Melinda Braskett

Dr. Melinda Braskett is the Associate Medical Director of the Gores Family Allergy Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and an Assistant Professor in Clinical Pediatrics at Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California. She is a board certified allergist and clinical immunologist. She is also board certified in pediatric medicine.

Dr. Braskett graduated with honors from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in New York City. She completed her internship and residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and her fellowship in Clinical Immunology and Allergy at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Prior to coming to CHLA in February of 2016, she was an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA where she refined her expertise in high risk food and drug allergy procedures as Medical Director of the UCLA Food and Drug Allergy Care Center. Her clinical focus includes oral immune therapy (OIT) for food allergy and eosinophilic food allergies.