Sharon Chinthrajah

Doctor Chinthrajah joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford University in August 2013 after completing her subspecialty training in Pulmonary/Critical Care and Allergy/Immunology at Boston Medical Center. She obtained her MD from Drexel University College of Medicine in 2004 and completed her Internal Medicine training at California Pacific Medical Center in 2007 and chief residency in 2008. Dr. Chinthrajah is currently Director of the Clinical Translational Research Unit at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford University. She oversees all the clinical trials, sees patients, teaches fellows, and is an investigator on many of the Centers clinical trials in food allergy and asthma. Asthma and food allergies have common underlying mechanisms and many patients with food allergies often have a history of other allergies or asthma. In fact, about 65% of the patients with food allergies at our Center also have asthma. Working with patients with both asthma and allergy, I am able to fully utilize both my training in Pulmonary and Critical Care and Allergy/Immunology.