WHO WE ARE

The Brigham and Women’s AERD Center is a research and patient-care group that is focused on exploring new treatments for the disease and on understanding how aspirin desensitization works. Our multidisciplinary team is made up of allergists, ENT surgeons, and research scientists who work towards the common goal of understanding and managing AERD. We diagnose and treat hundreds of patients per year and our allergists have performed more than 300 aspirin desensitizations over the past 5 years.

Services we offer

– Evaluation and diagnosis of AERD and other allergic diseases
– Aspirin Desensitization. This can be done as in an outpatient in clinic, as an inpatient if required.
– Participation in clinical trials for AERD and nasal polyps.
– Adjunctive therapies for AERD, including dietary modifications.
– Next generation treatment with biologics. Our physicians follow the most up-to-date research on the emerging field of biologics for AERD, severe asthma, and nasal polyps.
– Referral services to ENT specialists with extensive experience with surgical treatment of AERD patients.

Meet the doctors & researchers

Tanya M. Laidlaw, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Director of AERD Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Director of Translational Research in Allergy
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Dr. Laidlaw is an allergist who specializes in the care of patients with AERD/Samter’s Triad and whose research focuses on exploring new treatments for the disease and on understanding how aspirin desensitization works.

Kathleen Buchheit, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Director of AERD Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

 

 

Joshua A. Boyce, MD
Albert L. Sheffer Professor of Medicine in the Field of Allergic Disease, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Director of the Jeff and Penny Vinik Center for Allergic Disease Research
Director of Inflammation and Allergic Diseases Research Section
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

 

Jillian Bensko, PA-C
Research and Clinical AERD Physician Assistant
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

 

 

 

Stella Lee, MD 
Member of the Faculty in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Brigham Sinus Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

 

 

 

Rachel E. Roditi, MD
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Division of Otolaryngology

 

 

Alice Maxfield, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Associate Program Director, Harvard Otolaryngology Residency Program

 

 

 

Regan Bergmark, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Associate Surgeon, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

 

 

 

 

Rose Corcoran, BA
AERD Clinical Research Coordinator
rcorcoran1@bwh.harvard.edu
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

 

 

Laura Bailey, BA
AERD Clinical Research Coordinator
lbailey0@bwh.harvard.edu
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

 

 

Alyson Brown, BA
AERD Clinical Research Coordinator
abrown63@bwh.harvard.edu
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

 

 

Laura Cho, BA
AERD Lab Technician
lcho@bwh.harvard.edu
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

 

 

Amelia Maloney, MA
Administrative Assistant to Tanya Laidlaw, MD; Fellowship Program Coordinator
amaloney8@bwh.harvard.edu
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology