgE J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003; 111 (2); S275. Solensky R, Mendelson LM. Systemic reactions to antibiotics Imm and All Clinics of North Amer., Vol. 21:4, Nov., 2001. Mendelson L, Welch M, Murphy K, et al. Greater Efficacy of Budesonide Inhalation Suspension Compared to Cromolyn Sodium Over 52 Weeks in Young Children With Persistent Asthma Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000: 161: A36. Mendelson L, Cook D, Cruz-Rivera M, et al. Budesonide Inhalation Suspension Twice-Daily in Children <4 and >4 of Age with Persistent Asthma J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1999: 103: S130. Mendelson LM. Adverse reactions to B-lactam antibiotics Imm and All Clinics of North Amer., Vol. 18:4, Nov., 1998: 745-757. Shapiro G, Mendelson LM, Kraemer MJ, Cruz-Rivera M, Walton-
Page 5 Bowen K, Smith JA. Efficacy and safety of budesonide inhalation suspension (Pulmicort Respules) in young children with inhaled steroid-dependent, persistent asthma J Allergy Clin Immunol Nov., 1998: 102: 789-796. Rosen JP, Selcow JE, Mendelson LM, Grodofsky MP, Factor JM, Sampson HA. Skin testing with natural foods in patients suspected of having food allergies J Allergy Clin Imm 1994;93:1068-1070. Sampson HA, Mendelson LM, Rosen JP. Fatal and near fatal anaphylactic reactions to food in children and adolescents N Engl J Med 1992;327:380-4. Ressler C, Mendelson LM. Skin Test for Diagnosis of Penicillin Allergy - Current Status Annals of Allergy, Vol. 59:9, Sept. 1987. Ressler C, Neag PM, Mendelson LM. A liquid Chromatographic Study of Stability of the Minor Determinants of Penicillin Allergy: A Stable Minor Determinant Mixture Skin Test Preparation Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 74:4, April 1985. Mendelson LM, Ressler C, Page J, Selcow JE, Rosen JP. Elective Testing of Penicillin Allergic Patients Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 79:200 (Abstract), 1987. Ballow M, Mendelson LM, Donshik P, Rooklin A, Rapacz P. IgG Antibodies to Pollen Allergens in the Tear Secretions of Patients with Conjunctivitis Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. Ressler C, Mendelson LM. Stability Studies of Minor Determinants of Penicillin Allergy. A Stable MDM Reagent Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, 73(1)163,1984 (Abstract). Mendelson LM, Ressler C, Rosen JP, Selcow JE. Routine Elective Penicillin Allergy Skin Testing in Children and Adolescents: Study of Sensitization Journ All Clin Immunol, 73:76, 1984. Ballow M, Donshik PC, Mendelson LM. Complement proteins in the Tears of Patients with Conjunctivitis Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 73:150, 1984 (Abstract). Selcow JE, Mendelson LM, Rosen JP. A Comparison of Cromolyn and Bronchodilators in Patients with Mild to Moderately Severe Asthma in an Office Practice Annals of Allergy, Vol. 50:13-18, 1983.
Page 6 Ballow M, Donshik PC, Mendelson LM, Rapacz P, Sparks K. IgG Antibodies to Rye Grass and Ragweed Pollen Antigens in the Tear Secretions of Patients with Vernal Conjunctivitis American Journal of Opthal., 95:161, 1983. Levitz RE, Mendelson LM. Management of Penicillin Allergy Infections in Surgery, 1:18, 1982. Ballow M, Mendelson LM, Donshik PC, Sparks K. IgG Specific Antibodies to Rye Grass and Ragweed Antigens in Patients with Vernal Conjunctivitis Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 69:1365, 1982 (Abstract). Ballow M, Mendelson LM. Specific IgE Antibodies in the Tear Secretions of Patients with Vernal Conjunctivitis Journal of Allergy and Immunology, 66:112, 1980. Selcow JE, Mendelson LM, Rosen JP. Systemic Reaction to Hymenoptera Sting whit Negative Skin Test Journal of Allergy and Immunology, 65:400, 1980. Ballow M, Mendelson LM. Specific IgE Antibodies in the Tear Secretions of Patients with Vernal Conjunctivitis American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, Spring Meeting, 1979. Mendelson LM, Meltzer EP, Hamburger RN. Anaphylaxis-like Reactions to Corticosteroid Therapy Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 54:155, 1974. Groshong T, Mendelson LM, Bazaral M, Mendoza S, Tune B, Hamburger R. Serum IgE Levels in Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome Ped. Res. 6:414, 1972 (Abstract). Mendelson LM, Meltzer E, Hamburger RN. Anaphylaxis-like Reactions to Corticosteroid Therapy Ped. Res. 6:382 1972 (Abstract). Hamburger RN, Mendelson LM. Current Status of IgE California Medicine 115:46, 1971. REVIEWER: Journal of Asthma Allergy and Immunology Annals of Asthma Allergy and Immunology Journal of Pediatric Asthma and Allergy Asthma and Allergy Proceedings