doctors all have with USF. All of the
doctors are not only researchers, but
also USF professors who teach medical
school residents and fellows. The
group’s work is on the leading edge of
new science in the field.
This partnership allows the doctors
to provide the convenience of neighborhood
medicine, combined with the
experience of the academic setting.
“I love what I do,” says Dr. Lockey.
“I love seeing patients and teaching
and doing research — and we do all of
those things.”
If a study is being conducted that
could help a specific patient, the doctors
can send that patient right down the
hall to USF’s Clinical Research Unit to
participate.
One study just recently led to
FDA-approval of Palforzia. Palforzia is
an oral immunotherapy that helps to
mitigate allergic reactions, including
anaphylaxis, which may occur with accidental
exposure to peanuts.
For someone who has a life-threatening
allergy to peanuts, to be able to
tolerate small amounts can relieve the
constant fear of accidental contact with
peanuts.
About The Doctors
Dr. Lockey founded the practice in
1984 as Academic Associates in Allergy,
Asthma & Immunology. He earned his
Doctor of Medicine degree from the
Temple University College of Medicine in
Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Lockey served in the U.S. Air
Force during the Vietnam War, then
subsequently joined the faculty of the USF
(now the Morsani) College of Medicine
as a Professor of Medicine. He currently is
the director of USF’s Division of Allergy
& Immunology. He also volunteers at the
James A. Haley Veterans (VA) Hospital,
where he was previously Chief of Allergy
& Immunology.
Dr. Lockey also has served as president
of the World Allergy Organization
and is a past president of the American
Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
(AAAAI), of which all of the practice’s
specialists are members.
Roger Fox, M.D., also had been
with the group since its founding, but he
recently retired.
Dennis Ledford, M.D., received his
medical degree from the University of Tennessee
Health Science Center in Memphis.
Like Dr. Lockey, he also is a past president
of AAAAI. Dr. Ledford is the director of
the Section of Allergy & Immunology
at the James A. Haley VA Hospital. His
published writings focus on immunology
and autoimmune disorders and he has won
many awards, including being installed to
the Gold Humanism Honor Society for
Medicine at USF.
Mark Glaum, M.D., Ph.D., earned his
medical degree at the Hahnemann University
School of Medicine in Philadelphia,
PA. He completed a fellowship in allergy
and clinical immunology at the Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania, also in
Philadelphia. His areas of interest include
how the body responds to substances that
cause allergic reactions and advancing
diagnostic techniques, such as rhinoscopies
(examining nasal passages with specialized
instruments).
Seong Cho, M.D., received his
medical degree as an otolaryngologist —
an ear, nose and throat specialist — from
Kyung Hee University School of Medicine
in Seoul, South Korea. His allergy and
immunology training was completed at the
Northwestern University, Feinberg School
of Medicine, in Chicago, IL.
Amber Pepper, M.D., joined the
practice in 2018. Dr. Pepper earned her
Doctor of Medicine degree from USF in
2013, then completed her residency in
internal medicine in 2016 at USF, where
she was in a once-weekly rotation at the
practice. She then completed a fellowship
at the practice through USF’s Division of
Allergy & Immunology.
To learn more about Drs. Lockey,
Ledford, Glaum, Cho and Pepper,
visit AllergyTampa.com or call (813)
971-9743. The main office is located
at 13801 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.,
Suite 502.
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