Michele Pham, MD

HS Asst Clinical Professor

Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine

Dr. Pham is a board-certified Allergist and Immunologist who serves as the Director of Adult Clinical Immunology. Dr. Pham leads UCSF's Complex Clinical Immunology and Primary Immunodeficiency Transition of Care Clinic where she sees patients with infectious disease physicians and immunologists. She also heads the Adult Food Allergy program here at UCSF. In both research and patient care, Dr. Pham has a special interest in allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, skin allergies, food allergies and immune system deficiencies.
Dr. Pham earned her medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, where she also completed a residency in internal medicine. She completed a fellowship in allergy and clinical immunology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is involved in several committees in national allergy and immunology organizations including the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and Clinical Immunology Society.

Education
Fellowship, - Allergy and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Bachelors, - , University of California, Los Angeles
Internship, - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Residency, - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Diego
M.D., - School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Publications

  1. Sanchez LA, Tang M, Ahmed A, Nussbaum JC, Nguyen DN, Muskat M, Chen XH, Pham MN. Transition of Care in Inborn Errors of Immunity: Outcomes of a Single-Center Quality Improvement Initiative. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2023. PMID: 37119980


  2. Pham MN, Fuleihan RL, Sullivan KE, Cunningham-Rundles C. Ocular Manifestations in Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders: A Report from the United States Immunodeficiency Network (USIDNET) Registry. TO REMOVE 2022. PMID: 35421605


  3. Gernez Y, Murugesan K, Cortales CR, Banaei N, Hoyte L, Pinsky BA, Lewis DB, Pham M. Immunogenicity of a Third COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Dose in PID Patients with Functional B-cell Defects. TO REMOVE 2022. PMID: 35259538


  4. Pham MN, Murugesan K, Banaei N, Pinsky BA, Tang M, Hoyte E, Lewis DB, Gernez Y. Immunogenicity and Tolerability of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines in PID patients with functional B-cell defects. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34952033


  5. Tsao LR, Villanueva SA, Pines DA, Pham MN, Choo EM, Tang MC, Otani IM. Impact of Rapid Transition to Telemedicine-Based Delivery on Allergy/Immunology Care During COVID-19. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2021. PMID: 33894393


  6. Fung M, Otani I, Pham M, Babik J. Zoonotic coronavirus epidemics: Severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome, and coronavirus disease 2019. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2020. PMID: 33310180


  7. Pham MN, Pistiner M, Wang J. National School Nurse Survey of food allergy and anaphylaxis policies and education. Volume 7 of Issue 7. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2019. PMID: 30910710


  8. Pham MN, Andrade J, Mishoe M, Chun Y, Bunyavanich S. Perceived Versus Actual Aeroallergen Sensitization in Urban Children. Volume 7 of Issue 5. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2019. PMID: 30654198


  9. Pham MN, Cunningham-Rundles C. Evaluation of Lymphoproliferative Disease and Increased Risk of Lymphoma in Activated Phosphoinositide 3 Kinase Delta Syndrome: A Case Report With Discussion. Volume 6. Frontiers in pediatrics 2018. PMID: 30619796


  10. Pham MN, Wang J. Management of food allergies and asthma in schools. Volume 121 of Issue 4. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2018. PMID: 30290894


  11. Pham MN, Bunyavanich S. Prenatal Diet and the Development of Childhood Allergic Diseases: Food for Thought. Volume 18 of Issue 11. Current allergy and asthma reports 2018. PMID: 30229317


  12. Pham MN, Ho HE, Desai M. Penicillin desensitization: Treatment of syphilis in pregnancy in penicillin-allergic patients. Volume 118 of Issue 5. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2017. PMID: 28477786


  13. Pham MN, Wang J. Mammalian milk allergy: case presentation and review of prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment. Volume 118 of Issue 4. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2017. PMID: 28390582


  14. Aldave AJ, Rosenwasser GO, Yellore VS, Papp JC, Sobel EM, Pham MN, Chen MC, Dandekar S, Sripracha R, Rayner SA, Sassani JW, Gorin MB. Linkage of posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy to chromosome 12q21.33 and exclusion of coding region mutations in KERA, LUM, DCN, and EPYC. Volume 51 of Issue 8. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2010. PMID: 20357198


  15. Aldave AJ, Yellore VS, Vo RC, Kamal KM, Rayner SA, Plaisier CL, Chen MC, Damani MR, Pham MN, Gorin MB, Sobel E, Papp J. Exclusion of positional candidate gene coding region mutations in the common posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy 1 candidate gene interval. Volume 28 of Issue 7. Cornea 2009. PMID: 19574904