Provider Update: Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology

UH Pediatric Clinical Update | September 2020

The newly organized Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital recently welcomed Princess Ogbogu, MD, as the inaugural chief and Joao Pedro (JP) Lopes, MD who joins Kathryn Ruda Wessell to the academic faculty team.  Rounding out the allergy/immunology team are community providers including Eli Silver, MD, Nancy Wasserbauer Kingston, DO, Samuel Friedlander, MD and Dawn Zacharias, MD.   This well coordinated team specializes in treating children and adults with allergic and immunologic diseases.   Our physicians, nurses and other experts work to diagnose, treat and manage these diverse conditions.

University Hospitals experts in the area of pediatric and adult allergy & immunology treat infants, children, adolescents and adults with full complement of allergic and immunologic conditions through convenient clinics within the community.

Conditions include:

• Environmental allergies (allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis)
• Asthma
• Food, drug, latex and venom (insect sting) allergies
• Eczema
• Urticaria and angioedema
• Anaphylaxis
• Immunodeficiency diseases

Services include:

• Skin and blood testing for allergies
• Allergy shots
• Desensitization procedures 

UH Rainbow Division of Pediatic Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology provides services throughout Northeast Ohio at the following locations:

• UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital – Zagara Specialty Clinic
• UH Landerbrook Health Center
• UH Westshore Primary Care, Rocky River
• UH Westlake Health Center
• UH Parma Medical Arts Bldg 4
• UH North Ridgeville Health Center
• UH Broadview Heights Health Center
• UH Medina Health Center
• UH Mayfield Village Health Center
• UH Hudson Health Center
• UH Mentor Hopkins Health Center
• UH Solon Health Center 

A/I/R division office | 216-844-3237
A/I/R division office fax | 216-983-3017
Patient Appointments | 216-UH4-CARE (844-5437)

Pediatric and Adult Allergy, Immunology Team Academic faculty:

• Princess Ogbogu, MD, Chief | 216-844-3237
• Joao Pedro (JP) Lopes, MD | 216-844-3237
• Kathryn Ruda Wessell, DO | 216-844-3237

Community providers:

• Samuel Friedlander, MD | 440-248-1630
• Eli Silver, MD | 440-995-3819
• Nancy Wasserbauer Kingston, DO | 216-302-2437
• Dawn Zacharias, MD | 440-250-5353