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Rita Kachru, MD
(she/her) - Allergy and Immunology
Average rating:
4.9
(65 ratings)
Santa Monica Allergy & Immunology
|
1245 16th Street,
Suite 303,
Santa Monica, CA
90404
Languages
Education
Medical Board Certification
Allergy and Immunology, American Board of Allergy and Immunology, 2005
Fellowship
Allergy & Immunology, LAC + USC Medical Center, 2005
Residency
Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center Hospital, 2000
Internship
Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center Hospital, 1997
Degree
MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1996
Recognitions
- Super doctors, Southern California, 2024
- Top doctors, Los Angeles Magazine's Top Doctors 2023
- Super Doctors® Southern California, 2020 - 2024
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Food Allergy Research Education Clinical Care Network, 2015 - present, Principal Investigator
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Locations
Santa Monica
Santa Monica Allergy & Immunology
Santa Monica Allergy & Immunology
Allergy and Immunology| Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Fax:310-899-7599
Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
Medical Services
Areas of Focus
Research
Interests
- Food Allergy
- Oral Immunotherapy
- Atopic Dermatitis
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Publications
- Kachru R. (September 2020). Psychosocial Issues and Quality of Life Associated with Food Allergy. Journal of Food Allergy. Food Allergy Primer, 2(1), 95-98
- Kachru R, Lim K, Anderson L. (2020). The Role of Biologics and Precision Based Medicine in Treating Atopic Diseases in Children. Current Treatment Options Allergy, 7, 312-325
- Palisade Group of Clinical Investigators, Kachru R. (November 2018). AR101 Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy. New England Journal of Medicine, 379(21), 1991-2001
- Kohn L, Kachru R. (February 2019). Management Dilemma: Initial Treatment for Newly Diagnosed SLE complicated by Corticosteroid Allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol., 143(2), Supplement p1A-4A; AB1-440.
- Peng T, Wang V, Kachru R. (February 2017). Retrospective Review of Clinical Outcomes Post Physician-Supervised Negative Oral Baked Egg Challenge. J Allergy Clin Immunol., 139(2), Supplement
- Corren J, Kachru R. (2016). Relationship between nonallergic airway disease and asthma. In J. N. Baraniuk, and D. Shusterman (Eds.). Nonallergic rhinitis: Clinical Allergy and Immunology, book 19 (pp. 100-114). CRC Press.
- Bundy V, Geng B, Kachru R, Garcia-Lloret M. (November 2014). IgG4-Related Disease in a patient with allergic rhinitis, eosinophilia and chronic urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol., 113(5), A15
- Corren J, Kachru R. (2007). Relationship between nonallergic upper airway disease and asthma, Clin Allergy Immunol., 19, 101-14
- Kachru R, Morphew T, Kehl S, Jones C. (January 2007). Validation of a single survey that can be used for case identification and assessment of asthma control: The Breathmobile Program. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunol., 97(6), 775-83
- Kachru R, Corren J. (January 2007). Characteristics of Chronic Rhinitis in Children. J Allergy Clin Immunol., 119(1)
In the News
Dr. Kachru has appeared on:
- The Doctors
- The Ricki Lake Show
- NBC Nightly News with Lestor Holt
Dr. Kachru has been a medical consultant for:
- LA Times
- LA Parent Magazine
- Medscape
- Undark
- KPCC
Recognitions
- Super Doctors® Southern California, 2020 - 2024
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Food Allergy Research Education Clinical Care Network, 2015 - present, Principal Investigator
- Genentech, Open Label Extension Study of Omalizumab in patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps, (Apr 2018 – Nov 2018), Principal Investigator
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Real World AR101 Market Supporting Experience Study in Peanut-Allergic Children Ages 4 to 17 years old, (2017 – 2018), Principal Investigator
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Aimmune Therapeutics, Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Study of AR101 For Desensitization in Children and Adults (PALISADES) (2015 - 2017), Principal Investigator