Covid Update #10: Masks, back to school, and flu shots! August 19, 2020 A message from Dr Lieberman and Dr Parekh Masks: We appreciate everyone’s cooperation with our current mask policy. For the health and safety of our staff and fellow patients, masks/face coverings are to be worn at all times when in our building…
Category: egg allergy
Teal Pumpkin Project
Halloween is almost here! For those without food allergy, it is a time to get dressed up and have fun trick or treating and eat a LOT of different candies! However, it’s quite a different sentiment and experience for those of us with food allergy. Especially for children with milk, egg, peanut, tree nut and…
Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) Update
We began our oral immunotherapy program almost two years ago and are pleased to report 34 patients have been enrolled. We now offer OIT for 4 foods: peanut, milk, egg and cashew/pistachio. Of the 34, 32 are for peanut OIT and one each for milk and egg. 23 have completed and are now consuming a…
OIT Update
What a big day! Anna ate her first peanut yesterday after 3 months of therapy. Way to go Anna! Here is our latest OIT progress report: We enrolled our first peanut OIT patient in June of 2017. We have now enrolled a total of 21 patients including 2 new starts last week with another new…
Introducing Egg OIT
Food Allergy Updates: As Austin’s leaders in food allergy, we are happy to announce another addition to our oral immunotherapy (OIT) program now available at our food allergy center. For our egg allergic patients we now offer egg OIT. Egg will make the third food we have for OIT joining peanut and milk. Also, did…
2018 Food Allergy Awareness Week
The Empire State Building was lit teal on May 13, 2018 to kick off Food Allergy Awareness Week! This year Food Allergy Awareness Week is May 13-19, 2018. Created in 1998, the goal of Food Allergy Awareness Week is to educate the public about food allergies, a potentially life-threatening disease. Food Allergy Awareness Week provides…
Thank you!
Thanks to everyone who made it to this year’s Food Allergy Heroes Walk. It was a beautiful fall day and we had a very good turnout again this year! We’re proud to be a sponsor and help raise awareness of the current food allergy epidemic, and let some heroes meet other fellow heroes!
Austin's Food Allergy Leaders
Reminder, FARE’s Food Allergy Heroes Walk is this Sunday, Oct. 29! We Are Austin’s Leaders in Food Allergy: 5 patients are currently enrolled in Peanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) Successfully lobbied at the 85th Texas Legislative Session for the passage of SB1367 & SB 579; access to epinephrine in public universities and private schools Conducted in…
FARE's Food Allergy Heroes Walk
Did you know that 1 in 13 kids have food allergy? We are proud to participate again this year in FARE’s Food Allergy Heroes Walk. We have been a participant and sponsor since the first food allergy walk in Austin. It’s a great community event to raise awareness about food allergy and lets our kids…
Flu vaccine now available!
The flu vaccine is now available for all our patients. “The Flu” is caused by influenza virus, a winter-time respiratory virus. The flu season typically is from October through March, but sometimes can run as late as May. People who have asthma (and other chronic medical conditions), or are under age 5 or over 65,…