Carla M. Davis, MD

Chief, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology

Director, Food Allergy Program
Janie and Sandra Queen Endowed Chair in Immunology and HIV/AIDS
Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

Education

School	Education	Degree	Year
Baylor College of Medicine	Research Fellowship	Research Fellowship	2005
Baylor College of Medicine	Fellowship	Allergy and Immunology	2001
Baylor College of Medicine	Residency	Pediatrics	2000
Baylor College of Medicine	Internship	Pediatrics	1998
Duke University Medical Center	Medical School	Doctor of Medicine	1997

About

Dr. Davis is a specialist in the Immunology, Allergy, and Retrovirology Division of the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Duke University and completed her residency program in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She completed her allergy and immunology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. After spending time in private practice, she joined the Baylor faculty and was appointed as a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Immunology, Allergy, and Retrovirology Division in 2020. Dr. Davis is focused on improving the quality of life for infants, children, and adolescents with food allergies. She is dedicated to providing patients and their families with unparalleled, personalized, family-centered care. She is ultimately dedicated to finding causes and cures for food allergies and food allergy-related diseases.

Dr. Davis has published in the area of allergy and immunodeficiency with a focus in the underlying immune mechanism of disease. In 2009, her interest in the diagnosis and treatment of food allergic disease and eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) increased and she established a clinic dedicated to the treatment of eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGID) at Texas Children's Hospital in collaboration with the Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. This multi-disciplinary clinic with an allergist, gastroenterologist, and dietician currently extensively evaluates patients for food allergies and is equipped with a dedicated dietitian to offer nutrition support.

Dr. Davis is the Director of the Texas Children's Hospital Food Allergy Program, which is involved in several NIH-funded clinical trials. Dr. Davis is currently recognized as an expert in the field and is active as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.

Organizations

Organization Name	Role
Academy of Distinguished Educators, Baylor College of Medicine	Member
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology	Member, Adverse Reactions to Food/Eosinophil Gastrointestinal Disorders Committees
Association of Clinical Scientists	Fellow
Texas Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society Board of Directors	Director
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)	Ad Hoc Committee for Development of Guidelines for Policies for Care of Certain Students at Risk for Anaphylaxis

Selected Publications

Schlegel C, Quintanilla NM, Olive AP, Minard CG, Duvan DP, Xu L, Davis CM. Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis Pathologic Diagnosis. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2014;113(3):321-2.

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