After 14 years of our annual "Alumni Race" we are teaming up with LHS(MA)Wrestling to welcome the entire running community to The 1st Annual LexGiving 5k. If you've been with us before, same date, time, same course with a whole new flair. Register at: runsignup.com/Race/MA/Lexing…

#MEETDAY we are back home this afternoon to face Belmont for our first Middlesex League Liberty Division meet of the season #LexGo #LexXC

👀💊9/28 is National Penicillin Allergy Day! I devoted much of my career to studying the negative impact of taking a reported penicillin allergy as truth and using alternative antibiotics. Some adverse consequences are preventable through penicillin allergy evaluation 1/3

Children commonly experience rashes while receiving antibiotics. We've come a LONG way in understanding the vast majority of these rashes are not due to allergy...and many allergies resolve over time. Today is the perfect day to have this clarified! #PenicillinAllergyDay

Today is National Penicillin Allergy Day! Most individuals lose their penicillin allergy over time. Up to 90% of individuals with a label of penicillin allergy will actually test negative when evaluated by an allergist MGHallergy Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc AAAAI ACAAI

Continuing our transformational journey in leadership and learning to prototype ideas and develop successful initiatives MassGeneral Medicine Ruderman Family Foundation #MGHElevate Aithan Shapira @MGHCFD

The Boston allergy community was lucky to hear Dr. Shaker speak on Cost-effective care in the field of allergy MGHallergy AAAAI ACAAI #anaphylaxis #foodallergy

Beautiful start to the day! #LexGo Good luck to the #Diamond middle school XC team! Have fun! Emmett Lexington Cross Country - Track & Field

Annual Lit Review Pedi Allergy ACAAI #ACAAI23 #drjohnkelso 1. Recommend intro of peanut into infant diets as soon as possible 2. Offer OIT ASAP to infants who develop food allergy to maximize effectiveness ("bamba" 3. Consider boiled peanut OIT in older children w/peanut allergy

Important take home messages from ACAAI annual lit review #foodallergy #ACAAI23 #drmatthewgreenhawt 1) Promising data on peanut EPIT 2) Dupilumab effective in EOE 3) early milk, peanut and egg introduction can have preventive effects

Annual Lit Review #drugallergy ACAAI @Jamie_L_Waldron A sulfa allergy clinical decision rule is useful for clinicians to assess risk of true allergy. High specificity but lower sensitivity, meaning that it is possible to miss some patients with a true sulfa allergy #ACAAI2

The Year's Best Articles #DrDavidKhan ACAAI lit review 1) Drug challenges are a safe way to delabel beta-lactam allergy in kids with non-anaphylactic histories 2) omalizumab and dupilumab may result in tolerance to NSAIDs in some AERD patients #ACAAI23

Congratulations to the inaugural 2023 Matt ELEVATE leadership program cohort! Lead with empathy, integrity, and a deep commitment to making a difference MassGeneral Medicine Grateful to the Ruderman Family Foundation #DavidFinn Ami Bhatt, MD Aithan Shapira MassGeneral News

There is no accepted grading system to classify the severity of immediate reactions to drugs. Read about a proposed system that reflects consensus of the United States Drug Allergy Registry Consortium. Here’s the Editors’ Choice report. bit.ly/417o6gt

Oncologists were satisfied with an electronic system for consulting with allergists about hypersensitivity reactions during chemo, said Aleena Banerji, MD of MassGeneral Medicine. Also, Dr. Cosby A. Stone of Vanderbilt Health and Afreen Shariff, MD comment. Read more 🔽 bit.ly/3ObFpHV

(1/8): Penicillin allergy labels are widespread, but only 5% of the US population confirms allergic when tested. High prevalence of penicillin allergy label and low access to allergy specialists make predictive tools critical for safe penicillin allergy assessment/de labeling.

Excited to hear the social media guru Dr. Dave Stukus talk at the #AAAAI24 Leadership Institute Course! Avoid Facebook? Say NO to influencer opportunities? Input personality! AAAAI

Addressing B-lactam and PCN allergy labels remains important to improving outcomes. @AAAAI practice parameters consensus statement is clear: we recommend a pro-active effort to de-label. Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc ACAAI Eastern Allergy Conference #EAC2024 MGHallergy