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Bradley A. Becker, M.D., FAAP, FACAAI, FAAAAI

Professor, pediatrics and medicine; Associate program director, Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program; Interim director, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Department of Internal Medicine

Education

Fellowship
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Residency
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center

Internship
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center

Medical School
Loyola University School of Medicine

Bachelor of Arts
University of Virginia

Practice Areas

  • Allergy and immunology

Research Interests

  • Food allergy
  • Asthma
  • Eosinophilic esophagitis
  • Drug allergy
  • Inborn errors of immunity

Publications and Media Placements

Peer Reviewed Publications

RS Ream, LL Loftis, GM Albers, BA Becker, RL Lynch, and RB Mink, Efficacy of IV Theophylline in Children with Severe Status Asthmaticus. Chest. 2001 May; 119(5): 1480-1488.

Gray HC, Foy TM, Becker BA, Knutsen AP. Rice-induced enterocolitis in an infant: TH1/TH2 cellular hypersensitivity and absent IgE reactivity. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2004 Dec; 93(6):601-5.

Temprano J, Becker BA, Hutcheson PS, Knutsen AP, Dixit A, and Slavin RG. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis secondary to residential exposure to Aureobasidium pullulans in 2 siblings. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2007 Dec; 99: 562-566.

Campbell JM, Knutsen AP, and Becker BA. A 39-Year-Old Father Is Diagnosed In Adulthood As Having Partial Digeorge Anomaly With A Combined T- And B-Cell Immunodeficiency After Diagnosis Of The Condition In His Daughter. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2008 June; 100: 620-621.

Knutsen AP, Becker BA. Evolution of IgG Subclass Deficiency into Common Variable Immunodeficiency in a Child with Pulmonary Interstitial Glycogenosis. Pediatric Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology 2008 21:1-4

Mark BJ, Becker BA, Halloran DR, Bree AF, Sindwani R, Fete MD, Motil KJ, Srun SW, Fete TJ. Prevalence of atopic disorders and immunodeficiency in patients with ectodermal dysplasia syndromes. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol - 2012 Jun;108(6):435-8.

Mavers M, Blaufuss T, Friedman H, Becker BA, Jain AK. Eosinophilic esophagitis in a pediatric patient with Herpes simplex virus esophagitis. A cause or a consequence? OJCMR, Vol 1, Issue 6: 2015

Lee JS, Becker BA, Kirby A, Knutsen, AP. Chromosome 1q23.3q31.1 deletion associated with decreased newborn screening of T cell receptor rearrangement circles (TRECs). Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 121 (2018) 117–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2018.04.003

Book Chapters

Wilmott, R.W. and Becker, B.A. (2010). Pulmonology in Polin R.A. and Ditmar M.F. (Eds.), Pediatric Secrets, 5th Edition, (pp. 648-678). Philadelphia, PA: Mosby.

Wilmott, R.W. and Becker, B.A. (2015). Pulmonology in Polin R.A. and Ditmar M.F. (Eds.), Pediatric Secrets, 6th Edition, (pp. 619-649). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.

Honors and Awards

  • Ursula Rolfe Award, for Exemplary Administrative, Teaching, and Mentoring Contributions to the Pediatric Residency Program, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO (2023)
  • Ursula Rolfe Award, for Exemplary Administrative, Teaching, and Mentoring Contributions to the Pediatric Residency Program, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO (2021)
  • Ursula Rolfe Award, for Exemplary Administrative, Teaching, and Mentoring Contributions to the Pediatric Residency Program, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO (2020)
  • Faculty of the Month Award, Pediatric Residency Program, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO (November 2019)
  • Faculty of the Month Award, Pediatric Residency Program, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO (July 2018)
  • Ursula Rolfe Award, for Exemplary Administrative, Teaching, and Mentoring Contributions to the Pediatric Residency Program, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO (2018)
  • Outstanding Reviewer Certificate, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2017)
  • Graduated Upper Third of Medical School Class, Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL (1987)
  • Graduated with Distinction, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (1983)

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology,
    • Member: 1993-2002
    • Fellow: 2003-present
  • American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
    • Fellow: 1993-present
  • World Allergy Organizaion
    • Member: 2011-present
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Fellow: 2017-present
  • Clinical Immunology Society
    • Member: 2023-present

Community Work and Service

  • American Lung Association of the Central States
    • Member: Asthma Committee, 1995-2004.
    • Volunteer: Eastern Missouri Regional Asthma Camp, "Camp Superkids", 1995-2004.
    • Founding Planning Committee Member and Faculty: Asthma Educators Certification Course, 1998-2009.
  • Saint Louis Regional Asthma Consortium
    • Steering Committee: 1998-2000
    • Founding Member: 2000-2010
    • Vice Chair: Advocacy Committee: 2000-2003
    • Vice Chair: Saint Louis Regional Asthma Consortium: 2002-2003
    • Chair, Saint Louis Regional Asthma Consortium, 2003-2005
    • Chair: Advocacy Committee: 2003-2006
    • Board of Directors (formerly Leadership Council): 2000-2007
    • Board Search Committee, 2009