Mitchell H. Grayson, MD

Mitchell Grayson

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Biography

Mitchell Grayson, MD, graduated with a BA from Knox College in Galesburg, IL before attending the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, from which he received his medical degree in 1993. After completing an internal medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, he undertook his allergy/immunology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Grayson was on the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine and the Medical College of Wisconsin before joining Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University in 2016 as professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology. He is the Grant Morrow, III, MD endowed chair in pediatric research.

Dr. Grayson oversees a translational research laboratory studying the role viral infections play in the development of allergic disease, and how allergic disease impacts the antiviral immune response. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, and has trained over 20 graduate, post-doctoral or clinical research fellows. He is a board-certified diplomate of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology, and an active fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, and the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. Dr. Grayson is the treasurer and a director for the American Board of Allergy and Immunology, chair of the Medical Scientific Council and on the board of directors of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the American Lung Association. Recently Dr. Grayson completed a term on the board of directors of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Dr. Grayson has served on numerous grant review study sections for the National Institutes of Health, as well as being on several editorial boards for allergy and immunology journals. Currently, Dr. Grayson serves as an associate editor for the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. Dr. Grayson is an elected member of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum, the allergy research honorary society, as well as the American Society for Clinical Investigation (physician-scientist honorary society).

Dr. Grayson’s clinical interests are primarily asthma, allergic rhinitis, food allergy and anaphylaxis.

Academic and Clinical Areas
Awards, Honors & Organizations
  • Grant Morrow, III, MD, Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 2018
  • Presented the Elliot Ellis Memorial Lectureship, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Annual Meeting, 2014
  • Elected, American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2013
  • Inductee, Collegium Internationale Allergologicum, 2010
  • Listed, Best Doctors in America
  • Treasurer, American Board of Allergy and Immunology, 2020 - Present
  • Associate Editor, Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 2018 - Present
  • Director, American Board of Allergy and Immunology, 2017 - 2022
  • Chair of Medical Scientific Council, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, 2016 - Present
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Committee for the American Lung Association, 2015 - Present
  • Board of Directors, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 2015 - 2019
  • Member, FDA Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee (PADAC), 2014 - 2018
  • Board of Directors, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, 2013 - Present
  • Standing Member, NIH AITC Study Section, 2013 - 2019
  • Member of the Scientific and Clinical Issues Council, World Allergy Organization (WAO), 2012 - 2014
  • Deputy Editor, Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 2012 - 2017
Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 08/08/2016

Board Certifications
  • Allergy & Immunology
Fellowship Johns Hopkins Hospital Date Completed: 06/30/1998
Residency Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Date Completed: 06/30/1995
Medical School University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Date Completed: 06/30/1993
Professional Experience

2016 - Present The Ohio State University School of Medicine, Professor with Tenure, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology

2016 - Present Nationwide Children's Hospital, Director, Division of Allergy and Immunology,

2016 - Present The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Investigator, Center for Clinical and Translational Research,

2016 - 2016 Medical College of Wisconsin, Professor with Tenure, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

2013 - 2016 Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Co-Director, Infection, Inflammation and Immunity research unit, Children’s Research Institute

2011 - 2016 Fight Asthma Milwaukee (FAM) Allies, Director

2008 - 2016 Medical College of Wisconsin, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

2008 - 2016 Medical College of Wisconsin, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

2008 - 2016 Medical College of Wisconsin, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

2003 - 2008 Washington Univ. School of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology

1998 - 2003 Washington Univ. School of Medicine, Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology

1994 - 1995 Hosp. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania, Assistant Instructor, Department of Medicine