Contributors
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Jonathan Bernstein
Jonathan Bernstein is Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology with University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Director of UC Clinical Research. He received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1985 and completed an internship in Internal Medicine with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 1985-1986 and residency in 1986-1988, followed by a fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, in 1988-1990. He is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Allergy and Immunology.
Dr. Bernstein is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; the American College of Physicians; and the American College of Chest Physicians. He was President of the Cincinnati Allergy Society (2009-2011) and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Asthma.
Dr. Bernstein's interests include chronic rhinitis subtypes; asthma; environmental control of chronic rhinitis and asthma; indoor and outdoor air quality; occupational asthma; drug hypersensitivity; chronic urticaria; hereditary and idiopathic angioedema; and chronic dermatitis/eczematous disorders.
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the diagnostic approach to acute and chronic urticaria
2. Explain the do's and dont's of evaluating patients with chronic urticaria
3. Determine the best treatment approaches for patients with chronic urticaria