Asthma & Allergy Clinic

Asthma & Allergy Clinic is an allergist in Merrillville, IN. The clinic offers allergy, asthma, and immunology services for patients of all ages and is currently accepting new patients, accepting most commercial insurance carriers. Commonly treated conditions include environmental, animal, food, drug, and vaccine allergies, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), asthma, atopic dermatitis (eczema), allergic conjunctivitis (pink eye), urticaria (hives), and sinus infections. Services include allergy skin testing, aeroallergen and venom immunotherapy (shots), food oral immunotherapy (OIT), sublingual immunotherapy tablets and drops (SLIT), pulmonary function testing, food and drug challenges, and patch testing. The practice is led by Dr. Pooja Oza Patel, M.D., a board certified allergist and immunologist. She completed medical school at Rush Medical College, residency at the University of Illinois, and fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Patel is a member of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology, where she has served on the Adverse Reactions to Drugs, Biologicals and Latex Committee, the Aerobiology Committee, the Adverse Reactions to Foods Committee, and the AAAI Leadership Institute. She also belongs to the American College of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology, where she served as Vice Chair of the Environmental Allergy Committee and on the Environmental and Integrative Medicine Subcommittee. The clinic holds a rating of 4.80 based on 8969 reviews. Office hours run Monday from 9 AM to 12:30 PM and 2 PM to 5:30 PM, Wednesday from 1:00 PM to 6:30 PM, and Thursday from 9 AM to 12:30 PM and 2 PM to 6:00 PM, with Tuesday and Friday closed. The office observes closures on New Year's, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas Eve, and Christmas. New patients can begin by calling (219) 769-6177 or emailing [email protected], and televisit check-in is available through the clinic's site.