Beyond Avoidance
A Physician's Pursuit to Transform Food Allergy Therapy
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- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
12 October 2026
Summary
For decades, food allergy was viewed as an unfortunate condition to be managed by avoiding the problematic foods, carrying epinephrine, and hoping for the best. The absence of any FDA-approved therapy was both remarkable and frustrating, leaving patients, families, and physicians with few options beyond vigilance and fear. Couldn’t anything more be done to help those unfortunate patients?
In Beyond Avoidance: A Physician’s Pursuit to Transform Food Allergy Therapy, Dr. Dale T…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798997352516 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Dale T. Umetsu |
| Publisher: | Corte Madera Press |
| Imprint: | Corte Madera Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 12 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 263g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Dale T. Umetsu
Dr. Dale T. Umetsu is a physician-scientist who has spent four decades advancing the understanding and treatment of allergic diseases. He served as chief of the division of Allergy and Immunology and a tenured professor at Stanford University before joining Harvard Medical School as the Prince Turki al Saud Professor of Pediatrics. In 2013, Dr. Umetsu joined Genentech as global development lead and played a key role in getting Xolair FDA approved for food allergy. Today, Dr. Umetsu serves as a consultant to biotechnology companies and as a professor at the University of California, San Francisco. His career in medicine and research has been guided by a simple conviction: that patients and families living with food allergy deserve more than avoidance alone.
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