About Me
Growing up in a family of physicians, I knew from a young age that I wanted to make a difference in other people’s lives. This passion grew, and ultimately prompted me to pursue a career as an allergy and immunology specialist.
I see children and adults with a variety of conditions, including allergies, asthma, and immunologic disorders. I also provide care for patients with rare and potentially life-threatening disorders of the immune system. I have enhanced training in dermatology and have a special interest in dermatologic manifestations of allergic diseases. I treat each patient with respect and provide thorough evaluations to design a treatment plan that suits his or her individual needs.
NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is well regarded for our management of allergic skin diseases. We are one of the few centers in the nation that evaluates patients with allergies to chemotherapeutic agents, aspirin, biologics, and other drugs, and that also performs drug desensitization.
In addition to serving as a physician and educator, I conduct research on allergic skin disease, including new medications for atopic dermatitis and difficult to control urticaria. I am also the president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. My research also focuses on patients with suspect reactions to biomedical devices, such as knee or hip replacements, cardiac stents, or dental devices.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- allergy
- angioedema
- asthma
- atopic dermatitis
- drug reactions & hives
- hives
- immunodeficiency syndrome
- rhinitis
Conditions
- drug reactions & hives
Credentials
Positions
- Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
- Program Director, Allergy Fellowship, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
- Section Head, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
Board Certifications
- American Board of Allergy & Immunology, 1991
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 1989
Education and Training
- Fellowship, New York Weill Cornell Med Ctr, Allergy Immunology, 1991
- Residency, Lutheran Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY), Internal Medicine, 1989
- Fellowship, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Dermal Immunology, 1986
- Residency, University of Philippines, Dermatology, 1982
- MD from University Of Philippines, 1976
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Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Open Access EPO
- Aetna Open Access HMO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Student Plan
- Allied
- Chesterfield Resources Inc
- Christian Brothers Services
- CoreSource
- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
- Nippon Life-Aetna
- Starmark
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Anthem BCBS Health Plus
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- Empire Mediblue Healthplus Dual
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
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- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access PPO Large Group
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO (LICH Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (NYU Langone Employees)
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- New York Hotel Trades
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Cigna
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First Health
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GHI
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Hamaspik Choice
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Humana
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Longevity Health Plan
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Medicaid of New York
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Medicare
- Medicare Part A and B
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Multiplan
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- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
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- Kaiser Foundation
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- Multiplan PPO
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- Mutual Of Omaha
- Nippon Life Ins Co
- PHCS
- Professional Benefit Admin
- Qualcare Inc
- Screen Actors Guild
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- US Life Insurance Company
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NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
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Oscar
- Oscar Bronze Edge Exchange
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POMCO Insurance Company
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Partners Health Plan Inc
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Qualcare Inc.
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Wellcare
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Luz S. Fonacier, MD does not accept insurance.
Locations and Appointments
Video Visits
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1111 Franklin Avenue, 2nd Floor, Garden City, NY 11530
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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Site for A Longitudinal Prospective Observational Study of the Characteristics Treatment Patterns and Health Outcomes of Individuals with Severe Asthma in the United States
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Site for Registry of Asthma Patients Initiating
Publications
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Fonacier, Luz; Uter, Wolfgang; Johansen, Jeanne Duus
Journal of allergy & clinical immunology. In practice. 2024 Sep ; 12(9):2227-2241
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Reshef, Avner; Buttgereit, Thomas; Betschel, Stephen D; Caballero, Teresa; Farkas, Henriette; Grumach, Anete S; Hide, Michihiro; Jindal, Ankur K; Longhurst, Hilary; Peter, Jonathan; Riedl, Marc A; Zhi, Yuxiang; Aberer, Werner; Abuzakouk, Mohamed; Al Farsi, Tariq; Al Sukaiti, Nashat; Al-Ahmad, Mona; Altrichter, Sabine; Aygören-Pürsün, Emel; Baeza, Maria Luisa; Bara, Noemi Anna; Bauer, Andrea; Bernstein, Jonathan A; Boccon-Gibod, Isabelle; Bonnekoh, Hanna; Bouillet, Laurence; Brzoza, Zenon; Bygum, Anette; Calderon, Oscar; de Albuquerque Campos, Regis; Campos Romero, Freya Helena; Cancian, Mauro; Chong-Neto, Herberto Jose; Christoff, George; Cimbollek, Stefan; Cohn, Danny M; Craig, Timothy; Danilycheva, Inna; Darlenski, Razvigor; Du-Thanh, Aurélie; Ensina, Luis Felipe; Fomina, Daria; Fonacier, Luz; Fukunaga, Atsushi; Gelincik, Asli; Giavina-Bianchi, Pedro; Godse, Kiran; Gompels, Mark; Goncalo, Margarida; Gotua, Maia; Guidos-Fogelbach, Guillermo; Guilarte, Mar; Kasperska-Zajac, Alicja; Katelaris, Constance H; Kinaciyan, Tamar; Kolkhir, Pavel; Kulthanan, Kanokvalai; Kurowski, Marcin; Latysheva, Elena; Lauerma, Antti; Launay, David; Lleonart, Ramon; Lumry, William; Malbran, Alejandro; Ali, Ramzy Mohammed; Nasr, Iman; Nieto-Martinez, Sandra; Parisi, Claudio; Pawankar, Ruby; Piñero-Saavedra, Macarena; Popov, Todor A; Porebski, Grzegorz; Prieto Garcia, Alicia; Pyatilova, Polina; Rudenko, Michael; Sekerel, Bulent Enis; Serpa, Faradiba Sarquis; Sheikh, Farrukh; Siebenhaar, Frank; Soria, Angèle; Staevska, Maria; Staubach, Petra; Stobiecki, Marcin; Thomsen, Simon Francis; Triggiani, Massimo; Valerieva, Anna; Valle, Solange; Van Dinh, Nguyen; Vera Ayala, Carolina Elisa; Zalewska-Janowska, Anna; Zanichelli, Andrea; Magerl, Markus; Maurer, Marcus
Journal of allergy & clinical immunology. 2024 Aug ; 154(2):398-411.e1
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Roellke, Emma; Fonacier, Luz; Banta, Erin
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology. 2024 Aug ; 133(2):217-218