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 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elissa Abrams, MD

 

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Section of Allergy and Immunology

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB

 

 

 

ACAAI representative

Biographical sketch

Disclosure Statement 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derek Chu, MD, PhD FRCPC

 

Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario

 

  

AAAAI representative

Biographical Sketch

Disclosure Statement 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Golden, MD

 

 

Associate Professor of Medicine 

Johns Hopkins

Department of Allergy-Clinical Immunology

Baltimore, MD

 

 

 

ACAAI representative

Biographical Sketch

Disclosure Statement 2024

 

 

 

Caroline Horner, MD

 

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri

  

AAAAI representative

Biographical Sketch

Disclosure Statement 2024

 

 

Matthew Rank, MD

 

Associate Professor Medicine

Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

Scottsdale, AZ

 

 

 

 

 AAAAI representative

Biographical Sketch

Disclosure Statement 2024

 

Co-Chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jay Lieberman, MD

 

Professor

Division of Allergy and Immunology

Department of Pediatrics

The University of Tennessee-Memphis

Memphis, TN

 

 

ACAAI representative

Biographic Sketch

Disclosure Statement 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 2024

 

 

Anne K. Ellis, MD

 

Division of Allergy & Immunology

Department of Medicine

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

  

ACAAI representative

Biographical Sketch

Disclosure Statement 2024

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dennis K. Ledford, MD

 

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

University of South FLorida &

James A. Haley C.A. Hospital

Tampa, FL

 

 

ACAAI representative

Biographical Sketch

Disclosure Statement 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julie Wang, MD

 

Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Allergy and Immunology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY

 

 

ACAAI representative

Biographical Sketch

Disclosure Statement 2024

 






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)

David Stukus (2008-2013) (ACAAI)

 

Sponsoring Organizations

Pocket Guides

Direct Link to all JTFPP Pocketguides:  https://www.guidelinecentral.com/allergymembers/

 

Anaphylaxis

Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction

Immunotherapy

Rhinitis

Vaccine Reactions