Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles

Dr. Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, an American physician, is the David S. Gottesman Professor of Immunology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. a specialist in primary immunodeficiency disorders.[1] She is also director of the Immunodeficiency Clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Program Director of their Allergy Immunology Fellowship training program.

Education

Cunningham-Rundles grew up in North Carolina,[1] the daughter of Dr. Wayne Rundles and Professor Mary Alice Cunningham-Rundles.[2] She graduated from Duke University in 1965 with a bachelor's degree in Zoology.[3] She received a M.D, in 1969 from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, completed in 1972 her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospitall in New York City, and received a Ph.D. in immunology in 1974 from New York University School of Medicine,[3]

Career

She specializes in allergy and immunology.[4] She worked as the director of the immunodeficiency clinic at Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital[2] until she moved to Mount Sinai Hospital in 1986.[3] She is currently the David S. Gottesman Professor of Immunology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.[5] She is also a Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a member of the Immunology institute.[5] She is the director of the Immunodeficiency Clinic at Mount Sinai where she treats patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders.[1] She also does important drug research related to immunodeficiency disorders.[1] And, she is the Director of the Allergy Immunology Fellowship training program.[5] According to her Mt Sinai hospital profile,"Rundles is an expert in the more than 150 Primary Immune Deficiency diseases, conditions that result from genetic defects of the immune system."[5]

Memberships, Societies, and Committees

She is a fellow of

  • the American Federation for Clinical Research,
  • the American College of Physicians,
  • the American Association of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, where she is chair of the Research committee.[3]

She is a member of

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References
  1. Angel, Karen (7 June 1999). "Dr. Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles: Triple Threat". New York Magazine. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. "Dr. Cunningham-Rundles is married". New York Times. 14 November 1982. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  3. "Dr. Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles biographical sketch" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  4. Charles, Katie (30 June 2010). "When Science Grants Immunity". New York Daily News.
  5. "Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles". Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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