Lenora M Noroski, M.D., M.P.H.
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Positions
- Associate Professor
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Pediatrics - Allergy & Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
Addresses
- Texas Children's Hospital, Clinical Care Center (Clinic)
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6701 Fannin Street, 9th floor
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-1319
Education
- MPH from University Of Texas Health Science Center
- 05/2009 - Houston, Texas United States
- Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine
- 06/1998 - Houston, Texas United States
- Pediatrics - Allergy and Immunology
- Fellowship at Cornell University Medical College
- New York, New York United States
- Pediatrics Immunology, 1994
- Residency at Cornell University Medical College
- New York City, New York United States
- Pediatrics, 1993
- Internship at New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center
- New York, New York United States
- Pediatrics, 1990
- MD from Cornell University, Weill Medical College
- 05/1989 - New York City, New York United States
Professional Statement
Dr. Lenora Noroski has interests, experience and expertise in clinical research and the diagnoses and treatment of patients with primary immunodeficiencies, including rare forms of these diseases in infants, children and adults, as well as secondary immunodeficiencies, particularly HIV and malnutrition, and complex allergic diseases and asthma. In addition to caring for patients of all ages as a clinical immunologist, Dr. Noroski holds a masters in Health Education, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences and is a Fulbright & Jaworski faculty scholar in Educational Leadership and Teaching & Evaluation.She serves as Associate Program Director for the Allergy and Immunology fellowship program and Director of Immunology, Allergy & Rheumatology/Retrovirology Educational Programming where she oversees the educational curriculum for trainees and rotators, teaches immunology to all levels of national and international professionals and has mentored trainees and patients in creating and publishing innovative and sustainable educational and clinical programs. She earned the 2013 ACGME David Leach Award for designing and implementing a uniquely effective allergy course for her fellowship program and has received recognition for her roles as Medical Director for the first recreational/educational camps in Texas for HIV-infected children and their families, for her copyrighted interactive educational game on HIV facts, in serving as co-founder and Director of Kids Council, a patient-youth advocacy program, and currently as principal investigator and clinician-educator for the “Global Immunodeficiency Rounds” project, a collaboration of international immunologists to solve diagnostic dilemmas in real-time on patients with fatal immune disorders from resource limited populations.
Dr. Noroski is dedicated to underserved communities, the study of diversity in immunity and human populations, the understanding of the attitudes and beliefs of her patients as they deal with their chronic illnesses, to the success of her trainees in Allergy and Immunology and to making a caring difference for all children and their families, here and across the globe. She was also honored as the 2017 Distinguished Alumni and the Commencement Speaker of the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of California State University, one of the most diverse and the largest state university in California.
Websites
Selected Publications
- Patel NC, Hertel PM, Estes MK, de la Morena M, Petru AM, Noroski LM, Revell PA, Hanson IC, Paul ME, Rosenblatt HM, Abramson SL "Vaccine-acquired rotavirus in infants with severe combined immunodeficiency.." N. Engl. J. Med.. 2010 Jan 28;362(4):314-9. Pubmed PMID: 20107217
- Noroski LM, Parcel G, Fu, X. Markham C "The Attitudes and Beliefs about HIV Disclosure Behaviors Among Perinatally-Infected HIV-Positive Youth and their Caregivers “The Care to Share HIV Disclosure Study”." The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2010;125(2):Supp 1. AB98.
- Noroski LM "The Annual Subspecialty Retreat in Allergy and Immunology - an Innovative Model for Reflection and Program Excellence." The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2013;131(2)
- Stray-Pedersen A, Jouanguy E, Crequer A, Bertuch AA, Brown BS, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Gambin T, Sorte H, Sasa G, Metry D, Campbell J, Sockrider MM, Dishop MK, Scollard DM, Gibbs RA, Mace EM, Orange JS, Lupski JR, Casanova JL, Noroski LM "Compound Heterozygous CORO1A Mutations in Siblings With a Mucocutaneous-Immunodeficiency Syndrome of Epidermodysplasia verruciformis-HPV, Molluscum Contagiosum and Granulomatous Tuberculoid Leprosy." J Clin Immunol. 2014 Oct;34(7):871-90. Pubmed PMID: 25073507
- Zheng P*, Noroski LM*, Hanson IC, Chen Y, Lee ME, Huang Y, Zhu MX, Banerjee PP, Madedonas G, Orange JS, Shearer WT, Liu, D "Molecular Mechanisms of Functional Natural Killer Deficiency in Patients With Partial DiGeorge Syndrome." J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015 May;135(5):1293-302. Pubmed PMID: 25748067
Memberships
- American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
- Academy of Distinguished Educators (Baylor College of Medicine)
- Institutional Diversity Council (Baylor College of Medicine)
- Member
- Department f Pediatrics, Fellowship Programs (Baylor College of Medicine)
- Program Director and Project Mentor with Project Champions
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