Lawrence Borish, MD
Allergy and Immunology
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Bio & Overview
Allergist Larry Borish, MD, did his undergraduate work at Harvard College, where he received his B.A. (cum laude) in music in 1975. He received his M.D. from Boston University in 1979, after which he returned to Harvard for an internal medicine residency that was completed in 1982. Dr. Borish did his clinical training in allergy/immunology at the New England Medical Center, followed by several years of post-doctoral fellowship training in research in the laboratories of Dr. Ross Rocklin and Dr. Lanny Rosenwasser.
Dr. Borish was a faculty member at Tufts Medical School prior to his move to Colorado in 1989. From 1989 to 1999, he was an associate professor in medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and a staff physician/principal investigator at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center. He is currently a Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia and holds appointments in the Asthma and Allergic Diseases Center, Microbiology, and the Carter Immunology Center. He is an Associate Editor of the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. His NIH-funded research interests include the immune, cellular, and molecular mechanisms driving upper and lower airway allergic inflammation. In particular, his laboratory has been investigating molecular mechanisms driving respiratory virus-induced asthma pathogenesis and exacerbations. These studies focus on the role of innate immunity and the synergy of the failure of the innate immune system to restrict the viral infection with the tendency of the virus to promote a type 2/eosinophilic/allergic inflammatory response. His clinical interests include adult primary immune deficiencies, severe, exacerbation-prone asthma, and refractory chronic sinusitis/nasal polyposis.
He continues to play the oboe on rare occasions but is not prepared to give up his day job.
Dr. Borish also treats patients in:
- Adult primary immune deficiencies
- Severe, exacerbation-prone asthma
- Refractory chronic sinusitis/nasal polyposis
Academic Information
- Department
- Medicine
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Asthma, Allergy & Immunology
- Research Interests
- Respiratory viruses and their impact on asthma pathogenesis and exacerbations; molecular and cellular mechanisms of asthma, aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease, nasal polyposis, and chronic sinusitis
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- Boston University School of Medicine
- Residency
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Fellowships
- Floating Hospital for Children @ Tufts Medical Cen
- Certification
- American Board of Allergy and Immunology (Allergy and Immunology), American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
Highlights
Dr. Larry Borish Video Profile
I'm Larry Borish, allergist and clinical immunologist at the University of Virginia. I have several clinics. One is a severe asthma clinic where we see patients from all over western Virginia, and even beyond, who have been placed on asthma regimens and are doing extremely poorly. My other interest is chronic sinusitis. That is a joint clinic that I do in the otolaryngology department. I also do an immune deficiency clinic for adults with adult immune deficiency. And I'm about, actually, to start a severe asthma clinic that will be done as a joint clinic with the pulmonary specialists here at UVA. In particular, I am known for the treatment of severe asthma. Patients come in and have failed all the conventional therapies and they're eager to know what, either new or experimental treatments might be available, and know exactly what is going on in terms of drug development and immunological interventions. I am most passionate for my patients, and I will do everything that is feasible to get them the best treatments and the best diagnostic work-up. If we can't figure out how to make someone better, I doubt there's any place else that could.
Awards
- 2021 Virginia Chapter American College of Physicians – Outstanding Subspecialist Teaching Award
- 2019 University of Virginia Department of Medicine Outstanding Mentorship award
- 2016-19 American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Board of Regents
- 2013-19 American Board of Allergy, Asthma, Immunology, Board of Directors
- 2005-present Named: Best Doctor in America® (Allergy/Immunology) by Best Doctors, Inc.
- 2004 Betty Wray Lectureship, American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- 2003 Pfizer Visiting Professor Award, St. Louis University, St., Louis, MO
- 1987-89 Burroughs Wellcome Foundation Developing Investigator Award in Allergic Diseases
- 1975 B.A., cum laude in music
- 1972 Westinghouse Science Talent Search Finalist
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