Dr. Rachel Kado, M.D.

Dr. Kado's strong foundation in immunology affords her a different perspective on the immunological influences of allergic disease. This expertise led her to co-develop and co-manage one of the only combined rheumatology/allergy clinics in the state of Michigan.

Dr. Kado also specializes in infants with severe atopic dermatitis and food allergies, pathologies that are closely immunologically intertwined.

Recent research developments and publications from the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology show an association between atopic dermatitis and increased risk of peanut allergy. Dr. Kado is co-director of Henry Ford's Food Allergy Clinic and part of NIH study devoted to conducting food challenges on patients with suspected sensitivities.

Dr. Kado spent years at the USDA researching and assessing the various conformational structures of peanut and tree nut proteins. Equipped with this background, Dr. Kado is ideally suited to apply this knowledge, and other emerging evidence, to the rapidly developing world of food allergies and their clinical implications.

This clinic serves as an invaluable resource for patients and family members, particularly the parents of children with food allergies, providing a safe environment for evaluation and testing with oral challenge to allergic foods.

In addition to assessing and diagnosing food allergies, Dr. Kado manages patients with myriad other food intolerances such as eosinophilic esophagitis, allergic proctocolitis or food-induced enterocolitis and celiac disease.