Dr. Jacqueline Ann Pongracic MD
Allergist and Immunologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Allergy/Immunology
2515 N Clark St Childrens Memorial H Chicago IL, 60614About
Dr. Jacqueline Pongracic practices Pediatric Allergy Medicine in Chicago, IL. A pediatric allergist/immunologist finds and treats allergies and immune system problems that child patients suffer from. Dr. Pongracic 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
Northwestern Uniiversity 1985
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Asthma medications and how to use them.
- Management of asthma.
- Asthma delivery devices: age-appropriate use.
- Asthma hospitalizations in children: what is the solution?
- Hereditary and acquired angioedema.
- Food allergy.
- Parental use of EpiPen for children with food allergies.
- A competitive kinin receptor antagonist, [DArg0, Hyp3, DPhe7]-bradykinin, does not affect the response to nasal provocation with bradykinin.
- Pharmacology of nasal provocation with bradykinin: studies of tachyphylaxis, cyclooxygenase inhibition, alpha-adrenergic stimulation, and receptor subtype.
- Update on epinephrine for the treatment of anaphylaxis.
- Prematurity, chorioamnionitis, and the development of recurrent wheezing: a prospective birth cohort study.
- Update on food allergy.
- Dissociation between the prevalence of atopy and allergic disease in rural China among children and adults.
- Food allergy is associated with an increased risk of asthma.
- Genetic and environmental contributions to allergen sensitization in a Chinese twin study.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2012 Chicago Super Doctors
Treatments
- Asthma, Food Allergy, Allergies
- Asthma
- Allergies
- Hay Fever (allergic Rhinitis)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (copd)
- Allergic Reaction
- Hives (urticaria)
- Food Allergies
Fellowships
- Johns Hopkins University Hospital 1991
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, Allergy and Immunology 1991
- allergy and immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1988
- Johns Hopkins Hospital 1991
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