Welcome from the Chief
Welcome to the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology (AIR). This Division has a long history of providing excellence in patient care, medical research, and education that dates back to the 1950’s. Our current faculty and staff are not only committed to carrying on this tradition but are also recognized nationally as leaders in their field.
We provide timely, comprehensive, individualized, state-of-the-art medical care to patients with musculoskeletal, autoimmune, and allergic diseases. We act as advocates for our patients and seek to improve treatments outcomes and quality of life.
Our faculty perform cutting edge investigation in basic science and translational research as we seek to expand our understanding of the mechanisms that underlie inflammatory, allergic and autoimmune disorders, with the goal of developing more effective and less toxic treatments.
We are also committed to educating the next generation of Allergists/Immunologists and Rheumatologists. Being a combined division with close ties to Pediatrics as well as many other Departments in the Medical Center including Orthopedics, Dermatology and others offers our fellows numerous unique opportunities.
Jennifer Anolik, M.D., Ph.D.
Division Chief
Associate Chair of Research, Department of Medicine
Make an Appointment
Allergy & Immunology: (585) 486-0930
Rheumatology: (585) 486-0901
We now offer self-scheduling for follow-up appointments through MyChart, our online patient portal!
Upcoming Speakers and Events
AIR Combined Grand Rounds
Early Life Dysbiosis and Lung Immunity: How Microbiome Disruption Programs Durable T Cell Deficits Through NFIL3-Mediated Epigenetic Remodeling
Hitesh Deshmukh, MD, PhD
Chief of Pediatric Neonatology
University of Rochester Medical Center
December 3, 2025
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
Katherine Herman, MD, PhD
Instructor of Pediatrics and Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
January 20, 2026
AIR Combined Grand Rounds
The Dr. John J. Condemi Lectureship in Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
Duane R. Wesemann, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Allergy & Clinical Immunology
January 22, 2026
AIR Combined Grand Rounds
Margaret R. Puelle, MD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Psychiatry & Dermatology
University of Rochester Medical Center
March 5 and 12, 2026
Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology researchers join NIH's Accelerating Medicines Partnership Autoimmune and Immune-Mediated Diseases (AMP AIM) Program, a 5-year $58.5 million initiative to target new therapies for rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic disease. Dr. Anolik will serve as principal lead for the RA team, while Dr. Ritchilin will lead the psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis team.
The University of Rochester is a World Allergy Center of Excellence, whose purpose is to intensify and accelerate multi-disciplinary scientific and clinical innovation, education, and advocacy worldwide, providing excellence in education, research, and training in Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology.
Jennifer Anolik,
MD, PhD
New NIH ROC STaRR Bolsters Residency Research
New National Institutes of Health R38 grant funding expands research opportunities for residents in Medicine, Pediatrics, Medicine-Pediatrics and Dermatology.
Recent News
November 21, 2025
Rangel-Moreno an International Speaker at the Research Seminars in Biological Sciences and International Biomedicine Workshop
October 22, 2025
Jennifer Anolik Presents at Upstate Medical Center Symposium
October 20, 2025
National Scleroderma Foundation Rochester Education Forum Held at URMC