Section of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Baylor College of Medicine
William T. Shearer, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Allergy & Immunology Section
Specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of adult and pediatric patients with allergy, asthma and primary or secondary immune dysfunction, the section of Allergy and Immunology faculty treats the expanding spectrum of complex allergic and immunologic diseases, including:
- Hypersensitivity diseases
- Severe asthma
- Antibody deficiencies
- Cellular immune defects requiring immune reconstitution
With more than 20 years of continuous external-sponsored funding of basic and clinical research, we offer training in the most current treatment of allergic and immunological disorders. The faculty is composed of experts in the use of:
- Allergen-specific immunotherapy
- Intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy
- Bone marrow stem cell transplantation
- Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
- Immunomodulatory therapy with fusion proteins
Since 1982, the Section of Allergy and Immunology has cared for HIV-infected children. In 1988, we established what has become one of the leading NIH-funded Pediatric HIV/AIDS research centers in the country, the Texas Children's Hospital HIV/AIDS Center. As part of the nationwide International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group and Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the HIV Center provides training in a variety of research and treatment options for infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant women with HIV infection.