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Dr. Ownby is Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine and Head
of the Section of Allergy and Immunology at the Medical College of Georgia
in Augusta, Georgia. He received his B.S. degree, cum laude, from Ohio
University in 1969 and his M.D. from the Medical College of Ohio at
Toledo in 1972. He did both his residency in pediatrics and fellowship
in allergy, immunology, and pulmonary disease at Duke University Medical
Center. He was a faculty member at Duke University until 1979 when he
moved to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. While at Henry Ford Hospital,
Dr. Ownby held clinical faculty appointments at the University of Michigan
and at Case Western University. In 1998 he moved from Detroit to his
present position at MCG. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and the American
College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Dr. Ownby is listed in "Best
Doctors in America," and in "America's Top Doctors." He has published
over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals in addition to more than
40 book chapters, reviews, and editorials. Dr. Ownby has previously
chaired the Allergenic Products Advisory Board of the U.S. FDA, and
he currently serves on the Data Safety Monitoring Panel of the National
Institutes of Allergic and Infectious Diseases. His primary research
interest is environmental factors affecting the development of asthma
in children.
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