What is the Joint Task Force On Practice Parameters?

The Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters (JTFPP) was formed in 1989 to develop practice parameters for diagnosis and management of allergic and immunologic diseases. Members of the JTFPP represent the following organizations:

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma &Immunology (AAAAI)
American College of Allergy, Asthma &Immunology (ACAAI)

Joint Task Force Members

The Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters is composed of representatives from:

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)

The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)

Co-Chair

Marcus Shaker, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine

Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

Department of Medicine

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, NH

AAAAI representative

Biographical Sketch

Disclosure Statement 2023

Jonathan Bernstein, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine

University of Cincinnati

Department of Internal Medicine

Division of Immunology

Partner of the Bernstein Allergy Group and Bernstein Clinical Research Center

Cincinnati, Ohio

AAAAI representative

Biographical sketch

Disclosure Statement 2023

Anne K. Ellis, MD

Division of Allergy & Immunology

Department of Medicine

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

ACAAI representative

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Matthew Greenhawt, MD, MBA, MSc

Professor

Department of Allergy and Immunology

Children’s Hospital Colorado

University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Denver, Colorado

ACAAI representative

Biographical sketch

Disclosure Statement 2023

Dennis K. Ledford, MD

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

University of South FLorida &

James A. Haley C.A. Hospital

Tampa, FL

ACAAI representative

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David Stukus, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Allergy & Immunology

Nationwide Children's Hospital

The Ohio State University

College of Medicine

Columbus, OH

ACAAI representative

Biographical Sketch

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Co-Chair

Jay Lieberman, MD

Associate Professor

Division of Allergy and Immunology

Department of Pediatrics

The University of Tennessee-Memphis

Memphis, TN

ACAAI representative

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Derek Chu, MD, PhD FRCPC

Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario

AAAAI representative

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David Golden, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Johns Hopkins

Department of Allergy-Clinical Immunology

Baltimore, MD

ACAAI representative

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Caroline Horner, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri

AAAAI representative

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Matthew Rank, MD

Associate Professor Medicine

Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

Scottsdale, AZ

AAAAI representative

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Julie Wang, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Allergy and Immunology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY

ACAAI representative

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Past Joint Task Force Members

Arnold Gutman, MD (1989 – 1996); co-chair (ACAAI)

David Pearlman, MD (1989 – 1998) (AAAAI)

Rufus E. Lee, MD (1989-1998)(ACAAI)

Mark S. Dykewicz, MD (1998-2002) (AAAAI)

William E. Berger, MD (1998-2002)(ACAAI)
James T. Li, MD, PhD. (1998-2004) (AAAAI)

Jean Chapman, MD (1996-2004)(ACAAI)
Stanley Fineman, MD; co-chair (1989-2005) (ACAAI)
I Leonard Bernstein, MD (1989-2007)(AAAAI)

Linda Cox, MD (2006-2012)(AAAAI)

Sheldon Spector (1989-2015); co-chair (AAAAI)

Steve Tilles, MD (2001-2016)(ACAAI)

Diane Schuller, MD (1997-2016)(ACAAI)

Richard Nicklas, MD (1989-2016); co-chair (AAAAI)

Jay M. Portnoy, MD (1998-2017); co-chair (ACAAI)

David Bernstein, MD (2006-2017) (ACAAI)

Joann Blessing-Moore (1989-2017)(AAAAI)

David Lang (2001-2018); co-chair (AAAAI)

Christopher C. Randolph (2007-2018) (AAAAI)

David Khan (2003-2019)(AAAAI)

Chitra Dinakar (2016-2020) (ACAAI)

John Oppenheimer (2004-2020); co-chair (ACAAI)

Dana Wallace (2005-2020); co-chair (ACAAI)