Allergy & Immunology

The division provides comprehensive allergy consultation, evaluation and treatments in the outpatient setting.

Services include:

  • Asthma
  • Allergic rhino conjunctivitis
  • Atopic dermatitis
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Urticaria/angioedema
  • Food and drug allergy
  • Insect allergy
  • Sinusitis
  • Immunodeficiency diseases
  • Acute and chronic desensitization therapy

The allergy clinic also provides diagnostic procedures, such as:

  • Pulmonary function testing
  • Skin testing with allergenic extracts including inhalants, foods, antibiotics and stinging insects
  • Bronchial challenge procedures

These services and procedures are available at the Loyola University Medical Center and the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital.

Faculty

Rodney Tehrani, MD

Professor of Medicine
Division Director
Fellowship Program Director, Rheumatology

retehran@lumc.edu

Specialties

  • Autoimmune Diseases
  • Inflammatory Joint Disease
  • Lupus
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Scleroderma
  • Gout
  • Giant Cell Arteritis
  • Spondyloarthropathy
  • General Rheumatology

Locations
Loyola Center for Health at Oakbrook Terrace North
Loyola Outpatient Center

Baltazar Espiritu, MD

Associate Professor

bespiri@lumc.edu

Specialties

  • Asthma
  • Hay Fever
  • Hives
  • Allergic Disease
  • Allergies
  • Allergy Treatment
  • Allergist

Locations
Loyola Center for Health at Oakbrook Terrace North
Loyola Outpatient Center

Zineb Aouhab, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

zineb.aouhab@lumc.edu

Locations
Loyola Center for Health at Oakbrook Terrace South
Loyola Outpatient Center

Melissa Briones, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

mbussey@lumc.edu

Specialties

  • Inflammatory Myopathy
  • Lupus
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Scleroderma
  • Spondyloarthropathy
  • Vasculitis
  • Arthritis
  • Autoimmune Diseases
  • General Rheumatology
  • Giant Cell Arteritis
  • Gout
  • Inflammatory Joint Disease

Locations
Loyola Outpatient Center

Sana Haseeb, DO

Assistant Professor of Medicine

sana.gafoor@lumc.edu

Locations
Loyola Outpatient Center
Loyola Center for Health at Burr Ridge

Rochella Ostrowski, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

rostrowski@lumc.edu

Specialties

  • Lupus
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Vasculitis
  • Inflammatory Myopathy
  • Inflammatory Joint Disease
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • General Rheumatology
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  • Gout

Locations
Loyola Outpatient Center
Loyola Center for Health at Burr Ridge

Faizah Siddique, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

faizah.siddique@lumc.edu

Locations
Loyola Hospital
Loyola Outpatient Center
Loyola Center for Health at Park Ridge