Legends of allergy and immunology: Donald Y. M. Leung.
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Abstract
This issue is honoring Donald Leung, who is best known for his work in atopic dermatitis (AD), along with many other contributions in allergy and immunology. Donald was born October 1, 1949 in New York City. He received his PhD in biochemistry and MD at the University of Chicago. He subsequently went on to residency and fellowship at Children’s Hospital Boston where he continued as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School until 1989. With Dr. Raif Geha, they studied the role of Th2 cells in allergic responses and he began work in Kawasaki’s disease and AD. He made many relevant discoveries regarding Kawasaki Disease including its treatment with intravenous gamma globulin treatment for which he received a ten year NHLBI MERIT award.
Medical subject headings
- Allergy and Immunology
- Hypersensitivity