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Matthew Greenhawt, MD - Video Profile

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Channel: Michigan Medicine · 2014 · Science & Technology

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Assistant Professor, Allergy And Immunology
Specialties: Allergy And Immunology
Clinical Interests: Food Allergy, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome and non-IgE mediated food allergy, Pediatric Mastocytosis, Oral Food Challenges

Matthew J. Greenhawt, M.D., M.B.A., M.S.c. - Dr. Greenhawt is Board-certified in pediatrics and allergy and immunology. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the U-M, and is research director for the University of Michigan Food Allergy Center. Dr. Greenhawt is also the co-director of the University of Michigan Combined Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis Clinic. A graduate of Tufts University, where he earned both his medical and Master of Business Administration degrees, he completed a fellowship in allergy and immunology at the U-M in 2008. He also received a Master's of Science in Health and Healthcare Policy at the U-M Rackham School of Graduate Studies in 2012.

 Dr. Greenhawt is a health services researcher, with an eye towards using his work to influence food allergy related health-care policy. His specific research interests include parental understanding of food allergy risk, utilization of food allergy/EoE related health services, emerging food allergy therapeutics, adherence to practice guidelines, optimal strategies for diagnosis and treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis, and Quality of Life among families with food allergy and Eosinophilic Esophagitis. He is a national expert on the safety of Influenza vaccine in egg allergic recipients, and on in-flight allergic reactions to peanut. He has over 30 peer reviewed publications on a broad variety of topics, including peanut and tree nut reactions on commercial airlines, the safety of influenza vaccine in egg allergic children (including 3 national practice parameters on this subject), use of oral food challenges, the management of eosinophilic esophagitis, and food allergy policy related issues.  He serves as a member of several national committees for both the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, and has served as an advisor on behalf of these organizations to the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Council on Immunization Practices pertaining to his work with influenza vaccine. He is also an associate editor for the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. He has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the ACAAI, and private foundations.

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