Biographical summary
Elina Jerschow, M.D., M.Sc. is a board-certified allergist/immunologist with expertise in aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD), chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis, and asthma.
Dr. Jerschow attended medical school at Vienna University, Austria. She obtained training in internal medicine and subspecialty training in Allergy & Immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Dr. Jerschow's clinical practice concentrates on the treatment of patients with AERD and nasal polyposis. Her research focuses on the role of the immune cell subsets in polyp tissue on severity of AERD and nasal polyposis.
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2012
Master of Science - Clinical Research, Diploma with distinctionAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
- 2007
Clinical FellowshipDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Montefiore Medical Center
- 2004
ResidencyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center
- 2001
Research Fellow - Laboratory of Howard Maibach, M.D. Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
- 1999
ResidencyDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva
- 1997
InternshipCommunity Hospital Barmherzigen Schwestern
- 1996
MDUniversity of Vienna, Austria, University of Vienna
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2007
Allergy & ImmunologyAmerican Board of Allergy and Immunology
Awards and honors
- 2021
Leo M. Davidoff Society Elected Member for distinguished teaching of medical studentsAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
- 2020
NBME Recognition for Service on USMLE Microbiology and Immunology CommitteeUSMLE Microbiology and Immunology Committee
- 2019
Visiting Professorship in Drug AllergiesNiigata University School of Medicine
- 2019
Mentor RecognitionNew York Chapter American College of Physicians
- 2017
Blue Ribbon PanelistMember of New York Times Super Doctors Selection
- 2017
Visiting ProfessorshipAERD Center of Excellence, Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- 2017
Top DoctorNew York Top Doctor
- 2016
Super DoctorsNew York Times Super Doctors
- 2014
Elected FellowAmerican Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
- 2013
Excellence for Medical Education AwardAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
- 2012
KL2 Mentored Clinical and Translational Scientist Development AwardKL2
- 2012
Award for Translational ScienceBurroughs Wellcome Fund
- 2012
Translational ScienceScholars Abstract Award
- 2011
Elected FellowAmerican College of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
- 2007
Elected MemberEuropean Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- 2007
Elected MemberJoint Council of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- 2004
Public Policy ScholarshipAmerican College of Physicians
- 2000
Postdoctoral Scholarship, Department of Dermatology (Laboratory of Howard Maibach, M.D.)University of California, San Francisco
- 1995
Outstanding Student ScholarshipMinistry of Science, Government of the Republic of Venezuela
- 1994
Madeleine de Blaireville Academic Excellence ScholarshipHome Swiss Foundation
Professional memberships
- 2023 - present
ISCAR (International Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions) Meeting, Niigata, Japan
- 2022 - present
National Institutes of Health
- 2022 - present
PRACTALL 2022
- 2022 - present
Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
- 2021
Sanofi and Regeneron
- 2021
GSK
- 2021
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Service
- 2020 - 2022
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Service
- 2020 - 2022
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Service
- 2020 - 2022
Junior Faculty Mentoring Program, Einstein
- 2020
GSK
- 2020
GSK
- 2019
Sanofi and Regeneron
- 2019
Genentech and Novartis
- 2019
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Service
- 2018 - 2020
National Board of Medical Examiners
- 2018 - 2020
United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE)
- 2018 - 2020
USMLE Test Material Development Committee for Microbiology and Immunology
- 2018 - 2019
New York Allergy and Asthma Society (NYAAS)
- 2018
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Service
- 2018 - present
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
- 2017 - 2018
New York Allergy and Asthma Society (NYAAS)
- 2017 - present
New York Times Super Doctors
- 2016 - present
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
- 2015 - 2017
New York Allergy and Asthma Society (NYAAS)
- 2015 - 2017
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Service
- 2014 - 2022
Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (SOL)
- 2014 - 2015
New York Allergy and Asthma Society (NYAAS)
- 2013 - 2016
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Service
- 2012 - present
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
- 2012 - present
European Network for Drug Allergy and EAACI Drug Hypersensitivity Interest Group
- 2010 - 2022
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Service
- 2009 - present
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
- 2007 - present
European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- 2005 - 2022
New York Asthma and Allergy Society
- 2005 - 2018
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
- 2005 - 2018
Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- 2005 - 2013
New York Allergy and Asthma Society (NYAAS)
- 2005 - present
American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
Publications