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Food Allergies and Your Child

Episode Summary

Any adverse reaction to a food, is an epipen potential reaction to any food allergy. In this Episode of KidzDocTalk, Dr. Jennie and Dr. Malka, Director of Allergy & Immunology at Pediatric Associates discuss food allergies, reactions, prevention and treatments.

Episode Notes

This Episode Covers the Following Topics & More:

• The Most Common Food Allergies
• What Parents Can Do to Prevent the Development of Certain Allergies
• Different Ways Food Allergies are Tested & Diagnosed: IgE vs IgG Tests
• A Refresh on the Atopic March (Season 1, Episode 15)
• Factors of Outgrowing Food Allergies
• Treatments for Food Allergies
• Administering an Epipen (epinephrine injection)

About Dr. Jonathan Malka:

Jonathan Malka, MD, FAAAI is currently the director of Allergy & Immunology at one the largest pediatric groups in the country. Prior to starting the allergy division at Pediatric Associated Dr. Malka was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, at National Jewish Health Division of Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He also served in the Division of Immunopharmacology Laboratory, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado.

Dr. Malka earned a doctor of medicine degree from “La Universidad Central de Venezuela” in Caracas, Venezuela. After completing his medical education Dr. Malka joined the International Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Immunology at Georgetown University where he received the International Fellow Distinguished Award in Allergy & Immunology and a Research Achievement Award for Outstanding Research on “Susceptibility Test-Adverse Effects of Smallpox Vaccine”. Dr. Malka completed his pediatric training at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. Dr. Malka went on to National Jewish Health in Denver, CO were he completed his fellowship in Allergy and Immunology.

Dr. Malka is currently a Fellow of the American Academy and American College of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology. Dr. Malka has published more than 20 review articles in prestigious journals both in the USA and Venezuela. Dr. Malka has earned prestigious awards including Favorite Pediatric Specialist award given by Broward Family Favorites on both 2013 and 2014.

Dr. Malka’s research interest includes food allergies, understanding and managing severe asthma and biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of asthma. He also served in the Division of Immunopharmacology Laboratory, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado.