Middleton' Allergy, 2 Vols.

Prof. Stephen Holgate, MRC Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology, Division of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Southhampton School of Medicine. Applying basic science to the clinical interface in allergy and asthma has been the guiding principle of Prof. Stephen Holgate's career. This has involved him in environmental and genetic epidemiology, physiology, cell and molecular biology of disease processes as they occur in humans. An AAAAI member since 1986 and Fellow from 1993, Professor Holgate has been active in the field of allergy and immunology both in the United Kingdom and overseas and in 2001 received the Academy's Honorary Fellow Award. He was President of the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI) from 1990-93 and the Robert Cook Memorial Lecturer in 1995 and 2000. He received the RCP London Graham Bull Prize for research and was elected an honorary member of the Association of Physicians in UK and Ireland following the delivery of the Sir William Osler Lecture in 2003. He has been an active contributor to the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum since 1990. Professor Holgate is a member of the Infection, Inflammation and Repair Division in the School of Medicine, University of Southampton at Southampton General Hospital, UK and since 1987 has held a Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Professorship. He received his undergraduate medical training at Charing Cross Hospital, London and specialised in respiratory medicine and allergy. He holds Fellowships from the Royal Colleges of Physicians, Pathologists, Institute of Biology and Academy of Medical Sciences. He is a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and has been a censor of the Royal College of Physicians. He has served on a number of Government Committees including the Sub-committee for Efficacy and Adverse Drug Reactions of the CSM (SEAR), MRC Project Grant Committee, Systems Board, Cross Board Group and most recently Councils

"Middleton's Allergy has no peer and should be included in any library requiring a compendium on allergic diseases.?-JAMA, review of previous edition

''To the practicing allergist, allergy student, pediatrician or laboratory allergy researcher, seeing a new addition of Middleton's allergy is like having an old friend drop in for tea. This comprehensive allergists' bible has gone from strength to strength and is a most useful source of reference. The emphasis throughout the two volumes is to link translation of basic research in allergy through to clinical practice, and this has been accomplished with considerable success. As is customary the chapters are divided into sections encompassing immunology, aerobiology and allergens, physiology, clinical science, diagnosis and therapeutics.''

Middleton's Allergy: Principles and Practice, N Franklin Adkinson

"This is the only textbook on allergy principles one needs to own. It is a superb encyclopedic reference when you are in the mood to know everything about a particular topic." - Patricia Wong, MD, Doody's Review Service