INVESTIGATORS INFORMATION
Richard F. Lockey, MD, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health; Division Director; Joy McCann Culverhouse Endowed Chair in Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Dr. Lockey has been the Director of the Division since 1983. He is a graduate of Temple University College of Medicine and completed his training in Internal Medicine and Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is a Past-President of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology and a past Director of the Board of Allergy and Immunology. He is a current member-at-large of the World Allergy Organization (WAO).
Dennis K. Ledford, MD, Professor of Medicine. Dr. Ledford received his degree in medicine from the University of Tennessee. He completed his fellowship in Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at New York University and his fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at USF. Dr. Ledford is currently serving as a Director on the Board of Allergy and Immunology. His research interests include steroid-resistant/dependent asthma and nasal polyposis.
Roger W. Fox, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Fox is a graduate of St. Louis University College of Medicine and completed his training in Internal Medicine and Allergy and Immunology at the University of South Florida. He supervises the teaching and rotation schedules of the residents and fellows. His primary research interests are allergic skin diseases and upper airway diseases.
Monroe J. King, DO, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine. Dr. King is a graduate of Chicago College of Osteopathy and completed his training at Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital in Michigan. Dr. King served in the United States Navy as an allergist and task force surgeon for 29 years.
Shyam S. Mohapatra, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Director of Basic Research in the Division of Allergy and Immunology. Dr. Mohapatra did his doctoral research at the Australian National University, Canberra. Following post-doctoral training at the University of Bielefeld, Germany and McGill University, Montreal, He became Faculty at the Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (1988-1996). He was appointed Director of Basic Research for the Division and of the Joy McCann Culverhouse Airway Disease Center in 1997 and was promoted to the position of Professor in year 2000. His present research interests focus on development of DNA vaccines against allergy and asthma, molecular pathology of RSV infection, and immunogenetic regulation of IgE response.
Mark C. Glaum, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics. Dr. Glaum received his medical degree and doctoral degree in Immunology from MCP/ Hahnemann University. Dr. Glaum continued on to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Hahnemann University Fordham University
Samuel C. Bukantz, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director Emeritus. Dr. Bukantz is a graduate of New York University College of Medicine. He founded the training program in allergy and immunology at the University of South Florida in 1972. Dr. Bukantz is recognized nationally and inter-nationally and is a past editor of Hospital Practice, a past Vice-President of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and a past Director of the Board of Allergy and Immunology.