William Reed

Henderson Jr.

MD

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Bio

William R. Henderson, Jr., MD is Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington where he heads the Allergy Section, Center for Allergy and Inflammation, UW Medicine at South Lake Union. He is Director of the University of Washington Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Training Program and Chief of the UWMC Allergy Clinics. He has been recognized as one of Seattle's Top Doctors by Seattle and Seattle Met magazines and one of U.S. News Top Doctors. He has authored over 125 peer-reviewed research publications in high-impact journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine and The Journal of Clinical Investigation. His research has focused on the production of biochemical molecules that cause asthma and other allergic disorders with the goal to develop new therapies for these diseases. He has served as Chair of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology and on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the scientific advisory boards of ICOS Corporation and Gilead Sciences. He is an executive committee member of the Seattle Food Allergy Consortium (SeaFAC). Dr. Henderson is a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians

Research interests

• Immunopathogenesis of Allergic and Immunologic Disorders 
• Translational Research of Allergic and Immunologic Disorders
• Asthma Research (Severe Asthma, Aspirin-induced Asthma
• Chronic Urticaria Research
• Food Allergy Research

Clinical interests

Honors

Chair, American Board of Allergy & Immunology 2003

Seattle Magazine Top Doctors, Allergy & Immunology 2010-2012

Seattle Met Magazine Top Doctors, Allergy & Immunology 2011

Seattle Magazine Top Doctors, Allergy & Immunology 2014-2017

Seattle Met Magazine Top Doctors, Allergy & Immunology 2016

Seattle Met Magazine Top Doctors, Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2017

Publications