关于新型冠状病毒疫苗过敏反应的常见问题解答
12月，美国食品和药物管理局（FDA）批准了辉瑞/拜恩泰科（Pfizer/BioNTech）与莫德纳（Moderna）的新型冠状病毒疫苗在美国的紧急使用授权，目前这两款疫苗在全美范围内开始分发。在疫苗初步推行后，美国和英国出现了少量过敏反应的报告。本文就对这些有关初期过敏反应报告的常见问题给出指导和解答。
About Rebecca Saff, MD, PhD
Rebecca Saff, MD, PhD is the Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Director and an Assistant Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She earned her MD and PhD in Immunology from Boston University School of Medicine and went on to complete her residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Allergy/Immunology at MGH. She has worked in medical education at various levels, including as the Subspecialty Education director for Allergy/Immunology and now as Fellowship Director. She serves as the co-chair for the Chrysalis Program through the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, which provides medical students and residents an opportunity to explore A/I. In addition, she is involved in drug allergy research, particularly looking at the epidemiology of drug allergy, and has an interest in physician wellness, serving on the advisory board for the Center for Physician Well-Being.
Clinical Interests:
- Allergic rhinitis
- Angioedema
- Asthma (adult and pediatric)
- Contact dermatitis (allergic)
- Drug hypersensitivity
- Eczema (atopic dermatitis)
- Eosinophilic disorders
- Food allergy
- Immunodeficiency
- Urticaria
Treats:
- Adult & Pediatrics
Locations
Mass General Medicine: Allergy & Clinical Immunology Unit
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey 4B
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3850
Allergy Associates at Mass General Waltham
52 Second Ave.
Suite 2600
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-487-3838
Medical Education
- M.D.; Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital*****
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital*****
American Board Certifications
- Allergy & Immunology, American Board of Allergy and Immunology
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Centene/Celticare
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan - ACD
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan - PBO
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- Medicare ACO - ACD
- Medicare ACO - PBO
- OSW - Connecticut
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
- Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Publications
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Saff RR, Li Y, Santhanakrishnan N,Camargo CA, Blumenthal KG, Zhou L, Banerji A. Identification of Inpatient Allergic Drug Reactions using ICD-9-CM Codes. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Jan;7(1):259-264.
Saff RR, Camargo CA, Clark S, Long AA, Banerji A. Utility of ICD-9-CM Codes for Identification of Allergic Drug Reactions. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2016 Jan-Feb;4(1):114-119.
Guyer AC, Saff RR, Conroy M, Blumenthal KG, Camargo CA, Long AA, Banerji A. Comprehensive Allergy Evaluation is Useful in the Subsequent Care of Patients with Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions during Anesthesia. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2015 Jan-Feb;3(1):94-100.
Saff RR, Banerji A. Management of Patients with Non-AERD Aspirin Hypersensitivity Reactions. Allergy Asthma Proc 2015 Jan-Feb;36(1):34-9.
Iammatteo M, Blumenthal KG, Saff RR, Long AA, Banerji A. Safety and Outcomes of Test Doses for the Evaluation of Adverse Drug Reactions: A 5-Year Retrospective Review. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2014 Nov-Dec;2(6):768-74
Blumenthal KG, Saff RR, Banerji A. Evaluation and Management of a Patient with Multiple Drug Allergies. Allergy Asthma Proc2014;35(3):197-203.