Consultants In Allergy and Asthma Care
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PUBLICATIONS

  • Klein JS, Yunginger JW, Rich MR. Myocardial dysfunction after epinephrine treatment of presumed insect venom allergy in a marathon runner. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2008; 100(3): 285-286.
  • Yocum MW, Butterfield JH, Klein JS, Volcheck GW, Schroeder MS and Silverstein MR. Epidemiology of anaphylaxis in Olmsted County: a population-based study. J Allergy Clin Immonol. 1999; 104 (2 Pt. 1):452-456.
  • Klein JS. Anaphylaxis from the carboxymethylcellulose component of barium sulfate suspension [letter, comment]. New Engl J Med. 1998; 338(9):623.
  • Klein JS. Ragweed immunotherapy in adult asthma [letter,comment] New Engl J Med. 1996; 335(3):204.
  • Klein JS, Frigas, E, Maddox DE. Radiocontrast media sensitivity. In: Hurst JW, ed. Medicine for the Practicing Physician. 4th ed. Stamford, CT: Appleton and Lange; 1996:192-195.
  • Ten RM, Klein JS, Frigas E. Allergy skin testing for the primary care physician. Mayo Clin Proc. 1995; 70(8):783-784.
  • Klein JS, Yocum MW. Underreporting of anaphylaxis in a community emergency room. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1995; 95(2):637-6
  • Popken-Harris P, Thomas L, Oxvig C, Sottrup-Jensen L, Kubo H, Klein JS, Gleich GJ. Biochemical properties, activities, and presence in biologic fluids of eosinophil granule major basic protein. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1994; 94(6 Pt. 2):1282-1289.
  • Klein JS, Hunt LW. Drug induced asthma: Immunological mechanisms and practical implications. Clin Immunotherapy. 1994; 1(3):181-190.
  • Klein JS, Goldin HM, Keegan C, Shiomoto G, Israel S, Bronson D. Clear cell carcinoma of the lung after cyclosporine therapy for epidermolysis bullosa acquisita. J Am Acad Dermatol.1991; 24:297.
  • Nowak RA, Klein JS, Pulido DM, Bahr JM. Bilateral maintenance of rabbit corpora lutea by the fetoplacental unit. J Endocrin. 1986; 109:107-110.

ABSTRACTS

  • Yocum MW, Silverstein MD, Klein JS. Anaphylaxis in Olmsted County. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1996; 97:349.
  • Klein JS, Rich MR, Yunginger JW. Myocardial ischemia without coronary artery disease after epinephrine overdose for insect sting reaction. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1995; 95:371.
  • Klein JS, O’Connell EJ. Paradoxical vocal cord dysfunction—the natural history of a case series. Ann Allergy. 1995; 74:92.
  • Klein JS, Li JT. Patient self-assessments of long-term benefit of immunotherapy for asthma and rhinitis. Ann Allergy. 1995; 74:62.
  • Patterson DL, Klein JS, Sachs MI. Noninfectious granulomatous disease in the pediatric population. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994; 149(4):A81.
  • Yocum MW, Klein JS. Emergency room period incidence of community-onset anaphylaxis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1994; 93(1):302.
  • Klein JS, Squillace D, Loegering D, Gleich GJ. Molecular forms of MBP in human blood. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1994; 93(1):212.
  • Klein JS, Butterfield JH. Chronic urticaria and thyroid disease. Ann Allergy. 1994; 72(1):96.
  • Klein J, Sinclair T, Ezdinli E. NK cell activity of Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma remission patients. Proc of Am Soc of Clin Oncology. 1985; 4:221.
  • Klein JS, Nowak RA. Bilateral maintenance of rabbit corpora lutea by the fetal placental unit. Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of Society for the Study of Reproduction, 1984. Biol Reprod. 1984; 30:198.

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

  • Klein JS, Butterfield JH. Utility of urinary prostaglandin F2 alpha in the diagnosis of mastocytosis. Presented at: North Central Society of Allergy and Immunology Annual Update; April 1995; Minneapolis, MN.
  • Klein JS, Li JT. Patient self-assessments of long-term benefit of immunotherapy for asthma and rhinitis. Presented at: Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy and Immunology; November 1994; San Francisco, CA.
  • Klein JS, Li JT. Course of asthma following discontinuation of immunotherapy. Poster presented at: XV International Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immunology-European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology; June 1994; Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Klein JS, Squillace D, Loegering D, Gleich GJ. Molecular forms of MBP in human blood. Presented at: Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology; March 1994; Anaheim, CA.

CURRENT HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

  • Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
  • Attending Category: 1995-present
  • Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
  • Consulting Staff Category: 1998-present
  • NorthShore University Health System
  • Senior Attending Staff Category: 2000-present
  • Northwest Community Hospital
  • Attending Category: 2018-present

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

  • NorthShore University Health System
  • Penicillin Allergy Quality Improvement Initiative Committee: 2016
  • Illinois Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  • Continuing Medical Education Committee: 1997-1998; 2015-2017
  • American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  • Clinical Programs/Patient Safety & Quality Committee: 2015-present
  • Lutheran General Hospital
  • Quality Council-Department of Medicine: 2012-2018
  • Lutheran General Hospital
  • Multi-Specialty Peer Review Committee–monthly meeting
  • Department of Medicine Representative: 2010-present
  • Illinois State Medical Society
  • Medical Legal Council: 2002-2007; 2009-2014; 2015-present
  • Lutheran General Hospital
  • Bylaws Committee: 2009-present
  • American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  • Practice Parameter Education Committee: 2009-2015
  • NorthShore University Health System
  • Bylaws Committee: 2009-present
  • Rush North Shore Hospital
  • Bylaws Committee: 2004-2007
  • Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
  • Pharmacy-Therapeutics Committee: 2001-2002
  • Compass/Oxford Health Care Plans
  • Medical Advisory Committee: 1997-1998
  • Lutheran General Hospital
  • Pharmacy-Therapeutics Committee: 1996-1997

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP

  • Illinois Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  • Executive Board: 1999-2015
  • Secretary/Treasurer: 1999-2000
  • Vice President: 2000-2001
  • President: 2001-2002
  • Historian: 2005-2015
  • American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  • Vice-Chairperson, Clinical Programs/Patient Safety and Quality: 2019-2023
  • Vice Chairperson, Practice Parameter Education Committee: 2013-2015
  • Illinois State Medical Society
  • Chairperson, Medical Legal Counsel: 2017-2022

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College, Rush University Medical Center, 1997-2012
  • Clinical Educator, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 2018-present

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS

  • Chicago Regional Top Doctors ®, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
  • 1999, 2003, 2005-present
  • Patients’ Choice ™ Award, Vitals. Com [strategic partner of Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.]
  • 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
  • Chicago Consumers’ Checkbook Top Doctors List, Center for the Study of Services
  • 2011, 2014, 2017
  • Super Doctors ® 2013 Chicago List, MSP Communications