Zuhair K. Ballas, M.D., Professor and Director

Faculty

Patient Care
Inpatient Services | Outpatient Services | More...

Education
Fellowship Training Program | Resident Rotations | Student Courses | Conferences

Research
Basic Science Research | Clinical Research | Clinical Trials

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Patient Care

Inpatient Services
Consultation Services (University and VA Hospitals)
- Atopic and Other Hypersensitivity Diseases
- Drug Desensitization
- Adverse Drug Reactions
- Immunodeficiency Evaluation and Management
- General Allergy and Immunology

Outpatient Services
General Allergy-Immunology Clinics, University Hospitals
Bronchoprovocation Challenge
Primary Immunodeficiency
Cellular Immunology Diagnostic Lab
Clinical Study Center
Fiber optic Rhinoscopy
Immunodeficiency Clinic
Latex Allergy Clinic

Education

Fellowship Training Program
Resident Rotations
- Internal Medicine
- Otolaryngology
Student Courses
- Foundations of Clinical Practice IV
- Medical Student Teaching: M1, M2, M4
- Medical Student (M4) Rotations
    Clinical Allergy and Immunology
    Immunopathology (with Department of Pathology)
- Interdisciplinary Immunology Graduate Program
Conferences
- Allergy-Immunology Grand Rounds
- Immunology Group Seminar

Research

Basic Science Research
Heparin binding proteins and peptides
Biology and function of natural killer cells
Thymic selection
Effect of alcohol on the immune system
Effect of herbicides/pesticides on the immune system
Immunology of sinusitis
DNA Vaccines
Immunology of alcoholism

Clinical Research
Hereditary angioedema
Primary immunodeficiency molecular etiology
Biological response modifier therapy
Mechanisms of "irreversible" asthma

Clinical Trials
Asthma
Allergic rhinitis
Hereditary angioedema
Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

Administration

Zuhair K. Ballas, M.D., Professor and Director
  Director of Primary Immunodeficiency Service
  Director, University of Iowa Flow Cytometry Facility
  Director, Cellular Immunology Diagnostic Laboratory
Mary Beth Fasano, M.D., Clinical Professor
  Director, Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Program
Nicholas Zavazava, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor
  Director or Transplantation Research