Joel S. Klein, MD

 Allergy Specialist/Immunologist

   Dr. Joel S. Klein joined Allergy and Asthma Consultants, Ltd. in July 2008. A native of Chicago, he received his B.A. from Northwestern University and a M.S. in Physiology from University of Illinois-Urbana prior to medical school. He received his M.D. from University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, where he graduated with honors as a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. His residency training was in internal medicine at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center. Dr. Klein’s training in pediatric and adult allergy/immunology was a 3-year fellowship at Mayo Clinic during 1992-1995. Since 1995, he has been in clinical practice in the north suburban Chicago area.

       Dr. Klein is a past president of the Illinois Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and is currently the society’s historian. He has an academic appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Rush Medical College and regularly presents lectures on allergy/immunology to medical students, interns and residents at Skokie (formerly Rush North Shore) Hospital. Dr. Klein has authored and co-authored a number of publications in the specialty of allergic diseases. He has been recognized by Castle Connelly as a top allergist in the Chicago area.

      Dr. Klein is board-certified and re-certified in Allergy/Immunology and Internal Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Dr. Klein is on the medical staffs of North Shore University Health Systems (Highland Park Hospital, Evanston Hospital, Glenbrook Hospital and Skokie Hospital), Lake Forest Hospital, Advocate Condell Hospital and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.