Curriculum Vitae

Allergenic Products Advisory Committee

LINDA SUSAN COX, MD

OFFICE ADDRESS:

5333 North Dixie Highway
Suite 210
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334
Telephone #: --------------
Fax #: (954) 351-9397

HOME ADDRESS:

------------------------------
-------------------------------
-----------------------------
---------------------------------------

POST GRADUATE TRAINING:

National Jewish Hospital, Denver Colorado. Fellow in Allergy and Immunology. 1989 to 1991.
University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida - Internal Medicine. 1985 to 1988.

MEDICAL EDUCATION:

Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Degree -Doctor of Medicine. ----.

GRADUATE EDUCATION:

Hahnemann Medical College of Graduate School - Department of Clinical Psychology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-----------

Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Science
Immunology Department - Cambridge, Massachusetts
----------------

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:

Boston University College of Liberal Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude Honors - ----

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

Private practice (solo) - Adult and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - 5333 North Dixie Highway, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1992 to present.

Imperial Point Medical Center (Employed by Coastal Physicians) part time May 1997- August 1999

Columbia Emergency Room (employed by Emergency Medical Services Association EMSA), Emergency Room Physician, part-time - February 1995-May 1997

Palmetto General Hospital (employed by Emergency Medical Services Association EMSA), Emergency Room Physician, part-time - 1992 - October 1994.

Private (partnership) - Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology Center 1601 Biscayne Boulevard #226, Miami, Florida - 1991 to 1992.

Fitzsimmons Medical center (through national Emergency Services Association, NESA) Aurora, Colorado Emergency Room Physician, part-time - 1989 to 1991.

North Ridge Medical Center (through Emergency Medical Services Association, EMSA) Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Emergency room Physician, full-time 1988 to 1989, part-time-August 1994 to present.

PUBLICATIONS:
Articles/Abstracts

Experience with Accelerated Immunotherapy Schedules Utilizing Multiple and Single Allergen Extracts in a Private Practice Setting. Abstract ACAAI 1996

Borish, L, Dishuck J,Cox, L Sezary syndrome with elevated serum IgE and hypereosinophilia: Role of dysregulated cytokine production. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1993 Jul;92(1 Pt 1):123-31.

Lockey, R., Bukantz, S., Bousquet, J. Allergens and Allergen Immunotherapy or Allergic Diseases. 3rd edition. Chapter 41 entitiled Instruction and Consent Forms For Allergen Immunotherapy. Marcel Dekker, New York due to be published in 2003

Cox, L Better documentation through standardized forms. What progress have we made since the 1800's Allergy and Asthma Proc 24: 407-422, 2004

Carr, W, Martin, B, Howard, B, Cox, L, Borish,L and the Immunotherapy Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Comparison of test devices for skin prick testing (J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005;116:341-6.)

Amin HS, Liss GM, Bernstein DI. and the Immunotherapy Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Evaluation of near-fatal reactions to allergen immunotherapy injections. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006 Jan;117(1):169-75

Cox, L Standardized allergen extracts: past, present and future Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, Nov 2005, Vol. 1, No. 4, Pages 579-588.

Cox L, Larenas-Linnemann D, Nolte H, Weldon D, Finegold I, Nelson H Sublingual Immunotherapy: A Comprehensive Review J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006;117:1021-35

Cox, L Allergen immunotherapy: immunomodulatory treatment for allergic diseases Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, Jul 2006, Vol. 2, No. 4, Pages 533-546.

Cox, L Accelerated immunotherapy schedules: review of efficacy and safety. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2006 Aug;97(2):126-37; quiz 137-40, 202. Review.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Murine Model of Graft-Versus-Host Disease - University of Colorado School of Medicine Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1990 to 1991.

Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity Against EBV - Infected Lymphocytes - University of Miami School of Medicine - Department of Immunology 1987.

T-Cell Subsets in Intestinal Mucosa of patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Immunology - 1987 to present

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Nova Southeastern
University College of Osteopathic Medicine 1998 to present
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine - University of Miami School of Medicine 1997-2001

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMITTEES:

American Medical Association
American College of Physicians - Fellow
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - Fellow
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - Fellow
Florida Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society
Member since 1991
President 2001-2002
Practice Standard Committee 1993
Education Committee 1993
Managed Care Committee 1997-98

Florida Medical Association

Practice Parameters Committee 1997-1998
Membership committee 1998- to 2003

Broward County Medical Association-Member since 1993

Chair: Bylaws Committee 2004-5
President 2003-04
President-Elect 2002-03
Board of Directors 1996-1998
Public Affairs Committee
Member 1995 -1996
Chair 2002-03
Strategic Planning Committee
Member 1996
Chair 2002-03
Membership Development Committee chair 1997-2000 and 2002-3
Women Physicians' committee chair 1998 to 2001

Vision Broward: Health Care Task Force 2004
Wye River Group on Health Care: Roundtable discussions 2004 for Communities Shaping a Vision for America's 21st Century Health and Healthcare. (Ft. Lauderdale- one of the 11 cities chosen to participate in this project)

American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; Fellow

Immunotherapy and Allergy Diagnostics:
Chair 2005-07
Vice Chair 2004
Drug and Anaphylaxis Committee
Member 1996-97
Vice Chair 1997-98
CME committee-2000-04

Editorial Boards:

Annals of Allergy Asthma and Immunology 2004 to present
Allergy and Asthma Proceedings 2005 to present

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: reviewer 2006-present
Holy Cross Medical Center
Latex Allergy Committee
Asthma Task Force Committee

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Board of Directors 2007-2011
Member since 1990
Fellow since 1999
Media Link
Member 2002-to present
Nominating Committee
Member 2002-03
Practice, Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Member 2001-2006
Immunotherapy committee 1998 to present
Chair 2004 to present
Vice-chair 2003
Chair sub-committee Web initiative 2000
Chair: sub-committee-Practice parameters for allergy vaccines-2001
Immunotherapy slide update committee-1999-2000, 2005
Immunotherapy and skin test forms project 2001 to present
Asthma, Rhinitis and Other Respiratory Diseases Interest Section Secretary 2003
Rhinitis, Sinusitis, and Ocular Disease Interest Section Chair 2005-7

Joint Council of Allergy Asthma and Immunology

Membership Recruitment Committee 2003- present
Reimbursement and Coding Advisory Committee 2004- present
Sublingual Immunotherapy Joint Task Force Co-chair 2004-present

Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters of the AAAAI, ACAAI and JCAAI

AAAAI representative 2006 -present

Broward Palm Beach Allergy Society: founder and primary coordinator of monthly CME program, president of Broward chapter: society founded in 2006, prior to this known as South Palm Beach Broward County Journal Club: 1998 to 2006

ACHA Advisory Board: alternative 2001-present
ACHA Medical expert: 11/00 to present

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

American Board of Internal Medicine - 1988
American Board of Allergy and Immunology - October 1991 re-certification August 2001

AWARDS/HONORS

1998 Outstanding Mother of the Year 1998 -Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County
1998 Named as one of "The Best Doctors in America" fourth listing Woodward/White, Inc. Aiken, S.C.
1997, 1998, 1999 , 2001* Named one of "Best Physicians in the U.S." published in Consumer's Guide to Best Physicians in the U.S. Center for the Study of Services- Washington D.C.
2000 named in How to Find the Best Florida Doctors Castle Connolly Guide 2000, USA
2001 named as One of South Florida's Most High Regarded Physicians by Miami Metro and Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd
2001: named in Florida Medical Business (Sept 4, 2001 Vol 14/Number 17) Outstanding Health Care Professionals Women in Medicine
2002: One of Florida's Most Highly Regarded Physicians: Miami Metro and Castle Connoly Medical, Ltd
2003: named in "America's Top Physician" In Guide to Top Physicians 2003 edition. Consumers' Research Council of America, Washington, DC
2001-06: named in "Best Doctors in America"
2005: Presidential Salute for Women in Medicine: Women Physicians in Leadership Positions Florida Medical Business (Sept 6, 2005, Volume 19, Number 17
2005: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology President's Award for Outstanding Leadership as /chairman of the immunotherapy and allergy diagnostics committee.

PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:

Asthma Screening Program Coordinator -ACAAI 1998-2003

OTHER VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

--------------------------------
------------------------------
----------------------------

PERSONAL:

-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------