Rebecca Gruchalla, M.D., Ph.D.

Rebecca S. Gruchalla, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. She also holds the William A. Sellars M.D. and Joyce M. Sellars Distinguished Chair in Allergy and Immunology. Dr. Gruchalla received her PhD and medical degrees from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. After completing internal medicine training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and allergy and immunology training at UT Southwestern, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty. Dr. Gruchalla enjoys both her teaching and clinical responsibilities. In addition, much of her time is devoted to research activities in the area of pediatric asthma. She has been leading NIAID-funded inner city pediatric asthma studies since 1994. Dr. Gruchalla currently is participating in the multi-site Inner City Asthma Consortium as project director of the site at UT Southwestern. Dr. Gruchalla also is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.

Medical School	UT Southwestern Medical Center (1985)
Internship	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1986), Internal Medicine
Residency	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1988), Internal Medicine
Fellowship	UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1991), Allergy & Immunology

• Allergy
• Allergy & Immunology
• Drug Allergies
• General Allergies

• Primary Interests
• Allergy
• Anaphylaxis
• Drug Allergy
• Mastocytosis
• Urticaria

• Pediatric Asthma Clinical Research

Featured Publications

Management of asthma based on exhaled nitric oxide in addition to guidelines-based treatment for inner-city adolescents and young adults: a randomized controlled trial

Szefler SJ, Mitchell H, Sorkness CA, Gergen PJ, O’Connor GT, Morgan WJ, Kattan M, Pongracic JA, Teach SA, Bloomberg GR, Eggleston PA, Gruchalla RS, Kercsmar CM, Liu AH, Wildfire JJ, Curry MD, Busse WW Lancet 2008 372 (9643) 1065-72

The Inner City Asthma Study: Relationships between sensitivity, exposure and morbidity

Gruchalla RS, Pongracic J, Plaut M, Evans R, Visness CM, Walter M, Crain EF, Kattan M, Morgan WJ, Steinback S, Stout J, Malindzak G, Smartt E, Mitchell H Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology March 2005 115 584-91

Safety of cephalosporin administration to patients with histories of penicillin allergy

Daulat S, Solensky R, Earl HS, Casey W, Gruchalla J Allergy Clin Immunol June 2004 6/113 1220-1222

Lack of penicillin resensitization in patients with a history of penicillin allergy

Solensky R, Earl HS, Gruchalla RS. Archives of Internal Medicine 2002 162 822-826

Clinical evaluation of drug-induced disease

Gruchalla RS Lancet 2000 356 1505-1511

Management of asthma based on exhaled nitric oxide in addition to guidelines-based treatment for inner-city adolescents and young adults: a randomized controlled trial

Szefler AJ, Mitchell H, Sorkness CA, Gergen PJ, O’Connor GT, Morgan WJ, Kattan M, Pongracic JA, Teach SA, Bloomberg GR, Eggleston PA, Gruchalla RS, Kercsmar CM, Liu AH, Wildfire JJ, Curry MD, Busse WW Lancet 2008 372 (9643) 1065-72

The Inner City Asthma Study: Relationships between sensitivity, exposure and morbidity

Gruchalla RS, Pongracic J, Plaut M, Evans R, Visness CM, Walter M, Crain EF, Kattan M, Morgan WJ, Steinback S, Stout J, Malindzak G, Smartt E, Mitchell H Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology March 2005 115 584-91

The Inner City Asthma Study: A home-based environmental intervention in inner city children with asthma

Morgan WJ, Crain E, Gruchalla RS, O’Connor G, Kattan M, Evans R, Stout J, Malindzak G, Smartt E, Plaut M, Walter M, Vaughn B, Mitchell H N England Journal of Medicine August 2004 351 1068-80

Home and allergic characteristics of children with asthma in seven US urban communities and design of an environmental intervention: the Inner-City Asthma Study

Crain EF, Walter, M, O’Conner GT, Mitchell H, Gruchalla RS, Kattan M, Malindzak GS, Enright P, Evans R 3rd, Morgan W, Stout JW Environ Health Perspect September 2002 9/110 939-945

Drug metabolism, danger signals and drug hypersensitivity

Gruchalla RS J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001 108 475-478

• Gail G. Shapiro Memorial Lectureship
  Lectureship Award (2007)
• Women’s Involvement in the AAAAI
  Special Recognition Award (2007)
• AAAAI Special Recognition Award
  Editorial Award (2004)
• Aventis/AAAAI Women Physician in Allergy Grant Award
  Research Award (2003)
• Boehringer-Ingelheim AAAI/NIAID
  Research Award (1992)

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
• American Thoracic Society