
Graded drug challenges are considered the gold standard for evaluating patients with a low-risk history of a prior adverse drug reactions – like a mild rash or unknown reaction to penicillin as a child.

Melissa Iammatteo, MD, is a first-year Allergy and Immunology fellow at Montefiore Health System/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She recently completed her Internal Medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she served as a Clinical Fellow in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on the evaluation of adverse drug reactions, particularly through the use of protocols involving test doses.

Published: January 8th 2016 | Updated: