UBMD Pediatrics receives FARE designation

FARE is the world’s leading food allergy advocacy organization and the largest private funder of food allergy research. Its clinical network is a coalition of top food allergy centers and sets the standard for breakthrough food allergy research and clinical care across the U.S.

“We are honored to receive the designation of a Clinical Care Center of Distinction in the FARE Clinical Network. Our goal has always been to provide excellent care for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of food allergies to the children of Western New York. Joining the FARE Clinical Network gives us the opportunity to ensure that state-of-the-art food allergy care and research is accessible to our patients and the community,” stated Heather Lehman, MD, division chief of allergy/immunology and rheumatology at UBMD Pediatrics and clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University at Buffalo (UB).

The designation indicates that FARE recognizes the Division of Allergy/Immunology as a provider of exceptional patient care and community education while generating real-world data through daily clinical care.

Steven Lipshultz, MD, president of UBMD Pediatrics, A. Conger Goodyear professor and chair of pediatrics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB, and pediatric chief-of service at Kaleida Health, said “This recognition reaffirms our dedication, commitment, and focus on achieving the best outcomes for children with food allergies. Designation from the Food Allergy Research and Education Clinical Network as a Clinical Care Center of Distinction allows us to provide even more cutting-edge treatments for our patients. Our center is a place of life and hope, where our physicians are hard at work refining disease treatments and creating novel therapies for you. Our mission is your health.”

The Division of Allergy/Immunology at UBMD Pediatrics sees patients throughout Western New York at outpatient centers located in Buffalo, Amherst and Hamburg and provides consultations at Oishei Children’s Hospital. For more information or to make an appointment, please call 716.323.0130.

UBMD Pediatrics is one of 18 practice plans within UBMD Physicians’ Group, the single largest medical group in Western New York. We provide premier health care to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults throughout Western New York and beyond. In addition to primary care pediatrics, we are the only pediatric group in the area with 14 pediatric subspecialties. Our doctors make up the academic teaching faculty within the Department of Pediatrics at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo and are also the physicians at Oishei Children’s Hospital. For more information, please visit UBMDPediatrics.com.