Rauno Joks, MD, FAAAAI

Rauno Joks, MD is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. He is the Chief and Program Director of the Allergy & Immunology Division of the Department of Medicine. In addition to Allergy & Immunology, Dr. Joks is a rheumatologist, having completed both fellowships, with board certification, at SUNY Downstate. His research interests include regulation of IgE production and mechanisms of allergic inflammation, as well as relation of allergic disease and asthma to other chronic inflammatory conditions.

After attending SUNY Binghamton where he attained his B.S. in Biology. he received his M.D. degree at SUNY Stony Brook. His Internal Medicine residency training occurred at Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York before coming to Downstate for fellowship training. He is an active faculty member in the College of Medicine at SUNY Downstate, and also works as a hospitalist in the Department of Medicine at Kings County Hospital Center. His scholarly works have been published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - In Practice, JAMA-Pediatrics, and Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.  

Education

• Undergraduate: SUNY Binghamton
• Medical School: SUNY Stony Brook
• Internship: Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York
• Residency: Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York
• Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Research Interests

• Mechanisms of allergic inflammation
• Relation of allergy to other chronic inflammatory conditions