- American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Dallas County Medical Society
- Texas Medical Association
Timothy Chow, M.D.
- Pediatrics - Allergy and Immunology
- Asthma
Biography
Timothy Chow, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in drug and vaccine allergy, urticaria (hives), and asthma.
Dr. Chow earned his medical degree at Temple University. He completed a residency in pediatrics and served as a pediatrics chief resident at UT Southwestern, where he also received advanced training through a fellowship in allergy and immunology.
Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, he initially joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2018 and returned after his fellowship in 2021.
Dr. Chow is a member of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI), the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2021, he received the Allergists’ Foundation Community Grant Award from the ACAAI.
His research interests include drug allergy, vaccine allergy, and asthma. One of his research projects involves exploring the role of penicillin allergy evaluations in the outpatient pediatric primary care setting and assessing implementation barriers.
Education & Training
- Residency - UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2015-2018), Pediatrics
- Fellowship - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2019-2021), Allergy & Immunology
- Medical Education - Temple University (2011-2015)
Professional Associations & Affiliations
Honors & Awards
- D Magazine Best Doctor 2023-2025
- The Allergists’ Foundation Community Grant Awardee, American College of Allergy, Asthma, Immunology
- Outcomes in Allergy/Immunology Fellow’s Research Award, Texas Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society
- National Convention Travel Grant, American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Allergy and Immunology
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
- Gold Humanism Honor Society
Books & Publications
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Publications
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From the pages of AllergyWatch
Joshi SR, Chow T, Lee GB Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2026 Jul 137 124-125 -
Reply to “Biologic treatment for asthma during pregnancy is not associated with reduced adverse pregnancy outcomes: a replication study”
Kellam MS, Chambliss JM, Xie L, Chow TG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2026 Jun 14 1464-1465 -
The Safety of Biologic Treatment for Asthma in Pregnancy
Kellam MS, Chambliss JM, Xie L, Chow TG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2026 Jun 14 1314-1319.e3 -
Penicillin allergy labels increase risks of MRSA colonization, surgical site infections, and mortality
Keum H, Lee J, Alvarez-Arango S, Chow TG Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 2026 Jun 37 -
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Fineman SM, Hernandez-Trujillo V, Joshi SR, Chow T Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2026 Jun 136 729-730 -
NSAID drug hypersensitivity in a United States–based population: An assessment of quality of life
Mahajan S, Batra N, Trickett J, Chow TG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global 2026 May 5 -
Drug Anaphylaxis
Chow TG, Cheng A, Haddad C, Alvarez Arango S, Khan DA Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America 2026 May 46 275-289 -
From the pages of AllergyWatch
Fineman SM, Joshi SR, Chow T, Knox SM Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2026 May 136 616-617 -
From the pages of AllergyWatch
Fineman SM, Chow T, Lee GB, Spriet S Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2026 Apr 136 494-495 -
Association between asthma and dementia across age groups
Chen Y, Kim J, Chow TG, Hong AS, Liao JM, Xie L Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2026 Mar 14 715-717.e1 -
Safety of Direct Amoxicillin Challenges to Evaluate Penicillin Allergy in Infants and Toddlers
Tiano R, Ruan E, Shah D, Chow TG, Rukasin CR Journal of Pediatrics 2026 Feb 289 -
Programming Childhood Lung Health: Critical Windows in Prenatal Environmental Exposure
Xie L, Chow T CHEST 2026 Jan 169 14-15 -
Direct challenges are safe and effective in children with low-risk allergies to oral cephalosporins
Rukasin CR, Chow TG, Van Stechelman P, Norton AE, Stone CA, Hoelker C, Risma K, Koo G Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2026 Jan 14 286-288.e1 -
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in Asthma and Obesity-Associated Asthma: A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes and Translational Mechanisms
Saadat S, Chow T, Tang Y, Almandoz JP, Messiah SE, Xie L Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2026 -
Non-IgE-Mediated Immediate Drug Hypersensitivity: New Mechanistic and Diagnostic Paradigms
Alvarez-Arango S, SoRelle JA, Chow TG Current Treatment Options in Allergy 2025 Dec 12 -
Cross-Sensitization Between Sesame and Other Seeds in Children
Choe JY, Chow TG Pediatrics 2025 Dec 156 S26-S27 -
Upadacitinib for Refractory Paediatric Atopic Dermatitis: A Real-World Study on Effectiveness and Safety in Dupilumab Nonresponders
Gannon RM, Chow T Pediatrics 2025 Dec 156 S20-S21 -
Diagnosing Paediatric Mild Acute Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome: Proposal of New Criteria
Liu J, Chow T Pediatrics 2025 Dec 156 S31-S32 -
Caregiver perceptions of b-lactam allergy testing for serum sickness-like reactions
Selner GE, Nicolaides RE, Chow TG Allergy and Asthma Proceedings 2025 Nov 46 478-483 -
Accelerated Hymenoptera testing in pediatric patients
Brunner ES, Chambliss JM, Chow TG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global 2025 Nov 4 -
Association of Social Determinants of Health and Penicillin Allergy Labels: A Case-Control Study
Chow TG, Alvarez KS, Harms M, Pengetnze YM, Khan DA Clinical Infectious Diseases 2025 Oct 81 702-709 -
The drug allergy history tool (DAHT): Validation of a patient-reported survey instrument
Blumenthal KG, Gundersen DA, Smith LR, Nava-Coulter B, King A, Phillips EJ, Gonzalez-Estrada A, Otani IM, Ramsey A, Banerji A, Chow TG, Stone CA, Salinas WA, Khan DA Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2025 Sep 156 734-742 -
Efficacy and Value of Antibiotic Allergy Evaluations in a Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Population
Liu J, Chow TG, Nicolaides RE Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2025 Jul 12 -
Direct Amoxicillin Challenges for Penicillin Allergy Through Pediatric Primary Care Group Visits: A Pilot Study
Chow TG, Mercadel C, Alvarez KS, Kellam M, Khan DA, Termulo C Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2025 May 12 -
Nonallergist Delabeling—Should Penicillin Allergy Delabeling Only Be Performed by Allergists?
Chow TG, McDanel DL, Turner NA, Copaescu AM Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2025 May 13 1011-1017.e2 -
A Guide to Pediatric Antibiotic Allergy Testing: A Report From the US Drug Allergy Registry
Author Collaboration UD, Accarino JJ, Chow TG, Ramsey A, Rukasin CR, Gonzalez-Estrada A, Liu AY, Khan DA, Blumenthal KG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2025 May 13 1018-1026.e1 -
From the pages of AllergyWatch
Fineman SM, Joshi SR, Lee GB, Chow T Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2025 Apr 134 495-496 -
Patient Perceptions of Penicillin Allergy Testing in a Public Health System
Augustino A, Alvarez KS, Kassem L, Roy L, Termulo C, Smartt J, Sparks M, Mercadel C, Chow TG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2024 Dec 12 3337-3345.e2 -
The Impact of Prenatal Dog Keeping on Infant Gut Microbiota Development
Smith L, Chow T Pediatrics 2024 Dec 154 S9 -
The Ability of Children and Families With and Without Nut Allergy to Correctly Identify Nuts
Liu J, Chow T Pediatrics 2024 Dec 154 S25-S26 -
Non-IgE-mediated drug-induced hypersensitivity reactions in pediatrics
Chow TG, Muzaffar AF, Alvarez-Arango S Current opinion in pediatrics 2024 Dec 36 674-683 -
A Single Priming Event Prevents Oral Tolerance to Peanut
Mahajan S, Chow T Pediatrics 2024 Dec 154 S12-S13 -
Cephalosporin Allergy: Updates on Diagnostic Testing
Chow TG, Brunner ES, Khan DA Current Allergy and Asthma Reports 2024 Oct 24 581-590 -
Caregiver perceptions on pediatric penicillin allergy delabeling in a primary care setting
Lee HJ, Hart M, Chow TG Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2024 Sep 133 349-351 -
Assessing socioeconomic and racial disparities in pediatric penicillin allergy testing
Shah D, Chambliss JM, Nicolaides RE, Chow TG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2024 Aug 12 2190-2192 -
Non–IgE-Mediated Immediate Drug-Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions
Alvarez-Arango S, Kumar M, Chow TG, Sabato V Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2024 May 12 1109-1119 -
Sticky penicillin allergy labels: Assessing rates of penicillin allergy relabeling after negative testing in children
Olds GD, Chow TG Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2024 May 132 654-655 -
Minimizing Carboplatin Hypersensitivity Reactions: A Role for Prescreening Intradermal Testing?
Chow TG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2024 Apr 12 1006-1007 -
From the pages of AllergyWatch
Fineman SM, Chow T, Joshi SR, Lee GB Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2024 Apr 132 542-543 -
Penicillin Direct Challenges: Kids in the Lead, Adults Catching Up
Chow TG, Ramsey AC Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2024 Feb 12 458-459 -
Establishing Subclasses of Childhood Eczema, Their Risk Factors and Prognosis
Sherif N, Chow T Pediatrics 2023 Dec 152 S22-S23 -
Longitudinal Antibody Responses to Peanut Following Probiotic and Peanut Oral Immunotherapy in Children With Peanut Allergy
Lee H, Chow T Pediatrics 2023 Dec 152 S38 -
United States Drug Allergy Registry (USDAR) grading scale for immediate drug reactions
Khan DA, Phillips EJ, Accarino JJ, Gonzalez-Estrada A, Otani IM, Ramsey A, Arroyo AC, Banerji A, Chow T, Liu AY, Stone CA, Blumenthal KG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2023 Dec 152 1581-1586 -
Trends in Use of Specialized Formula for Managing Cow's Milk Allergy in Young Children
Sparks M, Chow T Pediatrics 2023 Dec 152 S33 -
Delabeling penicillin allergy in a pediatric primary care clinic
Chow TG, Patel G, Mohammed M, Johnson D, Khan DA Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2023 May 130 667-669 -
Clinical Phenotypes of Immediate First-Dose Reactions to mRNA COVID-19: A Multicenter Latent Class Analysis
Stone CA, Robinson LB, Li L, Krantz MS, Kwah JH, Ortega G, Mancini C, Wolfson AR, Saff RR, Samarakoon U, Hong DI, Koo G, Chow TG, Gruchalla R, Liao JX, Kuster JK, Price C, Ahola C, Khan DA, Phillips EJ, Banerji A, Blumenthal KG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2023 Feb 11 458-465.e1 -
Penicillin Allergy Evaluation and Health Equity: A Call to Action
Arasaratnam RJ, Chow TG, Liu AY, Khan DA, Blumenthal KG, Wurcel AG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2023 Feb 11 422-428 -
Adverse Reactions to Biologic Medications Used in Allergy and Immunology Diseases
Chow TG, Franzblau LE, Khan DA Current Allergy and Asthma Reports 2022 Dec 22 195-207 -
A Review of Adverse Reactions to Biologics Used in Allergy-Immunology Practice
Chow TG, Oppenheimer J, Joshi SR Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2022 Dec 10 3075-3086 -
Anaphylaxis after COVID-19 vaccination: A registry-based study
Jaggers J, Samarakoon U, Fu X, Gonzalez-Estrada A, Anvari S, Chong HJ, Van Meerbeke SW, Petrov AA, Chow TG, Banerji A, Judd A, Blumenthal KG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2022 Nov 10 3020-3023 -
Safety of subcutaneous immunotherapy in patients with severe asthma
Chow TG, Palka JM, Stone B, Trojan T, Epstein TG, Khan DA Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2022 Nov 129 585-591.e3 -
Sulfonamide Hypersensitivity
Chow TG, Khan DA Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology 2022 Jun 62 400-412 -
Sutton's law and severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions: Is the money in the blister?
Chow TG, Khan DA Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global 2022 Feb 1 22-23 -
RISK FACTORS and PREVENTION of ATOPY
Chow T, Parrish C Pediatrics 2021 Dec 148 S5 -
Healthcare utilization in danish children with atopic dermatitis and parental topical corticosteroid phobia
Chow T, Parrish C Pediatrics 2021 Dec 148 S15-S16 -
A 2-year-old girl with periprocedural anaphylaxis
Chow TG, McConnell J, Lee MJ Allergy and Asthma Proceedings 2021 Jan 42 97-99 -
Skin testing with ultra-heat-treated (UHT) cow's milk in children with cow's milk allergy
Chow T, Chambliss J Pediatrics 2020 Dec 146 S347-S348 -
Regulation of allergic inflammation by dendritic cells
Chow TG, Gill MA Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2020 Feb 20 56-63 -
Impact of community respiratory viral infections in urban children with asthma
Chow T, Chambliss J Pediatrics 2019 Dec 144 S44-S45 -
Allergic proctocolitis is a risk factor for functional gastrointestinal disorders in children
Chow T, Bird JA Pediatrics 2018 Dec 142 S245-S246 -
The Risk of Recurrent Anaphylaxis
Chow T, Bird JA Pediatrics 2017 Dec 140 S188-S189
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From the pages of AllergyWatch
Research
- Drug allergy
- Vaccine allergy
- Asthma
Clinical Focus
- Asthma