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Dr. David P. Skoner is director of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and vice chairman of clinical research in the department of pediatrics of Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. He is also professor of pediatrics at the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, and clinical professor of pediatrics, West Virginia University School of Medicine. Previously, he was associate professor of pediatrics and otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has served as the chief of the section of Allergy/Immunology and director of the Allergy and Immunology Training Program at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Skoner received his BS degree from Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and his MD degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served his residency in general pediatrics at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, and he completed his fellowship in allergy/immunology at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh.

His current research interests include the relationships between respiratory viruses, asthma, immunity, and stress; the relationship between viral and allergen-induced nasal inflammation and middle ear disease; and the efficacy and safety (HPA axis function and growth in children) of inhaled and intranasal steroids. Dr. Skoner has written more than 100 articles and given more than 200 presentations on respiratory disease. His articles and abstracts have been published in many leading journals, including Pediatrics, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Pediatric Research, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical CareMedicine, JAMA, and American Review of RespiratoryDisease. Dr. Skoner serves on the editorial advisory boards of the journals Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews,Pediatric Asthma, Allergy, & Immunology,Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, and Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and previously served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Rhinology. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the Society of Pediatric Research, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, and the American Pediatric Society. He has been recognized as one of America's "Top Doctors" (Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.) from 2001 to 2007. He was recently invited to join the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) Pediatric Asthma Therapeutics Group convened by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.