J. Andrew Bird, M.D.

Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care

Pediatrics - Allergy and Immunology

Biography

J. Andrew Bird, M.D. graduated from Texas A&M University in 1999 and from the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio in 2003. He completed a Pediatrics residency in 2006 and then an Allergy and Immunology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in 2008. He was the first recipient of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology/Food Allergy Initiative Howard Gittis Memorial Award in 2008, which allowed him to complete a clinical research fellowship in food allergy under the direction of Dr. Wesley Burks at Duke University in 2009.

Dr. Bird joined the faculty at UT Southwestern in 2009. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care, and Director of the Food Allergy Center at Children’s Medical Center. Dr. Bird’s research interests are in understanding and treating life-threatening reactions to foods, and he is currently working with colleagues in several ongoing clinical trials using food proteins for immunotherapy.

Dr. Bird was included in D Magazine's Best Doctors list for 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022, and was named a Texas Monthly Super Doctor in 2018.

Education & Training

Medical School - UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (1999-2003)
Residency - Baylor College of Medicine (2003-2006), Pediatrics
Fellowship - Baylor College of Medicine (2006-2008), Allergy & Immunology
Research Fellowship - Duke University Medical Center (2008-2009), Allergy & Immunology

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Texas Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society (2010)
American Medical Association (2008-2010)
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (2006)
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (2006)
American Academy of Pediatrics (2003)

Honors & Awards

D Magazine Best Doctor, 2014, 2018, 2020-2022
D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist, 2011- 2018, 2020-2021
Mom-Approved Doctor 2017, Dallas Child Magazine
Texas Super Doctor 2015-2017, Texas Monthly Magazine
Winn Master Physician in Food Allergy 2014, Children's Medical Center
Super Doctor - Texas Rising Stars 2012-2014, Texas Monthly Magazine
Young Faculty Support Award 2012, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Honorary Medical Chair 2011, FAAN Walk
NIH Pediatric Loan Repayment Program Award 2010-2014
Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care 2009-2010
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Howard Gittis Memorial Award 2008

Books & Publications

Publications
- Effect of Varying Doses of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy vs Placebo on Reaction to Peanut Protein Exposure Among Patients With Peanut Sensitivity: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
  Sampson HA, Shreffler WG, Yang WH, Sussman GL, Brown-Whitehorn TF, Nadeau KC, Cheema AS, Leonard SA, Pongracic JA, Sauvage-Delebarre C, Assa'ad AH, de Blay F, Bird JA, Tilles SA, Boralevi F, Bourrier T, Hébert J, Green TD, Gerth van Wijk R, Knulst AC, Kanny G, Schneider LC, Kowalski ML, Dupont C JAMA 2017 11 318 18 1798-1809
- Safe administration of the seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine to children with severe egg allergy.
  Greenhawt MJ, Spergel JM, Rank MA, Green TD, Masnoor D, Sharma H, Bird JA, Chang JE, Sinh D, Teich E, Kelso JM, Sanders GM Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2012 Dec 109 6 426-30
- Identification of peanuts and tree nuts: are allergists smarter than their patients?
  Kao L, Bhangoo PS, Roy L, Bird JA Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2013 Oct 111 4 282-5
- Skin as an immune organ and clinical applications of skin-based immunotherapy.
  Bird JA, Sánchez-Borges M, Ansotegui IJ, Ebisawa M, Ortega Martell JA The World Allergy Organization journal 2018 11 1 38
- Food allergy needs assessment, training curriculum, and knowledge assessment for child care.
  Lanser BJ, Covar R, Bird JA Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2016 Apr
- Food Allergy Point of Care Pearls.
  Bird JA Immunology and allergy clinics of North America 2018 May 38 2 e1-e8
- Effect of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy vs Placebo on Reaction to Peanut Protein Ingestion Among Children With Peanut Allergy: The PEPITES Randomized Clinical Trial.
  Fleischer DM, Greenhawt M, Sussman G, Bégin P, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Petroni D, Beyer K, Brown-Whitehorn T, Hebert J, Hourihane JO, Campbell DE, Leonard S, Chinthrajah RS, Pongracic JA, Jones SM, Lange L, Chong H, Green TD, Wood R, Cheema A, Prescott SL, Smith P, Yang W, Chan ES, Byrne A, Assa'ad A, Bird JA, Kim EH, Schneider L, Davis CM, Lanser BJ, Lambert R, Shreffler W JAMA 2019 Feb
- Approach to evaluation and management of a patient with multiple food allergies.
  Bird JA Allergy and asthma proceedings : the official journal of regional and state allergy societies 2016 Mar 37 2 86-91
- Current Status of Potential Therapies for IgE-Mediated Food Allergy.
  Parrish CP, Har D, Andrew Bird J Current allergy and asthma reports 2018 Feb 18 3 18
- Trends in Provider Management of Patients with Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome.
  Greenhawt M, Bird JA, Nowak-Wegrzyn AH The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2017 Mar
- Peanut allergy saves a patient with cold-induced hypotension and urticaria.
  Bird JA, Burks W The Journal of pediatrics 2010 Apr 156 4 687
- Oral immunotherapy for food allergy, ready for prime time? Heated egg and milk.
  Feldman MF, Bird JA Current allergy and asthma reports 2014 May 14 5 436
- Tolerance of a high-protein baked-egg product in egg-allergic children.
  Saifi M, Swamy N, Crain M, Brown LS, Bird JA Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2016 Jan
- Misdiagnosed Food Allergy Resulting in Severe Malnutrition in an Infant.
  Alvares M, Kao L, Mittal V, Wuu A, Clark A, Bird JA Pediatrics 2013 Jun
- Early-life risk factors for childhood wheeze phenotypes in a high-risk birth cohort.
  Kuruvilla ME, Bird JA Pediatrics 2014 Nov 134 Suppl 3 S162-3
- Conducting an Oral Food Challenge to Peanut in an Infant.
  Bird JA, Groetch M, Allen KJ, Bock SA, Leonard S, Nowak-Wegrzyn AH, Sicherer S, Clark A, Fleischer DM, Venter C, Vickery B, Young MC The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2016 Nov
- Interventional Therapies for the Treatment of Food Allergy.
  Parrish CP, Kim EH, Bird JA Immunology and allergy clinics of North America 2018 Feb 38 1 77-88
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a patient with x-linked lymphoproliferative disease.
  Bird JA, McClain KL, Rosenblatt HM, Abramson SL, Hanson IC Allergy and asthma proceedings : the official journal of regional and state allergy societies 2009 Jul-Aug 30 4 458-62
- Winter birth in inner-city asthmatic children is associated with increased food allergen sensitization risk.
  Bird JA, Wang J, Visness CM, Calatroni A, Sampson HA, Gruchalla R The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2014 Jun
- Current opinion and review on peanut oral immunotherapy.
  Deol S, Bird JA Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 2014 Oct 10 10 3017-21
- Adverse reactions during peanut oral immunotherapy home dosing.
  Varshney P, Steele PH, Vickery BP, Bird JA, Thyagarajan A, Scurlock AM, Perry TT, Jones SM, Burks AW The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2009 Dec 124 6 1351-2
- The burden of childhood asthma and late preterm and early term births.
  Saifi M, Bird JA Pediatrics 2014 Nov 134 Suppl 3 S163
- Baked Egg Oral Immunotherapy Desensitizes Baked Egg Allergic Children to Lightly Cooked Egg.
  Bird JA, Clark A, Dougherty I, Brown LS, Arneson A, Crain M, Parrish C The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2018 Jul
- AR101 Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy.
  Vickery BP, Vereda A, Casale TB, Beyer K, du Toit G, Hourihane JO, Jones SM, Shreffler WG, Marcantonio A, Zawadzki R, Sher L, Carr WW, Fineman S, Greos L, Rachid R, Ibáñez MD, Tilles S, Assa’ad AH, Nilsson C, Rupp N, Welch MJ, Sussman G, Chinthrajah S, Blumchen K, Sher E, Spergel JM, Leickly FE, Zielen S, Wang J, Sanders GM, Wood RA, Cheema A, Bindslev-Jensen C, Leonard S, Kachru R, Johnston DT, Hampel FC, Kim EH, Anagnostou A, Pongracic JA, Ben-Shoshan M, Sharma HP, Stillerman A, Windom HH, Yang WH, Muraro A, Zubeldia JM, Sharma V, Dorsey MJ, Chong HJ, Ohayon J, Bird JA, Carr TF, Siri D, Fernández-Rivas M, Jeong DK, Fleischer DM, Lieberman JA, Dubois AEJ, Tsoumani M, Ciaccio CE, Portnoy JM, Mansfield LE, Fritz SB, Lanser BJ, Matz J, Oude Elberink HNG, Varshney P, Dilly SG, Adelman DC, Burks AW The New England journal of medicine 2018 11 379 21 1991-2001
- Food Allergen Panel Testing Often Results in Misdiagnosis of Food Allergy.
  Bird JA, Crain M, Varshney P The Journal of pediatrics 2014 Sep
- Food OIT is Superior to Food Avoidance.
  Bird JA Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2018 Nov
- Prevention of food allergy: Beyond peanut.
  Bird JA, Parrish C, Patel K, Shih JA, Vickery BP The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2019 Feb 143 2 545-547
- Clinical, serologic, and histologic features of gluten sensitivity in children.
  Feldman MF, Bird JA Pediatrics 2014 Nov 134 Suppl 3 S157-8
- Modified peanut oral immunotherapy protocol safely and effectively induces desensitization.
  Bird JA, Feldman M, Arneson A, Dougherty I, Brown LS, Burk CM, Kulis M, Burks W, Gill M The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2015 Jan
- Efficacy and Safety of AR101 in Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy: Results of ARC001, a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Clinical Trial.
  Bird JA, Spergel JM, Jones SM, Rachid R, Assa'ad AH, Wang J, Leonard SA, Laubach SS, Kim EH, Vickery BP, Davis BP, Heimall J, Cianferoni A, MacGinnitie AJ, Crestani E, Burks AW The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2017 Oct
- Food allergy and asthma.
  Bird JA, Burks AW Primary care respiratory journal : journal of the General Practice Airways Group 2009 Dec 18 4 258-65
- Single-dose influenza vaccination of patients with egg allergy in a multicenter study.
  Webb L, Petersen M, Boden S, Labelle V, Bird JA, Howell D, Burks AW, Laubach S The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2011 Jul 128 1 218-9
- Increased peanut-specific IgA levels in saliva correlate with food challenge outcomes after peanut sublingual immunotherapy.
  Kulis M, Saba K, Kim EH, Bird JA, Kamilaris N, Vickery BP, Staats H, Burks AW The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2012 Apr 129 4 1159-62
- Cow's milk protein is often tolerated by children with oat-induced FPIES.
  Kapoor M, Bird JA The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2016 Nov
- Tree nut- and sesame-specific IgE do not decrease from baseline with peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT).
  Bird JA, Kulis M, Burk CM, Vickery BP, Jones SM, Burks W Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2012 Dec 109 6 470-1
- Clinical management of food allergy.
  Bird JA, Lack G, Perry TT The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2015 Jan-Feb 3 1 1-11
- Oral Immunotherapy, Sublingual Immunotherapy, or Epicutaneous Immunotherapy: Which Is the Right Solution?
  Lieu TJ, Bird JA. 2017 4 (1) 1-13
- Additional oral food challenge considerations.
  Bird JA, Fleischer DM, Groetch M, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Sicherer S, Young MC The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2018 Apr
- Food Allergy.
  Bird JA Immunology and allergy clinics of North America 2018 Feb 38 1 xv-xvi
- Sublingual immunotherapy for peanut allergy: clinical and immunologic evidence of desensitization.
  Kim EH, Bird JA, Kulis M, Laubach S, Pons L, Shreffler W, Steele P, Kamilaris J, Vickery B, Burks AW The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2011 Mar 127 3 640-6.e1
- Cow's milk-associated chronic food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) exacerbated by extensively hydrolyzed formula.
  Joshi SR, Bird JA Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2018 Feb

Research

Life-threatening reactions to foods
Food allergy treatment

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