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Allergist & Immunologist in La Jolla, San Diego
9850 Genesee Ave, # 710, La Jolla, CA 92037
Pediatric and adult allergy, asthma, and immunology care at our La Jolla clinic. Our allergists and immunologists evaluate symptoms, recommend appropriate testing, and develop a treatment plan for your needs.
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Modena Allergy + Asthma
Don't let asthma or allergies hold you back from achieving your goals and living the life you want. Receive personalized attention, answers, and relief from your symptoms with the San Diego and La Jolla allergist team at Modena Health.
With our team of qualified and compassionate experts by your side, led by Dr. Brian Modena and Dr. Ali Doroudchi, there is no better time to enhance your wellness and feel your personal best. Our team at Modena Allergy + Asthma treats pediatric and adult patients with empathy and cutting-edge therapies to help them and their families breathe a little easier. Schedule a consultation with one of our providers today to learn how treating food allergies, environmental allergies, asthma, and immunological conditions could help make your family life less stressful and live a better quality of life.
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At Modena Allergy + Asthma, our team of expert providers and nurses treat pediatric and adult patients with empathy and cutting-edge therapies to help them and their families breathe a little easier. Schedule a consultation with one of our providers today to learn how treating food allergies, environmental allergies, asthma, and immunological conditions could help make your family life less stressful and live a better quality of life.
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Pediatric Allergist in La Jolla, San Diego
Families come to our La Jolla clinic with different questions: Was a meal followed by an allergic reaction? Is a child’s blocked nose affecting sleep? Why does coughing return during play? A pediatric allergy visit connects those events with the medical history, examination, and previous treatment before deciding which tests could provide a useful answer.
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The sequence matters: what your child ate, how much, when symptoms began, and which treatment helped. We use that account to select relevant skin or blood tests. A positive result must fit the history; it does not by itself establish a food allergy. We also discuss avoidance and emergency planning when appropriate.
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Compare symptoms at home, school, around animals, and during coastal or inland activities. These differences can help identify a relevant exposure without assuming that every problem is caused by San Diego pollen. The evaluation may guide targeted testing, exposure changes, or medicines.
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Photos of a flare and a list of products already tried can be more useful than a request for a large allergy panel. We assess the skin pattern and treatment response, then explain whether skin care, prescription treatment, a specific allergy question, or another specialist’s input should come next.
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Tell us about night-time cough, wheezing, missed activities, urgent visits, and use of rescue medicine. We can review inhaler and spacer technique and consider breathing tests appropriate for your child. Daily treatment and instructions for worsening symptoms should be clear to the family.
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Repeated illness has several possible explanations. The clinician considers diagnosed infections, their severity, recovery, treatment response, and family history. That pattern helps determine whether your child needs an immune assessment rather than assuming that frequent colds mean an immune deficiency.
Leave with answers you can use at home
The visit should clarify what is known, what still needs investigation, and the next step. For an established food allergy or asthma diagnosis, ask how the care plan applies to school, caregivers, meals, and activities. Food challenges and treatment visits may need separate arrangements from the first consultation.
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Your Trusted Providers At Modena Health in La Jolla
Under the direction of Dr. Modena, our team ensures that pediatric and adult patients have access to exceptional care and ongoing symptom management.
The La Jolla care team includes allergy, immunology, and pediatric respiratory clinicians. Profiles describe individual backgrounds and roles; treatment decisions require a patient-specific evaluation and discussion of options.
At Modena Health, we are committed to providing compassionate, high-quality care that helps you live a full and fulfilling life.
When should you see an allergist?
(Hint: If you're asking this question, it's probably time!)
If you or a loved one is suffering from allergies, asthma, or immune system issues, you should know that your allergist can help you avoid years of confusion, misdiagnoses, and wasted money. Before getting rid of a family pet, remodeling your house, or even moving because of an allergy fear or concern, come to an allergist to identify the culprit and come up with a personalized plan of action.
You shouldn’t have to spend money on at-home food sensitivity tests or drastically eliminate the foods you love; an allergist can help you better understand how best to interpret these results and how and when you should make dietary changes.
A food-allergy evaluation can clarify the diagnosis and support a practical avoidance and emergency plan. Anaphylaxis requires immediate emergency treatment; use prescribed epinephrine as directed and call 911.
You don’t have to suffer for months from ongoing and repeat sinus infections, come see an allergist about new non-surgical treatment options. For repeated or severe infections, come see an allergist to determine if you possibly have a problem with your immune system.
An allergist can evaluate persistent or suspected allergic conditions and explain which tests are appropriate. For diagnosed food allergy, care includes avoidance guidance and an emergency plan. Anaphylaxis is an emergency and should be treated immediately according to the patient’s action plan, including prescribed epinephrine when directed, followed by calling 911.
Persistent sinus symptoms or recurrent infections have multiple possible causes. An allergist can review the history, prior treatment, and relevant findings, then explain whether testing, medical management, referral, or monitoring is appropriate.
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Immunology Care
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An immunologist investigates specific questions about immune function. At our Genesee Avenue clinic, pediatric and adult evaluations may concern unusually severe infections, an abnormal immune test, or a suspected inflammatory disorder. We start by identifying the clinical question, because these concerns do not all call for the same tests or treatment.
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A useful history distinguishes routine illnesses from pneumonia, repeated bacterial infections, prolonged infections, or episodes requiring hospital care. We examine the diagnoses, complications, medicines used, and response. Prior cultures and imaging can help explain the pattern and whether immune testing is justified.
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Interpreting immune blood tests in context.
Blood counts, immunoglobulin measurements, and antibody responses to vaccines answer different questions. When these tests are appropriate, we consider the results together with symptoms, age, medicines, and earlier reports. An isolated result may need confirmation; it should not become a diagnosis without a matching clinical explanation.
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Eosinophils are white blood cells that can be involved in inflammation affecting different organs. An increased blood count alone does not show which condition is present. Available pathology, imaging, and specialist findings help establish what is affected and whether coordinated evaluation is needed.
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Choosing the next step and the right specialist.
The outcome may be reassurance, monitoring, further tests, a treatment discussion, or referral. If an existing diagnosis involves autoimmunity or several organ systems, share the referral before booking. The La Jolla team can confirm whether this clinic is appropriate and how allergy and immunology fits into your care.
Help us reconstruct the medical history
Bring original laboratory reports with dates, infection diagnoses and treatments, vaccine records, and notes from other specialists. A short timeline is useful when care has taken place in several settings. Tell the office which question prompted the referral so the appointment can focus on that concern.
What Should I Bring to My Appointment?
Your first visit helps us understand your symptoms and health history so we can plan your care; if available, please bring:
- A symptom timeline tied to foods, medicines, seasons, or activities
- Current inhalers, epinephrine devices, and treatment plans
- Prior laboratory, skin-test, lung-function, imaging, or procedure records
Don’t have everything? That’s okay.
We can still get started and determine what information or testing may be helpful.
Clinic Details
Modena Health La Jolla
9850 Genesee Ave, # 710La Jolla, CA 92037
858-260-2977
Call the clinic to confirm your appointment type and preparation before your visit.
Define the Question Before Choosing a Test
How does an allergist decide what evaluation is appropriate?
Allergy and breathing symptoms can have overlapping causes, so the evaluation begins with timing, exposures, severity, and response to treatment. A test is most useful when its result can change a decision. Depending on the history, the clinician may recommend targeted skin or blood testing, lung-function assessment, treatment review, an observed challenge, a procedure, or no immediate testing.
For the Genesee Avenue office, send or bring the records that document the question being evaluated, including prior results and emergency notes. If a breathing test, skin test, or observed procedure is being considered, ask the office for specific medication and preparation instructions. Do not independently stop a controller inhaler or other prescribed treatment.
This information supports an efficient visit but does not replace the clinician’s individual assessment.
Planning Questions
Allergy and immunology questions in San Diego
That depends on your health plan and the type of appointment. Call our La Jolla office at 858-260-2977 with your insurance details and reason for the visit. Confirm any referral or prior authorization with your plan before scheduling; the requirements for a consultation and a procedure may differ.
Coverage must be checked for the clinician, La Jolla office, and service you expect to receive. Ask about the consultation and any proposed skin testing, laboratory work, or treatment separately. Our insurance information can help you start that discussion, but it does not determine your individual benefits.
Consider an assessment when suspected food reactions or recurring nose, eye, skin, or breathing symptoms interfere with daily life. Describe effects on sleep, school attendance, eating, or play. Our San Diego team uses those details and previous treatment to decide what should be investigated.
Yes. Pediatric allergy care adapts evaluation and treatment to children and their families. At our La Jolla clinic, Dr. Ali Doroudchi completed pediatric residency and fellowship training in pediatric and adult allergy and immunology. Share your child’s age and main concern when arranging the appointment.
Examples include unusually severe or persistent infections, a possible immune deficiency, or a finding that needs specialist interpretation. A history of illness is assessed alongside the actual diagnoses and treatment response. Our immune-disorder evaluation page explains which records can help with a La Jolla consultation.
Allergy is part of immunology, and an allergist-immunologist has overlapping training in both fields. Allergy visits often focus on reactions to triggers; other immunology visits investigate immune function or certain inflammatory conditions. Tell the Genesee Avenue team the problem you need assessed so they can identify the appropriate visit.
A coastal address does not remove exposure to pollen or indoor allergens. Symptoms can also change between the coast, inland areas, home, and work. Track those differences rather than assuming the local climate explains them. Our environmental allergy service uses the exposure history to guide evaluation.
Some immune problems overlap with autoimmunity, but the appropriate specialist depends on the diagnosis and organs involved. Before booking in La Jolla, provide the referral, existing diagnosis, and relevant results. The office can confirm whether an allergy and immunology consultation fits the concern or whether another specialty is needed.
Yes. This page is for Modena Health at 9850 Genesee Avenue, Suite 710, La Jolla, CA 92037. Choose the La Jolla / San Diego office when arranging care and check the location in your confirmation. Call 858-260-2977 if the address or visit details are unclear.
The clinician first identifies the decision a test needs to support. Symptoms, examination, previous results, and treatment response help determine whether targeted testing will be useful. Testing is not automatic at every first visit, and a food challenge or treatment appointment may require separate preparation and scheduling.
Do not stop a controller inhaler or another prescribed treatment without instructions from the treating team. Preparation varies by test and appointment type. Call 858-260-2977 with the names of your medicines and the scheduled visit so the office can give directions relevant to your care.
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