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Residency Subspecialty EducationAllergy and ImmunologyThe resident experience in Allergy and Immunology consists of contact with patients for evalaution of or with diagnosed autoimmune disorders, vasculidities, immunodeficiency disorders (incl. HIV), and allergic diseases. As a conjoint pediatric/adult subspecialty, the division also conducts weekly conferences including clinical rounds, journal club, and interdisciplinary meetings which the resident is expected to attend and participate in. Opportunities are provided for case-based and topic presentations. Interested residents have the opportunity to participated in research activities, and case-based research and case reports have been performed. The Allergy-Immunology division has an accredited fellowship program as a conjoint program with the Department of Internal Medicine here at S.U.N.Y. H.S.C.B. The division runs two allergy clinics at KCHC and one adult and one pediatric clinic at UHB. In these clinics, residents directly see, evaluate and manage patients under the guidance of supervising faculty. The pediatric immunology clinic also sees a number of patients with AIDS and a fair number of patients with JRA, SLE and other rheumatologic and collagen-vascular diseases. Almost all laboratory services are available on-site, including granulocyte function tests, leukocyte adhesion tests, immunoglobulin levels and subgroups, complement studies, detailed collagen-vascular work-ups, T and B-cell counts and subsets. The mitogen stimulation test is obtained through the laboratories of the Department of Pathology. Research for those interested is available in association with the basic science departments as well as divisional clinical studies. |