David I. Bernstein, MD
FAAAAI, FACAAI, FACP · Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Four decades in allergy and clinical immunology
Dr. Bernstein is an allergist and clinical immunologist with more than 45 years of tertiary care experience. He directed the University of Cincinnati Allergy Fellowship Training Program for 37 years, chaired the American Board of Allergy and Immunology, and has co-authored national practice guidelines used by allergists across the United States.
His research on occupational asthma and allergen immunotherapy safety has been funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the National Institutes of Health, and he has served as a principal investigator on hundreds of clinical trials of new treatments for asthma and allergic disease.
Today he sees new patients, provides continuing care, and offers expert second opinions for difficult, rare or treatment-resistant allergic and immunologic conditions.
Career highlights
- Academic leadership
- Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Division of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Director of the University of Cincinnati Allergy Fellowship Training Program from 1982 to 2019; now Associate Director.
- Board leadership
- Former Member and Chair, American Board of Allergy and Immunology. Former Board of Regents, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Former member, Joint Task Force for Practice Parameters in Allergy.
- Recognition
- Special Recognition Award, AAAAI (2025). Distinguished Fellow Award, ACAAI (2022). Distinguished Clinician Award, AAAAI (2019). Outstanding Alumni Award, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Alpha Omega Alpha.
- National guidelines
- Co-author of national practice parameters on allergen immunotherapy, anaphylaxis, rhinitis, allergy diagnostic testing, contact dermatitis, hereditary angioedema and primary immunodeficiency. Director of the North American Immunotherapy Safety Surveillance Study since 2008.
- Research funding
- Principal Investigator on NIOSH-funded studies of occupational asthma (1999–2017) and on the NIAID allergy-immunology training grant (2004–2019).
- Research
- Principal Investigator, Bernstein Clinical Research Center since 1982. Research in occupational asthma and allergy, the safety of allergy immunotherapy, and air pollutants and allergic disease in children. Full list of publications and honors.
- Board certification
- American Board of Allergy and Immunology (1983, participating in Maintenance of Certification); American Board of Internal Medicine (1980); Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology (1988).
- Training
- MD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Internal Medicine residency, Cleveland Clinic. Fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Northwestern University.
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