Dr. Joseph D Spahn MD
Allergist and Immunologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Allergy/Immunology
1400 Jackson St Denver CO, 80206About
Dr. Joseph Spahn practices Pediatric Allergy Medicine in Denver, CO. A pediatric allergist/immunologist finds and treats allergies and immune system problems that child patients suffer from. Dr. Spahn treats the reactions caused by pet dander, pollen, dust, mold spores, insect stings, food, and medications; those reactions include asthma, hay fever, hives, eczema, or a very severe and unusual reaction called anaphylaxis.
Education and Training
Univ of Co Sch of Med, Denver Co 1986
Board Certification
Allergy and ImmunologyAmerican Board of Allergy and ImmunologyABAI
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- 2004
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Immunologic basis and management of steroid-resistant asthma.
- Inhibition of methylprednisolone elimination in the presence of clarithromycin therapy.
- Risk factors associated with glucocorticoid-induced adverse effects in children with severe asthma.
- Long-acting beta2-agonist monotherapy vs continued therapy with inhaled corticosteroids in patients with persistent asthma: a randomized controlled trial.
- Inhaled corticosteroid reduction and elimination in patients with persistent asthma receiving salmeterol: a randomized controlled trial.
- Childhood asthma: new insights into management.
- Relations between exhaled nitric oxide and measures of disease activity among children with mild-to-moderate asthma.
- Histopathology of severe childhood asthma: a case series.
- Treating the wheezing infant.
- The need for pediatric studies of allergy and asthma medications.
- A comparison of the clinical characteristics of children and adults with severe asthma.
- Do NHLBI lung function criteria apply to children? A cross-sectional evaluation of childhood asthma at National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1999-2002.
- Racial differences in T-lymphocyte response to glucocorticoids.
- Quantitative computed tomography detects peripheral airway disease in asthmatic children.
- Inhaled steroids: are they all created equal?
Awards
- Outstanding Teaching Award: National Jewish Health Pediatric Allergy/I 2004 University of California, Davis Medical Center 1988-1989: Outstanding
Treatments
- Immune System, Asthma, Eczema (atopic Dermatitis) And More
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American Academy of Allergy and Immunology
- Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics
- Fellow American Academy of Allergy and Immunology
Fellowships
- National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Pediatric Allergy/Immunology 1992
- National Jewish Health, Pediatric Allergy/Immunology 1989
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