Carla M. Davis, MD

Dr. Davis is the Chief of 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 and 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 food 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. She is currently recognized as an expert in the field and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. 

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Clinical Interests

Food allergies, eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders, asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, anaphylaxis and hives, recurrent infections 

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Education

School	Education	Degree	Year
Baylor College of Medicine	Research Fellowship	Research	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
Howard University	Bachelors	Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering	1992

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Organizations

Organization Name	Role
American Academy of Pediatrics	Member of the Section of Allergy and Immunology
American Pediatric Society	Board of Directors
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology	Fellow
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology	Fellow
Association of Clinical Scientists	Fellow
Texas Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society	Past-President (2022-2024)
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)	Chair, Ad Hoc Committee for Development of Guidelines for Policies for Care of Certain Students at Risk for Anaphylaxis; State Bill 66 Committee (2017-2019, Member (2020-Present)

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Honors and awards

2021

Beyond Duke Service and Leadership Award

2019

Honorary AAAAI William T. Shearer and Lynn Des Prez Lectureship Award

2019

American Pediatric Society

2019

Norton Rose Fulbright L. L. P. Faculty Excellence Award for Educational Research, Baylor College of Medicine

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Highlights

Research interests

Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders, health disparities 

Davis CM, Anagnostou A, Devaraj S, Vita DT, Rivera F, Pitts K, Hearrell M, Minard C, Guffey D, Gupta M, Watkin L, Orange JS, Anvari S. Maximum Dose Food Challenges Reveal Transient Sustained Unresponsiveness in Peanut Oral Immunotherapy (POIMD study). J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Dec 7:S2213-2198(21)01363-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.10.074. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34890827.

Davis CM, Morris E, Nanda A, Louisias M, Apter A, Foggs M, Walker-McGill CL, Wang J, Perry TT. Allergic Conditions in the Underserved, A Work Group Report of the AAAAI Committee on the Underserved. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021;147(5):1579-1593.

Nguyen DI, Sindher SB, Chinthrajah RS, Nadeau K, Davis CM. Shrimp-allergic patients in a multi-food oral immunotherapy trial. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2021 Oct 16. doi: 10.1111/pai.13679. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34655480.

Davis CM, Lange L, Beyer K, Fleischer DM, Ford L, Sussman G, Oriel RC, Pongracic JA, Shreffler W, Bee KJ, Campbell DE, Green TD, Lambert R, Peillon A, Bégin P. Efficacy and Safety of Peanut Epicutaneous Immunotherapy in Patients With Atopic Comorbidities. JACI Global. 2022 Sept 21. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacig.2022.07.009

Anvari S, Brunner S, Tuano KS, Su BB, Karnaneedi S, Lopata AL, Davis CM. Similar IgE binding patterns in Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Asian shrimp species in US shrimp allergic patients. Allergy. 2022 Sep;77(9):2825-2829. doi: 10.1111/all.15363. Epub 2022 Jun 2. PMID: 35524542.

Anvari S, Watkin LB, Minard CG, Schuster K, Hassan O, Anagnostou A, Orange JS, Corry DB, Davis CM. Reduced pro-inflammatory dendritic cell phenotypes are a potential indicator of successful peanut oral immunotherapy. PLoS One. 2022 May 26;17(5):e0264674. PMID: 35617270

Davis CM, Flohr C, Gupta MR, Koplin JJ. Managing Atopic Dermatitis in Patients With Skin of Color. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2023 May;11(5):1376-1383. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2023.03.041. Epub 2023 Mar 29. PMID: 37001639.

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