Lulu Tsao, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Lulu Tsao is an allergist/immunologist who sees patients in the UCSF Parnassus adult allergy/immunology and drug allergy clinics. She has special interests in equitable access to allergy/immunology care, quality improvement, and use of telehealth in allergy.

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training UCSF 01/2022
• Fellowship Allergy & Immunology UCSF 06/2021
• Fellowship VA Quality Scholars (VAQS) 06/2021
• Residency Internal Medicine UCSF 06/2019
• MD Harvard Medical School 05/2016
• BA Chemical & Physical Biology Harvard University 05/2012

Interests

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• Health disparities
• Quality improvement
• Drug allergy

Publications (12)

Top publication keywords:
PhysiciansSkin TestsDrug HypersensitivityPalliative CareVietnamTelemedicineDesensitization, ImmunologicAgammaglobulinemiaAntineoplastic AgentsCommon Variable ImmunodeficiencyHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesHypersensitivityTaxoidsPlatinum

• Promoting Prenatal Penicillin Allergy Evaluations: A Multi-Year Process Improvement Study.
  Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2024 Tsao LR, Wen S, Lamar RC, Irani RA, Otani IM
• Hereditary alpha tryptasemia presenting as recurrent chemotherapy hypersensitivity reactions.
  Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2023 Monahan R, Alfaro E, Ho H, Otani IM, Tsao LR
• Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine administration in patients with reported reactions to polyethylene glycol- and polysorbate-containing therapeutics.
  Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2022 Otani IM, Tsao LR, Tang M
• Practical guidance for the diagnosis and management of secondary hypogammaglobulinemia: A Work Group Report of the AAAAI Primary Immunodeficiency and Altered Immune Response Committees.
  The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2022 Otani IM, Lehman HK, Jongco AM, Tsao LR, Azar AE, Tarrant TK, Engel E, Walter JE, Truong TQ, Khan DA, Ballow M, Cunningham-Rundles C, Lu H, Kwan M, Barmettler S
• Drug Allergy Delabeling Programs: Recent Strategies and Targeted Populations.
  Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology 2022 Anstey KM, Tsao L, Otani IM

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• One-Bag Desensitization Protocols in the Management of Chemotherapy Hypersensitivity.
  The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2021 Tsao LR, Otani IM
• Hypersensitivity Reactions to Platinum Agents and Taxanes.
  Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology 2021 Tsao LR, Young FD, Otani IM, Castells MC
• Impact of Rapid Transition to Telemedicine-Based Delivery on Allergy/Immunology Care During COVID-19.
  The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2021 Tsao LR, Villanueva SA, Pines DA, Pham MN, Choo EM, Tang MC, Otani IM
• A055 EXPANDING PENICILLIN ALLERGY EVALUATION FOR PRENATAL PATIENTS. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
  A055 EXPANDING PENICILLIN ALLERGY EVALUATION FOR PRENATAL PATIENTS. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2020 L. Tsao, R. Irani, G. Rosenbluth, L. Choi, I. Otani
• Hypogammaglobulinemia in Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO)
  Hypogammaglobulinemia in Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) 2020 Lulu Tsao, Riley Bove, Tanya Krishnakumar, Iris Otani
• Palliative Care-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Assessment Among Physicians in Vietnam.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2019 Tsao L, Slater SE, Doyle KP, Cuong DD, Khanh QT, Maurer R, Minh Thy DN, Quoc Thinh DH, Tuan TD, Van Dung D, Khue LN, Krakauer EL
• Hypogammaglobulinemia in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Receiving Disease-Modifying Immunomodulatory Agents. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  Hypogammaglobulinemia in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Receiving Disease-Modifying Immunomodulatory Agents. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2019 Lulu Tsao, Iris Otani, Riley Bove