Thomas A. Fleisher MD

Dr. Thomas A. Fleisher received his medical and pediatric training at the University of Minnesota and went on for training in immunology at NIH in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Waldmann. Following this training and a brief faculty position at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, he was chosen to direct the Clinical Immunology Laboratory in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at NIH. In 1998, he was selected as chief of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, where he also continues to run the immunology service within the department.

Dr. Fleisher is an adjunct professor of pediatrics at Uniformed University of the Health Sciences, and serves as an attending physician for the NIAID allergy immunology consult service. He served as a member of the board of directors of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology from 1991-2000 and was elected chair of the board in 1996. He also was a member of the American Board of Pediatrics.