Just in time for May’s Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, allergist and immunologist Dr. Payel Gupta of LifeMD.com headlines a conversation about the clinical presentation of asthma and its role in the atopic march. She also details various phenotypes, endotypes and other molecular mechanisms of asthma that can be applied to help guide disease management and treatment decisions.

Episode highlights
0:15 Intro
1:16 Introducing Payel Gupta, MD
2:31 Classifications of asthma
5:35 What is the atopic march?
8:46 The bridge from allergy testing to immunotherapy
12:00 How to initially diagnose asthma
16:02 When to add secondary therapies
18:11 Biologics for uncontrolled asthma
23:20 Real-world use of the SMART therapy guidance
25:40 Assuring asthma treatment adherence
28:35 Addressing asthma care disparities
32:26 The future of asthma research
33:58 Outro

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